Tanker Pre Exam

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Saturday November 6, 2021

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1. Which of the following statements is incorrect in relation to tank containers?

Have a capacity in excess of 450 litres

Can be lifted on and off the vehicle

Have four twist-locks

Meet IMDG requirements

2. Vents in an atmospheric tank …

Allow the driver to enter the tank for cleaning

Maintain the tank at atmospheric pressure by allowing air in or vapour out

Let air into the driver’s cab

Resist contamination of the load with water

3. When can an ‘AT’ vehicle be used to transport a 20,000-litre tank-container that is filled with a dangerous substance?

When the dangerous substance is a toxic liquid with no secondary (additional) hazards

When the dangerous substance is a flammable liquid with no secondary (additional) hazards

When the dangerous substance is a flammable toxic gas

‘AT’ vehicles are not allowed to transport tank-containers that are filled with any dangerous substance

4. You are a road tank driver. At the loading point you are told there is no 98% Sulphuric Acid available and you are instructed to load 25% Sulphuric Acid, what should you do …

Check with the carrier

Refuse the load altogether

Check with consignor

Agree to the new load as it is weaker acid

5. When negotiating a roundabout in a road tanker it may rollover at speeds as low as …

25 kph

31 kph

41 kph

49 kph

6. What is the ullage of a tank?

It is the maximum permissible gross mass of the tank

It is the capacity of the tank

It is the residue or slops left in the tank after it has been discharged

It is the air space (or vapour space) above the liquid in the tank

7. You are a road tank driver. At the loading point you are told there is no 98% Sulphuric Acid available and you are instructed to load 25% Sulphuric Acid, what should you do …

Check with the carrier

Refuse the load altogether

Check with consignor

Agree to the new load as it is weaker acid

8. The form required to move hazardous waste in a tanker to Germany is a;

C2 Form

TFS Form

WFT Form

CMR

9. Which one of the following must be inspected at last once a year?

All vehicles used to carry dangerous goods

A curtain-sided vehicle used to carry very toxic liquids in IBC’s (Intermediate Bulk Containers)

A portable tank used to carry dangerous substances

A vehicle used to carry dangerous substances in tanks

10. What danger can arise from the build-up of static electricity in a highly flammable liquid while it is being top filled into a tank?

It can result in a fire or explosion

It can increase the evaporation rate of the highly flammable liquid

There is no danger while the man lids are open

It can result in the contamination of the highly flammable liquid

11. In relation to tank containers which of the following is correct …

They can only be lifted when empty

They can only be loaded using a closed system

They can only be discharged using a siphon pipe.

They can be lifted from the vehicle when fully loaded

12. The orange-coloured plates to be displayed on a fuel tanker represent …

The substance with the lowest density

The substance with the highest flashpoint

The substance with the lowest flashpoint

The fuel with the lowest flammability

13. The correct marking and placarding for a tanker carrying 3 compartments of diesel (UN1202) and 3 compartment of petrol (UN1203) is …

Blank orange coloured plates front and rear, with placards and environmentally hazardous substance marks on both on all four sides of the tank

Numbered orange coloured plates (30 + 1202 (Diesel)) on the front and rear of the vehicle, with placards and the environmentally hazardous substance mark on both sides and rear of the tank

Numbered orange coloured plates (33 + 1203(Petrol)) on the front and rear of the vehicle, with placards and the environmentally hazardous substance mark on both sides and rear of the tank

Numbered orange coloured plates (30 + 1223 (Kerosene) ) on the front and rear of the vehicle, with placards on sides and rear of the tank

14. Which of the following is an unsafe activity when discharging a powder tanker?

The stabilising legs should be extended and lowered

The air should be dumped from the suspension system, if appropriate

Using chocks to prevent movement when parked on a sloped area.

Climbing on the chassis with a mallet to vibrate the tank to release powder from the tank walls

15. Tank data plates provide vital information for drivers, which of the following pieces of information does not appear on the tank data plate …

The capacity of the tank

The serial number

The UN Number

Test and examination dates

16. The mark for an Elevated Temperature Substance should be shown …

At the rear of a vehicle only

Wherever placards are displayed

At the front of the vehicle only

On both sides of the vehicle only

17. The correct marking and placarding for a tank vehicle with 3 chemicals from three different classes in three different compartments is …

Blank orange coloured plates front and rear, with placards on all of the tank compartments

Numbered orange coloured plates on the front and rear of the vehicle, with placards on the sides of the tank

Blank orange coloured plates on the front and rear of the vehicle, numbered orange coloured plates on the sides of each compartment and placards on the both sides of each compartment and at the back of the tank

Numbered orange coloured plates on the front and rear of the vehicle, numbered orange coloured plates on each compartment and placards on both sides

18. Which one of the following must undergo a periodic inspection (thorough examination) every 5 years?

A tank-container used to carry a highly flammable liquid

A vehicle used to carry a dangerous substance in bulk

A large container (for example a 20-foot freight container) used to carry highly flammable liquid in 200 litre drums

A vehicle used to carry a toxic gas in cylinders

19. What type dangerous substance has the following orange-coloured plates on the front and rear of a tank-vehicle?

Highly flammable liquid

Flammable liquid

Flammable solid

Explosive substance with a corrosive secondary (additional) hazard

20. A pressure relief valve …

Allows the tank to be used at any pressure

Is open when carrying gases

Prevents the build-up of excess pressure

Protects the environment

21. What type of dangerous substance has the following orange-coloured plates on the front and rear of a tank-vehicle?

Flammable gas

Flammable liquid with a toxic secondary (additional) hazard

Flammable solid with a toxic secondary (additional) hazard

Toxic gas

22. The Ullage space in a tank of Petrol, Kerosene or Diesel must not be less than …

85%

1% – 7%

15%

23. When tank vehicles move forward the liquid in the tank will initially …

Build up at the front of the tank

Build up along the sides of the tank

Not move if the vehicle has baffles

Build up at the rear of the tank

24. A tank-container has the following orange-coloured plate displayed on both sides, what type of dangerous substance does it contain?

Oxidising liquid

Flammable gas

Flammable solid

Corrosive liquid

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