Alaska CDL — General Knowledge practice
Alaska CDL — General Knowledge: Traffic Laws practice test
Speed limits, turning and signaling rules, headlight and seat-belt requirements, and the everyday laws every driver must follow.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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12 sample Traffic Laws questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the official handbook reference. Read through them, then take the quiz above.
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1. A bus built to carry 20 people has had seats removed so it now holds fewer than 16. Under Alaska's endorsement list, does its driver still need the passenger (P) endorsement?
Correct answer: Yes — it depends on what the vehicle was designed to carry, even if it was modified
The P endorsement follows the vehicle's design. It applies no matter how many riders are actually aboard and whether or not the vehicle was altered to carry fewer than 16.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 1, Commercial Driver License Classes, Endorsements and Restrictions
2. In what form must evidence of Alaska's required financial responsibility be filed?
Correct answer: An insurance policy or certificate from an insurer the Department accepts, or other Department-approved security
The proof has to be an insurance policy or certificate issued by an insurer the Department finds acceptable, or some other security the Department has approved.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 1, Introduction (Dear Commercial Driver letter)
3. The IRP and IFTA programs handle license fees and fuel taxes for vehicles traveling across which area?
Correct answer: The lower 48 states plus 10 provinces of Canada
These federally mandated programs collect and distribute license fees and motor fuel taxes for vehicles that travel in the 48 contiguous states and in 10 Canadian provinces.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 1.5, International Registration Plan International Fuel Tax Agreement
4. Besides qualifying farm vehicles, which drivers does Alaska's manual exempt from commercial driver licensing?
Correct answer: Drivers of recreational, military, and emergency vehicles
Alaska exempts people driving recreational vehicles, military vehicles, and emergency vehicles. Farm vehicles are exempt only under a separate set of conditions.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 1, Who is required to be licensed
5. When CDL drivers self-certify the type of CMV operation they perform, how many types of operation are there to choose from?
Correct answer: Four
There are four. Interstate and intrastate operation each come in a non-excepted and an excepted version.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 1, Medical Certificate and Self-Certification Requirements
6. How do states check that a commercial driver does not hold more than one CDL?
Correct answer: All states are linked to a single computerized system that shares CDL driver information
Every state is tied into one computerized system for sharing CDL driver information, and states check driver records through it so nobody keeps more than one CDL.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 1.4, Other CDL Rules
7. Which tests does the manual list for obtaining an Alaska CDL with restriction 7 (off-highway)?
Correct answer: The general knowledge test and a non-commercial road test
To get the off-highway restricted CDL, the listed tests are the general knowledge test plus a non-commercial road test. Removing the restriction later takes a road skills test.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 1, Commercial Driver License Classes, Endorsements and Restrictions
8. An Alaska driver is only renewing a CDL that already carries a hazardous materials endorsement. What does the manual require?
Correct answer: Passing a background check before the license is issued
Since May 31, 2005, every applicant who renews with a hazmat endorsement, adds one, or gets an original Alaska CDL with one has had to clear a background check before the license is issued.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 1, Commercial Driver License Classes, Endorsements and Restrictions
9. Under IFTA's definition, which vehicles are not Qualified Motor Vehicles?
Correct answer: Recreational vehicles
The IFTA definition of a Qualified Motor Vehicle specifically leaves out recreational vehicles.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 1.5, International Registration Plan International Fuel Tax Agreement
10. Under IFTA, what are fuel use taxes based on?
Correct answer: Miles traveled and gallons of fuel consumed in the member jurisdictions
IFTA fuel use taxes are figured from the distance driven and the amount of fuel burned in the member jurisdictions.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 1.5, International Registration Plan International Fuel Tax Agreement
11. Under Alaska law (AS 19.10.300), a carrier hauling passengers or freight for hire in a commercial motor vehicle must maintain how much financial responsibility to cover a single occurrence of bodily injury or death?
Correct answer: $500,000
The Alaska introduction sets the required amounts at $200,000 for property damage and $500,000 where someone is injured or killed, each for a single occurrence.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 1, Introduction (Dear Commercial Driver letter)
12. What can happen if you fail to keep complete and accurate IRP and IFTA distance and fuel records?
Correct answer: You could be fined or penalized, and IRP registration and IFTA licenses could be suspended or revoked
The records are open to audit by the taxing jurisdictions. Poor record keeping can bring fines and penalties, and IRP registrations and IFTA licenses can be suspended or revoked.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 1.5, International Registration Plan International Fuel Tax Agreement
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