CDL HAZMAT PRACTICE TEST VIRGINIA

21. What is the main difference between portable tanks and cargo tanks?
The product is loaded or unloaded while the portable tanks are off the vehicle.
Portable tanks are not permanently attached to a vehicle.
All of the above.
22. To recognize if the shipment includes hazardous materials, you should look at the shipping paper and:
look at the shapes of containers.
see if there are tanks with diamond labels or placards on the premises.
All of the above.
23. Which of the following statements about retarders is NOT correct?
Retarders help slow a vehicle, reducing the need for using brakes.
You should turn the retarder off whenever the road is wet, icy, or snow covered.
Retarders help you avoid skids.
24. When fueling a motor vehicle containing hazardous materials:
someone must always be at the nozzle, controlling fuel flow.
you may leave the engine on, unless a sign requires you to turn it off.
someone with a fire extinguisher must be within 10 feet of the pump.
25. When they package the materials, shippers must:
make them easy to handle.
make them easy to identify.
All of the above.
26. When you use your mirrors while driving on the road, you should:
only use the driver's side mirror.
check them quickly.
avoid checking them regularly.
27. If you must stop on a one-way or divided highway, you should place warning devices _______ toward the approaching traffic.
5, 50 and 500 feet
5, 25 and 50 feet
10, 100 and 200 feet
28. You should always be able to stop within:
100 feet.
the distance you can see ahead.
50 feet.
29. Explosives, flammable gases and flammable liquids should not be placed in a cargo space that has:
an air conditioner.
placards.
a heater.
30. Your vehicle has hydraulic brakes. When you press the brake pedal while driving and the pedal goes to the floor, remember that:
pumping the brake pedal may generate enough hydraulic pressure to stop the vehicle.
the parking brake should never used to slow the vehicle.
shifting into neutral may help slow the vehicle.
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