CDL A TANKER
ENDORSEMENT( 60 expert
curated questions & answers )
You are driving a tank truck and the front wheels begin to skid.
Which of these is mostly likely to occur?
You will continue in a straight line and keep moving forward no
matter how much you steer.
How far back does a helper stand when pumping or unloading
liquids from a tanker?
25 feet.
Liquid in a tank with baffles can have what kind of surge>
Side to side.
Side to side surge can cause:
Roll over.
You need to be extremely cautious when driving smooth bore
tankers. This is especially true when you are:
Starting or stopping.
Hauling liquids in tankers requires special care for two reasons.
One reason is the _______ center of gravity that tankers have.
High.
When your cargo tank has baffles, what handling effect do you
expect?
There will be less front to back surge than there is in tanks
without baffles.
, Which of these statements about stopping distance and speed is
true?
All Answers are true.
You must have a tank vehicle (N) endorsement to drive a vehicle
with?
individual tanks over 119 gallons or a total of at least 1,000
gallons.
When should you inspect a tank vehicle?
Before loading it, driving it, or unloading it.
Outage means:
Allowance for expansion of liquid.
To control surge, what is the best way to brake?
Keep a steady foot on the brake and don't release the brake too
soon.
When must a tank be un-baffled?
If it has to stay very clean.
Which of these is the most important thing to remember about
emergency braking?
If the wheels are skidding, you cannot control the vehicle.
If you must make an emergency stop, brake so that?
your vehicle will stay in a straight line.
When you unload the smaller tanks of a tank bulk heads, be
careful to check the:
Distribution of weight
Which of these statements about tankers and their center of
gravity is true?
ENDORSEMENT( 60 expert
curated questions & answers )
You are driving a tank truck and the front wheels begin to skid.
Which of these is mostly likely to occur?
You will continue in a straight line and keep moving forward no
matter how much you steer.
How far back does a helper stand when pumping or unloading
liquids from a tanker?
25 feet.
Liquid in a tank with baffles can have what kind of surge>
Side to side.
Side to side surge can cause:
Roll over.
You need to be extremely cautious when driving smooth bore
tankers. This is especially true when you are:
Starting or stopping.
Hauling liquids in tankers requires special care for two reasons.
One reason is the _______ center of gravity that tankers have.
High.
When your cargo tank has baffles, what handling effect do you
expect?
There will be less front to back surge than there is in tanks
without baffles.
, Which of these statements about stopping distance and speed is
true?
All Answers are true.
You must have a tank vehicle (N) endorsement to drive a vehicle
with?
individual tanks over 119 gallons or a total of at least 1,000
gallons.
When should you inspect a tank vehicle?
Before loading it, driving it, or unloading it.
Outage means:
Allowance for expansion of liquid.
To control surge, what is the best way to brake?
Keep a steady foot on the brake and don't release the brake too
soon.
When must a tank be un-baffled?
If it has to stay very clean.
Which of these is the most important thing to remember about
emergency braking?
If the wheels are skidding, you cannot control the vehicle.
If you must make an emergency stop, brake so that?
your vehicle will stay in a straight line.
When you unload the smaller tanks of a tank bulk heads, be
careful to check the:
Distribution of weight
Which of these statements about tankers and their center of
gravity is true?
