West Virginia CDL — General Knowledge: Parking & Stopping Practice Test

Question 1

Why does the manual tell you not to let the vehicle roll back when you start out?

Accepted Answer

You may hit someone behind you — Rolling back can put you into a vehicle or person behind. With a manual transmission, partly engage the clutch before your right foot leaves the brake, and use the parking brake when needed to hold the vehicle.

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The engine may stall and flood

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The cargo may slide forward

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The clutch may overheat at once

Question 2

You are told to do the alley dock exercise. How do you get the vehicle into the alley?

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Sight-side backing into the alley — You go past the alley, set the vehicle parallel to the outer boundary, and sight-side back in, finishing straight and within three feet of the rear.

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Blind-side backing into the alley

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Driving forward into the alley

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Straight-line backing past the alley

Question 3

A West Virginia CDL holder convicted of a traffic offense in another state has 30 days to tell the West Virginia DMV. Which citations does the manual exclude from that duty?

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Parking citations — Chapter I says any West Virginia CDL holder convicted of a traffic offense in another state or jurisdiction has 30 days to tell the DMV, and it carves out only parking citations.

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Speeding citations

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Improper lane change citations

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Railroad crossing citations

Question 4

Which feature of a railroad crossing does the manual warn can leave your vehicle hung up on the rails?

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Steep approaches — Crossings with steep approaches can catch the underside of a unit. Never let traffic trap you where you would be forced to halt on the rails, and do not shift gears while crossing.

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Painted stop lines

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Crossbuck signs

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Lowered gates

Question 5

For the stop/start maneuver, the examiner has you pull to the side of the road. What kind of stop are you acting out?

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Pulling over as if to get out and check something on the vehicle — For this maneuver you move to the right-most lane or the shoulder and stop the way you would if something on the vehicle needed a look.

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Backing into a parallel parking space on the right side of the street

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Making a hard emergency stop from a speed of about 20 mph

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Stopping at a simulated railroad crossing with the flashers on

Question 6

As you stop for the student discharge on the road test, what do you do with the transmission and parking brake?

Accepted Answer

Shift to neutral or park and set the parking brake — With the bus fully stopped, the transmission goes to neutral or park and the parking brake is set. Only then are the stop arm and red warning lights activated.

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Leave it in gear with the foot brake held down

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Switch off the engine and remove the key

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Chock the rear wheels before opening the student door

Question 7

Under West Virginia's definitions, a vehicle has been placed out-of-service. Which act violates the order?

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Operating it before the required repairs are made — A violation also includes driving during the period the driver is out-of-service and any operation by a motor carrier that has itself been placed out of service.

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Reporting the defect to the motor carrier

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Leaving it parked until it is fixed

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Having a mechanic work on it at the place where it sits

Question 8

You are drowsy at the wheel and pull over to a safe area for a nap. According to West Virginia's addendum, how little sleep can make a big difference?

Accepted Answer

10 to 20 minutes — The addendum says that if you are drowsy you should not drive, and that a short nap of as little as 10 to 20 minutes helps noticeably.

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2 to 3 minutes

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At least 2 hours

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A full night only

Question 9

West Virginia bars masking, expunging or deferring a CDL holder's traffic control convictions. Which kind of violation is the exception?

Accepted Answer

A parking violation — For a CDL holder or anyone operating a CMV, the statute forbids masking, expunging, deferring or diverting the record of a traffic control conviction, revocation, suspension or disqualification. Only parking violations fall outside the rule.

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A first speeding violation

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Any violation in a personal vehicle

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Any violation more than three years old

Question 10

West Virginia's definition of 'disqualification' includes losing CMV privileges for breaking traffic control laws. Which violations does that part of the definition generally leave out?

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Parking and vehicle weight violations — The definition's second branch covers any withdrawal of the privilege to drive a CMV for violating state or local traffic control law, but it sets parking and vehicle weight violations aside.

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Speeding and reckless driving violations

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Lane change and passing violations

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Railroad crossing violations

Question 11

The wipers quit during a winter storm and your view through the windshield is gone. What is the manual's instruction?

Accepted Answer

Stop safely and fix the problem — Wiper blades have to press hard enough to clear the glass and sweep off snow. If they fail and your view goes, the manual's answer is to stop in a safe spot and correct it before going on.

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Lean out of the side window and keep driving

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Follow the taillights of the vehicle ahead

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Turn on the high beams and slow slightly

Question 12

Before you start backing in either parallel parking exercise, how do you position the vehicle?

Accepted Answer

Pull past the space's entrance, keeping the vehicle parallel to it — For both the driver-side and conventional versions, you drive beyond the entrance with the vehicle parallel to the parking area, then back in without crossing the front, side or rear boundaries. The whole vehicle has to end up inside the space.

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Nose into the space going forward, then straighten the vehicle inside it

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Stop at a right angle to the entrance of the space

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Start from behind the space and back straight into it

West Virginia CDL — General Knowledge: Parking & Stopping practice test

Study questions with answers

1. Why does the manual tell you not to let the vehicle roll back when you start out?

2. You are told to do the alley dock exercise. How do you get the vehicle into the alley?

3. A West Virginia CDL holder convicted of a traffic offense in another state has 30 days to tell the West Virginia DMV. Which citations does the manual exclude from that duty?

4. Which feature of a railroad crossing does the manual warn can leave your vehicle hung up on the rails?

5. For the stop/start maneuver, the examiner has you pull to the side of the road. What kind of stop are you acting out?

6. As you stop for the student discharge on the road test, what do you do with the transmission and parking brake?

7. Under West Virginia's definitions, a vehicle has been placed out-of-service. Which act violates the order?

8. You are drowsy at the wheel and pull over to a safe area for a nap. According to West Virginia's addendum, how little sleep can make a big difference?

9. West Virginia bars masking, expunging or deferring a CDL holder's traffic control convictions. Which kind of violation is the exception?

10. West Virginia's definition of 'disqualification' includes losing CMV privileges for breaking traffic control laws. Which violations does that part of the definition generally leave out?

11. The wipers quit during a winter storm and your view through the windshield is gone. What is the manual's instruction?

12. Before you start backing in either parallel parking exercise, how do you position the vehicle?

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