West Virginia CDL — General Knowledge: Road Signs Practice Test

Question 1

Which pair of sign-related violations carries 3 points each on West Virginia's point chart?

Accepted Answer

Disobeying a stop sign and wrong-way driving on a one-way street — Failure to obey a stop sign and wrong-way driving on a one-way street are both 3-point violations. School-zone speeding is 6 points, improper backing is 2, and fleeing from an officer is 8.

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Disobeying a stop sign and speeding in a school zone

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Wrong-way driving on a one-way street and improper backing

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Speeding in a school zone and fleeing from a law enforcement officer

Question 2

Under West Virginia's definitions, how far above the posted limit must a CMV driver's speed be for a single offense to count as a 'serious traffic violation'?

Accepted Answer

15 mph or more — Excessive speeding means any single offense at fifteen miles an hour or more over the posted limit. Two serious violations within three years in a CMV bring a sixty-day disqualification.

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10 mph or more

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20 mph or more

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25 mph or more

Question 3

Which posted figure may the examiner ask you to recall after you cross a bridge on the CDL road test?

Accepted Answer

The weight limit — After a bridge you may be asked for the posted weight limit; the clearance or height question follows an overpass. Either way you need to read the postings as you drive.

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The clearance height

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The speed limit

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The lane width

Question 4

A shipment of asbestos falls under which class in the manual's hazard class table?

Accepted Answer

Class 9, Miscellaneous Hazardous Materials — The table gives asbestos, along with formaldehyde, as its examples for Class 9. Matches and fuses illustrate Class 4, pesticides and arsenic Class 6, and hydrochloric acid and battery fluid Class 8.

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Class 4, Flammable Solids

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Class 6, Poisons

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Class 8, Corrosives

Question 5

A truck that is required to stop at railroad crossings pulls up to a crossbuck with no painted stop line and halts 10 feet from the nearest rail. What is wrong?

Accepted Answer

It stopped too close; the stop must be at least 15 feet from the nearest rail — Where no white stop line is painted, a vehicle that is required to stop must do so between 15 and 50 feet from the nearest rail. Ten feet is inside the minimum.

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Nothing is wrong; any stop short of the nearest rail is acceptable

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It stopped too far back; the stop must be made within 5 feet of the nearest rail

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It should not have stopped; a crossbuck never calls for a stop

Question 6

A West Virginia driver is convicted of going 17 mph over the posted speed limit. How many points does the point chart assign?

Accepted Answer

5 — The chart lists speeding 15 to 19 mph over the limit at 5 points. Speeding 11 to 14 mph over is 3 points, and 20 mph or more over is 6.

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3

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6

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8

Question 7

Under the lane usage standard on the CDL road test, where must you stop when a stop is required?

Accepted Answer

Behind stop lines, crosswalks, or stop signs — The standard puts the stopping point behind the line, crosswalk or sign, and also says to keep the vehicle off curbs, sidewalks and lane markings, and to finish turns in the proper lane.

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Just past the stop line, for a better view of cross traffic

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On top of the crosswalk, so that pedestrians wait

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Wherever the vehicle ahead of you happened to stop

Question 8

Speeding in a school zone and failing to observe a safety or construction zone both appear on West Virginia's point chart. How do they compare?

Accepted Answer

School-zone speeding is 6 points; the safety or construction zone violation is 3 — The chart puts speeding in a school zone at 6 points, among the heaviest entries, and failure to observe a safety or construction zone at 3.

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School-zone speeding is 3 points; the safety or construction zone violation is 6

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Both violations are 3 points

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Both violations are 6 points

Question 9

The round, black-on-yellow advance warning sign gives several instructions to drivers nearing a railroad crossing. Which of these is NOT one of them?

Accepted Answer

Sound your horn before you cross — That sign's message is to slow down, look and listen, and be ready to stop for a train. It says nothing about the horn.

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Slow down

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Look and listen for the train

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Be ready to stop at the tracks for a train

Question 10

West Virginia designates a 15 mph maximum in school zones unless otherwise posted. When does that limit apply?

Accepted Answer

While children are present — The speed table lists the school zone maximum as 15 mph while children are present. A different figure applies only if it is posted.

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Around the clock on school days

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Only while a crossing guard is on duty

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Only during the first hour of the school day

Question 11

A vehicle that needs hazardous materials placards is driven without them and has an accident. What danger does the manual point to?

Accepted Answer

Emergency responders will not know about the hazardous cargo — Placards warn others about what is on board. The manual says a failure to placard when it is required may put your life and other people's at risk, because emergency help arriving at an accident will have no warning of the hazardous load.

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The vehicle's brakes are more likely to fail

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The cargo is more likely to shift in a curve

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The driver's medical certificate becomes invalid at the scene of the accident

Question 12

Besides special transit permits, what does the manual say usually applies to moving an over-length, over-width or overweight load?

Accepted Answer

Driving is usually limited to certain times — Oversized loads need special transit permits, and they can usually move only at certain times. They may also call for 'wide load' signs, flashing lights, flags, a police escort or pilot vehicles.

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The load may travel only on interstate highways

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The vehicle may not exceed 25 mph

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The load must travel without flags or lights

West Virginia CDL — General Knowledge: Road Signs practice test

Study questions with answers

1. Which pair of sign-related violations carries 3 points each on West Virginia's point chart?

2. Under West Virginia's definitions, how far above the posted limit must a CMV driver's speed be for a single offense to count as a 'serious traffic violation'?

3. Which posted figure may the examiner ask you to recall after you cross a bridge on the CDL road test?

4. A shipment of asbestos falls under which class in the manual's hazard class table?

5. A truck that is required to stop at railroad crossings pulls up to a crossbuck with no painted stop line and halts 10 feet from the nearest rail. What is wrong?

6. A West Virginia driver is convicted of going 17 mph over the posted speed limit. How many points does the point chart assign?

7. Under the lane usage standard on the CDL road test, where must you stop when a stop is required?

8. Speeding in a school zone and failing to observe a safety or construction zone both appear on West Virginia's point chart. How do they compare?

9. The round, black-on-yellow advance warning sign gives several instructions to drivers nearing a railroad crossing. Which of these is NOT one of them?

10. West Virginia designates a 15 mph maximum in school zones unless otherwise posted. When does that limit apply?

11. A vehicle that needs hazardous materials placards is driven without them and has an accident. What danger does the manual point to?

12. Besides special transit permits, what does the manual say usually applies to moving an over-length, over-width or overweight load?

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