Nevada CDL — General Knowledge: Traffic Laws Practice Test

Question 1

When may you move a vehicle that is not properly placarded for the hazardous materials it carries?

Accepted Answer

Only in an emergency, to protect life or property — Placards go on before the vehicle is driven. An improperly placarded vehicle may be moved only during an emergency, to protect life or property.

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Any time the trip is under 50 miles

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Whenever the shipper gives verbal permission

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Only at night when traffic is light

Question 2

A hazmat incident happens while you are in physical control of the shipment. Whose job is it to report it to the proper government agency?

Accepted Answer

The driver's — One of the driver's duties is to report hazmat accidents and incidents to the proper government agency when they happen while the driver has physical control of the shipment.

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The shipper's only

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The receiver's only

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No one's, unless someone is injured

Question 3

As an independent trucker, you are planning a new route for a load of hazardous materials. What is your responsibility?

Accepted Answer

Check with the state agencies along the route about permits and route limits — Some states and counties require hazmat permits or limit routes, and those local rules change often. Finding out is the driver's job, so an independent trucker should contact the state agencies where the trip will go.

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Assume federal rules cover every local road

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Let the receiver arrange any local permits

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Use any interstate, since local limits never apply there

Question 4

When placarded radioactive materials are shipped, who must choose the route?

Accepted Answer

The carrier, which must pick the safest route and show the plan to the driver — For placarded radioactive cargo, the carrier selects the safest route, then informs the driver about the materials and shows the route plan.

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The driver alone, on the day of the trip

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The shipper's dock supervisor

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The first police officer the driver meets

Question 5

According to the manual, how much more likely is an unbelted driver to be fatally injured if thrown from the vehicle?

Accepted Answer

Four times — A CMV driver must be belted at all times. The belt keeps the driver behind the wheel in a crash, and drivers thrown from the vehicle without one are four times more likely to be killed.

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Twice

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Ten times

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Three times

Question 6

Every Nevada CLP carries a restriction tied to the holder's other license. What does it say?

Accepted Answer

The CLP is valid only when the driver also has the underlying base license — Nevada issues a CLP only to someone who already holds a valid base license from the same jurisdiction, and the permit is restricted so it counts only together with that license.

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The CLP is valid only in daylight

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The CLP may be used only in the county where it was issued

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The CLP replaces the base license until it expires

Question 7

Your placarded truck could reach a delivery faster by cutting through a crowded downtown with narrow streets. What does the manual say to do?

Accepted Answer

Use another route, even an inconvenient one, unless there is no other way — When placarded, steer clear of crowded and densely populated places, tunnels, narrow streets, and alleys. Choose a different route, even an inconvenient one, unless none exists.

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Go through quickly with the four-way flashers on

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Go through only after dark when crowds are smaller

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Go through, sounding the horn at each intersection

Question 8

A shipper hands you hazardous materials but has no properly prepared shipping paper. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Refuse to accept the shipment — Never accept a hazmat shipment without a properly prepared shipping paper. Responders rely on that paper to identify the cargo quickly after a crash.

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Accept it and write your own paper at the next stop

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Accept it if the packages are labeled

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Accept it and get the details from the shipper later

Question 9

Before choosing an ELDT school in Nevada from the federal Training Provider Registry, what does the manual tell you to check?

Accepted Answer

That the school appears in the Business License Verification — A school missing from the Business License Verification has no DMV business license, and the DMV may refuse to accept the ELDT results it issues.

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That the school is within 50 miles of a CDL office

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That the school is approved by the TSA

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That the school trains only on automatic transmissions

Question 10

A carrier gives you Division 1.2 explosives to haul. Besides the shipping papers, what must you have with you while driving?

Accepted Answer

Written emergency instructions, the written route plan, and a copy of FMCSR Part 397 — Anyone hauling explosives in Divisions 1.1 through 1.3 must know and carry the shipping papers, written emergency instructions, the written route plan, and a copy of FMCSR Part 397, and must sign a receipt for them.

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The carrier's annual tax return

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Only the receiver's purchase order

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A letter from the local fire department

Question 11

Your employer lets you drive a CMV even though your CDL is suspended. What can a court do to the employer?

Accepted Answer

A fine of up to $5,000 or jail time for the employer — An employer must not let anyone with more than one license, or with a suspended or revoked CDL, drive a CMV. Breaking this rule can cost the employer a fine of up to $5,000 or jail time.

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Nothing; only the driver is liable

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Issue a written warning to the company

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Order the company to pay the driver's reinstatement fee

Question 12

Who certifies on the shipping paper that a hazardous materials shipment was prepared according to the regulations?

Accepted Answer

The shipper — The shipper packages, marks, and labels the material, prepares the shipping paper, and certifies on it that the shipment meets the rules. (The exception is cargo tanks supplied by the driver or the driver's employer.)

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The driver

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The receiver

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The state inspector

Nevada CDL — General Knowledge: Traffic Laws practice test

Study questions with answers

1. When may you move a vehicle that is not properly placarded for the hazardous materials it carries?

2. A hazmat incident happens while you are in physical control of the shipment. Whose job is it to report it to the proper government agency?

3. As an independent trucker, you are planning a new route for a load of hazardous materials. What is your responsibility?

4. When placarded radioactive materials are shipped, who must choose the route?

5. According to the manual, how much more likely is an unbelted driver to be fatally injured if thrown from the vehicle?

6. Every Nevada CLP carries a restriction tied to the holder's other license. What does it say?

7. Your placarded truck could reach a delivery faster by cutting through a crowded downtown with narrow streets. What does the manual say to do?

8. A shipper hands you hazardous materials but has no properly prepared shipping paper. What should you do?

9. Before choosing an ELDT school in Nevada from the federal Training Provider Registry, what does the manual tell you to check?

10. A carrier gives you Division 1.2 explosives to haul. Besides the shipping papers, what must you have with you while driving?

11. Your employer lets you drive a CMV even though your CDL is suspended. What can a court do to the employer?

12. Who certifies on the shipping paper that a hazardous materials shipment was prepared according to the regulations?

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