Your examiner asks: "What documents must accompany a shipment of dangerous goods before you load it?"

A. Only a commercial invoice for the goods is required; the IMDG Code has no specific declaration requirement.

B. No documentation is required for DG cargo provided the container is correctly placarded externally.

C. A Dangerous Goods Declaration from the shipper (stating UN number, class, packing group, proper shipping name, marine pollutant status if applicable) and a signed Container/Vehicle Packing Certificate confirming the container was correctly packed, segregated, marked, labelled and is in a fit condition for carriage — the master/OOW should not load DG cargo without these.

D. The Packing Certificate is only required for break-bulk dangerous goods, not for containerised cargo.

A. Six classes, mirroring the IMSBC Code's Group A/B/C cargo classification.

B. Eight classes, ending at Class 8 (Corrosives) — there is no Class 9.

C. Nine classes: 1 Explosives, 2 Gases (2.1 flammable, 2.2 non-flammable non-toxic, 2.3 toxic), 3 Flammable liquids, 4 Flammable solids/substances liable to spontaneous combustion/substances dangerous when wet, 5 Oxidising substances and organic peroxides, 6 Toxic and infectious substances, 7 Radioactive material, 8 Corrosives, 9 Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles.

D. The IMDG Code does not classify goods into numbered classes; classification is done solely by UN number with no class system.

A. Segregation terms describe segregation from crew accommodation only, not between different cargo classes.

B. IMDG segregation has only one category: "stow apart," with no graduated levels of separation.

C. Segregation categories apply only to Class 1 (Explosives); other classes have no segregation requirement between each other.

D. The IMDG Code segregation table uses terms including "Away from," "Separated from," "Separated by a complete compartment or hold from," and "Separated longitudinally by an intervening complete compartment or hold from" — each representing an increasing physical/spatial separation requirement between incompatible classes, applied via the segregation table cross-referencing hazard classes against each other.