FREE VA Tanker Test (CDL 2024)

1. To avoid blinding others, you should dim your lights within _____ of an oncoming vehicle.

2. Placards should be placed at least ______ away from any other markings.

3. To prevent rollover, you should:

place the cargo near the rear of the trailer.
put the lightest parts of the cargo under the heaviest parts.
keep the cargo as close to the ground as possible.

4. If an aggressive driver confronts you, you should NOT:

5. Before driving a tank, you should:

All of the above.
check the tank's body for dents.
check the intake, discharge, and cut-off valves.

6. While driving, you should keep the shipping papers:

7. At a rest area, you discover your hazardous materials shipments is leaking. There is no phone around. You should:

send someone else for help and give that person all of the necessary information.
continue driving in order to find a phone.
keep driving slowly until you reach a truck stop.

8. A person attending a placarded parked vehicle:

must be in the vehicle, awake, or within 100 feet of the vehicle, and have the vehicle within clear view.
must know what to do in emergencies.
All of the above.

9. Hazardous materials are labelled with a __________ label.

10. To keep your vehicle from rolling back when you start, you should:

partly engage the clutch before you take your foot off the brake.
turn the engine off before you take your foot off the brake.
apply the emergency brake whenever necessary.

CDL TANKER PRACTICE TEST - VIRGINIA