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 four possible answer choices. Test questions come from the New Hampshire CDL Driver’s Guide. 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. A hazardous material's identification number should appear:

On the transporting vehicle's bumper.

On the material's packaging.

On a sticker near the material's shipping container.

A material's ID number must appear on its accompanying shipping paper as well as on its packaging. It also must appear on cargo tanks and other bulk packaging.

2. When loading containers of hazardous materials, you should not use:

Dollies.

Hooks.

Straps.

Always protect containers of hazardous materials. When loading hazardous materials, never use equipment that could damage containers or packaging, such as hooks.

3. Shippers package in order to ____ hazardous materials.

Contain

Release

Insulate

Shippers package hazardous materials in a way that is meant to completely contain the materials. Vehicles should be placarded to communicate the risk of the cargo.

4. When approaching a railroad crossing while transporting chlorine:

You must stop before crossing the tracks.

You must reduce your speed before crossing the tracks.

You can proceed without stopping if no warning lights are flashing.

You can proceed without stopping if no other vehicles are within sight.

If transporting any amount of chlorine, a driver must always stop at a railroad crossing 15 to 50 feet from the nearest track.

5. A driver must take the HazMat knowledge test:

Once every year.

Prior to every CDL renewal.

Once every 10 years.

Only once.

You must take and pass the written English version of the HazMat knowledge test and be cleared through a federal background check before every renewal of your CDL.

6. In the event of a fire, what should you do before opening trailer doors?

Check to see if the doors are hot.

Throw water on the doors.

Find someone else to open the doors.

If you are experiencing a truck fire, you should not attempt to open trailer doors without first feeling the doors to see if they are hot. If the doors are hot, there may be a cargo fire. In this case, leave the doors closed because opening the doors could worsen the fire by supplying it with more oxygen.

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