Florida CDL — General Knowledge: Traffic Laws Practice Test

Question 1

Your driving privilege has just been suspended. How quickly must you tell the company you drive for?

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Within two business days — A suspension, revocation, cancellation or disqualification has to reach your employer within two business days. Convictions for ordinary traffic offenses carry their own, longer reporting deadline.

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Within thirty days

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At your next scheduled performance review

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Only if your supervisor asks you about it

Question 2

A CDL holder's privilege to drive a personal vehicle is revoked over traffic-law convictions. What becomes of the commercial privilege?

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It goes as well, and no hardship permit is available for driving a commercial vehicle — Losing the personal driving privilege takes the commercial one down with it. A restricted or hardship permit cannot be used to keep working behind the wheel of a commercial vehicle.

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It continues as long as the employer has been notified

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It shrinks to trips inside the home state only

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It is untouched, because the offenses happened in a private car

Question 3

You are applying for a job as a commercial driver. What employment history must you provide?

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Details of all driving jobs from the previous ten years — A ten-year account of the driving jobs you have held is part of the application. Leaving positions off it can cost you the job and bring penalties as well.

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Every job of any kind you have held since leaving school

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Only the jobs listed on your current medical card

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Nothing beyond the name of your most recent employer

Question 4

Which of these counts as a serious traffic violation for a CDL holder?

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Exceeding the posted limit by 15 mph or more — Speeding by 15 mph or more over the posted limit sits on the serious-violation list beside reckless driving, erratic lane changes and following too closely. Collecting two of them within three years costs you the commercial privilege for a time.

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Parking overnight at a rest area

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Idling longer than a local ordinance allows

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Filing a fuel tax report after the deadline

Question 5

What do the rules require of a driver's safety belt use in a commercial motor vehicle?

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It must be fastened the whole time you are operating the vehicle — The belt keeps you behind the wheel and able to steer during a crash, and a driver thrown from the cab is far more likely to be killed. There is no short-trip or local-delivery exception.

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It is required only on trips that cross a state line

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It may be left off during local delivery work

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It is required only while the vehicle is loaded

Question 6

A Florida CDL holder picks up a speeding ticket while driving the family car. May they elect driver improvement school to keep the points off?

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No, that option is closed to CDL holders whichever vehicle was involved — Florida closes that election to commercial license holders, and it makes no difference whether the citation was written in a truck or in a personal car. The points are assessed either way.

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Yes, once in any twelve-month period

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Yes, as long as the ticket was not written in a truck

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Yes, but only for violations that do not involve moving

Question 7

Which action would violate the federal handheld-phone rule for a commercial driver?

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Holding the phone to your ear to make a call — Holding a phone to dial or talk, or reaching for one in an unsafe position, is prohibited for CMV drivers. Hands-free use — a mounted phone, one-button answering, or a headset — is allowed, and texting is never allowed.

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Using a hands-free earpiece with voice dialing

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Pressing a single button to answer on a mounted device

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Talking with the phone in a cradle on speaker

Question 8

Under current federal rules, how may a CDL driver legally use a mobile phone while driving a commercial motor vehicle?

Accepted Answer

Only hands-free, without holding, dialing, or reaching for the phone — Federal rules bar holding, dialing, or reaching for a handheld phone while driving a CMV. You may only make a call hands-free, using a device that lets you press a single button while staying properly seated and belted. Violations bring fines and can lead to disqualification.

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Any way, as long as both hands stay near the wheel

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Handheld calls are allowed on the open highway

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Handheld use is fine at speeds below 30 mph

Question 9

Dispatch assigns you a trailer load that has to be placarded. What do the rules require of you?

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You may not take the trip unless your license carries the hazardous materials endorsement — Hazardous freight in quantities small enough to travel without placards may be hauled on an ordinary CDL. Once placards go on, the hazardous materials endorsement is required too, and driving without it puts your license and your livelihood at risk.

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You may drive it once the shipper signs a waiver for you

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You may drive it as long as the placards stay covered

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You may drive it anywhere inside your home state

Question 10

What does the law mean for a CDL holder who wants to text while driving a commercial vehicle?

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Texting behind the wheel is prohibited — Texting while driving is prohibited, and federal rules bar CDL holders from texting or holding a phone while operating a CMV. Distraction sharply raises crash risk for a large vehicle.

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Texting is allowed at red lights only

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Texting is fine on the interstate

Florida CDL — General Knowledge: Traffic Laws practice test

Study questions with answers

1. Your driving privilege has just been suspended. How quickly must you tell the company you drive for?

2. A CDL holder's privilege to drive a personal vehicle is revoked over traffic-law convictions. What becomes of the commercial privilege?

3. You are applying for a job as a commercial driver. What employment history must you provide?

4. Which of these counts as a serious traffic violation for a CDL holder?

5. What do the rules require of a driver's safety belt use in a commercial motor vehicle?

6. A Florida CDL holder picks up a speeding ticket while driving the family car. May they elect driver improvement school to keep the points off?

7. Which action would violate the federal handheld-phone rule for a commercial driver?

8. Under current federal rules, how may a CDL driver legally use a mobile phone while driving a commercial motor vehicle?

9. Dispatch assigns you a trailer load that has to be placarded. What do the rules require of you?

10. What does the law mean for a CDL holder who wants to text while driving a commercial vehicle?

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