FREE Alabama CDL Bus Practice Test (2024)

1. Always check the interior of the bus before driving, including:

2. If your bus has a manual transmission, when crossing railroad tracks you should never:

proceed carefully.
use your brakes.
change gears.
listen and look in both directions for trains.

3. The safety valve is usually set to open at:

4. How many drinks per hour can be handled by the liver?

5. If you cannot make a right turn without entering another traffic lane, you should:

turn wide as you complete the turn.
turn wide before you start the turn.
watch out for vehicles coming toward you and back up for them.
swing wide to the left before starting the turn.

6. If your vehicle has power steering, during your pre-trip external inspection you must check that:

there's a function light.
there are 2 lit red lights indicating it's there.
there are no power steering fluid leaks or damage to the power steering hoses.
the engine rpm is down close to idle.

7. At railroad crossings, you must stop no closer than ___ feet and no farther than ___ feet from the nearest rail.

8. Baggage and freight should be secured in a way that:

allows riders to easily identify their baggage before they get off the bus in an emergency.
allows riders to exit by any window or door in an emergency.
allows riders to quickly take their baggage with them in an emergency.
blocks one exit, but allows riders to exit by any remaining window or door in an emergency.

9. Watch out for black ice:

when it is snowing.
any time the temperature is below freezing and the road looks wet.
when the temperature is above freezing and the road is dry.
right after it starts to rain.

10. The most students are killed each year:

in crashes involving buses and motorcycles.
as passengers inside of a school bus.
by drunk school bus drivers.
while getting on and off the bus.

CDL BUS PRACTICE TEST - ALABAMA