PASSENGER ENDORSEMENT PRACTICE TEST – 01

The CDL passenger endorsement practice test will examine your knowledge of vehicle inspection, after-trip vehicle inspection, use of brake-door interlocks, and prohibited practices. In order to receive your Passenger endorsement, it is required that you pass the state’s official CDL written Knowledge exam.

Passenger Endorsement Test 01

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When you check the outside of your bus, you must make sure that all emergency exits are...?

Open

Half open

Closed

Any of these

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You must not allow riders on a bus to have carry-on baggage...?

In the aisles

On their laps

In overhead racks

Under their seats

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When inspecting the interior of the bus, your priority should be...?

Passenger safety

Commercial image

Cleanliness

Any of these depending on circumstances

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You should not drive your bus if which of these are not in safe working condition?

Floor covering

Handholds and railings

Emergency exit handles

Any of them

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The first thing you must do before driving your bus is to make sure that it is...?

All of these

The right color

Safe

Clean

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You must have an 'S' endorsement on your license if you plan to transport students in a school bus that has a gross vehicle weight rating of more than...?

22,001 pounds

30,001 pounds

34,001 pounds

26,001 pounds

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If a bus is designed to allow standing, a line on the floor showing where passengers cannot stand must be what width?

0.5 of an inch

1 inch

2 inches

1.5 inches

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When top hatches are open, you need to remember that they may affect your...?

Aerodynamics

Clearance

Insurance policy

All of these

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Once you are sure that all defects have been certified as repaired or not needing repair, you should...?

Sign the previous driver's report

Sign an affidavit confirming this

Sign a liability waiver for the operator

Sign the next day's report

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Under what circumstances may you drive with emergency roof hatches partly open?

For fresh air, if not open more than 6 inches

For fresh air, if locked part open

For fresh air, if locked fully open

Under no circumstances

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All seats on a bus must be...?

Safely fastened to the bus

Safely fastened to each other

All of these things

Properly covered

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When in motion, no rider should stand forward of...?

The front of the furthest forward passenger seat

The rear of the furthest forward passenger seat

The front of the driver's seat

The rear of the driver's seat

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Which of these hazardous materials is the only you may carry on a bus?

Small arms ammunition

Division 2.3 poison gas

Teargas

Liquid Class 6 poison

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Explosives may not be carried on a bus...?

In the same space occupied by people

In the cargo compartment

In the rear trunk

At all

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You must have a 'P' endorsement on your license if you plan to drive a vehicle carrying how many adult passengers, excluding the driver?

20+

25+

15+

10+

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Riders should not be permitted to board a bus carrying...?

Gas canisters

Gasoline

Car batteries

Any of these things

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If the aisle of your bus is lower than the seats, you should remind riders of this...?

When they board

After you've stopped

At any of these times

Before stopping

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Buses may carry solid Class 6 poisons, but not more than...?

150 pounds

200 pounds

100 pounds

50 pounds

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Baggage must be placed so that...?

All of these things apply

No one is going to be injured by falling baggage

The driver can move freely throughout the bus

All riders can exit quickly in an emergency

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When carrying permissible hazardous materials, a bus must not carry more than what weight of any one class of material?

100 pounds

200 pounds

150 pounds

50 pounds

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You do not need an endorsement on your license if you are planning, for noncommercial purposes, only to carry...?

Any of these

Neighbors

Members of your family

Personal friends

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When carrying permissible hazardous materials, no bus must carry more than what quantity in total?

600 pounds

700 pounds

400 pounds

500 pounds

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When you arrive at a destination or intermediate stops, you should announce...?

All of these things

The number of the bus

The location

Why you are stopping

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Under what circumstances must the emergency exit sign on an emergency door be clearly visible?

All of them

When driving in hazardous conditions

When the bus is more than 75% full

When driving at night

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Under what circumstances can you drive with an emergency exit door open?

None

When approaching a stop

In very warm weather

In very low-speed traffic

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You should turn your red emergency door light on (if equipped) in which of these circumstances?

When driving at night

When using lights in bad weather

All of them

When using lights in low visibility

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You can identify hazardous materials by warning labels which will be what shape?

Diamond

Rectangular

Square

Circular

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Which of these items of emergency equipment are required by law?

Fire extinguisher

All of them

Spare electrical fuses

Emergency reflectors

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Under what circumstances must you wear your seatbelt?

At all times

When driving on freeways

When driving at night

When carrying passengers

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It is important that you remind riders who are departing the bus to...?

Take all of these things

Take their luggage

Take their tickets

Take their trash

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