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1. A certificate holder is notified that a person specifically authorized to carry a deadly weapon is to be aboard an aircraft. Except in an emergency, how long before loading that flight should the air carrier be notified?

Notification is not required, if the certificate holder has a security coordinator.
A minimum of 1 hour.
A minimum of 2 hours.

2. When a person in the custody of law enforcement personnel is scheduled on a flight, what procedures are required regarding boarding of this person and the escort?

They shall be boarded before all other passengers board, and deplaned after all the other passengers have left the aircraft.
They shall be boarded after all other passengers board, and deplaned before all the other passengers leave the aircraft.
They shall board and depart before the other passengers.

3. Which applies to the carriage of a person in the custody of law enforcement personnel?

The air carrier is not allowed to serve beverages to the person in custody or the law enforcement escort.
No more than one person considered to be in the maximum risk category may be carried on a flight, and that person must have at least two armed law enforcement escorts.
The person in custody must be seated between the escort and the aisle.

4. When a passenger notifies the certificate holder prior to checking baggage that an unloaded weapon is in the baggage, what action is required by regulation regarding this baggage?

The baggage may be carried in the flightcrew compartment, provided the baggage remains locked, and the key is given to the pilot in command.
The baggage must remain locked and carried in an area that is inaccessible to the passenger, and only the passenger retains the key.
The baggage must remain locked and stored where it would be inaccessible, and custody of the key shall remain with a designated crewmember.

5. (Refer to HAZMAT table 1 - excerpt from CFR 49, Part 172.) If not excepted, what label, if any, must be placed on a package containing acetone?

No label is required.
POISON.
FLAMMABLE LIQUID.

6. (Refer to HAZMAT table 1 , excerpt from CFR 49, Part 172.) What is the maximum, if any, net quantity of acetyl bromide in one package that may be carded in a cargo-only aircraft?

1 quart.
1 gallon.
No limit is specified.

7. (Refer to HAZMAT table 2, excerpt from CFR 49, Part 172.) What is the maximum, if any, net quantity of acetylene in one package that may be carried in a passenger-carrying aircraft?

Any amount is forbidden.
300 pounds.
No limit is specified.

8. (Refer to HAZMAT table 3, excerpt from CFR 49, Part 172.) If not excepted, what label, if any, must be placed on a package containing allethrin?

ORM-A.
None.
CORROSIVE.

9. (Refer to HAZMAT table 3, excerpt from CFR 49, Part 172.) What is the maximum, if any, net quantity of aluminum hydride in one package that may be carried in a passenger-carrying aircraft?

No limit is specified.
25 pounds.
Any amount is forbidden.

10. Hazardous material shipped on an aircraft must be described and certified on a shipping paper. For what pedod of time must the originating aircraft operator retain one copy of this document?

30 days.
60 days.
90 days.

11. Certain classes of hazardous material may be shipped by air but are not permitted aboard passengercarrying aircraft. How must such material be labeled?

DANGEROUS.
HAZARDOUS/CLASS X.
CARGO AIRCRAFT ONLY.

12. The aircraft operator discovers that the label on a container of hazardous material is missing. How should the appropriate replacement label be determined?

Shipping papers.
Hazardous material index.
Hazardous Materials Tables of CFR 49.

13. An operator makes a telephone report of an incident involving fire during the loading of hazardous materials. Within what period of time must a written report be submitted?

48 hours.
10 days.
15 days.

14. Which procedure must be followed if an operator, when loading magnetized material, cannot avoid placing it in a position where it affects the accuracy of the magnetic compass?

Placard the compass "unreliable."
Rely solely on electronic navigation.
Make a special compass swing and calibration.

15. Which class of hazardous material must be loaded aboard an aircraft in a position that allows no contact with containers of corrosive materials?

Organic chemicals.
Oxidizing materials.
Catalytic agents.

16. What is the maximum weight of hazardous material (other than nonflammable compressed gas) that may be carded in an accessible cargo compartment of a passenger-carrying aircraft?

50 pounds, unless otherwise specifically permitted.
10 pounds, if classified as corrosive.
25 pounds, if classified as ORM-D.

17. What is the maximum, if any, number of packages of ORM material that may be transported in a passenger-carrying aircraft?

No limit applies.
A number whose combined transportation indices total 50.
A number whose combined transportation indices total 100.

18. If transported in a passenger-carrying aircraft, what is the maximum combined transportation indices of packages containing radioactive materials?

100.
50.
25.

19. What precaution, if any, should be taken if dry ice is carried aboard an aircraft?

This material does not require special precautions.
A waiver to carry this material should be requested from the certificating FAA district office.
Proper ventilation of the aircraft should be assured.

20. Who should be notified if there is a suspected radioactive contamination involving a radioactive materials shipment and it is determined that radiological advice is needed?

Office of Hazardous Materials Regulation.
U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

21. What is the minimum distance that a package of radioactive materials bearing the label "RADIOACTIVE YELLOW I[," and having a transport index of 15, may be placed from a space continuously occupied by people?

3 feet.
4 feet.
5 feet.

22. What is the maximum quantity of flammable liquid fuel that may be carried in the cabin of a small, nonscheduled, passenger-carrying aircraft being operated in a remote area of the United States?

10 gallons.
15 gallons.
20 gallons.

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