Free Hazardous Materials Practice Test 4 designed to help you pass the written exam with ease

By Tommy on Friday, November 27th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Hazardous Materials Practice Test 4

Taking the CDL written exam can be stressful, feel free to practice on our free practice exam. This practice exam has been put together by a former CDL instructor and hits all the right points. You can even choose to e-mail yourself the results if you so desire. This practice test will help you prepare for the HAZARDOUS MATERIALS test when testing for your CDL. Good luck.

Stop before a railroad crossing if your vehicle;

Is placarded

Carries any amount of chlorine

Has cargo tanks, whether loaded or empty used for hazardous materials

All of the above

The Department of Transportation has a guidebook for firefighters, police and industry workers on how to protect themselves and the public from hazardous materials. This guide is known as the Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG).

True

False

A material may meet the defining criteria for more than one hazard class but is assigned to only one hazard class.

True

False

The National Response Center and CHEMTREC are in close communication. If you call either one, they will tell the other about the problem when appropriate.

True

False

Hazardous materials are categorized into nine major hazard classes and additional categories for consumer commodities and combustible liquids.

True

False

A vehicle involved in a leak of Division 2.3 (Poison Gases) or Division 6.1 (Poisons) must not be checked for stray poison before being used again.

True

False

Unless you are fueling machinery used in road construction or maintenance, do not transfer a flammable compressed gas from one tank to another on any public roadway.

True

False

Toxic gases can destroy your sense of smell and can injure or kill
you even if they don’t smell.

True

False

As a professional driver, your job at the scene of an crash or an incident is to keep people away from the scene.

True

False

As a professional driver, your job at the scene of an crash or an incident is to limit the spread of material, only if you can safely do so.

True

False

As a professional driver, your job at the scene of an crash or an incident is to communicate the danger of the hazardous materials to emergency response personnel.

True

False

If hazardous materials are spilling
from your vehicle;

Park it

Secure the area

Stay there

Send someone else for help

All of the above

Emergency response information must be kept in the same location as the shipping paper.

True

False

A ________ must choose the safest route to transport placarded radioactive materials.

Driver

Carrier

Shipper

None of the above

Never drive a placarded vehicle near open fires unless you can safely pass without stopping.

True

False

It is your job as driver to
find out if you need permits or must use special routes.

True

False

Placards may be displayed for hazardous materials even if not required so long as the placard identifies the hazard of the material being transported.

True

False

Always display the hazard class placard and the POISON INHALATION HAZARD placard, even for small amounts.

True

False

Placard hazardous materials
shipments based on the quantity and hazard class.

True

False

A material’s hazard class reflects the risks associated with it.

True

False