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 or four possible answer choices. Test questions come from the North Carolina 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. If you are transporting hazardous materials and the cargo is on fire, you should:

Try to put it out with a fire extinguisher.

Contact emergency personnel and let them battle the fire.

Hope the fire goes out by itself.

Fighting a hazardous materials fire requires special training and protective gear. Unless you have the proper equipment and training, do not try to fight a hazardous materials fire yourself.

2. How do you label a package if the hazardous materials label will not fit onto the package?

Place the label on a tag securely attached to the item.

Attach a QR Code to be scanned.

Reduce the size of the HazMat label to fit it completely on the item.

Shippers should place applicable diamond-shaped hazard warning labels on hazardous materials packages. If a label will not fit entirely onto a package, shippers may instead place the label on a tag that is securely attached to the package.

3. If transporting chlorine, what must be in the vehicle?

A gas mask

Goggles

An axe

If transporting chlorine in cargo tanks, a driver must have an approved gas mask in their vehicle.

4. 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.