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These Questions Are From The Illinois CDL Manual
- Steer quickly and swerve around a hazard while braking at the same time
- Use controlled braking to avoid an accident
- All of these answers are true
- Use stab braking to avoid an accident
Quote From Page 85 Of The CDL Manual:
To drive tank vehicles safely, you must follow all safe driving rules:
Braking – If you must make a quick stop to avoid an accident, use controlled or stab braking. If you do not remember how to stop using these methods, review Section 2.13. Also, remember that if you steer quickly while braking, your vehicle may roll over.
- If the ends cannot be staggered, they must be aligned.
- Load bell pipe on one tier so that the bells all lie on one side of the vehicle.
- Load bell pipe on one tier so that the bells alternate on opposite sides of the vehicle.
- If possible, the ends of consecutive pipe must be staggered within the allowable width.
Quote From Page 7 Of The CDL Manual:
One tier
Load bell pipe on one tier so that the bells alternate on opposite sides of the vehicle.
If possible, the ends of consecutive pipe must be staggered within the allowable width.
If the ends cannot be staggered, they must be aligned.
After taking 10 consecutive hours off duty, a driver begins to work at 8:00 a.m. The driver may operate a commercial motor vehicle until what time?
- 8:00 p.m.
- 6:00 p.m.
- Midnight
- 10:00 p.m.
Quote From Page 0 Of The CDL Manual:
The 14 Hour On Duty Limit
This limit is usually thought of as a "daily" limit, even though it is not based on a 24 hour period. You are allowed a period of 14 consecutive hours of on duty time after being off duty for 10 or more consecutive hours. The 14 consecutive hour duty period begins when you start any kind of reportable work (performing vehicle maintenance, loading / unloading cargo, fueling, driving, etc.). Once you have reached the end of this 14 consecutive hour period, you cannot drive again until you have been off duty for another 10 consecutive hours.
Your driving is limited to the 14 consecutive hour on duty period even if you take some off duty time, such as a lunch break or a nap, during those 14 hours.
TruckingTruth's Advice:
While you are only allowed 11 hours of driving after taking a 10 consecutive hour break, you are able to complete those 11 hours at any point during the 14 hour limit.
- Make necessary traffic checks
- Use proper signals
- All of these answers are true
- Change lanes when it is safe to do so
Quote From Page 129 Of The CDL Manual:
You will be instructed to change lanes:
- Make necessary traffic checks.
- Use proper signals.
- Change lanes smoothly when it is safe to do so.
TruckingTruth's Advice:
The examiner will ask you to make a lane change, but you're expected to perform the lane change safely. The examiner will not check for traffic before asking you to make the lane change.
- Engage the parking brake so all wheels have even brake pressure
- Accelerate out of the skid
- Let the vehicle slow down without turning or braking hard
- Quickly steer in the opposite direction you want the vehicle to go
Quote From Page 44 Of The CDL Manual:
When a front-wheel skid occurs, the only way to stop the skid is to let the vehicle slow down. Stop turning and/or braking so hard. Slow down as quickly as possible without skidding.
- Front tires can be regrooved, but never recapped
- Front tires can never be recapped or regrooved
- Front tires can be recapped, but never regrooved
- Front tires can be regrooved or recapped as long as they have 4/32 tread depth
Quote From Page 55 Of The CDL Manual:
Make sure the following are in good working order before driving:
- Service brakes, including air hose couplings (if your bus has a trailer or semitrailer).
- Parking brake.
- Steering mechanism.
- Lights and reflectors.
- Tires (front wheels must not have recapped or regrooved tires).
- Horn.
- Windshield wiper or wipers.
- Rear-vision mirror or mirrors.
- Coupling devices (if present).
- Wheels and rims.
- Emergency equipment.
TruckingTruth's Advice:
Whether driving a bus or truck, the same rule applies to all commercial vehicles. Front tires can never be recapped or regrooved even if minimum tread depth is legal.
- A tapered piece of material, thick at one end and thin at the other, used to help keep cargo from moving.
- A vertical barrier across a vehicle to prevent forward movement of cargo.
- A short piece of material, usually wood, nailed to the deck to reinforce blocking.
- A structure, device, or another substantial article placed against an article to prevent it from tipping that may also prevent it from shifting.
Quote From Page 2 Of The CDL Manual:
Wedge:
A tapered piece of material, thick at one end and thin at the other, used to help keep cargo from moving.
- Red
- Yellow
- Any of these colors are acceptable
- Amber
Quote From Page 21 Of The CDL Manual:
Lights and Reflectors:
- Rear clearance and identification lights clean, operating and proper color (red at rear).
- Reflectors clean and proper color (red at rear).
- Taillights clean, operating and proper color (red at rear).
- Rear turn signal operating and proper color (red, yellow, or amber at rear).
- Detects any leaks in the airlines
- Activates the emergency brakes when air pressure gets too high
- Ensures that air never stops flowing into the air storage tanks
- Controls when the air compressor will pump air into the air storage tanks
Quote From Page 62 Of The CDL Manual:
The governor controls when the air compressor will pump air into the air storage tanks. When air tank pressure rises to the "cut-out" level (around 125 pounds per square inch, or "psi"), the governor stops the compressor from pumping air. When the tank pressure falls to the "cut-in" pressure (around 100 psi), the governor allows the compressor to start pumping again.
- Single vehicle with a GVWR of less than 16,001 pound
- Single vehicle with a GVWR of at least 16,001 pounds but less than 26,001 pounds
- Combination vehicles with a GCWR of 26,001 or more pounds providing the GVWR of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds
- Single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds
Quote From Page 4 Of The CDL Manual:
- Class A Combination vehicles GCWR* of 26,001 or more pounds providing the GVWR of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Class B Single vehicle with a GVWR* of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Class C Single vehicle with a GVWR* of at least 16,001 pounds but less than 26,001 pounds.
- Class D Single vehicle with a GVWR* of less than 16,001 pounds.
*GCWR Gross Combination Weight Rating
*GVWR Gross Vehicle Weight Rating