CDL Tanker 1 questions with complete
solutions
Side to side surge can cause: - correct answer ✔✔Rollover
If you lose your brakes driving a tanker, when should you use an escape ramp? - correct answer
✔✔Always
Why should you know the outage needed for the liquids you carry? - correct answer ✔✔Some liquids
expand more than others when they get warm
What should you do if you are driving a tank vehicle and need to stop quickly to avoid a crash? - correct
answer ✔✔Use controlled or stab braking
- correct answer ✔✔
- correct answer ✔✔
Which of the following is a good rule to follow when using a fire extinguisher? - correct answer ✔✔Aim
at the base of the fire and stay upwind of the fire
Which of the following about emergency steering and tankers is True? - correct answer ✔✔Do not apply
the brakes when making a quick steering movement
Which fire can you use water to put out? - correct answer ✔✔Tire
When you unload the smaller tanks of a tank with bulkheads, be careful to check your: - correct answer
✔✔Weight distribution
Which of these should you remember in an emergency? - correct answer ✔✔Heavy vehicles can turn
more quickly than they can stop
, You should be very cautious when driving smooth bore tanks. This is especially true when you are: -
correct answer ✔✔Starting or stopping
A "smooth bore tank" will - correct answer ✔✔Have more surge than a baffle tank
A smooth bore tank that is loaded to 50% capacity will: - correct answer ✔✔Have more surge
What should you do if you are driving a loaded tanker and you are exiting the highway using an offramp
that curves downhill? - correct answer ✔✔Slow to a safe speed before the turn
A liquid tank with baffles can still have what kind of surge? - correct answer ✔✔Side to Side
Which of these is likely to occur if you are driving a tanker and the front wheels begin to skid? - correct
answer ✔✔You will keep moving forward in a straight line no matter how much you steer
- correct answer ✔✔
How will a truck with a baffled cargo handle on the road? - correct answer ✔✔There will be less front to
back surge than tanker with baffles
Normal surge is: - correct answer ✔✔Front to back and side to side
It is best to keep the center of gravity: - correct answer ✔✔Low
What difference in handling can you expect in a tank with bulkheads? - correct answer ✔✔Less front to
front surge than with smooth bore tanks
What will liquid surge do to the handling of a tank vehicle? - correct answer ✔✔Can move the vehicle in
the same direction the liquid moves
solutions
Side to side surge can cause: - correct answer ✔✔Rollover
If you lose your brakes driving a tanker, when should you use an escape ramp? - correct answer
✔✔Always
Why should you know the outage needed for the liquids you carry? - correct answer ✔✔Some liquids
expand more than others when they get warm
What should you do if you are driving a tank vehicle and need to stop quickly to avoid a crash? - correct
answer ✔✔Use controlled or stab braking
- correct answer ✔✔
- correct answer ✔✔
Which of the following is a good rule to follow when using a fire extinguisher? - correct answer ✔✔Aim
at the base of the fire and stay upwind of the fire
Which of the following about emergency steering and tankers is True? - correct answer ✔✔Do not apply
the brakes when making a quick steering movement
Which fire can you use water to put out? - correct answer ✔✔Tire
When you unload the smaller tanks of a tank with bulkheads, be careful to check your: - correct answer
✔✔Weight distribution
Which of these should you remember in an emergency? - correct answer ✔✔Heavy vehicles can turn
more quickly than they can stop
, You should be very cautious when driving smooth bore tanks. This is especially true when you are: -
correct answer ✔✔Starting or stopping
A "smooth bore tank" will - correct answer ✔✔Have more surge than a baffle tank
A smooth bore tank that is loaded to 50% capacity will: - correct answer ✔✔Have more surge
What should you do if you are driving a loaded tanker and you are exiting the highway using an offramp
that curves downhill? - correct answer ✔✔Slow to a safe speed before the turn
A liquid tank with baffles can still have what kind of surge? - correct answer ✔✔Side to Side
Which of these is likely to occur if you are driving a tanker and the front wheels begin to skid? - correct
answer ✔✔You will keep moving forward in a straight line no matter how much you steer
- correct answer ✔✔
How will a truck with a baffled cargo handle on the road? - correct answer ✔✔There will be less front to
back surge than tanker with baffles
Normal surge is: - correct answer ✔✔Front to back and side to side
It is best to keep the center of gravity: - correct answer ✔✔Low
What difference in handling can you expect in a tank with bulkheads? - correct answer ✔✔Less front to
front surge than with smooth bore tanks
What will liquid surge do to the handling of a tank vehicle? - correct answer ✔✔Can move the vehicle in
the same direction the liquid moves
