TEXAS COMMERCIAL RULES COMPREHENSIVE
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Every bus or truck manufactured after model year 1959 must be equipped on the
rear with
a. Two stop lights
b. One stop light
c. One red reflector
d. Two yellow reflectors - ✔✔a. Two stop lights
✔✔To prevent damage to the highway, it is unlawful to operate any motor vehicle with
A. Tire chains on the wheels
B. Studs or spikes in the wheels
C. More than 10 tires on the ground
D. More than two mud grip tires - ✔✔B. Studs or spikes in the wheels
✔✔Before going down a steep grade with a commercial vehicle you should
A. Remain in the same gear
B. Never be traveling more than 5 mph
C. Shift to a higher gear
D. Shift to a lower gear - ✔✔D. Shift to a lower gear
✔✔To haul a load or move equipment that is wider, heavier, or longer than the law
permits, you must
a. Drive after dark on little traveled roads
b. Obtain a permit from the Department of Transportation
c. Obtain a permit from the police d. Request a Highway patrol escort - ✔✔b. Obtain a
permit from the Department of Transportation
✔✔The first thing the driver of a disabled truck or bus should do is
A. Try to get the vehicle started
b. Set out flares, reflectors, or flags
C. Flag down a vehicle to tow you in
D. Go for help - ✔✔b. Set out flares, reflectors, or flags
, ✔✔When a load extends more than four feet over the rear of a vehicle, what color flag
must be attached to the extreme end of the extension of driving in the daytime?
a. Green
b. White
c. Red
d. Blue - ✔✔c. Red
✔✔Which of the following vehicles is required by State law to carry a chemical type fire
extinguisher
a. Ordinary passenger care
b. Truck hauling household goods
c. Cattle truck
d. Taxicab - ✔✔d. Taxicab
✔✔It is unlawful to operate any motor vehicle on a highway with a. Tire chains on the
wheelsb. Flanges or lugs on the wheelsc. More than 10 tires on the ground
d. More than two mud-grip tires - ✔✔
✔✔It is unlawful to operate any motor vehicle on a highway with
a. Tire chains on the wheels
b. Flanges or lugs on the wheels
c. More than 10 tires on the ground
d. More than two mud-grip tires - ✔✔b. Flanges or lugs on the wheels
✔✔To operate on the highway a motor vehicle or trailer having metal tires and weighing
5.000 pounds or more you must
A. Drive in the daytime only
B. Get a special permit from the Department of Transportation
C. Get a Highway Patrol escort
D. Drive less than 20 mph - ✔✔B. Get a special permit from the Department of
Transportation
✔✔Which of the following vehicles must have mud flaps when operated on public
roads?
A. All vehicles with registered gross weight of 30,500 pounds
B. All truck trailer combinations
C. All vehicles with four or more tires on the rear axle except single
truck tractors and pole trailers
D. All commercial vehicles - ✔✔C. All vehicles with four or more tires on the rear axle
except single
truck tractors and pole trailers
✔✔When a truck breaks down on a highway in the daytime the driver should set out
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Every bus or truck manufactured after model year 1959 must be equipped on the
rear with
a. Two stop lights
b. One stop light
c. One red reflector
d. Two yellow reflectors - ✔✔a. Two stop lights
✔✔To prevent damage to the highway, it is unlawful to operate any motor vehicle with
A. Tire chains on the wheels
B. Studs or spikes in the wheels
C. More than 10 tires on the ground
D. More than two mud grip tires - ✔✔B. Studs or spikes in the wheels
✔✔Before going down a steep grade with a commercial vehicle you should
A. Remain in the same gear
B. Never be traveling more than 5 mph
C. Shift to a higher gear
D. Shift to a lower gear - ✔✔D. Shift to a lower gear
✔✔To haul a load or move equipment that is wider, heavier, or longer than the law
permits, you must
a. Drive after dark on little traveled roads
b. Obtain a permit from the Department of Transportation
c. Obtain a permit from the police d. Request a Highway patrol escort - ✔✔b. Obtain a
permit from the Department of Transportation
✔✔The first thing the driver of a disabled truck or bus should do is
A. Try to get the vehicle started
b. Set out flares, reflectors, or flags
C. Flag down a vehicle to tow you in
D. Go for help - ✔✔b. Set out flares, reflectors, or flags
, ✔✔When a load extends more than four feet over the rear of a vehicle, what color flag
must be attached to the extreme end of the extension of driving in the daytime?
a. Green
b. White
c. Red
d. Blue - ✔✔c. Red
✔✔Which of the following vehicles is required by State law to carry a chemical type fire
extinguisher
a. Ordinary passenger care
b. Truck hauling household goods
c. Cattle truck
d. Taxicab - ✔✔d. Taxicab
✔✔It is unlawful to operate any motor vehicle on a highway with a. Tire chains on the
wheelsb. Flanges or lugs on the wheelsc. More than 10 tires on the ground
d. More than two mud-grip tires - ✔✔
✔✔It is unlawful to operate any motor vehicle on a highway with
a. Tire chains on the wheels
b. Flanges or lugs on the wheels
c. More than 10 tires on the ground
d. More than two mud-grip tires - ✔✔b. Flanges or lugs on the wheels
✔✔To operate on the highway a motor vehicle or trailer having metal tires and weighing
5.000 pounds or more you must
A. Drive in the daytime only
B. Get a special permit from the Department of Transportation
C. Get a Highway Patrol escort
D. Drive less than 20 mph - ✔✔B. Get a special permit from the Department of
Transportation
✔✔Which of the following vehicles must have mud flaps when operated on public
roads?
A. All vehicles with registered gross weight of 30,500 pounds
B. All truck trailer combinations
C. All vehicles with four or more tires on the rear axle except single
truck tractors and pole trailers
D. All commercial vehicles - ✔✔C. All vehicles with four or more tires on the rear axle
except single
truck tractors and pole trailers
✔✔When a truck breaks down on a highway in the daytime the driver should set out
