Hazardous Materials #1

You are behind the wheel of a truck carrying a shipment of hazardous material. The shipping papers must be in a pouch on the driver’s door or in:

A box under the driver’s seat

Attached to the shipment

Clear view within your reach

The truck’s glove compartment

Who is responsible for finding out what permits or special routes you will need to haul hazardous materials?

The carrier

The shipper

The driver

The Department of Public Safety

A vehicle placarded for hazardous materials must have placards on ________ side (s).

There are two lists that drivers, shippers, and carriers use to find out if material is a regulated product. One of these lists is the:

EPA Hazardous Products List

EPA Dangerous Materials Table

List of Hazardous Substances and Reportable Quantities

Shippers List of Transportable Quantities

If an X or an RQ is in the HM column of a shipping paper entry, the:

Shipment is regulated by hazardous material regulations.

Material listed on that line is the largest part of the shipment

Shipment need not be placarded.

Entry refers to the materials that must be top loaded.

NO ONE may smoke within 25 feet of any vehicle which contains explosives, oxidizers, or:

Compressed gases

Corrosives

Flammable materials

Poisons

Only one of these shipping paper descriptions for a hazardous material is in the right order. Which one is it?

Corrosive material, hydrochloric acid, UN 1789

Hydrogen Bromide, Non-flammable gas, UN 1048

Flammable liquid, Hexane, UN 1208

Hexane, UN 1208, Flammable liquid

A truck carrying explosives has crashed with another vehicle. You should not pull them apart until:

The explosives have been placed at least 200 feet away from the vehicles and occupied buildings.

At least one hour has passed

The shipper’s loading foreman is present.

At least 30 minutes have passed

You may not park a vehicle carrying hazardous materials within _________ feet of an open fire.

100

200

300

400

The transport index of a radioactive material:

Is another way of writing the weight of the package

Tells the degree of control needed during transportation

Is something that only the shipper needs to worry about

Does not concern the driver, only the shipper

When hauling hazardous materials, you must stop your vehicle and check any dual tires at least once every __________ whichever is less.

4 hours or 200 miles

1 hour or 50 miles

2 hours or 100 miles

3 hours or 150 miles

To stop for railroad tracks, you should stop ________ feet before the nearest track.

20 to 100

15 to 50

10 to 35

5 to 20

You are transporting hazardous materials. When you are not behind the wheel, the shipping papers must be on the driver’s seat or:

With you

Attached to the shipment

On the dashboard in cler view

In the pouch on the driver’s door

If hazardous material is spilling from your vehicle, do not move your vehicle:

In an upwind direction

At all

Any more than safety requires

Any more than 500 feet

You are going to be hauling hazardous materials over a route you do not know well. When should you check the route and get the permits needed for the trip?

Before starting the trip

While you are still on a part of the route that you know

Within 24 hours of the finish of the trip

Right after the load is delivered

Carriers must give each driver who transports Class A or B explosives:

A copy of their insurance policy

A copy of FMCSR part 397

The consignee’s phone number

An extra fire extinguisher

You should stop before crossing a railroad grade if your vehicle is carrying __________ of chlorine.

100 gallons

10 gallons

110 gallons

Any amount

You are hauling hazardous materials and you find that one of your tires is leaking. You must:

Report it to your carrier immediately

Continue at reduced speed, and check that tire every 25 miles

Stop at the nearest safe place and fix it

Complete the trip as quickly as possible

When shippers package hazardous materials, they must certify that this was done according to the regulations. The only exception is when:

The amount of material is less than the law requires.

The driver is given a sealed cargo compartment.

The shipper is a private carrier carrying his own product.

The shipment is a hazardous route.

When fueling a placarded vehicle, someone must always be:

Within 100 feet of the pump with a fire extinguisher

At the emergency power shut-off for the pump

At the nozzle, controlling the fuel flow

Within 10 feet of the pump with a fire extinguisher

Animals and human foodstuffs should not be loaded in the same vehicle with:

Flammable gases

Poisons

Corrosives

Explosives

A driver who transports radioactive material and has to follow a certain route must have had special training by the carrier within the last ______ years.

Whenever your vehicle is placarded, do not drive near open fires unless you:

Are equipped with fire sprinklers

Are sure there is no danger

Have LTL of a nonflammable material

Can safely pass the fire without stopping

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