CDL Tanker Practice Test - Free Test From Handbook

CDL TANKER PRACTICE TEST – 02

The CDL tanker practice test will examine your knowledge of general trucking, inspecting tank vehicles, driving tank vehicles, and safe driving rules. In order to receive your Tank Vehicle endorsement, it is required that you pass the state’s official CDL written Knowledge exam.

Tanker Endorsement Test 02

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For tank vehicles, emergency equipment...?

Is not required

Will be the same for all types

Will be the same as for any other commercial vehicle

Will be different for each type of vehicle

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As you drive through a curve, you should...?

Slow down slightly

Any of these depending on circumstances

Maintain a constant speed

Accelerate slightly

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Which of these tanks is likely to have the strongest forward and back surge?

A smooth bore tank

A bulkhead tank

They will all be the same

A baffled liquid tank

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Which of these will take the longest to stop?

A full tank vehicle

A half full tank vehicle

They are all the same

An empty tank vehicle

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In tanks with bulkheads, you must be careful about...?

Leaks

Weight distribution

All of these things

Surge

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Under what circumstances can you load a cargo tank totally full?

If it is the only way you can match the amount to the shipping manifest

If only taking a short trip

If it is cold outside

None

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Which of these products is most likely to be carried in a smooth bore tank?

Fertilizer

Petroleum

Milk

Liquid concrete

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When braking in a tank vehicle, you should make sure that you do not...?

Apply the brakes too soon

Brake well in advance

Release the brakes too soon

Keep pressure constant

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You should be particularly careful when loading dense vehicles like acids, because...?

They expand more than others

They may exceed the vehicle weight limit

For all these reasons

They evaporate more than others

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When driving a tank vehicle, to avoid skids you must make sure that you do not...?

Overbrake

Oversteer

Do any of these things

Overaccelerate

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The amount of liquid you load into a tank depends upon...?

The amount the liquid will expand in transit

All of these factors

Legal weight limits

The weight of the liquid

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When braking in a tank vehicle, you should be particularly careful not to...?

Steer slowly

Steer quickly

Steer at all

Steer to the left

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As you approach a curve, you should...?

Slow down

Accelerate slightly

Any of these depending on circumstances

Maintain your speed

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Compared to driving other commercial vehicles, when driving a tank vehicle you should...?

Any of these depending on circumstances

Keep your following distance the same

Decrease your following distance

Increase your following distance

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Which of these statements is most accurate?

Tank vehicles are the same as other commercial vehicles

All tank vehicles are different

All tank vehicles are the same

All tank vehicles are roughly the same

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To control surge, your braking should be characterized by...?

Light pressure

Steady pressure

Variable pressure

Heavy pressure

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When a tank vehicle starts to skid, your first priority should be...?

To restore traction

To steer out of it

To accelerate out of it

To apply the brakes

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Outage requirements are...?

The same for every liquid within a 1% margin

Different for every liquid

The same for every liquid within a 5% margin

The same for every liquid

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Baffled liquid tanks can be subject to...?

Front to back surge

Any of these

Side to side surge

Back to front surge

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Why can food products not be carried in tanks with baffles?

For all of these reasons

For safety reasons

Because it damages the product

For sanitary reasons

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When driving tank vehicles, you should be extra careful to drive...?

Timidly

Passively

Smoothly

Aggressively

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Compared to a normal commercial vehicle, when you make lane changes in a tank vehicle you should take...?

The same distance

Any of these depending on circumstances

A longer distance

A shorter distance

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'Outage' describes the room you must allow for...?

All of these things

Liquids to expand

Liquids to evaporate

Liquids to contract

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When driving a tank vehicle, you should remember that wet roads will increase the normal stopping distance by...?

75%

120%

50%

100%

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When driving a smooth bore tank, you should be particularly cautious...?

On curves

At tollbooths

On high-speed highways

Stopping and starting

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