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

Free New Hampshire CDL HazMat Practice Test 2024

Transporting cargo through New Hampshire presents plenty of career opportunities, especially when you add the Hazardous Materials (Hazmat) endorsement to your Commercial Driver’s License (CDL). Alongside the gorgeous views, most pronounced in the tourist-heavy autumn season when the foliage is renowned for its beauty, drivers are challenged throughout the state. The northern White Mountains, the steep and winding highways along I-93, and the narrower routes in the rural areas add challenges to the beauty you experience as a Hazmat driver in New Hampshire, and this endorsement adds marketability and potentially more pay to your career!

“How exactly does this endorsement help me in my career?” The Hazmat endorsement enables drivers to transport materials classified hazardous by the U.S. government. In the Granite State, hazardous materials transported include explosives, flammable liquids, corrosive substances, toxic chemicals, gasses, and radioactive materials. Some prominent organizations in New Hampshire, such as BAE Systems in Nashua (defense and aerospace), Sig Sauer Inc. in Newington (firearms and explosive primers), and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon (biohazardous and radiological substances), rely on drivers with this endorsement.

How to do it: The Hazmat endorsement process is taken very seriously, and several steps are in place to ensure that drivers are properly trained to safely handle these materials. First, you’ll need the mandatory fingerprinting and background check conducted by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). While you wait what could be weeks for the results, you should study and practice for the second step: the DMV knowledge test. This test covers federal regulations, substance handling, packaging, quantity limits, and transport configurations for hazardous materials. With a score of 80% on New Hampshire’s 30-question knowledge test, drivers can move closer to unlocking new opportunities (New Hampshire CDL Handbook 2024). That’s where we have your back!

Our New Hampshire DMV Hazmat Endorsement practice tests are designed to avoid unnecessary information and direct your attention to what matters. By streamlining the content to resemble what you will face on the official DMV test and providing immediate feedback on each response instead of waiting until the end for corrections, we create an unparalleled value add to help you prepare. Once you receive your TSA results and feel prepared from all the practice, you’ll visit the DMV with the necessary documents, pay the fees, and pass 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 NH DMV exam

30

questions

24

correct answers to pass

80%

passing score

List of questions (classic view)

  1. What is a technical name?
  2. When shippers package the material, they are trying to
  3. In what location must you keep your shipping papers that describe any hazardous materials?
  4. 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?
  5. Where are the two main places that the hazardous material identification number appears?
  6. What is the purpose of a driver placarding his or her vehicle?
  7. Do you need to stop before a railroad crossing if you are hauling 100 pounds of Division 4.3 materials?
  8. Your engine runs a pump when you are delivering compressed gas. After finishing the delivery, when should you turn off the engine?
  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. A placarded vehicle must carry a fire extinguisher with a minimum rating of
  11. You must NEVER smoke or perform any activity involving fire within 25 feet of
  12. What are the major differences between cargo tanks and portable tanks?
  13. What action should you take if you discover your hazardous materials shipment leaking at a rest stop but there is no phone available?
  14. Which of the following are necessary qualifications for non-bulk packaging?
  15. Which of the following three hazard classes should NOT be placed into a temperature-controlled trailer (one with a heater/air conditioner unit)?
  16. To determine if you need to use placards, which of the following is NOT something you need to know?
  17. A safe haven is
  18. The Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG)
  19. How often should you check the tires on a placarded trailer that has dual tires?
  20. 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?
  21. Besides the shipping papers and the packages, the other two places where the hazardous material identification number must appear are
  22. Which of the following is NOT an acceptable type of marking for hazardous materials?
  23. Cargo tanks are
  24. If you are carrying Division 1.2 or 1.3 materials, how far away must you park from a bridge, tunnel, or building?
  25. Which of the following materials are acceptable floor liners for transporting Division 1.1 or 1.2 materials?
  26. If you are carrying a total of less than 200 pounds of the hazard classes in Placard Table 1,
  27. NO ONE may smoke within 25 feet of any vehicle that contains explosives, oxidizers, or
  28. If there is an "RQ" before or after the item description on the shipping paper, it means that
  29. If an "X" or an "RQ" is in the HM column of a shipping paper entry, then
  30. Which of the following hazard classes should NOT be placed into a temperature-controlled trailer (one with a heater/air conditioner unit)?
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