CDL PRE TRIP PRACTICE TEST – 01

The CDL pre trip practice test will examine your knowledge of internal inspection and external inspection. In order to receive your Commercial driver’s license, it is required that you pass the state’s official CDL written Knowledge exam.

Pre Trip Test 01

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If your vehicle is not equipped with an inspection reservoir sight glass, you should remove the radiator cap to inspect visually, making sure...?

The wheels are chocked

The engine has fully warmed up

The engine is running

The engine is not hot

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The first way to check for leaks from hoses is to...?

Listen for drips

Smell for leaks

Check the ground

Check the hoses

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How many properly charged and rated fire extinguishers must you have on board your vehicle?

Three

Two

Zero

One

4 / 30

Power steering fluid levels must be...?

Below the refill mark

Exactly at the refill mark

Above the refill mark

Any of these

5 / 30

Which of these is not acceptable as an emergency warning device?

Red reflective triangle

Red lantern

Liquid flare

Fusee

6 / 30

If you have an oil temperature gauge, when you start the engine it should...?

Any of these depending on external temperature

Gradually rise to normal operating range

Rise immediately to normal operating range

Remain where it was before you started the engine

7 / 30

During the pretrip inspection test, you should...?

Read each item from a checklist

Point to each item you're inspecting

Ask the examiner to point to the items to be inspected

Look towards the item you're inspecting

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Which of these should result in a vehicle failing a pretrip inspection?

All of them

Cracks in the windshield

Objects obstructing the windshield

Illegal stickers on windshield

9 / 30

You must have working indicators on the dashboard for which of these lights?

Four-way emergency flashers

Turn signals

All of them

Highbeam headlight

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If your vehicle has power steering, a 20 inch steering wheel should not turn more than how far before the front left wheel barely moves?

4 inches

3 inches

1 inch

2 inches

11 / 30

Side reflectors on your vehicle must be of what color?

White

Any of these

Amber

Red

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When making a safe start, you should place the gearshift lever in...?

Neutral

Fifth

Reverse

First

13 / 30

Which gauge shows you that the alternator and/or generator is charging?

Ammeter

Tachometer

Odometer

Oil pressure gauge

14 / 30

To test the air gauge, you should build air pressure to the governor cutout, which is usually...?

120 to 140 psi

110 to 120 psi

90 to 110 psi

70 to 90 psi

15 / 30

Your windshield wiper arms and blades must be...?

Undamaged

Secure

Smooth

All of these things

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The most important thing to demonstrate on the pretrip inspection portion of the skills test is that...?

These are all equally important for this section

The vehicle is licensed

You know how to drive the vehicle

The vehicle is safe

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You should check your parking brake function by...?

Pulling gently forward with the brake on

Reversing gently with the brake on

Reversing sharply with the brake on

Pulling sharply forward with the brake on

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When checking your brake, turn signal and four way flasher operation, you should do so...?

Any of these

Separately

No more than any two at a time

Simultaneously

19 / 30

When checking the oil, the level must be...?

Any of these

Above the refill mark

Just below the refill mark

Level with the refill mark

20 / 30

After starting the engine for safe start, you should...?

Release the clutch half way

Press the clutch further in

Slowly release the clutch

Quickly release the clutch

21 / 30

Clearance lights on the rear of your vehicle must be what color?

Red

Any of these

White

Amber

22 / 30

The belts in the engine compartment should have no more than...?

Three quarters of an inch of play

One quarter of an inch of play

Half an inch of play

Two inches of play

23 / 30

The first maneuver in a safe start is to...?

Turn on the ignition

Place the gear shift in neutral

Depress the clutch

Depress the accelerator

24 / 30

Which of these will show you that the oil pressure gauge is working satisfactorily?

Any of them

It shows increasing oil pressure

The warning light goes off

It shows normal oil pressure

25 / 30

If your warning devices consist of fusees, you must have at least how many?

Three

Five

Four

Six

26 / 30

You should look on the underside of the engine and transmission for...?

Moisture

Drips

Rust

Dirt

27 / 30

Which of these should be a compulsory part of your emergency equipment?

Spare air hoses

Spare wing mirrors

Spare brake cables

Spare electrical fuses

28 / 30

For the pretrip inspection, you must bring...?

A vehicle of the class you wish to be tested on

A full set of safety clothing

All of these things

Emergency warning devices

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During the pretrip inspection portion of the skills test, you will not have to...?

Do any of these things

Unscrew or remove any part of the vehicle

Touch any part of the vehicle

Crawl under the vehicle

30 / 30

The play on a steering wheel without power steering should not exceed...?

5°

15°

10°

20°

Your score is

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