CHP Practice Tests Flashcards
The department of education, training certificate, form T – 01, is at all times the property of who?
The state of California
Recapped or retreaded tire shall not be used on a school bus, except on the:
Rear wheels
A school bus equipped with hydraulic brakes shall not be moved, unless the vacuum gauge indicates more than _____ inches of mercury 
8
When the services of a driver are used by more than one motor carrier during any 24 hour period in effect at the drivers home terminal, the driver shall submit a copy of the record of duty status to each motor carrier
- Once every 24 hours
- At the end of the week
- When reporting for duty
- When being released from duty
When reporting for duty 
The CHP motor carrier inspector signed the vehicle inspection certificate on 12–17–13. When is the last day you can operate this bus?
01-17-14
12-17-14
01-17-15
12-17-15
01-17-15
In order to maintain a California special driver certificate, school bus drivers, who have failed to take the first aid examination at the CHP office are required to possess a valid first aid card for:
The duration of the certificate.
The driver of the school bus shall ensure that there is sufficient interior lighting:
A) at all times with passengers aboard
B) whenever deemed necessary
C) for passengers to enter and exit safely
D) both B and C
D) both B and C.
If you experience a front tire blowout, you should do all, but one of the following:
- Apply the accelerator pedal
- Maintain a firm grip on
- Apply the service brakes immediately
- When control is gained, apply the parking brake
Apply the service brakes immediately
Which agency is responsible for developing and approving all courses of study for drivers that will provide them with the skills and knowledge to drive a school bus?
California Department of education
Of the following below, which is not a California highway patrol responsibility?
- Inspecting drivers records
- Investigating school bus accidents
- Issuance of the temporary California special driver CERT
- Designating all bus stops 
Designating all bus stops
When operating a school bus that is designed to transport 24 passengers and the driver, the contents of the first aid kit shall have a minimum of:
16 units
A school bus stop may not be closer than _____ feet to the nearest rail of any railroad crossing:
200 feet
A type 1 school bus is designed to carry:
- 16 passengers and the drivers
- Not more than 16 passengers
- More than 16 passengers and the driver
- Not more than 20 passengers and the driver if the vehicle has gross weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less
More than 16 passengers and the driver
In a business or residential district where the speed limit is 25 mph or less, a driver of a school bus is prohibited from stopping the bus on the roadway side of any vehicle stopped, park, or standing at the curb or edge of highway, except when:
- to stop and discipline students
- Stopping to load and unload
- the driver is unable to find a parking space
- Safe and visibility is a minimum of 500 feet and both directions of the stop vehicle
Stopping to load and unload pupils
If you increase _____, it will cause a decrease in _____.
- Speed, breaking
- Speed, traction
- Following distance, perception
- visual lead time, reaction time
Speed, traction
If the driver of a bus exceeds, the manufacturers recommended RPM governor speed, the automatic transmission will:
Up shift
If you are losing air pressure rapidly from one of the air tanks, but the other air tank is holding air pressure at 100 pounds of pressure indicated by the dual air pressure gauge on the dash, which could be the safest way to bring this bus to a stop
- Apply the brake pedal as you would
- Pull out the parking/emergency brake knob
- turn off the engine
- none of the above, when the air pressure gets low enough, the brakes will apply automatically 
Apply the brake pedal as you would normally
Unless approved by the CHP, a school bus stop shall not be made up on a roadway, where there is not a clear view of the stop sign for _____ in both directions, and the speed limit is more than 25 mph.
500 feet
A school bus may be equipped with a white strobe light mounted so as to be visible from the front size of rear of the bus, which may only be lighted when atmospheric conditions such as fog grain, snow, smoke, or dust reduce the visibility to less than:
500 feet 
The driver of a school bus shall ensure the headlamps are lighted:
- whenever pupils are aboard
- Whenever the bus is in motion
- Whenever the bus is in motion and pupils are aboard
- whenever adverse weather conditions exist, and during hours of darkness
Whenever the bus is in motion
The California Department of education, training certificate, T-01, shall be signed and dated by the driver within _____ days after the end of each training.
30
The training period specified on the California Department of Education training certificate, T-01, ends on _____?
 the drivers birthday
The training period specified on the California Department of Education training certificate, T-01, ends on _____?
 the drivers birthday
When driving at night, when should you dim your headlights?
Within 300 feet of following a car and within 500 feet of an oncoming car