CDL SCHOOL BUS EVALUATION EXAMS 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔On newer vehicles, you may have lost ABS control at one or more wheels if the
malfunction lamp ______________ after the bulb check. - ✔✔stays on
✔✔If your ABS malfunctions: - ✔✔you still have brakes
✔✔What will ABS do? - ✔✔Help maintain vehicle control
✔✔The overhead strobe light should be used: - ✔✔when you have limited visibility
✔✔If you are caught in strong winds, you should do any of the following EXCEPT: -
✔✔relax your grip on the steering wheel
✔✔Backing up a school bus is: - ✔✔Discouraged
✔✔Prior to backing up a bus: - ✔✔post a lookout, but not to give directions on backing
up the bus
✔✔If no lookout is available: - ✔✔walk to the rear of the bus yourself
✔✔If you must back up at a student pick-up point, be sure to pick up the students
______________ backing up. - ✔✔before
✔✔A school bus can have up to a _________-foot tail swing. - ✔✔3
✔✔You need to check your mirrors ___________ and ___________ any turning
movements to monitor the tail swing - ✔✔before, during
✔✔To drive a school bus, your vision must be at least - ✔✔20/40 in both eyes
✔✔To drive a school bus, you must be at least _____________ years of age - ✔✔18
✔✔To drive a school bus, the greatest number of DWI (Driving While Impaired)
convictions you can ever have is: - ✔✔1
✔✔A CDL (Commercial Driver's License) is required to drive any vehicle designed to
transport more than _____________ people (including the driver). - ✔✔15
✔✔What is the greatest number of Commercial Driver's Licenses that one person is
allowed to have? - ✔✔1
, ✔✔School bus drivers must notify their employer within _______________ calendar
days of a conviction for any traffic violation. - ✔✔30
✔✔For a bus driver not carrying hazardous materials, DWI (Driving While Impaired) is
punishable by a loss of driving privileges for _________________ upon the first
conviction. - ✔✔one year
✔✔For a bus driver not carrying hazardous materials, DWI (Driving While Impaired) is
punishable by a loss of driving privileges for _________________ upon the second
conviction. - ✔✔life
✔✔Any commercial driver who intentionally refuses chemical analysis will lose driving
privileges immediately for a minimum period of: - ✔✔30 days
✔✔When applying for a commercial driving job, you must provide the prospective
employer with a history of all driving jobs you have held during: - ✔✔the past 10 years
✔✔School bus drivers may use _________________________ while operating the bus.
- ✔✔neither cellular phones nor two-way radios
✔✔School bus drivers should have physical contact with students: - ✔✔when
administering first aid or evacuating the bus
✔✔For bus drivers, stopping on the way home for personal reasons is: - ✔✔prohibited
✔✔If passengers must stand on a moving school bus, they must stand: - ✔✔behind the
back of the driver's seat
✔✔Who has the authority to appoint a substitute bus driver? - ✔✔The school principal
only
✔✔Who is responsible for keeping a school bus clean on a daily basis? - ✔✔The driver
✔✔True or False: A school principal may suspend a pupil from riding a school bus for
delaying the bus schedule. - ✔✔True
✔✔When may a school bus driver take the bus off of its regular route? - ✔✔With the
school principal's permission or direction
✔✔If a school bus passenger misbehaves: - ✔✔the school principal should be notified
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔On newer vehicles, you may have lost ABS control at one or more wheels if the
malfunction lamp ______________ after the bulb check. - ✔✔stays on
✔✔If your ABS malfunctions: - ✔✔you still have brakes
✔✔What will ABS do? - ✔✔Help maintain vehicle control
✔✔The overhead strobe light should be used: - ✔✔when you have limited visibility
✔✔If you are caught in strong winds, you should do any of the following EXCEPT: -
✔✔relax your grip on the steering wheel
✔✔Backing up a school bus is: - ✔✔Discouraged
✔✔Prior to backing up a bus: - ✔✔post a lookout, but not to give directions on backing
up the bus
✔✔If no lookout is available: - ✔✔walk to the rear of the bus yourself
✔✔If you must back up at a student pick-up point, be sure to pick up the students
______________ backing up. - ✔✔before
✔✔A school bus can have up to a _________-foot tail swing. - ✔✔3
✔✔You need to check your mirrors ___________ and ___________ any turning
movements to monitor the tail swing - ✔✔before, during
✔✔To drive a school bus, your vision must be at least - ✔✔20/40 in both eyes
✔✔To drive a school bus, you must be at least _____________ years of age - ✔✔18
✔✔To drive a school bus, the greatest number of DWI (Driving While Impaired)
convictions you can ever have is: - ✔✔1
✔✔A CDL (Commercial Driver's License) is required to drive any vehicle designed to
transport more than _____________ people (including the driver). - ✔✔15
✔✔What is the greatest number of Commercial Driver's Licenses that one person is
allowed to have? - ✔✔1
, ✔✔School bus drivers must notify their employer within _______________ calendar
days of a conviction for any traffic violation. - ✔✔30
✔✔For a bus driver not carrying hazardous materials, DWI (Driving While Impaired) is
punishable by a loss of driving privileges for _________________ upon the first
conviction. - ✔✔one year
✔✔For a bus driver not carrying hazardous materials, DWI (Driving While Impaired) is
punishable by a loss of driving privileges for _________________ upon the second
conviction. - ✔✔life
✔✔Any commercial driver who intentionally refuses chemical analysis will lose driving
privileges immediately for a minimum period of: - ✔✔30 days
✔✔When applying for a commercial driving job, you must provide the prospective
employer with a history of all driving jobs you have held during: - ✔✔the past 10 years
✔✔School bus drivers may use _________________________ while operating the bus.
- ✔✔neither cellular phones nor two-way radios
✔✔School bus drivers should have physical contact with students: - ✔✔when
administering first aid or evacuating the bus
✔✔For bus drivers, stopping on the way home for personal reasons is: - ✔✔prohibited
✔✔If passengers must stand on a moving school bus, they must stand: - ✔✔behind the
back of the driver's seat
✔✔Who has the authority to appoint a substitute bus driver? - ✔✔The school principal
only
✔✔Who is responsible for keeping a school bus clean on a daily basis? - ✔✔The driver
✔✔True or False: A school principal may suspend a pupil from riding a school bus for
delaying the bus schedule. - ✔✔True
✔✔When may a school bus driver take the bus off of its regular route? - ✔✔With the
school principal's permission or direction
✔✔If a school bus passenger misbehaves: - ✔✔the school principal should be notified
