2/6/26, 5:38 PM Sanitation Worker Exam Practice Test
Sanitation Worker Exam Practice Test 2026-2027 NEWEST
EXAM WITH UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS \VERIFIED 100% \GRADED A+
Answer the question by choosing the word or phrase that means the same or
nearly the same as the underlined word.
According to the new directive, Every city employee will be held personally
accountable for his or her conduct on the job.
responsible
Sanitation Worker Lindsay is on a new route. When he finishes collecting on Elm
Street, he makes a right turn onto Beacon Avenue, not noticing that he is now
going the wrong way on a one-way street. Before he realizes his mistake, a
Toyota driven by Mary Gardner hits the front fender of Lindsay's truck. Neither
driver is injured, but Mary Gardner's Toyota sustains considerable damage.
Lindsay phones the police and his supervisor. Which of the following reports
describes the incident most clearly and accurately?
My truck was hit by a woman driving a Toyota. The accident was my fault
because I was driving the wrong way on Beacon Avenue. No one is hurt but the
Toyota is damaged.
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,2/6/26, 5:38 PM Sanitation Worker Exam Practice Test
Next week the city will begin testing automated garbage collection trucks on a
few routes. These trucks require only a driver, as the hydraulic arm lifts the
garbage containers and empties them into the truck. Supervisors have been
trained in operating the automated trucks and, for the next six months, one
supervisor and two sanitation workers will ride in the trucks, so that the
supervisors can train the workers. No worker may operate these trucks without
three shifts of training. Sanitation workers will be assigned to the trucks on a
rotating basis.
Sanitation workers will receive three shifts of training on the trucks in the next six
months.
If a sanitation worker weighs 168 pounds, what is the approximate weight of
that worker in kilograms? (1 kilogram = about 2.2 pounds)
76
You and your partner are collecting garbage on a city street. You realize that you
will have to back the truck up about ten feet to get around a bus that has broken
down, but you can't see what's behind your truck. What should you do?
have your partner get out and guide you as you back up the truck
Your partner shows up to work one morning intoxicated. He tells you he's been
out all night drinking. He climbs behind the wheel of the garbage truck and
insists on driving. What should you do?
take the keys from him and notify a supervisor
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, 2/6/26, 5:38 PM Sanitation Worker Exam Practice Test
Beginning next month, the Sanitation Department will institute a program
intended to remove the graffiti from sanitation trucks. Any truck that finishes its
assigned route before the end of the workers’ shift will return to the sanitation
lot, where supervisors will provide materials for workers to use in cleaning the
trucks. Because the length of time it takes to complete different routes varies,
trucks will no longer be assigned to a specific route but will be rotated among
the routes. Therefore, workers should no longer leave personal items in the
trucks, as they will not necessarily be using the same truck each day as they did
in the past.
According to the passage, prior to instituting the graffiti clean-up program,
sanitation workers
usually drove or rode the same truck each work day
/ 3/20
Sanitation Worker Exam Practice Test 2026-2027 NEWEST
EXAM WITH UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS \VERIFIED 100% \GRADED A+
Answer the question by choosing the word or phrase that means the same or
nearly the same as the underlined word.
According to the new directive, Every city employee will be held personally
accountable for his or her conduct on the job.
responsible
Sanitation Worker Lindsay is on a new route. When he finishes collecting on Elm
Street, he makes a right turn onto Beacon Avenue, not noticing that he is now
going the wrong way on a one-way street. Before he realizes his mistake, a
Toyota driven by Mary Gardner hits the front fender of Lindsay's truck. Neither
driver is injured, but Mary Gardner's Toyota sustains considerable damage.
Lindsay phones the police and his supervisor. Which of the following reports
describes the incident most clearly and accurately?
My truck was hit by a woman driving a Toyota. The accident was my fault
because I was driving the wrong way on Beacon Avenue. No one is hurt but the
Toyota is damaged.
/ 1/20
,2/6/26, 5:38 PM Sanitation Worker Exam Practice Test
Next week the city will begin testing automated garbage collection trucks on a
few routes. These trucks require only a driver, as the hydraulic arm lifts the
garbage containers and empties them into the truck. Supervisors have been
trained in operating the automated trucks and, for the next six months, one
supervisor and two sanitation workers will ride in the trucks, so that the
supervisors can train the workers. No worker may operate these trucks without
three shifts of training. Sanitation workers will be assigned to the trucks on a
rotating basis.
Sanitation workers will receive three shifts of training on the trucks in the next six
months.
If a sanitation worker weighs 168 pounds, what is the approximate weight of
that worker in kilograms? (1 kilogram = about 2.2 pounds)
76
You and your partner are collecting garbage on a city street. You realize that you
will have to back the truck up about ten feet to get around a bus that has broken
down, but you can't see what's behind your truck. What should you do?
have your partner get out and guide you as you back up the truck
Your partner shows up to work one morning intoxicated. He tells you he's been
out all night drinking. He climbs behind the wheel of the garbage truck and
insists on driving. What should you do?
take the keys from him and notify a supervisor
/ 2/20
, 2/6/26, 5:38 PM Sanitation Worker Exam Practice Test
Beginning next month, the Sanitation Department will institute a program
intended to remove the graffiti from sanitation trucks. Any truck that finishes its
assigned route before the end of the workers’ shift will return to the sanitation
lot, where supervisors will provide materials for workers to use in cleaning the
trucks. Because the length of time it takes to complete different routes varies,
trucks will no longer be assigned to a specific route but will be rotated among
the routes. Therefore, workers should no longer leave personal items in the
trucks, as they will not necessarily be using the same truck each day as they did
in the past.
According to the passage, prior to instituting the graffiti clean-up program,
sanitation workers
usually drove or rode the same truck each work day
/ 3/20
