Tanker Pre Exam

post by HazChem
Saturday November 6, 2021

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1. An emergency shut off valve allows the driver to …

Close the outlet valves all at once

Shut off the engine from outside the cab

Stop the delivery from a location away for the main outlet valves

Shuts off the loading pumps when the tank if full

2. How is a tanker earthed when delivering fuel to a filling station?

By using the ‘Scully’ system

Coupling the hoses to the fill pipe and the tanker

By using a jump lead attached to an earth rod

There is no need to earth at filling station

3. When should the orange-coloured plates on the front and rear of a vehicle be removed or covered?

When a tank-vehicle, carrying a dangerous substance, is parked overnight in a secure depot.

When the vehicle is going to a port to collect a potable tank filled with a dangerous substance

When an unclean nominally empty tank-vehicle is returning to its depot, having discharged its load of the dangerous substance.

When the vehicle is transporting a tank-container that has the correct orange-coloured numbered plates and placards on the tank-container

4. A tank vehicle must have an ADR certificate of approval, testing for this certificate is carried out …

Annually

Every five years

Every 3 years

It is part of the CVRT test on all vehicles

5. 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

6. For vehicles carrying hazardous substances, the most appropriate parking place is …

The local supermarket truck park

A public or private vehicle park where the vehicle is not likely to suffer damage from other vehicles;

A vehicle park supervised by an attendant who has been notified of the nature of the load and whereabouts of the driver

A suitable open space, separated from the public highway and from dwellings, where the public does not normally pass or assemble

7. If a driver discovers a minor leak from a coupling during a discharge, the driver should …

Continue the discharge and wash away the spilled product to avoid injury

Contact the emergency services

Stop the discharge, make good the coupling and then complete the discharge

Collect the product in a bucket as the customer will be unhappy if the quantity delivered is less than that on the Transport Document.

8. What are the dimensions for ADR hazardous substance placards?

40cm base x 30cm high

250mm x 250mm

100mm x 100mm

60cm base x 40cm high

9. Portable tanks must have an intermediate / leakproofness test every …

5 years

6 years

3 years

2½ years

10. When is it necessary to bond (earth) a tank?

When the tank is being filled or discharged with a highly toxic liquid with no secondary (additional) hazards

When the tank is being filled or discharged with a low flash-point liquid

It is never necessary to bond (earth) a tank that is being filled with a dangerous substance

When a tank containing a corrosive liquid with a flash-point above 60 Degrees Celsius being discharged under pressure

11. What is indicated by this mark on a tank-vehicle?

The tank contains an elevated temperature substance

The tank contains dry fish from Killybegs

The tank contains an environmentally hazardous liquid

That the tank contains an organic material

12. A tank which is purged and clean should be marked with …

An empty placard

Blank orange coloured plate

Flammable Placard

No marks or placards required

13. What are the dimensions for ADR placards?

40cm base x 30cm high

250mm x 250mm

100mm x 100mm

60cm base x 40cm high

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

Flammable liquid with toxic and corrosive secondary (additional) hazards

Flammable, toxic, corrosive gas

Toxic corrosive gas

Flammable solid with a corrosive secondary (additional) hazard

15. The minimum ullage is …

Between 3% and 15%

Between 85% and 97%

Between 3% and 7%

Indicated on the Transport Document

16. What is the maximum degree of filling of a dangerous liquid in a tank?

It depends on the dangerous liquid being carried in the tank and typically between 85% and 97% of the tank’s capacity

It is at least 98% of the tank’s capacity for all dangerous liquids

It is always less than 80% of the tank’s capacity

It does not apply to corrosive liquids

17. Which of the following statements is incorrect in relation to Portable Tanks?

Are multi-modal tanks

Have a capacity of more than 3,000 litres

Cannot be lifted into a ship

Have a ‘T’ code on the tank plate

18. A tank vehicle carrying 30,000 litres to meet ADR requirements must have …

Three 4 kg powder extinguishers

2 x 6 kg dry powder fire extinguishers

A 2 kg foam and a 6 kg dry powder fire extinguisher

12kg of any type suitable extinguishers, in any combination of sizes

19. The number of battery master switches fitted to a vehicle under ADR is …

One

Two

Three

None

20. Doubling the first figure in the top of an ADR orange-coloured plate indicates that …

The substance is twice as dangerous

The substance is highly dangerous

The substance is very very toxic

The substance will ignite spontaneously

21. 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

22. The numbers in the top half of an orange-coloured plate indicate …

The load number

The consignment number

The hazard identification number

The UN Number of the substance

23. The form required to move hazardous waste in a tanker in Ireland is a …

C2 Form

TFS Form

WTF Form

CMR

24. During the discharge of gas oil by pump, if the vents were not open …

The Scully system would trip the pump

The tank would explode

The tank would catch fire

The tank would implode

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