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

Liquids to contract

Liquids to evaporate

All of these things

Liquids to expand

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

Timidly

Passively

Aggressively

Smoothly

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Which of these will take the longest to stop?

They are all the same

A full tank vehicle

An empty tank vehicle

A half full tank vehicle

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

If only taking a short trip

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

If it is cold outside

None

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Which of these statements is most accurate?

Tank vehicles are the same as other commercial vehicles

All tank vehicles are the same

All tank vehicles are roughly the same

All tank vehicles are different

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

Milk

Petroleum

Liquid concrete

Fertilizer

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Outage requirements are...?

The same for every liquid

The same for every liquid within a 5% margin

The same for every liquid within a 1% margin

Different for every liquid

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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

They evaporate more than others

For all these reasons

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

A longer distance

Any of these depending on circumstances

A shorter distance

The same distance

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

Release the brakes too soon

Brake well in advance

Apply the brakes too soon

Keep pressure constant

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

Stopping and starting

On high-speed highways

At tollbooths

On curves

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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

Oversteer

Overbrake

Overaccelerate

13 / 25

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

Maintain a constant speed

Any of these depending on circumstances

Slow down slightly

Accelerate slightly

14 / 25

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

A baffled liquid tank

They will all be the same

A bulkhead tank

A smooth bore tank

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

Heavy pressure

Light pressure

Variable pressure

Steady pressure

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

For safety reasons

Because it damages the product

For all of these reasons

For sanitary reasons

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

The weight of the liquid

All of these factors

The amount the liquid will expand in transit

Legal weight limits

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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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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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Baffled liquid tanks can be subject to...?

Back to front surge

Any of these

Side to side surge

Front to back surge

23 / 25

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

To steer out of it

To accelerate out of it

To restore traction

To apply the brakes

24 / 25

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

Steer quickly

Steer at all

Steer slowly

Steer to the left

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