CDL Handbook Manual Hazmat Endorsement Study Guide

CDL HAZARDOUS Material Questions & Answers + Study Guide #TruckingSailor #CDL
1. It is the shippers’ responsibility to prepare the shipping papers, correctly label, and properly
package a hazardous materials shipment.
2. The intent of the hazardous regulations is to insure safe drivers and equipment, communicate
the risk, and contain the material.
3. No smoking is allowed within 25 feet of a vehicle placarded with flammables, oxidizers, or
explosives, or when this vehicle is being loaded or unloaded.
4. If a vehicle is loaded with explosives and is involved in a crash with another vehicle, the
vehicles may not be pulled apart until the explosives have been placarded 200 feet away from
the vehicles and occupied buildings.
5. It is not allowed to use a hazard class name, hazardous materials shipping name, or I.D.
number to describe non-hazardous materials.
6. The listing of what is a hazardous material is found in the Hazardous Materials Table, and the
list of Hazardous Substances and Reportable Quantities.
7. Do not park a vehicle containing hazardous materials within 300 feet of a fire.
8. If a vehicle has enough hazardous materials to require a placard, the placards must be on all
four sides.
9. Placarded vehicles with dual tires must be checked every 2 hours or 100 miles, whichever is
less.
10. If there is an X or an RQ in the HM column of a shipping paper then the material shown on
that line must be a material regulated by the hazardous materials regulations.
11. The cargo compartment of vehicles carrying explosives must not have loose floorboards,
sharp points, or a cargo heater.
12. The correct order or a hazardous materials description on a shipping paper is (1) Proper
Shipping Name, (2) Hazard Class, and (3) I.D. Number.
13. To provide the proper amount of control, radioactive materials have a total transport index to
determine spacing in feet, from film, people, cargo, and compartment partitions. The total
transport index may not exceed 50.
14. Placarded vehicles must stop no closer than 15 feet and no farther than 50 feet from rail
crossings.
15. A vehicle spilling hazardous materials must not be moved any more than safety requires.
16. Special routes to be used, or the need for permits, are to be determined by the driver before
leaving.
17. Vehicles carrying any amount of chlorine must stop for rail crossings.
18. When materials are described as Poison inhalation hazard, you must use poison placards in
addition to any other hazard class. Even small amounts.
19. Poisons must not be loaded in the same vehicle as human or animal foodstuffs.
20. If the driver has left a vehicle carrying hazardous materials, the shipping papers must be left
on the drivers’ seat or in the drivers’ door pouch.
21. Drivers transporting Class A or B explosives must have:
The shipping papers
Written Emergency Instructions
A written route plan
A copy of FMCSR part 397

22. Do not drive with leaking or flat tires, except to the nearest safe place.
23.Remove overheated tires and place a safe distance from the vehicle.
24. There must always be someone in control of the fuel nozzle when fueling a placarded vehicle.
25. Drivers that transport route controlled radioactive material must receive special training at
every 2 years, and carry a dated certificate.
26. Placarded vehicles may pass open fires only when they can do so safely without stopping.
27. Compressed gas cylinders must be loaded upright, horizontal, or in racks attached to the
Vehicle, or in boxes that will prevent overturning.
28. If the driver leaves a placarded vehicle in the care of another person, that person must be:
Awake and able to move the vehicle
Know what to do in an emergency
Stay within 100 feet of the vehicle
Have a clear view of the vehicle
29. The use of hooks or other metal tools is forbidden when handling explosives.
30. Flares, fuses, or signal fires may not be used for a vehicle without containing explosives,
flammable liquids, flammable gas, or empty tanks that hauled flammable liquids or gasses.

31. Vehicles transporting chlorine in cargo tanks, must have an approved gas mask, and an
emergency kit for controlling leaks in dome cover plates and fittings.
32. The minimum UL rating for the fire extinguisher of a placarded vehicles power unit is
10 B.C.
33.It is prohibited to carry class A or B explosives in triples, or in combinations where any of the
units is a placarded cargo tank.
34. It is the driver’s responsibility for hazardous materials being transported safely, without delay,
and that shipping papers are kept in the right place.

35. If the word forbidden appears in the hazard class column of the Hazardous Materials Table,
You must not transport the material.
36. Explosives A and B must never be parked within 5 feet of the roadway.
37. If transporting a hazardous waste, there must be a properly prepared and signed Uniform
Hazardous Waste Manifest carried at all times.

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