State Practice Tests?

Hey all,

Quick question is there anywhere that you can get individual state practice tests? I'm almost done with the High Road and want to be prepared when I get to my testing as it's a different state than where I live.

The High Road covers virtually all the information that you will need for about any state test. We've never had anyone go thru it, and come back with something that was in the test that we hadn't covered. So you should be fine, in any state they test you in. Also, if you go to another state for your schooling, and they want you to get your cdl permit there, they will give you a state issued pamphlet to study. So you will be fine...don't over think it....it will stress you out, and mess you up !! Now go study some more !!!!

We have all of the CDL Manuals for each state but we purposely didn't create individual state versions of the High Road CDL Training Program because 98% of the CDL manuals from the various states are identical. The few tiny differences we found were noted in the training program but overall they're completely insignificant in the grand scheme of things.

And when you say "almost done with the high road" I wouldn't consider 49% almost done. I'd say you're not even half way and you've skipped the most critical parts of all - the Logbook and Weight & Balance sections which are the two sections you'll use every day of your career.

I'm guessing you're trying to just focus on the permit first, and that's fine, but in my well-informed opinion I would say you'd be completely wasting your time going through your state's CDL manual or CDL practice tests geared toward your state. For one, you've already learned the permit materials thoroughly and you're going to blast through the CDL permit test effortlessly. You'll probably ace them. Additional study on the same topics would be fruitless.

I would get after those endorsements and the Logbook & Weight and balance. You have a ton of materials to cover yet. No sense in re-hashing the same things over and over again, ya know what I mean?

Tanya I confer with the previous comments, but want to add that I'm actually someone who studied my way through the High Road Training Program and had absolutely no need of even looking at my states manual. If you prepare for your tests with these amazingly helpful study aides you'll be golden, I don't care where you're testing at you're going to be so over-prepared that you'll breeze right through it all. Don't even worry about it that High Road will take you where you need to be.

Thank you all for the replies. How important is it to get the Hazmat endorsement? And will there be questions on the written portion if you are not seeking hazmat?

Tanya, it's only important if you will be hauling hazmat. The thing is that you probably don't know what you will be hauling. It does make you a more versatile employee, and it makes you more available for a load if you just happen to be sitting somewhere waiting on a load and they have a hazmat load in your area. I usually encourage people to get all the endorsements if possible just so you have it all if the need arises, but there are a lot of drivers who just aren't interested in hauling hazmat and therefore didn't get the endorsement.

As to the other part of your question, you may see possibly one maybe two questions on hazmat, I did, but those tests are randomly selected when you go test. Don't worry about it if you don't want to get the endorsement. More than likely you won't see any questions on it, but if you do they will be easy enough for you to figure out from what you've already studied, and even if you can't figure it out it's not going to fail you.

Often times hazmat loads might be a load of all kinds of regular freight, with the exception that there is a pallet of spray-can paints or something like that on the load also.

Tanya, those endorsements may be a pain right now....BUT, when you want to go with a company out there...the more YOU CAN OFFER THEM, the better you look to them...Get all your endorsements..its will make you look better as a possible employee, and should you ever want to go with a certain company that REQUIRES those endorsements....you got em !! And...you also need to get your TWIC card....for the same reasons as listed above. Good luck..now go out there and start your adventure !!!!

This may be a kind of dumb question but what is a TWIC card?

There's no dumb questions Tanya! There are going to be people who are glad you asked this question because they don't know what it is either. A TWIC card is similar to your drivers license, it is issued by the Homeland Security Department. The name is an acronym that stands for Transportation Worker Identification Card. This card allows you access to the nations ports. It is sort of security clearance that allows them to let you inside the port. This is one of those post 9/11 things that developed for the purposes of National Security. It requires an FBI background check, fingerprinting, and about $150.00 bucks.

I've gotten to use mine twice recently, once on a really nice load that landed me in Florida where I got to spend a day on the beach. It's a valuable thing to have in your possession as it will get you to some really nice parts of the country where there are beaches, plus it again makes you a more marketable asset to the trucking companies.

Actually I think it stands for Transportation Worker Information Credentials. Or something like that, I have one, but I obviously don't even know what it stands for, so now you know you don't have to be real smart to get one!