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Ohio 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. When applying for a commercial driving job, how much of your driving work history must you provide?
Correct answer: The past 10 years
You must give the employer information on every driving job you have held over the previous 10 years when you apply for a commercial driving position.
Source: Ohio CDL Driver Manual, Section 1 (Other CDL Rules)
2. A passenger endorsement is required to drive a vehicle built to carry how many people?
Correct answer: 16 or more including the driver
The passenger endorsement is needed for any vehicle designed to seat 16 or more people, and that count includes the driver.
Source: Ohio CDL Driver Manual, Section 1 (Passengers Endorsement)
3. A commercial driver license is required to operate a single vehicle when its gross vehicle weight rating reaches what threshold?
Correct answer: 26,001 pounds or more
Any single vehicle rated at 26,001 pounds or more requires a CDL. The rating set by the manufacturer, not the actual load, is what determines this.
Source: Ohio CDL Driver Manual, Section 1 (Introduction)
4. Which knowledge test must every CDL applicant take regardless of the license class sought?
Correct answer: The general knowledge test
The general knowledge test is required of all applicants. Other tests, such as air brakes or passenger transport, apply only to specific vehicles or endorsements.
Source: Ohio CDL Driver Manual, Section 1 (Knowledge Tests)
5. The doubles/triples (T) endorsement is required for a driver who wants to do what?
Correct answer: Pull more than one trailer at a time
The T endorsement lets a qualified Class A driver pull double or triple trailers, which demands extra knowledge and skill and a special knowledge exam.
Source: Ohio CDL Driver Manual, Section 1 (Double and Triple Trailers)
6. Which endorsements are the only ones a Commercial Learner's Permit may carry?
Correct answer: Passenger, school bus, and tank
A CLP may only hold the passenger (P), school bus (S), and tank (N) endorsements. Other endorsements cannot be added until the full CDL is issued.
Source: Ohio CDL Driver Manual, Section 1 (Endorsements)
7. What is the maximum time allowed to complete the Basic Vehicle Control skills test?
Correct answer: Forty minutes
The Basic Control Skills test is time-limited, with a maximum of forty minutes allowed to finish the exercises.
Source: Ohio CDL Driver Manual, Section 12 (Basic Control Skills Test)
8. Which combination of vehicles places a driver in the Class A group?
Correct answer: A combination rated at 26,001 pounds or more where the towed unit exceeds 10,000 pounds
A Class A combination has a gross combination weight rating of 26,001 pounds or more, provided the unit or units being towed are rated above 10,000 pounds.
Source: Ohio CDL Driver Manual, Section 1 (CDL Classifications)
9. How many kinds of endorsements can be added to a CDL depending on the vehicle or cargo?
Correct answer: Six
There are six kinds of endorsements, covering doubles/triples, tank, passenger, hazardous materials, the combined tank-hazmat, and school bus operations.
Source: Ohio CDL Driver Manual, Section 1 (CDL Endorsements)
10. What describes a vehicle that falls into the Class B group?
Correct answer: A single heavy vehicle rated at 26,001 pounds or more, optionally towing a unit under 10,000 pounds
Class B covers a single vehicle rated at 26,001 pounds or more, or such a vehicle towing another unit that is not rated above 10,000 pounds. Straight trucks and large buses are typical.
Source: Ohio CDL Driver Manual, Section 1 (CDL Classifications)
11. A vehicle rated under 26,001 pounds is only brought into the CDL program when it does what?
Correct answer: Is designed to seat 16 or more people including the driver, or hauls placardable hazardous materials
Small vehicles need a CDL only when they are built to seat 16 or more people including the driver, or when they haul hazardous materials in amounts that require placards.
Source: Ohio CDL Driver Manual, Section 1 (Class C Small Vehicles)
12. In which language must the vehicle inspection and basic control skills tests be administered?
Correct answer: English only
The vehicle inspection test and the basic control skills test must be administered in English only.
Source: Ohio CDL Driver Manual, Section 11 (Vehicle Inspection Test)
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