CFA Hazmat Placard Awareness 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A placard showing a flame symbol over a horizontal red-and-white striped background indicates which hazard class?
- Class 1 Explosives
- Class 3 Flammable Liquid
- Class 2 Flammable Gas
- Class 4 Flammable Solid (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Class 4 Flammable Solid
Class 4 Flammable Solid placards feature a red-and-white vertically striped background with a flame symbol.
Question 2: When transporting hazmat on a forklift within a facility, who is responsible for ensuring required placards are in place?
- The shipping dock supervisor only
- The carrier or vehicle operator
- The facility safety officer exclusively
- The forklift operator handling the load (Correct answer)
Correct answer: The forklift operator handling the load
The forklift operator is responsible for verifying that any required hazmat placards or labels are present and visible before moving the load.
Question 3: Which DOT placard category uses an all-white background with a black propeller symbol?
- Class 7 Radioactive (Correct answer)
- Class 6 Poison
- Class 9 Miscellaneous
- Class 5.2 Organic Peroxide
Correct answer: Class 7 Radioactive
Class 7 Radioactive materials use a white placard (or yellow-and-white) with the distinctive three-bladed propeller (trefoil) symbol.
Question 4: A damaged or illegible hazmat placard on an inbound shipment should be:
- Ignored if the material appears undamaged
- Reported to a supervisor and the shipment quarantined (Correct answer)
- Replaced with any available placard of similar color
- Covered with tape and noted in the log
Correct answer: Reported to a supervisor and the shipment quarantined
A damaged or unreadable placard must be reported immediately and the shipment held until proper identification and placarding is confirmed.
Question 5: What is the minimum aggregate gross weight of hazardous materials in non-bulk packages that generally requires placarding under DOT regulations?
- 100 lbs (45 kg)
- 454 lbs (206 kg)
- 1,001 lbs (454 kg) (Correct answer)
- 2,000 lbs (907 kg)
Correct answer: 1,001 lbs (454 kg)
DOT regulations generally require placarding when the aggregate gross weight of non-bulk packages in a hazard class reaches 1,001 lbs.
Question 6: A green diamond-shaped placard with a gas cylinder symbol represents:
- Class 2.1 Flammable Gas
- Class 2.3 Poison Gas
- Class 2.2 Non-Flammable Compressed Gas (Correct answer)
- Class 5.1 Oxidizer
Correct answer: Class 2.2 Non-Flammable Compressed Gas
A green placard with a cylinder symbol identifies Class 2.2 Non-Flammable Compressed Gas.
Question 7: When a forklift operator notices a leaking hazmat container with an orange placard, the FIRST action should be:
- Move the container outside immediately to ventilate
- Evacuate the area and notify emergency response personnel (Correct answer)
- Apply absorbent material to contain the spill
- Check the SDS to identify the chemical before acting
Correct answer: Evacuate the area and notify emergency response personnel
Orange placards indicate explosives; the immediate priority is evacuating the area and alerting emergency response before any other action.
CFA Hazmat Placard Awareness 2
A placard showing a flame symbol over a horizontal red-and-white striped background indicates which hazard class?