CDL Passenger Transport Practice Test
CDL Passenger Transport Practice Test
During your pre-trip inspection, check the vehicle systems, including __________
Answer: D
Explanation:
Before driving your bus, you must be sure it is safe. During your pre-trip inspection, make sure
these vehicle systems are in good working order: service brakes, including air hose couplings (if
your bus has a trailer or semitrailer), the parking brake, the steering mechanism, lights and
reflectors, tires (front wheels must not have recapped or regrooved tires), the horn, windshield
wiper(s), rear-vision mirror(s), coupling devices, wheels and rims, and emergency equipment.
QUESTION NO: 2
During your pre-trip inspection, check the vehicle systems, including __________
A. coupling devices.
B. open emergency exits.
C. each handhold and railing.
D. your seat belt.
Answer: A
Explanation:
Before driving your bus, you must be sure it is safe. During your pre-trip inspection, make sure
these vehicle systems are in good working order: service brakes, including air hose couplings (if
your bus has a trailer or semitrailer), the parking brake, the steering mechanism, lights and
reflectors, tires (front wheels must not have recapped or regrooved tires), the horn, windshield
wiper(s), rear-vision mirror(s), coupling devices, wheels and rims, and emergency equipment.
QUESTION NO: 3
A. Brake and accelerator interlock systems may be used in place of the parking brake.
B. A brake and accelerator interlock releases when you close the front door.
C. Urban mass transit coaches may have a brake and accelerator interlock system.
D. none of the above
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Answer: C
Explanation:
Urban mass transit coaches may have a brake and accelerator interlock system. The interlock
applies the brakes and holds the throttle in idle position when the rear door is open. The interlock
releases when you close the rear door. Do not use this safety feature in place of the parking
brake.
QUESTION NO: 4
A. Brake and accelerator interlock systems may be used in place of the parking brake.
B. A brake and accelerator interlock applies the brakes and holds the throttle in idle position
when the rear door is open.
C. Brake and accelerator interlock systems are not used on urban mass transit coaches.
D. none of the above
Answer: B
Explanation:
Urban mass transit coaches may have a brake and accelerator interlock system. The interlock
applies the brakes and holds the throttle in idle position when the rear door is open. The interlock
releases when you close the rear door. Do not use this safety feature in place of the parking
brake.
QUESTION NO: 5
A. at intersections.
B. if a signal or a stop sign controls other traffic.
C. if you are not sure of how much clearance your bus needs.
D. none of the above
Answer: D
Explanation:
Bus crashes often happen at intersections. Use caution, even if a signal or stop sign controls other
traffic. School and mass transit buses sometimes scrape off mirrors or hit passing vehicles when
pulling out from a bus stop. Remember the clearance your bus needs, and watch for poles and
tree limbs at stops. Know the size of the gap your bus needs to accelerate and merge with traffic.
Wait for the gap to open before leaving the stop. Never assume other drivers will brake to give
you room when you signal or start to pull out.
QUESTION NO: 6
A. five
B. seven
C. nine
D. eleven
Answer: C
Explanation:
Watch for cargo or baggage containing hazardous materials. Most hazardous materials cannot be
carried on a bus. The Federal Hazardous Materials Table shows which materials are hazardous.
They pose a risk to health, safety, and property during transportation.
The rules require shippers to mark containers of hazardous material with the material's name,
identification number, and hazard label. There are nine different four-inch, diamond-shaped
hazard labels. Watch for the diamond-shaped labels. Do not transport any hazardous material
unless you are sure the rules allow it.
QUESTION NO: 7
A. You may fuel your bus with riders on board, as long as you do so in a closed building.
B. Don't talk with riders, or engage in any other distracting activity, while driving
C. You may tow a disabled bus with riders aboard only as far as the next scheduled stop.
D. none of the above
Answer: B
Explanation:
Avoid fueling your bus with riders on board unless absolutely necessary. Never refuel in a closed
building with riders on board. Don't talk with riders, or engage in any other distracting activity,
while driving. Do not tow or push a disabled bus with riders aboard the vehicle, unless getting
off would be unsafe.
Only tow or push the bus to the nearest safe spot to discharge passengers. Follow your
employer's guidelines on towing or pushing disabled buses.
QUESTION NO: 8
Answer: C
Explanation:
Hazardous materials are products that pose a risk to health, safety, and property during
transportation. Matches and fuses are Class 4 (Flammable Solids) hazardous materials.
QUESTION NO: 9
During your pre-trip inspection, check the __________, including the coupling devices.
A. vehicle systems
B. access doors and panels
C. bus interior
D. roof hatches
Answer: A
Explanation:
Before driving your bus, you must be sure it is safe. During your pre-trip inspection, make sure
these vehicle systems are in good working order: service brakes, including air hose couplings (if
your bus has a trailer or semitrailer), the parking brake, the steering mechanism, lights and
reflectors, tires (front wheels must not have recapped or regrooved tires), the horn, windshield
wiper(s), rear-vision mirror(s), coupling devices, wheels and rims, and emergency equipment.
QUESTION NO: 10
You must slow down and check for other vehicles at __________, though you do not have to
stop.
Answer: A
Explanation:
Stop your bus between 15 and 50 feet before railroad crossings. Listen and look in both
directions for trains. You should open your forward door if it improves your ability to see or to
hear an approaching train. Before crossing after a train has passed, make sure there isn't another
train coming in the other direction on other tracks.
If your bus has a manual transmission, never change gears while crossing the tracks. You do not
have to stop, but must slow down and carefully check for other vehicles at street car crossings, at
railroad tracks used only for industrial switching within a business district, where a police officer
or flagger is directing traffic, if a traffic signal is green, and at crossings marked as "exempt" or
"abandoned." Stop at drawbridges that do not have a signal light or a traffic control attendant.
Stop at least 50 feet before the draw of the bridge.
Look to make sure the draw is completely closed before crossing. You do not need to stop, but
must slow down and make sure it's safe, when there is a traffic light showing green or when the
bridge has an attendant or a traffic officer that controls traffic whenever the bridge opens.