Commercial Driver’s License
1. CDL ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Commercial Drivers License
2. Must have a CDL to operate ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Any single vehicle with gross
vehicle weight rating(GVWR) of 26,001 pounds or more.
3. Must also have a CDL to operate... ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Any vehicle designed
to transport 16 or more passenger (including the driver).
4. Any size vehicle which requires hazardous placards or is carrying material listed as a
select toxin in 52 CFR part 73, ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓requires that the driver
have a CDL.
5. What determines what type of CDL license or endorsement an applicant must apply for?
------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The CDL vehicle classification included in the Federal
standard, together with the type of cargo to be transported.
6. How many basic vehicle classes or groups are there for CDL? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER
✓✓Three (3)
7. Class A Combination vehicles ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Any combination of
vehicles with gross combination weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds,
provided the GVWR being towed is more than 10,OOO pounds.
8. What are most class A vehicles? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Trucks such as truck-
tractor/semi-trailer or truck and trailer combination.
,9. Why can a driver who has a Class A vehicle license also drive Classes B and C vehicles? ---
---- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Because driving a Class A vehicle requires considerably
more skill and knowledge than driving vehicles in Classes B and C.
10. What is class B? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Heavy Straight Vehicles
11. Which vehicles fall under Class B? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Any single vehicle with
a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds; or any such vehicle towing another vehicle NOT in
excess of 10,000 pounds GVWR.
12. Which vehicles are included in Class B? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Straight trucks
and large buses, including articulated buses.
13. Does safely driving Class B vehicles such as straight trucks and large buses require more
knowledge and skills than driving small trucks and buses found in Class C? ------- ✔
CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Yes, safely driving Class B vehicles requires considerably more
knowledge and skills than driving the small trucks found in Class C.
14. Why can drivers who have qualified for Class B vehicles drive class C vehicles? ------- ✔
CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Because they include the skills required to drive class C vehicles.
15. What is Class C? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Class C involves small vehicles with a
GVWR less than 26,001 pounds.
16. Which group does a vehicle towing material NOT in excess of 10,000 pounds GVWR fall
into? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Group C:Small vehicles
17. When are vehicles towing a vehicle less than 10,000 GVWR included in the CDL
program? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Only if the are designed to carry 16 or more
, passengers; or if they are used to transport hazardous materials in quantities required
placarding under the Hazardous Materials Regulations.
18. Is there a great variety of vehicles in Class C? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Yes,
however the licensing category is based principally on the type of cargo carried.
19. Do some states include more drivers and vehicles in their CDL program? ------- ✔
CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Yes, going beyond the federal standard is acceptable and the
state will need to decide which battery of tests applies to these drivers.
20. Why must a commercial driver who drives certain types of vehicles or haul certain types
of cargo must add endorsements to their CDL license or Commercial Learner's Permit
(CLP)? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓To show that they have specialized knowledge
required for these operations.
21. What are the only endorsements that may be added to a Commercial Learner's Permit
(CLP)? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Passenger (P), School bus (S), and Tank vehicle (N).
22. Double and Triple Trailers (T) ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Many drivers who are
qualified to drive Class A vehicles may wish to pull double or triple trailers.
23. For a class A vehicle driver to get the endorsement to drive a Double or a Triple trailer
(T), what must be passed? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓A special knowledge
examination in the problems associated with pulling multiple trailers.
24. Who must obtain the Tank Vehicle (N) endorsement? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER
✓✓Drivers of any commercial vehicle that is designed to transport any liquid or gaseous
material within a tank having an individual rated capacity of more than 1,000 gallons.
1. CDL ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Commercial Drivers License
2. Must have a CDL to operate ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Any single vehicle with gross
vehicle weight rating(GVWR) of 26,001 pounds or more.
3. Must also have a CDL to operate... ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Any vehicle designed
to transport 16 or more passenger (including the driver).
4. Any size vehicle which requires hazardous placards or is carrying material listed as a
select toxin in 52 CFR part 73, ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓requires that the driver
have a CDL.
5. What determines what type of CDL license or endorsement an applicant must apply for?
------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The CDL vehicle classification included in the Federal
standard, together with the type of cargo to be transported.
6. How many basic vehicle classes or groups are there for CDL? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER
✓✓Three (3)
7. Class A Combination vehicles ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Any combination of
vehicles with gross combination weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds,
provided the GVWR being towed is more than 10,OOO pounds.
8. What are most class A vehicles? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Trucks such as truck-
tractor/semi-trailer or truck and trailer combination.
,9. Why can a driver who has a Class A vehicle license also drive Classes B and C vehicles? ---
---- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Because driving a Class A vehicle requires considerably
more skill and knowledge than driving vehicles in Classes B and C.
10. What is class B? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Heavy Straight Vehicles
11. Which vehicles fall under Class B? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Any single vehicle with
a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds; or any such vehicle towing another vehicle NOT in
excess of 10,000 pounds GVWR.
12. Which vehicles are included in Class B? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Straight trucks
and large buses, including articulated buses.
13. Does safely driving Class B vehicles such as straight trucks and large buses require more
knowledge and skills than driving small trucks and buses found in Class C? ------- ✔
CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Yes, safely driving Class B vehicles requires considerably more
knowledge and skills than driving the small trucks found in Class C.
14. Why can drivers who have qualified for Class B vehicles drive class C vehicles? ------- ✔
CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Because they include the skills required to drive class C vehicles.
15. What is Class C? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Class C involves small vehicles with a
GVWR less than 26,001 pounds.
16. Which group does a vehicle towing material NOT in excess of 10,000 pounds GVWR fall
into? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Group C:Small vehicles
17. When are vehicles towing a vehicle less than 10,000 GVWR included in the CDL
program? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Only if the are designed to carry 16 or more
, passengers; or if they are used to transport hazardous materials in quantities required
placarding under the Hazardous Materials Regulations.
18. Is there a great variety of vehicles in Class C? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Yes,
however the licensing category is based principally on the type of cargo carried.
19. Do some states include more drivers and vehicles in their CDL program? ------- ✔
CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Yes, going beyond the federal standard is acceptable and the
state will need to decide which battery of tests applies to these drivers.
20. Why must a commercial driver who drives certain types of vehicles or haul certain types
of cargo must add endorsements to their CDL license or Commercial Learner's Permit
(CLP)? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓To show that they have specialized knowledge
required for these operations.
21. What are the only endorsements that may be added to a Commercial Learner's Permit
(CLP)? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Passenger (P), School bus (S), and Tank vehicle (N).
22. Double and Triple Trailers (T) ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Many drivers who are
qualified to drive Class A vehicles may wish to pull double or triple trailers.
23. For a class A vehicle driver to get the endorsement to drive a Double or a Triple trailer
(T), what must be passed? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓A special knowledge
examination in the problems associated with pulling multiple trailers.
24. Who must obtain the Tank Vehicle (N) endorsement? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER
✓✓Drivers of any commercial vehicle that is designed to transport any liquid or gaseous
material within a tank having an individual rated capacity of more than 1,000 gallons.
