Instructions

HazMat

This endorsement is required to haul hazardous materials as defined in Title 49, CFR, §383.5. To receive this endorsement, drivers must also pass a Transportation Security Administration background check. To receive this endorsement, applicants must pass a test. The test consists of 30 multiple choice questions. To pass, the applicant must answer at least 24 questions correctly. Each question has three possible answer choices. Test questions come from the Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual. Questions come from the chapter covering: Hazardous Materials. The Hazardous Materials endorsement can be used with Class A, B and C CDL.

Number of Question 30

Passing Score 24

1. On a shipping paper describing both hazardous and non-hazardous materials, the hazardous materials may be identified by being:

Listed first.

Written in pencil.

Listed in red ink.

If a shipping paper includes information about both hazardous and non-hazardous materials, the hazardous items must be clearly identified on the paper. They may be entered first, highlighted in a contrasting color, or identified with an "X" placed before the shipping description.

2. How often are hazardous materials employees required to be trained and tested?

Once every year

Once every three years

Once every five years

All drivers must be trained in the security risks of hazardous materials transportation. This training must include how to recognize and respond to possible security threats. Hazardous materials employees must be trained and tested at least once every three years.

3. The only way to effectively check your tire pressure is:

With a tire pressure gauge.

By eyeballing it.

By pushing on the tire to feel the pressure.

You must examine each tire on a motor vehicle at the beginning of each trip. The only effective way to check tire pressure is by using a tire pressure gauge.

4. A person attending a placarded vehicle must be:

Inside a gas station looking through a window.

In the vehicle, awake or asleep.

Within 100 feet of the vehicle.

A person attending a placarded vehicle must be awake inside the vehicle or otherwise within 100 feet of the vehicle; know the hazards associated with the materials; know what to do in an emergency; and be able and authorized to move the tank if necessary.

5. If a package of hazardous materials is not large enough to hold a label, it should be labeled:

With a barcode.

With a tag.

By being placed in a certain part of the trailer.

If a hazardous materials label will not fit onto a package, it may be placed on a tag that is securely attached to the package.

6. If transporting a package that contains radioactive materials, it is important to know that:

Radiation surrounds the package and will pass through to other packages.

The package should be transported in the cab.

The package should be loaded on their side.

Radiation will surround each package of radioactive materials and pass through to all nearby packages. The number of packages that can be loaded together is controlled.

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