West Virginia CDL — General Knowledge: Penalties & Licensing Practice Test

Question 1

A West Virginia driver is caught and convicted of driving a CMV with no valid CDL, or without the endorsements that vehicle requires. For how long must the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles disqualify that driver?

Accepted Answer

60 days — Chapter IV directs the Commissioner to disqualify the driver for 60 days after a conviction for running a CMV without a valid CDL and the endorsements the vehicle calls for.

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30 days

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120 days

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One year

Question 2

West Virginia's Drive for Five program phases drivers onto a five-year cycle. In the manual's example, what is issued to a driver who will be 34 in the year the license expires?

Accepted Answer

A six-year license that expires at age 40 — Under Drive for Five, licenses expire on a birthday at an age divisible by five. To line a driver up with that cycle, the first license may run anywhere from three to seven years; the manual's 34-year-old gets six years and renews at 40.

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A four-year license that expires at age 38

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A five-year license that expires at age 39

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A seven-year license that expires at age 41

Question 3

A West Virginia applicant books a CDL skills test with a third-party examiner and then fails to appear. What does the manual say is charged?

Accepted Answer

A $50.00 no-show fee — The skills test itself costs $100.00, paid to the third-party examiner when the test is given. Booking a test and then missing it costs a separate $50.00 no-show fee.

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The full $100.00 skills test fee

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A $32.50 knowledge test fee

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A $7.50 duplicate license fee

Question 4

Which of these offenses carries the highest value on West Virginia's point chart?

Accepted Answer

Fleeing from an officer — Fleeing from an officer is listed at 8 points, the top of the chart. Speeding in a school zone and reckless or careless driving are 6 points each, and following too closely is 2.

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Speeding in a school zone

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Reckless or careless driving

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Following too closely

Question 5

What is West Virginia's mandatory penalty for a first conviction of driving while revoked or suspended?

Accepted Answer

A fine of at least $100 — A first conviction carries a minimum $100 fine. The 30-day minimum jail sentence applies to DUI-related driving while revoked or suspended, which the manual calls even more serious.

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A jail sentence of at least 30 days

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A fine of at least $500

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An automatic one-year CDL disqualification

Question 6

You fail a portion of West Virginia's CDL knowledge exam. How long must you wait before you may retest?

Accepted Answer

Seven days — West Virginia requires a seven-day wait after failing any portion of the knowledge exam. Fourteen days is a different rule: the minimum time a learner's permit must be held before the skills test.

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Until the next business day

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Three days

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Fourteen days

Question 7

Section 1 of the manual brackets a 90-day minimum for a first out-of-service order violation. What does West Virginia's own disqualification statute, printed in Chapter IV, set for a first conviction?

Accepted Answer

180 days — The state statute disqualifies a driver for one hundred eighty days on a first conviction for violating an out-of-service order, whether or not hazardous materials or passengers were involved. The 90-day figure appears only in the bracketed summary in Section 1.3.4.

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60 days

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90 days

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One year

Question 8

West Virginia bases your CDL fee on a 'calculated age,' the current year minus your birth year. What changes when the birthday falls on December 1 or later?

Accepted Answer

The fee is figured using the next calendar year — The chart works from the current year less the year you were born, but for a birthday on December 1 or later the DMV uses the next calendar year in that calculation. That can shift which row of the chart applies.

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The fee is figured using the previous calendar year

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The license is issued for one extra year at no charge

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The calculated age is rounded down to a multiple of five

Question 9

Under West Virginia's point system, how long are points kept on your record, and how long does the conviction itself stay?

Accepted Answer

Points for at least two years from the conviction date; the conviction for 10 years — Points remain part of the driving record for a minimum of two years counted from the conviction date, while the conviction itself stays on the record for 10 years.

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Points for one year from the conviction date; the conviction for five years

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Points and the conviction both for three years

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Points for five years from the date of the conviction; the conviction stays permanently

Question 10

West Virginia lets a driver take points off the record by completing a defensive driving course. Which statement matches the manual?

Accepted Answer

An eight-hour course takes off three points — Completing an eight-hour defensive driving course, offered at locations around the state, lets you have three points deducted from your record.

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A four-hour course takes off two points

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An eight-hour course takes off six points

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A sixteen-hour course clears the whole record

Question 11

On West Virginia's CDL fee chart, the last digit of your calculated age is 3 or 8. How long will the license be valid, and what will it cost?

Accepted Answer

7 years for $61.25 — The fee chart pairs a calculated age ending in 3 or 8 with a seven-year license costing $61.25. Three years at $26.25 goes with 2 or 7, five years at $43.75 with 5 or 0, and six years at $52.50 with 4 or 9.

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3 years for $26.25

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5 years for $43.75

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6 years for $52.50

Question 12

At how many points does West Virginia suspend your driving privileges?

Accepted Answer

12 or more — The DMV keeps a running record from your first moving-violation conviction, and reaching twelve or more points brings a suspension.

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6 or more

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8 or more

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10 or more

West Virginia CDL — General Knowledge: Penalties & Licensing practice test

Study questions with answers

1. A West Virginia driver is caught and convicted of driving a CMV with no valid CDL, or without the endorsements that vehicle requires. For how long must the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles disqualify that driver?

2. West Virginia's Drive for Five program phases drivers onto a five-year cycle. In the manual's example, what is issued to a driver who will be 34 in the year the license expires?

3. A West Virginia applicant books a CDL skills test with a third-party examiner and then fails to appear. What does the manual say is charged?

4. Which of these offenses carries the highest value on West Virginia's point chart?

5. What is West Virginia's mandatory penalty for a first conviction of driving while revoked or suspended?

6. You fail a portion of West Virginia's CDL knowledge exam. How long must you wait before you may retest?

7. Section 1 of the manual brackets a 90-day minimum for a first out-of-service order violation. What does West Virginia's own disqualification statute, printed in Chapter IV, set for a first conviction?

8. West Virginia bases your CDL fee on a 'calculated age,' the current year minus your birth year. What changes when the birthday falls on December 1 or later?

9. Under West Virginia's point system, how long are points kept on your record, and how long does the conviction itself stay?

10. West Virginia lets a driver take points off the record by completing a defensive driving course. Which statement matches the manual?

11. On West Virginia's CDL fee chart, the last digit of your calculated age is 3 or 8. How long will the license be valid, and what will it cost?

12. At how many points does West Virginia suspend your driving privileges?

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