Alaska CDL — General Knowledge practice
Alaska CDL — General Knowledge: Parking & Stopping practice test
Legal and illegal parking, colored curbs, distances from hydrants and crossings, and how to park safely on hills.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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12 sample Parking & Stopping 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. You set warning devices at 10 feet, 100 feet, and 200 feet, all toward approaching traffic. For which kind of road is that the correct pattern?
Correct answer: A one-way or divided highway
That pattern is for a stop on or beside a one-way or divided highway, where traffic comes from only one direction. Two-way and undivided roads use devices both ahead of and behind the vehicle.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 2.5.2, Communicating Your Presence
2. Which of these is NOT one of the basic control skills exercises listed in Alaska's manual?
Correct answer: Forward serpentine
Alaska's list has straight line backing, two offset backs (right and left), two parallel parks (driver side and conventional), and the alley dock. A serpentine is not among them.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 12, Basic Vehicle Control Skills Test
3. On the road test's stop/start maneuver, what are you asked to pretend you are stopping for?
Correct answer: Stepping out to look at something on the vehicle
The examiner has you pull to the side and stop as though you intended to climb out and check something on the vehicle.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 13.1.6, Stop/Start
4. In the offset back/right exercise, how far must you back into the opposite lane?
Correct answer: Until the vehicle's front end is past the first set of cones
After pulling straight forward to the outer boundary, you back into the other lane until the front of the vehicle has gone by the first set of cones, without hitting lines or cones.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 12.2.2, Offset Back/Right
5. On a tractor-trailer that has a trailer brake hand valve, how can the hand valve help when you start moving from a stop?
Correct answer: It can be applied to keep the rig from rolling back
You must not roll back when starting, because someone may be behind you. On rigs so equipped, the trailer brake hand valve can be applied to hold the vehicle.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 2.2.1, Accelerating
6. When you finish the alley dock exercise, how must your vehicle be positioned?
Correct answer: Straight within the alley
The maneuver is complete only when the vehicle sits straight inside the alley or lane, with its rear near the back of the alley.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 12.2.6, Alley Dock
7. In step 3 of the seven-step inspection, what should you confirm before starting the engine?
Correct answer: The parking brake is on and the gearshift is in neutral (or park for an automatic)
Before the engine is started, the parking brake should be on and the gearshift in neutral, or in park on an automatic.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 2.1.5, Seven-step Inspection Method
8. During the air brake check on the inspection test, when will you use wheel chocks?
Correct answer: When the test area is on a slope
For safety, the air brake check is done with wheel chocks wherever the testing area has an incline.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 11.1.2, Cab Check/Engine Start
9. Your wipers fail in a snowstorm and you can no longer see well enough. What does the manual say to do?
Correct answer: Stop safely and fix the problem
The winter checks section says that when you lose adequate visibility on the road, for example because the wipers quit, you should stop safely and correct the problem.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 2.13.1, Vehicle Checks
10. Instead of three reflective triangles, which warning devices does the manual say a vehicle may carry for use when parked?
Correct answer: Six or more fusees, or three liquid-burning flares
The required warning devices for a parked vehicle are three reflective triangles, or a minimum of 6 fusees, or 3 liquid burning flares.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 2.1.3, What to Look For
11. In the alley dock exercise, how close must the rear of your vehicle come to the rear of the alley?
Correct answer: Within three feet
For the alley dock you back in until the rear of the vehicle is no more than three feet from the back of the alley, without touching any boundary line or cone.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 12.2.6, Alley Dock
12. What must you do with your vehicle to complete either parallel parking exercise?
Correct answer: Get the whole vehicle completely into the space
Both parallel parking exercises require backing in without crossing the front, side, or rear boundaries and ending with the entire vehicle inside the space.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 12.2.5, Parallel Park (Conventional)
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