Section 1
All motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, or pole trailers manufactured after year ______ must be equipped with electrical turn signal lights.
A. 1969
B. 1972
C. 1948
D. 1959
D. 1959
All motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, or pole trailers except motorcycles and certain trailers shall be equipped with electrical turn signal lights, except that passenger cars or trucks under 80 inches in width and manufactured prior to the year model 1960 need not be equipped with electrical turn signals unless the body or load of the vehicle or combination of vehicles extends to side more than 24 inches from the center of the top of the steering wheel, or the rear limit of the body or load exceeds more than 14 feet from the center of the top of the steering wheel.
Vehicles transporting ________ must use triangular reflectors instead of flares.
A. flammable liquids or gases
B. sand
C. livestock
D. groceries
A. flammable liquids or gases
Many flammable liquids and gases are highly volatile. A CMV that is transporting explosives, flammable liquids, or compressed flammable gases or using compressed gas as a fuel must not use flares, fuses, or any other type of signal that is produced by flame. Warning triangles are a safe alternative.
Combination vehicles that weigh more than 3,000 pounds must be able to stop within ____ feet when traveling at 20 mph.
A. 20
B. 40
C. 30
D. 50
D. 50
Combination vehicles weighing more than 3,000 pounds must be able to stop within 50 feet when traveling 20 mph.
Surge or inertia brake systems may be used on trailers and semitrailers with gross weight of ____or less.
A. 15,000 lb.
B. 25,000 lb.
C. 23,500 lb.
D. 20,000 lb.
A. 15,000 lb.
Additional control devices may be used to operate brakes on the towed vehicles. Surge or inertia brake systems may be used on trailers and semitrailers with gross weight of 15,000 or less.
Every vehicle that is designed to operate at speeds of ____ mph or less requires a slow-moving vehicle emblem.
A. 40
B. 30
C. 35
D. 25
D. 25
Texas law defines a slow-moving vehicle as a vehicle that is designed to operate at a maximum speed of 25 miles per hour or less. A slow-moving vehicle emblem must be affixed to every slow-moving vehicle.
A semitrailer or trailer may not exceed a length of ____ feet each when operated in a truck tractor, semitrailer, and trailer combination.
A. 28-1/2
B. 24
C. 28
D. 24-1/2
A. 28-1/2
A semitrailer or trailer may not exceed a length of 28-1/2 feet each when operated in a truck tractor, semitrailer, and trailer combination.
If the load you are hauling is __________ than allowed by law, you must obtain a special permit from the Texas Department of Transportation.
A. lighter, longer, or wider
B. heavier or lower
C. heavier, longer, wider, or higher
D. larger or shorter
C. heavier, longer, wider, or higher
If you wish to haul a load that is heavier, longer, wider, or higher than the law allows, you must obtain a special permit from the Texas Department of Transportation.
Your vehicle has broken down on a highway. What is the FIRST thing you must do?
A. Call for emergency help.
B. Put out the proper flares, flags, or reflectors.
C. Honk your horn.
D. Inspect your vehicle.
B. Put out the proper flares, flags, or reflectors.
The first thing the driver of a disabled vehicle must do is put out the proper flares, flags, or reflectors.
On a steep downgrade, you should
A. shift into a higher gear.
B. coast.
C. shift into a lower gear.
D. shift into neutral.
C. shift into a lower gear
When you're about to start down a steep downgrade, shift into a lower gear and use engine braking to slow your vehicle. Don't try to downshift after your speed has already built up. You may not be able to shift into a lower gear at that point. Under Texas law, it is illegal for any motor vehicle to coast downhill with the transmission in neutral. It is also illegal for a bus, tractor, or truck to coast downhill with the clutch disengaged.
On an open road, maintain a following distance of at least ___ seconds.
A. 4
B. 3
C. 8
D. 5
A. 4
You should maintain at least a four-second following distance between you and the vehicle ahead. (See section 2.7.1 of the Texas Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers Handbook for more information on choosing a safe following distance.) Under poor driving conditions, increase your following distance even more.
In bad weather, increase your following distance to
A. 8 seconds.
B. 5 to 6 seconds.
C. 5 seconds.
D. 6 to 8 seconds.
D. 6 to 8 seconds.
In bad weather, increase your following distance to 6 to 8 seconds. This will give you more reaction time to compensate for poor traction and the actions of less experienced drivers.
When one vehicle is towing another, the connection must not be longer than ____ feet, and there must be a _____ flag attached to it.
A. 15; red
B. 15; white
C. 12 1/2; white
D. 15; yellow
B. 15; white
When one vehicle is towing another, the connection must not be longer than 15 feet, and there must be a white flag at least 12 inches square attached to it.
CMVs weighing _____ pounds or more with metal tires are not permitted on the highways.
A. 5,000
B. 1,000
C. 2,000
D. 3,000
A. 5,000
Vehicles that weigh 5,000 pounds or more and have metal tires are not permitted on a highway without a special permit.
What is the maximum weight for a single or combination vehicle including its load?
