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

Free Georgia CDL HazMat Practice Test 2024

Georgia. If that old sweet song has Georgia on your mind, you are likely aware of the state’s beautiful landscape, including the Blue Ridge Mountains, the coastal plain, and the Appalachian Plateau. You must be interested in the sweet opportunities available once you’ve added the Hazardous Materials (Hazmat) endorsement to your Commercial Driver’s License (CDL). You’ll need to be a minimum of 21 years of age per federal law to transport hazardous materials. (If you’re younger and looking for additional opportunities, check out our Double/Triple Trailers endorsement practice tests for intrastate driving.) For the 21 and older crowd, the Hazmat endorsement broadens their marketability and can result in higher pay and recruitment potential!

The U.S. government has deemed cargo like explosives, certain types of fuel, industrial chemicals, radioactive materials, and infectious substances as hazardous. The Hazmat endorsement permits drivers to transport these materials. You might be asking yourself, “Do I really want to transport radioactive materials?” Rest assured, the most important objective of this endorsement process is to ensure safety.

You’ll need to pass a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) fingerprinting and background check. We say “first,” because the results from TSA can take weeks, so you’ll want to use the waiting period to practice for the second major hurdle: the DDS knowledge test. The knowledge test is made up of 30 questions (24 out of 30 answers must be correct) and addresses topics like federal regulations, substance handling, material packaging, quantity limits, and transport configurations for hazardous materials (Georgia CDL Handbook 2024).

In the Peach State, there are multiple industries that require a Hazmat endorsement, including chemical manufacturing (Delta Airlines headquartered in Atlanta and, believe it or not, Coca-Cola headquartered in Atlanta require the endorsement on some of their chemical hauls), petroleum and energy (Colonial Pipeline and RaceTrac Petroleum are headquartered in Georgia), waste management and environmental sciences, and industrial gas. This sounds amazing, right? Let’s simplify this process!

Our online Georgia CDL HazMat Endorsement practice tests are strategically designed to focus on the necessary information. We get straight to what’s relevant and our practice tests mimic what you will face on the official DDS test. Once you have your TSA results in hand and feel prepared, you’ll visit the DDS with the necessary documents, pay the fees, and confidently take the test.

  • Perfect for first-time and renewal CDL/CLP applicants, and those adding endorsements

What you need to know

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 GA DDS exam

30

questions

24

correct answers to pass

80%

passing score

List of questions (classic view)

  1. Besides the shipping papers and the packages, the other two places where the hazardous material identification number must appear are
  2. 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?
  3. The Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG)
  4. Your engine runs a pump when you are delivering compressed gas. After finishing the delivery, when should you turn off the engine?
  5. How often should you check the tires on a placarded trailer that has dual tires?
  6. Which of the following is NOT an acceptable type of marking for hazardous materials?
  7. What is the purpose of a driver placarding his or her vehicle?
  8. To determine if you need to use placards, you do NOT need to know
  9. If you are carrying Division 1.2 or 1.3 materials, how far away must you park from the traveled portion of the roadway?
  10. Which of the following three hazard classes should NOT be placed into a temperature-controlled trailer (one with a heater/air conditioner unit)?
  11. Which of the following materials are acceptable floor liners for transporting Division 1.1 or 1.2 materials?
  12. Where are the two main places that the hazardous material identification number appears?
  13. In what location must you keep your shipping papers that describe any hazardous materials?
  14. When shippers package the material, they are trying to
  15. What action should you take if you discover your hazardous materials shipment leaking at a rest stop but there is no phone available?
  16. Which of the following are necessary qualifications for non-bulk packaging?
  17. 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?
  18. What is a technical name?
  19. A placarded vehicle must carry a fire extinguisher with a minimum rating of
  20. What are the major differences between cargo tanks and portable tanks?
  21. A safe haven is
  22. Cargo tanks are
  23. If you are carrying Division 1.2 or 1.3 materials, how far away must you park from a bridge, tunnel, or building?
  24. You must NEVER smoke or perform any activity involving fire within 25 feet of
  25. Do you need to stop before a railroad crossing if you are hauling 100 pounds of Division 4.3 materials?
  26. Your vehicle contains 500 pounds each of Division 1.1 materials and Division 1.2 materials. The vehicle must have
  27. If the word “Forbidden” appears in the Hazard class column of an entry in the Hazardous Materials table,
  28. A vehicle placarded for hazardous materials must have placards on ______ sides.
  29. If there is an "RQ" before or after the item description on the shipping paper, it means that
  30. Identification numbers are preceded by the letters "UN" or "NA." The letters "NA" are associated with proper shipping names that are used where?
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