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 Idaho Commercial Driver’s License Manual. Questions come from the chapters covering: Hazardous Materials, Pre-Trip Vehicle Inspection Test, Basic Vehicle Control Skills Test and On-Road Driving. The Hazardous Materials endorsement can be used with Class A, B and C CDL.

Number of Question 30

Passing Score 24

1. Pre-trip inspections should be done:

Differently each time in order to place emphasis on different items.

The same way each time to prevent you from forgetting anything.

Once in a while.

A pre-trip inspection should be completed in the same way before every drive. Consistency will help you learn all of the proper steps and decrease the likelihood that you will forget to check something.

2. If the words "Inhalation Hazard" appear on shipping papers:

An inhalation hazard placard must be used, but only if more than 100 pounds of the material are being transported.

An inhalation hazard placard must be used when any amount of the material is being transported.

Air masks must be provided to anyone handling the cargo.

If the words "Inhalation Hazard" are on a package or its shipping paper, you must display the proper inhalation hazard placards, as well as any other necessary placards. This applies regardless of the amount of materials being carried.

3. A material’s hazard class reflects:

The risks associated with the material.

How quickly the material must reach its destination.

How much the material weighs.

A hazardous material will be placed into one of nine classes to explain the type of risks associated with the material.

4. When completing an offset back/left parking maneuver, a driver should:

Pull straight forward, then back to the left.

Drive straight back, then pull forward to the left.

Pull straight forward, then drive straight back.

If you are asked to complete an offset back/left parking maneuver, you should first pull straight forward, then back up to the left. Your vehicle must be parked completely within the boundaries of the parking space.

5. The National Response Center must be notified of an incident resulting in any of the following, except:

Death.

Injury requiring hospitalization.

Injury not requiring hospitalization.

The National Response Center must be notified of any incident that results in death; hospitalization; $50,000 or more in estimated property damage; an evacuation of the general public or closure of a major transportation route/facility for more then one hour; fire, breakage, spillage, or suspected contamination involving radiation, bacteria, or toxins. Additionally, if the carrier judges the situation to be so serious that it should be reported, it should be reported.

6. If transporting hazardous materials, a shipper should warn others by:

Posting HazMat placards on their truck.

Putting flashing lights on their truck.

Sounding a siren.

Shippers of certain kinds of hazardous materials are required to display diamond-shaped warning signs, known as placards, on any transporting vehicles. Shippers are required to provide applicable placards, labels, shipping papers, and emergency response information.

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