A. 80,000 pounds
B. 50,000 pounds
C. 100,000 pounds
D. 80,000 kilos
A. 80,000 pounds
The maximum weight for a single or combination vehicle including its load is 80,000 pounds unless you obtain an oversized/overweight permit from the Texas Department of Transportation Permit Office
When following another vehicle, a CMV must leave
A. a two-second following distance
B. five feet between the CMV and the vehicle in front
C. enough space for another vehicle to pass and enter the space between them safely
D. enough space to see the left outside mirror of the vehicle ahead.
C. enough space for another vehicle to pass and enter the space between them safely
When a CMV is following another vehicle, it must keep far enough back to allow another vehicle to overtake and enter the space between them safely.
If you're being tailgated, you should
A. decrease your following distance.
B. maintain the same speed.
C. increase your following distance.
D. tap your brakes a few times.
C. increase your following distance.
If you're being tailgated, increase your following distance to give both you and the tailgater more time to react to hazards ahead. This will also make it easier for the tailgater to pass you. [14.8 Special Requirements: Federal Regulations, Section 14: Special Requirements for Texas Commercial Motor Vehicles, Texas Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers Handbook].
When driving during the summer, be alert for
A. construction areas.
B. animals.
C. campgrounds.
D. puddles.
A. construction areas.
When driving in the summer, be on the lookout for lost, fatigued drivers on vacation; construction zones; and overloaded vehicles with obstructed visibility. Clues to tourist vehicles include car-top luggage and out-of-state license plates.
With exception of 'cotton vehicles' and vehicles carrying cylindrically shaped bales of hay, loads transported may not exceed
A. 90 inches in width.
B. 102 inches in width.
C. 80 inches in width.
D. 92 inches in width.
B. 102 inches in width.
With exception of 'cotton vehicles' and vehicles carrying cylindrically shaped bales of hay, loads transported may not exceed 102 inches in width.
You just stopped your CMV on the shoulder of a road. You must immediately activate your hazard warning lights if your CMV is at least ____ inches wide or at least ____ feet long.
A. 80;40
B.30;80
C.80;30
D.40;80
C.80;30
When any CMV 80 inches or more in width or 30 feet or more in overall length is stopped upon a roadway or adjacent shoulder, the driver shall immediately activate the vehicle's electric hazard warning signal lights (i.e., flashers that flash simultaneously).
How high can a vehicle be, including the load it is hauling?
A. No more than 4 feet from the bottom of the load to the top of the load
B. No more than 14 feet from ground to the top of the load
C. No less than 24 feet from ground to the top of the load
D. No more than 4 feet from ground to the top of the load
B. No more than 14 feet from ground to the top of the load
No vehicle, including the load it is hauling, may be more than 14 feet in height from ground to the top of the load. [14.3 Special Requirements - Limitations (Note Exceptions)
Trailers, semitrailers, and pole trailers that weigh more than 4,500 pounds but no more than 15,000 pounds and are operated at speeds over 30 mph
A. must have a brake on the left wheel of the rear axle.
B. are not required to have brakes.
C. must have a brake on the right wheel of the rear axle.
D. must have brakes on both wheels of the rear axle.
D. must have brakes on both wheels of the rear axle.
Trailers, semitrailers, and pole trailers that weigh more than 4,500 pounds but no more than 15,000 pounds and are operated at speeds over 30 mph are required to have brakes on both wheels of the rear axle. Such vehicles that are operated at speeds no higher than 30 mph are not required to have such brakes.
If you're towing a house trailer at night outside the city limits or on a divided highway, your vehicle must be equipped with
A. three flares or three portable red emergency reflectors.
B. two red flags.
C. two flares or two portable red emergency reflectors.
D. three flares and three portable red emergency reflectors.
A. three flares or three portable red emergency reflectors.
If you are towing a house trailer outside the city limits or on an undivided highway at any time from a half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise, your vehicle must be equipped with three flares, or three portable red emergency reflectors, or three red electric lanterns. In the daytime, your vehicle must have two red flags instead.
Combination vehicles weighing 3,000 pounds or less must be able to stop within ____ feet when traveling 20 mph.
A. 60
B. 40
C. 30
D. 35
B. 40
Combination vehicles weighing 3,000 pounds or less must be able to stop within 40 feet when traveling 20 mph.
No combination of vehicles, other than a truck tractor-trailer combination may exceed
A. 45 feet.
B. 65 feet.
C. 59 feet.
D. 28-1/2 feet.
B. 65 feet.
No combination of vehicles, other than a truck tractor-trailer combination may exceed 65 feet. (There are exceptions.)
What type of lighting does every farm tractor and every self-propelled unit of farm equipment need to have?
A. Two head lamps, two taillights, two white reflectors, hazard warning lights (flashers) - red to the front, and white to the rear
B. One head lamp, two taillights, two green reflectors, hazard warning lights (flashers) - white or amber to the front, and red or amber to the rear
C. Two head lamps, one taillight, two red reflectors, hazard warning lights (flashers) - white or amber to the front, and red or amber to the rear
D. One head lamp, two taillights, two amber reflectors, hazard warning lights (flashers) - red to the front, and white to the rear
C. Two head lamps, one taillight, two red reflectors, hazard warning lights (flashers) - white or amber to the front, and red or amber to the rear
Every farm tractor and every self-propelled unit of farm equipment or implement of husbandry manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1972, shall be equipped with the following lamps and reflectors: two head lamps; one taillight mounted as far to left as practicable; two red reflectors; vehicular hazard warning lights (flashers) which show white or amber to the front, and red or amber to the rear. These lights must be activated when the vehicle is being operated on any highway.