TEXAS DPS FIREFIGHTER UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE
EXAM QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔What is the minimum weight which a trailer or semi-trailer must have before the
vehicle is required to have brakes that can be applied by the driver? - ✔✔4,500lbs
✔✔When towing another vehicle with a chain or cable, the flag attached to the chain or
cable must be what color? - ✔✔White
✔✔When one truck is following another truck or vehicle it must keep far enough back to
allow how many vehicles to safely enter between them? - ✔✔1
✔✔When mud flaps are required on a vehicle, they must come within how many inches
if the surface? - ✔✔8 inches
✔✔What are the regulations regarding lugs and flanges on Texas state highways? -
✔✔Can't damage highway
✔✔Vehicles transporting loose materials (sand, dirt, gravel, etc) that is capable of
spilling or blowing from the vehicle, must always have - ✔✔an approved cover to
prevent spilling
✔✔The top speed limit for heavy trucks on designated rural Interstates in the day time is
- ✔✔70 mph
✔✔A slow-moving vehicle emblem must be displayed only by vehicles designated to be
operated at speeds of - ✔✔25 mph or less
✔✔Passenger vehicles may not be coupled to more than how many trailers? - ✔✔1
✔✔The maximum number of trailers that may be towed by one vehicle is? - ✔✔2
✔✔When a truck breaks down on the highway in the daytime, the driver should - ✔✔set
out 3 red reflectors
✔✔What vehciles are required by state law to stop
at grade crossings outside the city limits where no traffic control device is in operation? -
✔✔busses carrying passengers
✔✔ Maximum speed for heavy trucks on highway at night? - ✔✔65mph
✔✔what should you do when going down a steep grade in a heavy vehicle? - ✔✔Shift
to lower gear
EXAM QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔What is the minimum weight which a trailer or semi-trailer must have before the
vehicle is required to have brakes that can be applied by the driver? - ✔✔4,500lbs
✔✔When towing another vehicle with a chain or cable, the flag attached to the chain or
cable must be what color? - ✔✔White
✔✔When one truck is following another truck or vehicle it must keep far enough back to
allow how many vehicles to safely enter between them? - ✔✔1
✔✔When mud flaps are required on a vehicle, they must come within how many inches
if the surface? - ✔✔8 inches
✔✔What are the regulations regarding lugs and flanges on Texas state highways? -
✔✔Can't damage highway
✔✔Vehicles transporting loose materials (sand, dirt, gravel, etc) that is capable of
spilling or blowing from the vehicle, must always have - ✔✔an approved cover to
prevent spilling
✔✔The top speed limit for heavy trucks on designated rural Interstates in the day time is
- ✔✔70 mph
✔✔A slow-moving vehicle emblem must be displayed only by vehicles designated to be
operated at speeds of - ✔✔25 mph or less
✔✔Passenger vehicles may not be coupled to more than how many trailers? - ✔✔1
✔✔The maximum number of trailers that may be towed by one vehicle is? - ✔✔2
✔✔When a truck breaks down on the highway in the daytime, the driver should - ✔✔set
out 3 red reflectors
✔✔What vehciles are required by state law to stop
at grade crossings outside the city limits where no traffic control device is in operation? -
✔✔busses carrying passengers
✔✔ Maximum speed for heavy trucks on highway at night? - ✔✔65mph
✔✔what should you do when going down a steep grade in a heavy vehicle? - ✔✔Shift
to lower gear
