QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔When must you stop before crossing a drawbridge? - ✔✔Stop at drawbridges that
do not have a signal light or traffic control attendant. Stop at least 50 feet before the
draw of the bridge.
✔✔How far from a railroad crossing should you stop? - ✔✔No closer than 15 feet and
no farther than 50 feet from the crossing
✔✔What are some hazardous materials you can't transport by bus? - ✔✔Poison gas
tear gas, explosives, radioactive materials
✔✔What are some hazardous materials you can transport by bus? - ✔✔Hair spray
charcoal fuel oils, light fluids
✔✔Name some things to check in the interior of a bus during a vehicle inspection? -
✔✔Hand hold and railing, floor coverings signaling devices, and emergency exits
✔✔What must you check before transporting a sealed load? - ✔✔You cannot inspect a
sealed load. But you should check that you don't exceed gross weight and axle weight
limits
✔✔Name the two basic reasons for covering cargo on an open bed? - ✔✔To protect
people from spilled cargo and to protect the cargo from weather
✔✔What is the minimum numbers of the tiedowns for a 20 foot load? - ✔✔2
✔✔What is the minimum number of tie downs for Ang flatbed load - ✔✔One tiedown for
each 10 feet of cargo
✔✔Common medicines for coldts can make you sleepy true or false? - ✔✔True read
labels carefully and make sure doctors know what your job is
✔✔Name some causes of vehicle fires? - ✔✔Titires under inflated electrical fuel, cargo
✔✔When using your extinguisher, should you get as close as possible to the fire? -
✔✔No! Stay as far away as possible
✔✔What kind of fires is ABC extinguisher not good for? - ✔✔Wood papers ordinary
combustibles fires in combustibles metals
✔✔Name two causes of tire fires? - ✔✔Under inflated, and duels that rub
, ✔✔What are some things to do at an accident scene to prevent another accident -
✔✔Protect the area, notify the police, care for the injured
✔✔How do anti-log brakes help you? - ✔✔Helps avoid wheel lock up and maintain
control
✔✔What is the proper breaking technique when driving a vehicle with antilock brakes? -
✔✔Break as you always have
✔✔How do you know if your vehicle has antilock brakes? - ✔✔Tractors trucks and
buses will have yellow ABS malfunction lamps on the panel
✔✔If a tire blows out, you should put the brakes on hard to stop quickly true or false? -
✔✔Thoughts this could result in loss of control
✔✔What is an escape ramp? - ✔✔Some you soft gravel the resist the motion of the
vehicle and brings it to a step others
turn uphill using the hill to stop the vehicle
✔✔What type of vehicles can get stuck on a railroad highway crossing? - ✔✔Any low
hung units low boys car Carrier moving fans, life stocks tandem axle tractors
✔✔Describe the proper breaking technique when going down a long steep downgrade -
✔✔Apply breaks hard enough to feel a definite slowdown when your speed has been
reduced to APP five mph below the safe speed release the brakes. When your speed
has increased to save speed repeat steps
✔✔Why should you be in the proper gear before starting down a hill? - ✔✔Gravity
causes a vehicle to increase speed
✔✔What factors determine your selection of a safe speed when going down a long
steep downgrade? - ✔✔Weight of vehicles length of grade speedness of grade, road
conditions, and weather
✔✔You can safely remove the radiator cap as long as the engine isn't overheat it true or
false? - ✔✔False never remove the radiator cap or any part of the pressurized system
until cold
✔✔You should let air out of hot tires so the pressure goes back to normal true or false?
- ✔✔False this could cause pressure to be too low when tires cool