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  • Updated for December 2024
  • Based on 2024 LA commercial driver's license manual

Free Louisiana CDL HazMat Practice Test 2024

Louisianais rich in diversity, whether driving through the Mississippi River areas and its wetlands, the coastal lowlands, or the congested urban cities like Baton Rouge and New Orleans. These diverse areas create countless opportunities for commercial drivers. Adding the Hazardous Materials (Hazmat) endorsement to your Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) not only increases your marketability but also positions you for brighter recruitment prospects and higher earning potential! Let’s explore this endorsement, the state-specific opportunities it allows, and the tools we’ve created to help you obtain it.

The Hazmat endorsement permits drivers to transport materials that the U.S. government has judged hazardous. This responsibility is taken very seriously, and many additional requirements come into play. The several steps included in the endorsement process serve to ensure your safety and protect the people and environment. First, you’ll need to pass a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) fingerprinting and background check. Results from TSA can take weeks to arrive. You’ll want to use that time to study and practice for the second hurdle: the OMV knowledge test. The knowledge test addresses federal regulations, substance handling, material packaging, quantity limits, and transport configurations for hazardous materials. You’ll need a score of 80% on Louisiana’s knowledge test, which is made up of 30 questions (Louisiana CDL Handbook 2024).

Regarding additional opportunities, hazardous materials often transported in the Pelican State include crude oil and petroleum products (gasoline and diesel fuel), industrial chemicals (benzene and chlorine), natural gas and other compressed gasses, chemical fertilizers (anhydrous ammonia and ammonium nitrate), and hazardous waste and byproducts from the petrochemical industry. There are many high-level organizations in Louisiana that require the endorsement, including ExxonMobil (Baton Rouge), Dow Chemical (Plaquemine), Entergy Corporation (New Orleans), Sasol (Westlake), and Shell Oil (Norco).

Sounds overwhelming? Let’s fix that! Our online Louisiana OMV Hazmat Endorsement practice tests are strategically designed to avoid information not relevant to the test and mimic what you will face on the official OMV test. We also provide immediate feedback on each response, which studies have shown speeds the learning process. Once you receive your TSA results and feel ready, you’ll visit the OMV with the necessary documents, pay the fees, and pass the test with flying colors. What are you waiting for? Click the link and start now!

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7 min to complete
Available in EN and ES
Verified by Steven Litvintchouk, M.S., Chief Educational Researcher, Member of ACES. See our detailed commitment to accuracy and quality in our practice tests.

What to expect on the actual LA OMV exam

30

questions

24

correct answers to pass

80%

passing score

List of questions (classic view)

  1. How far away are you allowed to park from a bridge, tunnel, or building if you are carrying Division 1.2 or 1.3 materials?
  2. If you are carrying Division 1.2 or 1.3 materials, how far away must you park from the traveled portion of the roadway?
  3. If you are already carrying 100 pounds of silver cyanide, what precautions must you take if you are given papers at a dock to carry 100 cartons of battery acid?
  4. What are the two main places where the hazardous material identification number appears?
  5. Cargo tanks are
  6. You must NEVER smoke or perform any activity involving fire within 25 feet of
  7. Do you need to stop before a railroad crossing if you are hauling 100 pounds of Division 4.3 materials?
  8. How often should you check the tires on a placarded trailer that has dual tires?
  9. Which of the following hazard classes uses a transport index to determine how much of it can be loaded on a single vehicle for transport?
  10. Your engine runs a pump when you are delivering compressed gas. After finishing the delivery, when should you turn off the engine?
  11. What action should you take if you discover your hazardous materials shipment leaking at a rest stop but there is no phone available?
  12. Besides the shipping papers and the packages, the other two places where the hazardous material identification number must appear are
  13. What is a technical name?
  14. The Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG)
  15. What are the major differences between cargo tanks and portable tanks?
  16. Which of the following three hazard classes should NOT be placed into a temperature-controlled trailer (one with a heater/air conditioner unit)?
  17. A safe haven is
  18. When shippers package the material, they are trying to
  19. Which of the following is NOT an acceptable type of marking for hazardous materials?
  20. Which of the following are necessary qualifications for non-bulk packaging?
  21. Which of the following materials are acceptable floor liners for moving Division 1.1 or 1.2 materials?
  22. What is the purpose of a driver placarding his or her vehicle?
  23. To determine if you need to use placards, which of the following is NOT something you need to know?
  24. In what location must you keep your shipping papers that describe any hazardous materials?
  25. A placarded vehicle must carry a fire extinguisher with a minimum rating of
  26. A vehicle placarded for hazardous materials must have placards on ____ sides.
  27. Placards must be at least _______ from all other markings.
  28. If a shipment contains both hazardous and non-hazardous materials, the shipping paper must
  29. For the hazard classes in Placard Table 2, you must use placards only if you are transporting a total of
  30. In the Hazardous Materials Table, which column provides the hazardous material identification number for each hazardous material?
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