LOUISIANA CLASS D CHAUFFEUR'S ACTUAL EXAM SCRIPT
2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔If a load extends four or more feet past the bed or body of any vehicle, a ____ 12
inches square must be attached to the extreme rear of the load during daylight hours -
✔✔Red flag
✔✔All trailers with a gross weight of ____ or more are required to be equipped with
brakes - ✔✔3,000 pounds
✔✔If a load extends four or more feet past the bed or body of any vehicle, a red flag
____ square must be attached to the extreme rear of the load during daylight hours -
✔✔12 Inches
✔✔Trailers are required to have ____, ____, ____, ____, and ____ - ✔✔Taillights,
brake lights, side marker lights, turn signals, side and rear reflectors
✔✔If a load extends four or more feet past the bed or body of any vehicle, at night, a
____ must be attached to the extreme rear of the load and visible for at least 500 feet to
the sides and rear - ✔✔Red light
✔✔When loading a trailer you want to balance weight from ____ - ✔✔Side to side
✔✔If a load extends four or more feet past the bed or body of any vehicle, at night, a
red light must be attached to the extreme rear of the load and visible for at least ____ to
the sides and rear. - ✔✔500 feet
✔✔When loading a trailer you want to distribute cargo weight evenly along ____ of the
trailer - ✔✔The length
✔✔Maximum speed for any vehicle in Louisiana is ____ - ✔✔70 mph
✔✔When loading a trailer you want to ____ and ____ all items to prevent them from
moving or fall off during travel - ✔✔Secure, brace
✔✔When pulling or towing another motor vehicle the speed limit is - ✔✔45 mph
✔✔When loading a trailer you should adjust ____ of the tow vehicle/trailer connection -
✔✔The height
✔✔School buses are limited to ____ when frequently stopping to load or unload
children - ✔✔35 mph
,✔✔When loading a trailer you should apply ____ (weight distributing hitch bars) -
✔✔Load leveling
✔✔On rural highways, outside residential areas or business districts, drivers of motor
trucks must not follow within ____ of one another except to pass - ✔✔400 feet
✔✔High beam headlights must be dimmed no less than ____ from oncoming traffic and
____ of a vehicle being followed - ✔✔500 feet, 200 feet
✔✔You must not let your vehicle coast downhill with the clutch ____ or the gear in ____
- ✔✔Disengaged, neutral
✔✔You must stop within ____ but not closer than ____ from the nearest rail. - ✔✔50
feet, 15 feet
✔✔Vehicles transporting passengers for hire must be equipped with at least a type
____ fire extinguisher, completely filled and in working condition - ✔✔2-BC
✔✔Tow trucks must be equipped with at least one ____ fire extinguisher capable of
extinguishing flammable liquid fires, completely filled and in working condition - ✔✔4-BC
✔✔Motor vehicles transporting explosives must be equipped with at least one fire
extinguisher with a rating of at least ____, completely filled and in working condition -
✔✔10-BC
✔✔Every truck must have a device this device to minimize the spray or splash of water
or mud or loose road surface material to the rear - ✔✔Mud flap
✔✔Freight carrying vehicles and passenger buses must carry three of these items -
✔✔Flares, electric red lanterns, or red portable reflectors
✔✔Freight carrying vehicles and passenger buses must carry two of these items -
✔✔12-inch square red cloth flags with standards
✔✔Trucks carrying explosives, flammable liquids, compressed gases, or using
compressed gas as a fuel must use ____ or ____ only - ✔✔Red electric lanterns, red
emergency reflectors
✔✔When the vehicle breaks down, one signal must be placed ____ behind the vehicle
and ____ forward of the vehicle. A third signal must be on the traffic side of the truck
____ to the front or rear - ✔✔100 feet, 100 feet, 10 feet
, ✔✔When towing another vehicle, the draw bar or other connection must of sufficient
strength to pull all towed weight and must not exceed ____ - ✔✔15 feet
✔✔A rear view mirror must reflect a view of the highway for a distance of ____ to the
rear, regardless of the load of the vehicle - ✔✔200 feet
✔✔Any motor vehicle shall not be driven when any of the required ____ or ____ is
obscured by the tailboard, by any part of the load, by dirt or otherwise - ✔✔Lamps,
reflectors
✔✔All trailers or semi-trailers with a gross vehicle weight rating of ____ or more must
be equipped with brakes adequate to stop and hold it. - ✔✔3,000 pounds
✔✔Drivers should use ____ as the principal means of controlling speed on long grades.
