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

Decrease your following distance

Increase your following distance

Any of these depending on circumstances

Keep your following distance the same

2 / 25

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

Steady pressure

Variable pressure

Light pressure

Heavy pressure

3 / 25

Baffled liquid tanks can be subject to...?

Side to side surge

Back to front surge

Any of these

Front to back surge

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

Any of these depending on circumstances

Slow down

Maintain your speed

Accelerate slightly

5 / 25

Which of these statements is most accurate?

All tank vehicles are different

All tank vehicles are roughly the same

All tank vehicles are the same

Tank vehicles are the same as other commercial vehicles

6 / 25

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

For all of these reasons

For sanitary reasons

For safety reasons

Because it damages the product

7 / 25

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

Any of these depending on circumstances

Maintain a constant speed

Accelerate slightly

Slow down slightly

8 / 25

Outage requirements are...?

The same for every liquid

The same for every liquid within a 5% margin

Different for every liquid

The same for every liquid within a 1% margin

9 / 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

10 / 25

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

Stopping and starting

At tollbooths

On high-speed highways

On curves

11 / 25

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

Steer slowly

Steer to the left

Steer at all

Steer quickly

12 / 25

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

Liquids to evaporate

Liquids to expand

All of these things

Liquids to contract

13 / 25

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

Surge

Weight distribution

Leaks

All of these things

14 / 25

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

If only taking a short trip

If it is cold outside

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

None

15 / 25

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

All of these factors

The weight of the liquid

The amount the liquid will expand in transit

Legal weight limits

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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 shorter distance

A longer distance

17 / 25

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

120%

100%

75%

50%

18 / 25

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

Overbrake

Do any of these things

Overaccelerate

Oversteer

19 / 25

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

They may exceed the vehicle weight limit

For all these reasons

They evaporate more than others

They expand more than others

20 / 25

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

Apply the brakes too soon

Keep pressure constant

Release the brakes too soon

Brake well in advance

21 / 25

Which of these will take the longest to stop?

They are all the same

A full tank vehicle

A half full tank vehicle

An empty tank vehicle

22 / 25

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

Liquid concrete

Milk

Petroleum

Fertilizer

23 / 25

For tank vehicles, emergency equipment...?

Will be the same as for any other commercial vehicle

Will be different for each type of vehicle

Will be the same for all types

Is not required

24 / 25

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

To restore traction

To accelerate out of it

To apply the brakes

To steer out of it

25 / 25

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

Smoothly

Timidly

Aggressively

Passively

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