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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Outage requirements are...?

The same for every liquid within a 1% margin

The same for every liquid

Different for every liquid

The same for every liquid within a 5% margin

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

All of these factors

The weight of the liquid

Legal weight limits

The amount the liquid will expand in transit

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

Any of these depending on circumstances

Increase your following distance

Keep your following distance the same

Decrease your following distance

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

For safety reasons

For all of these reasons

For sanitary reasons

Because it damages the product

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For tank vehicles, emergency equipment...?

Will be the same as for any other commercial vehicle

Is not required

Will be different for each type of vehicle

Will be the same for all types

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

Passively

Aggressively

Timidly

Smoothly

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

On high-speed highways

At tollbooths

Stopping and starting

On curves

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Baffled liquid tanks can be subject to...?

Front to back surge

Back to front surge

Any of these

Side to side surge

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Which of these statements is most accurate?

All tank vehicles are the same

All tank vehicles are roughly the same

All tank vehicles are different

Tank vehicles are the same as other commercial vehicles

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

Variable pressure

Light pressure

Heavy pressure

Steady pressure

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

Do any of these things

Overbrake

Overaccelerate

Oversteer

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

120%

100%

75%

50%

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

Steer at all

Steer to the left

Steer quickly

Steer slowly

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

Liquids to contract

All of these things

Liquids to evaporate

Liquids to expand

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

Maintain a constant speed

Accelerate slightly

Slow down slightly

Any of these depending on circumstances

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

Slow down

Any of these depending on circumstances

Maintain your speed

Accelerate slightly

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

Liquid concrete

Milk

Petroleum

Fertilizer

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

Any of these depending on circumstances

The same distance

A longer distance

A shorter distance

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Which of these will take the longest to stop?

A full tank vehicle

An empty tank vehicle

A half full tank vehicle

They are all the same

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

They evaporate more than others

They may exceed the vehicle weight limit

For all these reasons

They expand more than others

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

Release the brakes too soon

Keep pressure constant

Brake well in advance

Apply the brakes too soon

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

Leaks

All of these things

Weight distribution

Surge

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

To steer out of it

To restore traction

To apply the brakes

To accelerate out of it

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

If only taking a short trip

None

If it is cold outside

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

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