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

1 / 25

Which of these will take the longest to stop?

They are all the same

An empty tank vehicle

A half full tank vehicle

A full tank vehicle

2 / 25

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

Slow down

Any of these depending on circumstances

Accelerate slightly

Maintain your speed

3 / 25

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

Accelerate slightly

Any of these depending on circumstances

Slow down slightly

Maintain a constant speed

4 / 25

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

Do any of these things

Overaccelerate

Oversteer

Overbrake

5 / 25

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

The same distance

Any of these depending on circumstances

A longer distance

A shorter distance

6 / 25

Outage requirements are...?

The same for every liquid within a 5% margin

Different for every liquid

The same for every liquid within a 1% margin

The same for every liquid

7 / 25

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

For all these reasons

They expand more than others

They may exceed the vehicle weight limit

They evaporate more than others

8 / 25

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

All of these factors

The amount the liquid will expand in transit

Legal weight limits

The weight of the liquid

9 / 25

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

Liquids to evaporate

Liquids to expand

All of these things

Liquids to contract

10 / 25

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

Smoothly

Passively

Aggressively

Timidly

11 / 25

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

To accelerate out of it

To steer out of it

To restore traction

To apply the brakes

12 / 25

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

Leaks

All of these things

Surge

Weight distribution

13 / 25

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

Keep pressure constant

Release the brakes too soon

Apply the brakes too soon

Brake well in advance

14 / 25

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

If it is cold outside

None

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

If only taking a short trip

15 / 25

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

Liquid concrete

Milk

Petroleum

Fertilizer

16 / 25

For tank vehicles, emergency equipment...?

Will be the same as for any other commercial vehicle

Is not required

Will be the same for all types

Will be different for each type of vehicle

17 / 25

Baffled liquid tanks can be subject to...?

Side to side surge

Front to back surge

Back to front surge

Any of these

18 / 25

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

75%

50%

100%

120%

19 / 25

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

Steady pressure

Variable pressure

Light pressure

Heavy pressure

20 / 25

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

Steer slowly

Steer quickly

Steer at all

Steer to the left

21 / 25

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

On high-speed highways

On curves

Stopping and starting

At tollbooths

22 / 25

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

23 / 25

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

For all of these reasons

For safety reasons

Because it damages the product

For sanitary reasons

24 / 25

Which of these statements is most accurate?

Tank vehicles are the same as other commercial vehicles

All tank vehicles are different

All tank vehicles are the same

All tank vehicles are roughly the same

25 / 25

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

Keep your following distance the same

Any of these depending on circumstances

Increase your following distance

Decrease your following distance

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