- ✔✔Engine compression
✔✔If your brakes should fail on a level road, you should ____ and use engine
compression to slow down - ✔✔Downshift
✔✔Air brake systems are three braking systems combined: the ____ brake system, the
____ brake system, and the ____ brake system - ✔✔Service, parking, emergency
✔✔____ brake system applies and releases the brakes when you use the brake pedal
during normal driving - ✔✔Service
✔✔____ brake system applies and releases the parking brakes when you use the
parking brake control - ✔✔Parking
✔✔____ brake system uses part of the service and parking brake's system to stop the
vehicle in the event of a brake system failure - ✔✔Emergency
✔✔Pumps air into the air storage tanks (reservoirs) - ✔✔Air compressor
✔✔Controls when the air compressor will pump air into the air storage tanks - ✔✔Air
compressor governor
✔✔Used to hold compressed air - ✔✔Air storage tanks
✔✔Operated by turning a quarter turn or by pulling a cable. You must drain the tanks
yourself at the end of each day of driving - ✔✔Manual air tank drain
✔✔Water and oil is automatically expelled. They may be equipped for manual
2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔If a load extends four or more feet past the bed or body of any vehicle, a ____ 12
inches square must be attached to the extreme rear of the load during daylight hours -
✔✔Red flag
✔✔All trailers with a gross weight of ____ or more are required to be equipped with
brakes - ✔✔3,000 pounds
✔✔If a load extends four or more feet past the bed or body of any vehicle, a red flag
____ square must be attached to the extreme rear of the load during daylight hours -
✔✔12 Inches
✔✔Trailers are required to have ____, ____, ____, ____, and ____ - ✔✔Taillights,
brake lights, side marker lights, turn signals, side and rear reflectors
✔✔If a load extends four or more feet past the bed or body of any vehicle, at night, a
____ must be attached to the extreme rear of the load and visible for at least 500 feet to
the sides and rear - ✔✔Red light
✔✔When loading a trailer you want to balance weight from ____ - ✔✔Side to side
✔✔If a load extends four or more feet past the bed or body of any vehicle, at night, a
red light must be attached to the extreme rear of the load and visible for at least ____ to
the sides and rear. - ✔✔500 feet
✔✔When loading a trailer you want to distribute cargo weight evenly along ____ of the
trailer - ✔✔The length
✔✔Maximum speed for any vehicle in Louisiana is ____ - ✔✔70 mph
✔✔When loading a trailer you want to ____ and ____ all items to prevent them from
moving or fall off during travel - ✔✔Secure, brace
✔✔When pulling or towing another motor vehicle the speed limit is - ✔✔45 mph
✔✔When loading a trailer you should adjust ____ of the tow vehicle/trailer connection -
✔✔The height
✔✔School buses are limited to ____ when frequently stopping to load or unload
children - ✔✔35 mph
,✔✔When loading a trailer you should apply ____ (weight distributing hitch bars) -
✔✔Load leveling
✔✔On rural highways, outside residential areas or business districts, drivers of motor
trucks must not follow within ____ of one another except to pass - ✔✔400 feet
✔✔High beam headlights must be dimmed no less than ____ from oncoming traffic and
____ of a vehicle being followed - ✔✔500 feet, 200 feet
✔✔You must not let your vehicle coast downhill with the clutch ____ or the gear in ____
- ✔✔Disengaged, neutral
✔✔You must stop within ____ but not closer than ____ from the nearest rail. - ✔✔50
feet, 15 feet
✔✔Vehicles transporting passengers for hire must be equipped with at least a type
____ fire extinguisher, completely filled and in working condition - ✔✔2-BC
✔✔Tow trucks must be equipped with at least one ____ fire extinguisher capable of
extinguishing flammable liquid fires, completely filled and in working condition - ✔✔4-BC
✔✔Motor vehicles transporting explosives must be equipped with at least one fire
extinguisher with a rating of at least ____, completely filled and in working condition -
✔✔10-BC
✔✔Every truck must have a device this device to minimize the spray or splash of water
or mud or loose road surface material to the rear - ✔✔Mud flap
✔✔Freight carrying vehicles and passenger buses must carry three of these items -
✔✔Flares, electric red lanterns, or red portable reflectors
✔✔Freight carrying vehicles and passenger buses must carry two of these items -
✔✔12-inch square red cloth flags with standards
✔✔Trucks carrying explosives, flammable liquids, compressed gases, or using
compressed gas as a fuel must use ____ or ____ only - ✔✔Red electric lanterns, red
emergency reflectors
✔✔When the vehicle breaks down, one signal must be placed ____ behind the vehicle
and ____ forward of the vehicle. A third signal must be on the traffic side of the truck
____ to the front or rear - ✔✔100 feet, 100 feet, 10 feet
, ✔✔When towing another vehicle, the draw bar or other connection must of sufficient
strength to pull all towed weight and must not exceed ____ - ✔✔15 feet
✔✔A rear view mirror must reflect a view of the highway for a distance of ____ to the
rear, regardless of the load of the vehicle - ✔✔200 feet
✔✔Any motor vehicle shall not be driven when any of the required ____ or ____ is
obscured by the tailboard, by any part of the load, by dirt or otherwise - ✔✔Lamps,
reflectors
✔✔All trailers or semi-trailers with a gross vehicle weight rating of ____ or more must
be equipped with brakes adequate to stop and hold it. - ✔✔3,000 pounds
✔✔Drivers should use ____ as the principal means of controlling speed on long grades.
- ✔✔Engine compression
✔✔If your brakes should fail on a level road, you should ____ and use engine
compression to slow down - ✔✔Downshift
✔✔Air brake systems are three braking systems combined: the ____ brake system, the
____ brake system, and the ____ brake system - ✔✔Service, parking, emergency
✔✔____ brake system applies and releases the brakes when you use the brake pedal
during normal driving - ✔✔Service
✔✔____ brake system applies and releases the parking brakes when you use the
parking brake control - ✔✔Parking
✔✔____ brake system uses part of the service and parking brake's system to stop the
vehicle in the event of a brake system failure - ✔✔Emergency
✔✔Pumps air into the air storage tanks (reservoirs) - ✔✔Air compressor
✔✔Controls when the air compressor will pump air into the air storage tanks - ✔✔Air
compressor governor
✔✔Used to hold compressed air - ✔✔Air storage tanks
✔✔Operated by turning a quarter turn or by pulling a cable. You must drain the tanks
yourself at the end of each day of driving - ✔✔Manual air tank drain
✔✔Water and oil is automatically expelled. They may be equipped for manual
