South Dakota CDL — General Knowledge practice
South Dakota CDL — General Knowledge: Parking & Stopping practice test
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Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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1. When you must make a full stop at a railroad crossing, what does the manual say to use if one is available?
Correct answer: A pullout lane
A driver making a required stop at a grade crossing checks for traffic behind and stops gradually. If the crossing has a pullout lane, the manual says to use it.
Source: South Dakota Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 2.15.4, Stopping Safely at Railroad-highway Crossings
2. On the road test's stop/start maneuver, your stopped vehicle must be safely out of the traffic flow. What else does the manual say about where it sits?
Correct answer: It should not block driveways, fire hydrants, intersections, signs, and the like
Once stopped, the vehicle should sit parallel to the curb or shoulder and out of traffic. It must not block things such as driveways, hydrants, intersections, or signs.
Source: South Dakota Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 13.1.6, Stop/Start
3. How much time does South Dakota allow for the Basic Control Skills Test?
Correct answer: 30 minutes
The state's description of the Basic Control Skills Test gives applicants 30 minutes to perform it. It adds that failing any skill test ends the test.
Source: South Dakota Commercial Driver License Manual — General Information, Skills Tests
4. Your vehicle has been involved in an accident and can still move. What does the manual say to try to do with it?
Correct answer: Move it to the side of the road
Protecting the area starts with trying to get an involved vehicle to the side of the road. That lowers the chance of a second accident and allows traffic to keep moving.
Source: South Dakota Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 2.20.1, Protect the Area
5. What does the manual call the best advice for driving in fog, and what does it prefer you do?
Correct answer: Don't; wait at a rest area or truck stop
The best advice for fog, the manual says, is not to drive in it at all. It prefers that the driver leave the road for a rest area or truck stop and wait for visibility to improve.
Source: South Dakota Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 2.12, Driving in Fog
6. What happens if you stop partway through the Forward Offset Tracking exercise?
Correct answer: The exercise is ended
Forward Offset Tracking is driven without stopping, backing up, or leaving the vehicle. A stop ends the exercise.
Source: South Dakota Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 12.2.3, Exercise 3 – Forward Offset Tracking
7. On the road test you come to a complete stop at an intersection. What must your vehicle not do while it waits?
Correct answer: Roll forward or backward
At an intersection the driver stops completely, without coasting, behind any stop sign, signal, sidewalk, or stop line. The vehicle then must not roll in either direction.
Source: South Dakota Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 13.1.2, Intersections
8. After a tire failure you have brought the vehicle to a stop. What does the manual tell you to do next?
Correct answer: Get out and check all of the tires
Once stopped, the driver should get out and look at every tire. With dual tires, looking may be the only way to find out that one of them has failed.
Source: South Dakota Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 2.17.4, Tire Failure
9. Driving at night, you notice that you look or feel sleepy. Where does the manual say to stop?
Correct answer: At the nearest safe place
People often fail to notice how near they are to dozing off. The manual says a driver who looks or feels sleepy is in a very dangerous condition and should stop at the nearest safe place, because sleep is the only safe cure.
Source: South Dakota Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 2.11.5, Night Driving Procedures
10. Before a parked vehicle is moved, the seven-step method has you check the area around it. For what?
Correct answer: Hazards to its movement, such as people, objects, or low wires
While approaching the vehicle, the driver checks the surrounding area for hazards to vehicle movement. The manual's examples include people, other vehicles, objects, low-hanging wires, and limbs.
Source: South Dakota Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 2.1.5, Seven-step Inspection Method
11. When you finish the Reverse Offset Backing exercise, how must your vehicle sit in the alley?
Correct answer: Straight within the alley and completely inside the exercise boundaries
At completion the vehicle has to be straight within the alley and wholly inside the defined boundaries. Mirrors and unique parts at or above door mirror height are the only exceptions.
Source: South Dakota Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 12.2.4, Exercise 4 – Reverse Offset Backing
12. How does the manual say to apply the brake pedal for a normal stop?
Correct answer: Press it down gradually for a smooth, safe stop
The brake pedal goes down gradually. How much pressure is needed depends on the vehicle's speed and how quickly it has to stop, and the driver controls it for a smooth, safe stop.
Source: South Dakota Commercial Driver License Manual — Section 2.2.3, Stopping
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