CDL – Cargo Securement Quiz

Responsibility for securing a load properly falls on both you and your carrier.

The term “working load limit” means:

The term “aggregate working load limit” means:

You’re delivering a load to a company in Toronto, Ontario. You may count an unmarked device as part of the aggregate working load limit as long as you’ve properly estimated the working load limit based on information from your carrier.

A tiedown is considered “direct” if it is:

The aggregate working load limit of any cargo securement system must be:

What is the minimum number of tiedowns needed to secure a 12-foot-long object that is NOT BLOCKED to prevent forward movement:

What is the minimum number of tiedowns needed to secure a 12-foot-long object that is BLOCKED to prevent forward movement:

The shipper is responsible for the securement of the cargo when they do the actual loading.

Which of the following are part of a thorough pre-trip inspection?

What are your primary pre-loading responsibilities?

When loading a flatbed trailer, cargo should be:

Drivers should inspect tiedowns, such as load straps or chains, regularly because:

With regard to cargo securement, working load limit refers to:

The aggregate working load limit of any securement system used to secure an object or group of objects against movement must be:

How many tiedowns (in this case load straps) with a working load limit of 5,000 pounds would be needed to secure cargo weighing 40,000 pounds on a flatbed trailer, assuming the tiedown ends are attached to opposite sides of the trailer?

How many tiedowns would be required to secure 23-foot long steel piping, without use of a bulkhead?

When tightening chains with a ratchet binder:

If you secure your cargo well enough, you shouldn’t have to worry about sudden braking, sharp turns, bad weather, or rough roads

Cargo securement is important because:

While driving, you are forced to make a sudden stop. You feel and hear your cargo shift forward as a result. In this situation, the safest thing to do is:

Blocking and bracing refer to techniques, structures, or devices placed against or around cargo, and are used to prevent it from falling, tipping, and moving horizontally:

What are the possible consequences of overloading and poor cargo weight distribution?

Determining how to secure concrete pipe will depend on (pick all that apply):

You should inspect your tiedowns (load straps, chains, etc.) regularly because:

Federal regulations require you to stop and inspect your cargo:

As far as intrastate (individual state regulations) requirements, you should be most concerned with:

A tiedown is:

The regulations strongly suggest drivers not drive their vehicles unless the cargo contained in the trailer is properly distributed and adequately secured.

To find out a chain’s working load limit, you need to determine:

Each tiedown (load securement device), or its associated connectors, or its attachment mechanisms, must be designed, constructed and maintained so the driver of an in-transit commercial motor vehicle can tighten and/or adjust them.