Hazardous Materials Quiz

A vehicle placarded for hazardous materials is required to have placards on how many sides of the vehicle?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Who is responsible for packing, labeling, and marking the hazardous materials for the shipment?

• Carrier

• Shipper

• Driver

• State auditors

A power unit of a placarded vehicle is required to have a fire extinguisher with a UL rating of ______ B:C or more.

• 5

• 10

• 15

• 20

You may not park a vehicle carrying placarded hazardous materials (not laden with explosives) within how many feet of an open fire?

• 100

• 200

• 300

• 400

If hazardous material is spilling from your vehicle, you must not move your vehicle.

• Any more than 500 feet

• In any upwind direction

• Off the roadway

• Any more than safety requires

You may not smoke within 25 feet of a vehicle that contains:

• Flammable liquids

• Flammable solids

• Explosives

• Any of the above

The basic description of hazardous materials on a shipping paper must include the identification number, proper shipping name, hazard class or division, and:

• Placard color

• Fire extinguisher information

• Packing group

• All of the above

When shippers package hazardous materials, they must certify that this was done according to the regulations. The one exception to this rule is when:

• The shipment is a hazardous waste

• The driver is given a sealed cargo load

• The shipper is a private carrier carrying their own product

• The trip will not cross a state line

When hauling hazardous materials, you must check your tires:

• At the beginning of each trip and each time the vehicle is parked

• At the beginning of each trip and after every 200 miles of travel

• At the beginning, middle, and end of each trip

• At the end of each trip

If the word "forbidden" is written or typed in the hazard class column (column 3) of the Hazardous Materials Table:

• The carrier may not open the package or container

• You must never transport the product

• A shipment of that product must never be larger than the RQ

• You may transport it only with an escort vehicle