Vermont CDL — General Knowledge practice
Vermont 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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1. What is the one difference between the manual's two offset backing exercises?
Correct answer: The space is to the right rear in one and to the left rear in the other
One exercise puts the space behind you and to the right; the other puts it behind you and to the left. Otherwise the two are described the same way.
Source: Vermont Commercial Driver's Manual — Section 12.2.2, Offset Back/Right
2. Which set of warning devices would NOT meet the manual's requirement for a parked vehicle?
Correct answer: Two reflective triangles and one fusee
The requirement is met by 3 reflective triangles, by 6 or more fusees, or by 3 liquid burning flares. A partial mix does not match any of the three.
Source: Vermont Commercial Driver's Manual — Section 2.1.3, What to Look For
3. On the Alley Dock exercise you stop with the vehicle straight in the alley and its rear about five feet from the back. Have you met the requirement?
Correct answer: No; the rear must come within three feet of the back of the alley
You must back until the vehicle's rear is within three feet of the alley's rear, without touching boundary lines or cones, and finish straight within the alley.
Source: Vermont Commercial Driver's Manual — Section 12.2.6, Alley Dock
4. On a basic control exercise other than straight line backing, you have already gotten out twice to check your position. May you get out a third time within the limit?
Correct answer: No; two looks is the maximum on those exercises
Two looks is the maximum for checking the vehicle's position, except on straight line backing, where only one is allowed.
Source: Vermont Commercial Driver's Manual — Section 12.1, Scoring
5. Your truck is on fire and you have to get off the road. Which of these places fits the manual's advice?
Correct answer: An open gravel lot clear of buildings, trees and vehicles
The stopping place should be open ground, well clear of buildings, trees, brush, other vehicles and anything else that could catch fire. A service station is never the place.
Source: Vermont Commercial Driver's Manual — Section 2.21.3, Fire Fighting
6. In the Parallel Park (Conventional) exercise you have backed in, but your front bumper still hangs past the front cones. Is the exercise complete?
Correct answer: No; the entire vehicle must be inside the space
The exercise requires getting your whole vehicle completely into the space, backing in without crossing the front, side or rear boundaries.
Source: Vermont Commercial Driver's Manual — Section 12.2.5, Parallel Park (Conventional)
7. In the Offset Back/Left exercise you back into the opposite lane and stop when your cab is level with the first set of cones. Is that far enough?
Correct answer: No; the front of the vehicle must be past the first set of cones
You keep backing until the vehicle's front has passed that first set, and you do it without striking boundary lines or cones.
Source: Vermont Commercial Driver's Manual — Section 12.2.3, Offset Back/Left
8. Which of these is NOT one of the scoring categories listed for the basic vehicle control skills test in Vermont's manual?
Correct answer: Total time taken to finish
The scoring section covers encroachments (crossing boundaries), pull-ups, looks (outside vehicle observations) and final position. Elapsed time is not among them.
Source: Vermont Commercial Driver's Manual — Section 12.1, Scoring
9. How do the two parallel parking exercises in Vermont's manual differ?
Correct answer: Driver Side uses a space on your left; Conventional uses a space on your right
In the driver-side exercise the parallel parking space is on your left. In the conventional exercise it is on your right. Both are entered by backing.
Source: Vermont Commercial Driver's Manual — Section 12.2.5, Parallel Park (Conventional)
10. On the road test you reach an intersection where you have to stop. Which of these is NOT expected?
Correct answer: Creeping forward steadily while you wait
The stop is complete, with no coasting, short of any stop sign, signal, sidewalk or stop line, leaving a safe gap to a vehicle ahead. No rolling, forward or back, is allowed.
Source: Vermont Commercial Driver's Manual — Section 13.1.2, Intersections
11. Vermont's manual lists six basic control exercises. On how many of them could you be tested?
Correct answer: One or more of them
The manual says one or more of the listed exercises may be used, either away from the road or on a street as part of the road test.
Source: Vermont Commercial Driver's Manual — Section 12, Basic Vehicle Control Skills Test
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