FREE Rhode Island CDL Bus Practice Test (2024)

1. When students are boarding the school bus, you should do all of the following except:

ask the students to board in pairs.
monitor all mirrors continuously.
count the number of students at the bus stop and ensure all board the bus.

2. During unloading, if the school bus driver cannot account for a student outside the bus, the driver should:

secure the bus, and check around and underneath the bus.
assume the student got back on the bus.
walk through the bus to ensure the students is not on the bus.

3. Select the best answer. Before operating the school bus, you should always:

4. When crossing railroad tracks, you should:

not stop.
shift gears while crossing the tracks.
try to pass slower vehicles.

5. Of all the space around your vehicle, the most important is:

the area to the sides of the vehicle.
the area behind the vehicle.
the area ahead of the vehicle.

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

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

7. Which of the following road surfaces freezes first?

8. Service brakes should:

be checked before each trip.
only be checked by a mechanic.
always be checked before applying the brakes.

9. The outside convex mirrors are located:

above the outside flat mirrors.
below the outside flat mirrors.
above the windshield on the driver's side area of the bus.

10. At railroad-highway crossings, if the gate comes down after you have started across:

drive through the gate even if it means you will break it.
cross the tracks in a low gear.
back up until you are completely off the tracks.

CDL BUS PRACTICE TEST - RHODE ISLAND