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Alaska CDL — General Knowledge: Penalties & Licensing practice test
The point system, license suspension, provisional-license rules, insurance requirements, and other licensing basics.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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1. Alaska's K restriction limits a driver to intrastate driving. Besides applicants under 21, who does the manual say receives it?
Correct answer: An applicant with legal blindness in one eye who has turned in a state waiver
The K (intrastate only) restriction covers applicants younger than 21 and also an applicant who has legal blindness in one eye and a state waiver on file.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 1, Commercial Driver License Classes, Endorsements and Restrictions
2. An Alaska CDL shows restriction 7. What does that restriction mean?
Correct answer: Off-highway: the license is limited to certain rural communities where road tests aren't given
Restriction 7 is Alaska's off-highway restriction. It is used in certain rural communities that have no road testing, and the license is good only in those communities.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 1, Commercial Driver License Classes, Endorsements and Restrictions
3. You fail an Alaska CDL knowledge test this morning. How soon may you take it again?
Correct answer: Not until another day, because each knowledge test may be taken only once per day
Under 2 AAC 90.420, a knowledge test can be attempted one time per day, and you may keep returning on later days until you pass.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 1, Testing and Issuance Requirements
4. Besides meeting the age requirement, how long must an Alaska CDL applicant have held a valid driver license?
Correct answer: At least one year
Alaska requires an applicant to have held a valid driver license for a minimum of one year, in addition to being 21 for interstate driving or 18 for intrastate driving.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 1, Testing and Issuance Requirements
5. A driver with a Class B CDL wants to upgrade to Class A in Alaska, which requires a road skills test. What permit rule applies?
Correct answer: The driver must have held a Commercial Learner's Permit for at least 14 days
The 14-day Commercial Learner's Permit holding period is not just for first-time applicants. It also covers upgrades to a higher class or to an endorsement that needs a road skills test.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 1, Testing and Issuance Requirements
6. An Alaska CDL holder's medical certificate on file expires and is not replaced. Within what period is the state required to downgrade the CDL?
Correct answer: Within 60 days of expiration
Since January 1, 2012, Alaska has been required to downgrade a CDL when the medical certificate on file has expired, and it must do so within 60 days of the expiration.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 1, Medical Certificate and Self-Certification Requirements
7. Which of these does Alaska's front-of-manual list classify as a serious disqualifying offense?
Correct answer: Using an electronic device while driving
Using an electronic device while driving is listed with the serious offenses. Leaving the scene, refusing a test, and a felony involving a motor vehicle are all major offenses.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Alaska Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act
8. Using Alaska's online road test scheduler (DMV STAR), how far ahead can you book a test?
Correct answer: From 24 hours before the test up to 60 days in advance
DMV STAR lets you pick a slot as late as 24 hours before the test and as early as 60 days ahead. You can also reschedule up to 24 hours before the appointment.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 1, Schedule your road test online
9. What minimum score must you earn to pass any Alaska CDL knowledge test?
Correct answer: 80%
Alaska sets the passing mark for every CDL knowledge test at 80 percent.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 1, Testing and Issuance Requirements
10. Alaska's disqualification list says some categories apply only while you are operating a CMV. Which categories are those?
Correct answer: Out-of-service order violations and railroad-highway grade crossing violations
Major and serious offenses count whether you were in a CMV or another vehicle. The out-of-service order and railroad-highway grade crossing sections are marked as applying in a CMV only.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Alaska Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act
11. An applicant has already taken the Alaska road skills test twice. What does the manual say about any further testing?
Correct answer: It is up to the department, which may ask for proof of more driver training
After a second road test, more testing is left to the department's judgment, and it can ask the applicant to show that extra driver training was completed.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 1, Testing and Issuance Requirements
12. If the department decides a second Alaska CDL road skills test is needed, how long after the first one must it wait?
Correct answer: At least one week
The manual says a second road skills test may be given no sooner than one week after the first, and only if the department finds it necessary.
Source: Alaska Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 1, Testing and Issuance Requirements
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