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. Test questions come from the Ohio Commercial Driver’s 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. When trying to control a minor truck fire, what should you do before opening trailer doors?

Check to see if the doors are hot.

Throw water on the doors.

Remove your protective equipment.

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. Leave the doors closed if there is a cargo fire.

2. Placards showing the type of hazardous materials in a vehicle are usually shaped like what?

An octagon

A circle

A diamond

Hazardous materials warning placards are diamond-shaped.

3. 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.

4. As a driver, which of the following is not your job at the scene of an accident?

Keeping people away from the scene.

Taking heroic measures to put the fire out.

Communicating the danger of the hazardous materials to response personnel.

If you are involved in an accident while carrying hazardous materials, it is your responsibility as the driver to keep people away from the scene; limit the spread of material if you can safely do so; inform emergency response personnel of the dangers posed by the materials; and provide emergency personnel with the shipping papers and emergency response information. Unless you have protective equipment and the necessary training, do not try to fight hazardous materials fires yourself.

5. An indicator that cargo contains hazardous materials is:

The cargo is stored in cylinder tanks.

The cargo is picked up from a supermarket.

The cargo is packaged in cardboard boxes.

Packaging can be an indicator of whether or not materials are hazardous. Cylinders and drums are often used to hold and transport hazardous materials.