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

Accelerate slightly

Slow down

Maintain your speed

Any of these depending on circumstances

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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

Keep pressure constant

Apply the brakes too soon

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

Any of these depending on circumstances

Maintain a constant speed

Accelerate slightly

Slow down slightly

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

To restore traction

To steer out of it

To accelerate out of it

To apply the brakes

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

Petroleum

Fertilizer

Milk

Liquid concrete

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

Overaccelerate

Oversteer

Do any of these things

Overbrake

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For tank vehicles, emergency equipment...?

Is not required

Will be the same as for any other commercial vehicle

Will be the same for all types

Will be different for each type of vehicle

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Baffled liquid tanks can be subject to...?

Any of these

Back to front surge

Side to side surge

Front to back surge

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

At tollbooths

Stopping and starting

On high-speed highways

On curves

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

Increase your following distance

Any of these depending on circumstances

Keep your following distance the same

Decrease your following distance

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

Leaks

All of these things

Surge

Weight distribution

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

A smooth bore tank

They will all be the same

A baffled liquid tank

A bulkhead tank

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

Steady pressure

Heavy pressure

Light pressure

Variable pressure

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

The amount the liquid will expand in transit

Legal weight limits

All of these factors

The weight of the liquid

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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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Outage requirements are...?

The same for every liquid within a 5% margin

The same for every liquid

The same for every liquid within a 1% margin

Different for every liquid

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Which of these will take the longest to stop?

A half full tank vehicle

A full tank vehicle

They are all the same

An empty tank vehicle

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

Steer slowly

Steer quickly

Steer at all

Steer to the left

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

75%

50%

100%

120%

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

For sanitary reasons

For safety reasons

For all of these reasons

Because it damages the product

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

Passively

Aggressively

Timidly

Smoothly

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

All of these things

Liquids to contract

Liquids to evaporate

Liquids to expand

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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

None

If it is cold outside

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

A shorter distance

Any of these depending on circumstances

The same distance

A longer distance

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