PERMIT TESTING

Good evening my fellow truckers, I am soon attempting to take my permit test again. I had no idea it was 70 questions and the way they are worded I was a bit disturbed. Everything I studied was looking pretty irrelevant. I just studied over the main general knowledge questions on this website and recognized the ones I have struggled with. I'm looking to see if you have any tips to passing this test. I'm thinking instead of guessing on some of them I can skip. so I can come back to them at the end. When I was unsure on a few of them I chose the wrong answer. I am reading over the section again and looking at the practice questions on this website. On a brighter note I have passed my air brakes exam. But without my general exam it means nothing lol. Can't wait to pass it ready to see when I can start training with swift. well thanks in advance for the help!! and Brett I appreciate your website :-).

My advice would be to skip anything you either don't know or are unsure about. Not sure if PA is the same way but up here they save the skipped questions to the end. That being said though once you get enough correct to meet the minimum grade you move on to the next test and never even go back to those questions. Where as if you guess and get it wrong it counts against you. So just skip and move on. Also from what I understand every states tests are about the same with a few minor differences so study hard with the high road program and you should mail it next time. Good luck to you!

My advice would be to skip anything you either don't know or are unsure about. Not sure if PA is the same way but up here they save the skipped questions to the end. That being said though once you get enough correct to meet the minimum grade you move on to the next test and never even go back to those questions. Where as if you guess and get it wrong it counts against you. So just skip and move on. Also from what I understand every states tests are about the same with a few minor differences so study hard with the high road program and you should mail it next time. Good luck to you!

Thank you makes sense to me I appreciate it!!!

Though I have been driving 16 years I have had some recent experience with the High Road study guide. Not fully ready to talk about what's going on just yet since it will take another month or so to complete everything and then I shall share all but let's just say this.....

Even after 16 years even I still relearned things I had forgotten over the years. Not only was I doing certain parts of the High Road program but I also downloaded the CDL manuals of 3 other states in which I considered the most restrictive on regulations and I will tell you that almost word for word the CDL books are the same. The only difference is the way the questions are worded on the actual test itself at the state level.

I know as boring as it maybe I want you to do this up until you test again. Reset your test scores. Do the entire General Knowledge section. Wait not through yet! It's a long section. 38 or 39 pages I believe around there. Only do 3 to 5 pages at a time. They are pretty fast. Then stop and take a break. Do house work or take a walk or call someone but take a break. There is such a thing as over studying. Allow those first few pages to sink in. Then after the break do a few more and take another break. Allow those to sink in.

Here is the thing about humans not only do we learn through repetition which the High Road has mastered but we learn better if you are only digesting small portions of something that is new to you.

Now continue with the few pages at a time until you have them all complete. THEN reset your scores again and this time do as much on the section as you can. Though there are alot of pages in it , it does go pretty fast.

Already explained the reason why I want you to do it this way so far as talking about the way humans learn but here is the reason behind the steps I want you to do. Taking in new knowledge is small doses allows your brain to process it easier no matter how smart you are. And the reason for doing the last time in big chunks is to help reinforce the smaller doses and allows you to see an over all bigger picture of the study material.

Ever wondered why , probably not, there were so many small quizzes in school though the year and at the end of the year you took a larger test that basically covered everything the you learned through out the year? Read all I said above and that is your answer. It's not a new concept I am taking about but it's one that has proven it's self over and over again through the years.

WOW sometimes I be thinking that I actually might have a brain in my head after all.

Though I have been driving 16 years I have had some recent experience with the High Road study guide. Not fully ready to talk about what's going on just yet since it will take another month or so to complete everything and then I shall share all but let's just say this.....

Even after 16 years even I still relearned things I had forgotten over the years. Not only was I doing certain parts of the High Road program but I also downloaded the CDL manuals of 3 other states in which I considered the most restrictive on regulations and I will tell you that almost word for word the CDL books are the same. The only difference is the way the questions are worded on the actual test itself at the state level.

I know as boring as it maybe I want you to do this up until you test again. Reset your test scores. Do the entire General Knowledge section. Wait not through yet! It's a long section. 38 or 39 pages I believe around there. Only do 3 to 5 pages at a time. They are pretty fast. Then stop and take a break. Do house work or take a walk or call someone but take a break. There is such a thing as over studying. Allow those first few pages to sink in. Then after the break do a few more and take another break. Allow those to sink in.

Here is the thing about humans not only do we learn through repetition which the High Road has mastered but we learn better if you are only digesting small portions of something that is new to you.

Now continue with the few pages at a time until you have them all complete. THEN reset your scores again and this time do as much on the section as you can. Though there are alot of pages in it , it does go pretty fast.

Already explained the reason why I want you to do it this way so far as talking about the way humans learn but here is the reason behind the steps I want you to do. Taking in new knowledge is small doses allows your brain to process it easier no matter how smart you are. And the reason for doing the last time in big chunks is to help reinforce the smaller doses and allows you to see an over all bigger picture of the study material.

Ever wondered why , probably not, there were so many small quizzes in school though the year and at the end of the year you took a larger test that basically covered everything the you learned through out the year? Read all I said above and that is your answer. It's not a new concept I am taking about but it's one that has proven it's self over and over again through the years.

WOW sometimes I be thinking that I actually might have a brain in my head after all.

I agree with you 100% I read the book as soon as I got it, I found online quizzes to help study then I had a period of time where I wasn't studying and now i'm back to studying again and i'm finding myself to be wrong on some questions in the high road program. I have test anxiety and get nervous when having to take a test that holds weight. Maybe I should go to a school before I get it but then I tell myself school costs money I don't have at the moment but I know I can pass this. I had 32 right so all I need is 24 more to pass. I'll take more time to study and really grasp the info. Definitely going to use your technique because it is impossible to remember all of this info. Thanks for your advice!!!

it is impossible to remember all of this info.

Eden I'm gonna slightly disagree with you on this minor point. I can't even begin to tell you how many testimonials we've had from folks who scored 100% on their exams and then gave all the credit to the High Road Training Program.

The best way to deal with test anxiety is to go in their knowing full well that you are over-prepared for the test. That is exactly what the study materials here will do for you. Take it slow and easy and read the questions carefully making fully sure you understand what they are asking you - at times they are worded trickily because that is exactly how the state exams are don also. When using the high road material don't ever guess at the answer - it will show you where to find the answer in the body of text, click on it and review it until you are confident you know the proper answer, that's not cheating it's just reinforcing your knowledge. Always click on those little purple question marks, there is some valuable tips and information there.

Here's a couple of tips for when you are actually taking the exams. As mentioned earlier, if you are not sure about a question, just skip it and come back to it later after you've answered all the ones you were confident about. This is a great strategy that has helped many others pass the exam without ever having to go back to the questions they weren't sure about. The other tip is to read the questions carefully. If you see the word "not" in the question it usually asking you for what is not the proper way of doing something, and then they will give you about three choices of what would be the right way to do it. People get easily tripped up with that. They do this to make sure you are paying close attention - an important characteristic of the professional driver.

Best of Luck top ya Eden - You can do this!