General Knowledge CDL
Exam
1. Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) means the following:: Total weight of a single vehicle plus
its load.
2. What should you do before driving in the mountains?: Know escape ramp location on your
way.
3. A car suddenly cuts in front of you, creating a hazard. Which of these actions should you NOT
take?: Honk your horn and stay close behind
4. When driving at night,you should use your high beams when oncoming traffic is not within
feet?: 500
5. which of these best describes how to use the brake pedal on a steep downhill grade?: release the
brake when you are 5 MPH below your safe speed, then let your speed come back up to your
safe speed and repeat again,(bring speed down 5 MPH below your safe speed).
6. Freeway exits can be dangerous for commercial vehicles, at what speed should you enter the
exit?: Below the posted speed limit
7. controlled braking is:: Squeezing the brakes frimley without locking them up
8. The road you are driving on beomces very slippery due to glare ice. Which of these is a good thing
to do in such a situation?: Stop driving as soon as you can safely do so.
9. Which of these is NOT a danger when an automatic transmission is forced into a low gear at a
high speed?: A loss of steering control
10.Escape ramps: Should be used by any driver who looses braking power.
11.To avoid an accident you moved to the shoulder. The shoulder is clear, you should:: Stay on
shoulder until your vehicle has come to a stop
12.The engine brake effect is greater when the engine is governed RPM and
the transmission is on a gear.: Near, lower
13.Your vehicle is in a traffic emergency and may collide with another vehicle if you do not take
action. Which of these is a good rule to remember at such a time?: You can almost always turn to
miss an obstacle more quickly than you can stop
14.Which of these statements about engine overheating is true?: You should never remove the
radiator cap a pressurized system until the system is cooled
15.When driving in cold weather, your tire tread should:: Provide enough trac- tion to push the rig
over wet pavement and through snow.
16.Gross Vehicle Weight Rating means the following: The value specified by the manufacturer as
the loaded weight of a single vehicle.
17.Most skids:: Are caused by going too fast or trying to stop too quickly.
18.High Beams should be:: used when it is safe and legal to do so
19.The bridge formula:: Permits less maximum axle weight for the axles that are close together
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Exam
1. Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) means the following:: Total weight of a single vehicle plus
its load.
2. What should you do before driving in the mountains?: Know escape ramp location on your
way.
3. A car suddenly cuts in front of you, creating a hazard. Which of these actions should you NOT
take?: Honk your horn and stay close behind
4. When driving at night,you should use your high beams when oncoming traffic is not within
feet?: 500
5. which of these best describes how to use the brake pedal on a steep downhill grade?: release the
brake when you are 5 MPH below your safe speed, then let your speed come back up to your
safe speed and repeat again,(bring speed down 5 MPH below your safe speed).
6. Freeway exits can be dangerous for commercial vehicles, at what speed should you enter the
exit?: Below the posted speed limit
7. controlled braking is:: Squeezing the brakes frimley without locking them up
8. The road you are driving on beomces very slippery due to glare ice. Which of these is a good thing
to do in such a situation?: Stop driving as soon as you can safely do so.
9. Which of these is NOT a danger when an automatic transmission is forced into a low gear at a
high speed?: A loss of steering control
10.Escape ramps: Should be used by any driver who looses braking power.
11.To avoid an accident you moved to the shoulder. The shoulder is clear, you should:: Stay on
shoulder until your vehicle has come to a stop
12.The engine brake effect is greater when the engine is governed RPM and
the transmission is on a gear.: Near, lower
13.Your vehicle is in a traffic emergency and may collide with another vehicle if you do not take
action. Which of these is a good rule to remember at such a time?: You can almost always turn to
miss an obstacle more quickly than you can stop
14.Which of these statements about engine overheating is true?: You should never remove the
radiator cap a pressurized system until the system is cooled
15.When driving in cold weather, your tire tread should:: Provide enough trac- tion to push the rig
over wet pavement and through snow.
16.Gross Vehicle Weight Rating means the following: The value specified by the manufacturer as
the loaded weight of a single vehicle.
17.Most skids:: Are caused by going too fast or trying to stop too quickly.
18.High Beams should be:: used when it is safe and legal to do so
19.The bridge formula:: Permits less maximum axle weight for the axles that are close together
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