1. While driving a sweeper, you see smoke billowing out of a window at 3939 Walking Stick Lane. What is the first thing you should do?

2. Which of the following figures could be the object above, seen from a different angle?

3. While Sanitation Worker Yamata is making a garbage pickup at an apartment building in the 700 block of Norcross Road, two boys run up to his truck and spray graffiti on the driver's side door. Yamata, who is busy with the collection, does not see the boys. Mrs. Stanley, who is walking her dog, is the only witness to the crime. She stops Yamata and tells him that one of the boys, Randy McGill, age thirteen, lives in the 800 block of Norcross. When Yamata returns to the garage, he files a report. Which of the following reports most clearly and accurately states what occurred?

4. Choose the word or phrase that means the same or nearly the same as the underlined word:The corporation's habit of placing toxic materials in unmarked containers aroused anger in many sanitation workers.

5. The cost of a list of supplies for a sanitation crew is as follows: $19.98, $52.20, $12.64, and $7.79. What is the total cost?

6. On designated holidays, there is no garbage collection in the city. When a holiday falls on a Monday, sanitation workers collect their normal Monday route and half of their normal Tuesday route on the Tuesday after the holiday. On the next day, Wednesday, they collect the second half of their normal Tuesday route and all of their normal Wednesday route. On Wednesday, September 6, two days after a holiday, the resident at 456 Dornan Street phones the city's Sanitation Department to complain that his garbage, which is normally collected on Tuesdays, is still sitting in front of his house. Which of the following explanations would describe most clearly and accurately to this resident why his garbage has not yet been collected?

7. Use this graph to answer:

How many tons of garbage were deposited in the landfill in 1992?

8. Choose the word or phrase that means the same or nearly the same as the underlined word: The collection trucks used by sanitation departments in the surrounding small towns are definitely outmoded.

9. It's raining heavily and you can't see the street in front of the collection truck even with the windshield wipers on their fastest setting. What should you do?

10. What is the approximate total weight of four sanitation workers who weigh 152 pounds, 168 pounds, 182 pounds, and 201 pounds?

11. You've just come from a meeting where employees were told to report on-the-job injuries to the supervisor as soon as they happen. As you hook up a snow plow to a truck, you cut your right thumb. The cut is fairly deep but only hurts a little. What should you do?

12. Use this map to answer: The arrows indicate traffic flow; one arrow indicates a one-way street going in the direction of the arrow; two arrows represent a two-way street. You are not allowed to go the wrong way on a one-way street.

Sanitation Worker Kenney has just finished lunch at Jim's Deli and is heading west on Pine Avenue to continue her route. She turns left on Lee Lane and then left again onto Pecan Avenue. She turns left on Main Street and finally turns right on Palmer Avenue. What direction is she facing?

13. Use this map to answer: The arrows indicate traffic flow; one arrow indicates a one-way street going in the direction of the arrow; two arrows represent a two-way street. You are not allowed to go the wrong way on a one-way street.

There has been heavy flooding in the city and, on an emergency basis, some collection routes are being canceled or reassigned. Sanitation Workers McKay and Callihan are driving by the court house, northbound on Upton Street. They receive a call that their regular route is being canceled, and that instead they are to begin pick-up at Ross Park on the Grove Street side of the park. What is the most direct legal route for Sanitation Workers McKay and Callihan to take?

14. Only supervisors of the sanitation department are qualified to handle hazardous waste. Hazardous waste is defined as any waste designated hazardous by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. If a sanitation worker is unclear as to whether a particular item is hazardous, he or she should not handle the item but instead should notify the supervisor for directions.
On the basis of the passage, which of the following is the best definition of hazardous waste?

15. After a snow or ice fall, the city streets are treated with ordinary rock salt. In some areas, the salt is combined with calcium chloride, which is more effective in below-zero temperatures and better melts ice. This combination of salt and calcium chloride is also less damaging to foliage along the roadways.
In deciding whether to use ordinary rock salt or the salt and calcium chloride on a particular street, which of the following is NOT a consideration?

16. Only supervisors of the sanitation department are qualified to handle hazardous waste. Hazardous waste is defined as any waste designated hazardous by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. If a sanitation worker is unclear as to whether a particular item is hazardous, he or she should not handle the item but instead should notify the supervisor for directions.
Sanitation Worker Wong comes upon a container of cleaning solvent that has been set out along with the regular garbage in front of a residence. The container does not list the contents of the cleaner. Wong should

17. Sanitation Worker Camillo is stopped for a red light on Lucas Drive. When the light turns green, Camillo drives slowly forward into the intersection of Lucas Drive and Manchester Way. There, his truck is broadsided from the left by a gray, late-model Mercury station wagon. Although he is shaken, Camillo has not been injured. The driver of the car is also uninjured, but he accuses Camillo of having driven through a red light. Someone in a nearby building saw the accident and phoned the police, who arrive within minutes. Which of the following reports would Camillo give to the police to describe the accident most clearly and accurately?

18. How many feet of rope will a sanitation worker need to tie off a hazardous waste area that is 34 feet long and 20 feet wide?

19. You are driving a collection truck northbound on a residential street. A school bus on the south side of the street is letting children off and has on its flashing red lights. What should you do?

20. Sanitation Workers Martini and Schmid are southbound on Canyon Drive and have just crossed Edward Street. They receive a call that a city collection truck has broken down, leaving one pick-up to be made near a bus stop located at Livingston Avenue and Bortz Road. They are asked to make the unscheduled pick-up. What is the quickest route for Sanitation Workers Martini and Schmid to take to the bus stop?

21. Departmental policy instructs all sanitation workers to fill out a Leave Request Form when they want to take time off. The leave forms have to be turned in no later than 48 hours before the worker's vacation starts and must be signed by a supervisor before being turned in to the department office.
Sanitation Worker Purnelli wants Saturday off to take his son to a baseball game. He asks his supervisor on Wednesday and is told to fill out a Leave Request Form. After he fills out the form, he should

22. The city has distributed standardized recycling containers to all households, with directions that read: We would prefer that you use this new container as your primary recycling container. Additional recycling containers may be purchased from the city.
According to the directions, which of the following is true about the new containers?>

23. The arrows indicate traffic flow;one arrow indicates a one-way street going in the direction of the arrow; two arrows represent a two-way street. You are not allowed to go the wrong way on a one-way street.
Sanitation Workers Kazinski and Benning are completing a routine pick-up at the Livingston Avenue Mall at the southeast corner of the building. Dispatch notifies them of a special pick-up at a residence located at the northwest corner of Canyon Drive and Linda Lane. What is the quickest route for Kazinski and Benning to take to the residence?

24. Sanitation Worker Roth is loading a collection truck with trash in the alley behind the apartment building at 4498 Cahill Avenue when she hears someone calling for help. She looks up and sees an older man at the window on the third floor. The man shouts that his wife may have had a heart attack and his phone is out of order. Roth goes into the building and calls 911 from the superintendent's phone. Which of the following statements reports the emergency most clearly and accurately?

25. When you stop your collection truck to pick up trash along a busy city street, a small boy grabs the side mirror on the driver's side and hangs there, shouting for you to take him for a ride. What should you do?