General Knowledge 1
If you are asked to haul a placarded load and you do not have HAZMAT endorsements you should?
Refuse to take the load.
When making an emergency stop on the highway?
Put on your four-way flashers and keep them on until your warning devices are in place.
Signaling other drivers when it's safe for them to pass is?
An unsafe practice.
Your vehicles battery box must have?
A secure cover.
The most common cause of serious vehicle skids is?
Driving too fast for road conditions.
What is the best thing to do if you are tired?
Get enough sleep.
All drivers who need a CDL must take what test?
General knowledge test.
Maintain good visual alertness by?
Shifting your attention between the mirrors and the road ahead.
Rust around wheel nuts often means that?
The nuts are loose.
A vehicle marked at the rear with a red triangle having an orange center?
Is moving slowly.
The best way to warn the drivers behind you that you are slowing down is to?
Tap your brakes.
Overloading your trailer can result in?
It can slow you down on upgrades, increase stopping distances, and can increase speed on downgrades.
Concerning night driving, what happens most with heavy vehicle's?
Most heavy vehicle accidents occur between midnight and 6 a.m.
When the roads are wet, icy, or snow covered you should turn off what?
Engine brake, Engine retarder, or Jake brake
If you try to downshift while coming down a mountain, you might?
Get stuck in neutral.
When backing up the tractor trailer, try to AVOID?
Backing toward the right (passenger) side.
Upon conviction of a traffic violation you should notify your employer within 30 days if?
If the violation occurred in your personal vehicle or a commercial vehicle.
If you refuse to take an alcohol sobriety test, you may be disqualified just as if you WERE driving under the influence(DUI). This is because?
Implied consent law.
Normal engine temperature ranges from?
165 to 185 degrees Fahrenheit.
Bridge laws can what?
Can lower the maximum axle weight limit.
When drinking Alcohol a beer is the same as?
One shot or one gals of wine.
If you do not have a HAZMAT endorsement on your CDL, under what conditions may you legally haul hazardous materials?
If the load does not require placards.
If you are convicted of a traffic violation in a state other than the one that issued your CDL?
You must notify your home state of the conviction.
You should downshift? (looking for 3)
Before starting down a steep hill
When the speedometer or tachometer indicates that it's necessary
Before entering a sharp curve
How should you use the brake pedal on a steep downhill grade?
Release the brake when you are 5 MPH below your safe speed, then let your speed come back up to your safe speed and repeat braking again, (bring you speed down 5 MPH below your safe speed)