Texas CDL Permit Study Questions and Detailed
Correct Answers
1. What is the maximum speed 65, same as cars
limit for heavy trucks on the
freeway at night?
2. What should you do when going down a Use a low gear
steep grade in a heavy vehicle?
3. What should you do when turning As soon as the front wheels pass the
right in a vehicle which is too corner, turn wide to right.
large to turned by staying on the
proper lane?
Visible 1,000 ft. from the front 2 red lights,
4. How can farm tractors meet visi-
lighting re-
quirements when operating on the high- ble 1,000 ft. from the back, and 2
red reflectors
way at night? from the back
5. What are the vehicle size and weight A - 26,001 and up or a trailer over 10,000
re- quirements for class A B and B- 26,001 and up or a trailer 10,000 or
C Driver license? less C- 10,000 or less or a trailer 20,000
6. What should be the first action of Put out the proper flares, flags, or
the driver of a disabled truck or reflectors
bus?
7. Where should flares be placed On a 2-way 10 in front, 100 behind on a
around a truck when necessary?
divided highway 10 inch front 100 to 200
behind. Low
8. What are the height limits vision 100 to 500 feet behind
between which reflectors must
At least 24 inches high and no more than
be mounted?
60 inches high
9. What color should clearance lamps, side Amber
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Correct Answers
marker lamps, or reflectors
mounted on or near the front of a
vehicle be?
10. What is the greatest height 14 Ft.
allowed by state law for a vehicle
including its load?
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Correct Answers
11. What is the greatest weight 80,000 pounds
allowed by state law for a vehicle
including its load?
15 Ft.
12. What should be the greatest
distance between two vehicles
when one vehicle is towing the
other?
Obtain an oversize/overweight permit
13. What should you do when
hauling equipment that is
wider, heavier, or longer than
the law permits?
14. When are turn indicator signals required All vehicles unless manufactured
prior to 1960
on a vehicle?
15. Outside the city limits, what type of vehi- Buses carrying passengers for
hire
cle must stop at all railroad crossings?
16. What type of vehicles are 19. What is the greatest
required to have mud flaps? width ordinarily al- lowed
by state law for a
17. What is the maximum speed vehicle on the
limit for a taxi cab on a numbered highway?
U.S. or state highway during the
day?
18. What is the maximum speed
limit for motorbuses at night on
numbered U.S. and state
highways
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Correct Answers
1. What is the maximum speed 65, same as cars
limit for heavy trucks on the
freeway at night?
2. What should you do when going down a Use a low gear
steep grade in a heavy vehicle?
3. What should you do when turning As soon as the front wheels pass the
right in a vehicle which is too corner, turn wide to right.
large to turned by staying on the
proper lane?
Visible 1,000 ft. from the front 2 red lights,
4. How can farm tractors meet visi-
lighting re-
quirements when operating on the high- ble 1,000 ft. from the back, and 2
red reflectors
way at night? from the back
5. What are the vehicle size and weight A - 26,001 and up or a trailer over 10,000
re- quirements for class A B and B- 26,001 and up or a trailer 10,000 or
C Driver license? less C- 10,000 or less or a trailer 20,000
6. What should be the first action of Put out the proper flares, flags, or
the driver of a disabled truck or reflectors
bus?
7. Where should flares be placed On a 2-way 10 in front, 100 behind on a
around a truck when necessary?
divided highway 10 inch front 100 to 200
behind. Low
8. What are the height limits vision 100 to 500 feet behind
between which reflectors must
At least 24 inches high and no more than
be mounted?
60 inches high
9. What color should clearance lamps, side Amber
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Correct Answers
marker lamps, or reflectors
mounted on or near the front of a
vehicle be?
10. What is the greatest height 14 Ft.
allowed by state law for a vehicle
including its load?
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Correct Answers
11. What is the greatest weight 80,000 pounds
allowed by state law for a vehicle
including its load?
15 Ft.
12. What should be the greatest
distance between two vehicles
when one vehicle is towing the
other?
Obtain an oversize/overweight permit
13. What should you do when
hauling equipment that is
wider, heavier, or longer than
the law permits?
14. When are turn indicator signals required All vehicles unless manufactured
prior to 1960
on a vehicle?
15. Outside the city limits, what type of vehi- Buses carrying passengers for
hire
cle must stop at all railroad crossings?
16. What type of vehicles are 19. What is the greatest
required to have mud flaps? width ordinarily al- lowed
by state law for a
17. What is the maximum speed vehicle on the
limit for a taxi cab on a numbered highway?
U.S. or state highway during the
day?
18. What is the maximum speed
limit for motorbuses at night on
numbered U.S. and state
highways
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