GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CDL PRACTICE TEST – 02

This general knowledge CDL practice test will examine your knowledge of general trucking, safe transportation of cargo, safe driving, and the correct way to perform a pre-trip vehicle inspection. In order to receive your CDL, it is required that you pass the state’s official CDL General Knowledge exam.

General Knowledges Test 02

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You should signal other drivers to pass...?

Under no circumstances

When traveling very slowly

If you are being put under pressure by drivers behind

When the road ahead is clear for 500 yards

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Once the brakes are applied to a heavy vehicle traveling at 55 mph on dry pavement, it will take around how long to stop?

316 feet

116 feet

216 feet

416 feet

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You should hold the steering wheel firmly when driving with your hands in which of these clock positions?

Nine and three

Eight and four

Eleven and one

Ten and two

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If you have to pull off the road and stop at the side, you should turn on...?

Your brake lights

Your four-way emergency flashers

Your taillights

Your fog lamps

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The total minimum distance your vehicle will travel between a hazard appearing and coming to a complete stop from 55 mph in ideal conditions is...?

519 feet

319 feet

419 feet

219 feet

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In city driving, you should be planning ahead for a distance of about...?

Three blocks

Two blocks

Half a block

One block

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When reversing, you should always try to use...?

Neutral gear

The lowest reverse gear

The highest reverse gear

Any of these depending on conditions

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On a one way or divided highway, warning devices should be placed at what intervals towards the approaching traffic?

10, 200 and 500 feet

50, 100 and 175 feet

50, 100 and 300 feet

10, 100 and 200 feet

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If your vehicle is equipped with braking retarders, you should switch them off...?

In hot conditions

In slippery conditions

On open highways

When driving fast

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If you are forced to stop on a road or the shoulder, you must deploy your emergency warning devices within what time of stopping?

One hour

5 minutes

20 minutes

10 minutes

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When making a turn, you should turn off your signal...?

As soon as you begin to turn

Once 75% of the turn is completed

Once past the apex of the turn

Once your turn is fully completed

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The best vision of where you are going when reversing is obtained by...?

Any of these depending on the environment

Backing opposite the driver's side

Going straight backwards

Backing towards the driver's side

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When descending a hill, you should usually shift down into...?

A higher gear that you would need to climb the same hill

Any of these depending on road conditions

A lower gear than you would need to climb the same hill

The same gear you would use to climb the same hill

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If you are about to slow down, you should warn drivers behind by...?

Sounding your klaxon

Swerving from side to side

Flashing your brake lights

Shouting a warning

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Multispeed rear axles and auxiliary transmissions are usually controlled via...?

A control on the steering wheel

A control on the gearshift lever

A control on the dashboard

A control on the parking brake

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If your vehicle is equipped with braking retarders, you should not use them...?

In parking lots

In prohibited areas

On rural roads

On high-speed highways

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Before you reverse, you should...?

Shout a warning to others

Turn on your emergency flashers

Sound your horn loudly

Walk around your vehicle

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If you change gear according to your engine speed, you should monitor your...?

Odometer

Oil pressure

Tachometer

Speedometer

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When passing another vehicle, pedestrian or bicyclist, you should assume that they don't see you...?

At all times

In bright sunlight

During bad weather conditions

During hours of darkness

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If your vehicle has curved (also called convex, fisheye, spot, bugeye) mirrors, you must remember that objects will appear...?

Larger and further away than they are

Smaller and further away than they are

Larger and closer than they are

Smaller and closer than they are

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When driving at highway speed, you should be planning ahead for about...?

100 yards

A quarter of a mile

200 yards

Half a mile

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As you drive, you should be looking ahead to the place where you will be in...?

12 - 15 seconds

7 - 12 seconds

20 - 25 seconds

15 - 20 seconds

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In heavy vehicles with manual transmissions which require double clutching, which of the should you do first when shifting gears?

Do all of these things at the same time

Push in clutch

Release accelerator

Shift to neutral

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How long does it take the average alert driver to hit the brakes once s/he has identified a hazard?

1 second

half second

3/4 - 1 second

1/4 - 1/2 second

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On a manual vehicle, when you apply the brakes you should push the clutch in...?

As soon as you begin braking

Once you have come to a complete stop

When the engine is close to idle

Half way through your braking maneuver

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You must place a warning device over the brow of a hill or around a curve if you are stopped and a person coming from that direction would not have a clear view of your vehicle from how far away?

300 feet

500 feet

200 feet

400 feet

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If your vehicle is of a type which requires a convex mirror on the front of the vehicle, it must be adjusted so you can see all points 1 foot in front of the vehicle to a horizontal line how far above the road?

3 feet

1 foot

2 feet

4 feet

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When making a lane change, you should use your mirrors...?

Before you change lanes

After you have signaled

At all these times

Once you have started the change

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The average perception time (time taken to identify a hazard) for an alert driver is one and three-quarter seconds. At 55 mph, how far will you travel in this time?

319 feet

142 feet

519 feet

219 feet

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When you park a large vehicle, try to leave it so that when you leave you will...?

Pull out to the right

Reverse

Pull out to the left

Pull straight forward

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