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
The DMV shall deny or revoke a school bus, school pupil activity bus, or youth bus applicant or certificate holder, for all but one of the following reasons:
- Has been convicted of any sex offense as an education code 440010
- Has had his or her driving privilege suspended, revoked, or placed on probation
- Has failed to meet prescribed testing or training requirements for certificate issuance
- Has been dismissed as a driver for a cause relating to pupil transportation safety
Has been dismissed as a driver for a cause relating to pupil transportation safety (This is a “may”, not a “shall”.)
The DMV may cancel the school bus, school pupil activity bus, youth bus, or farm labor driver’s certificate, for all but one of the following reasons:
- the driver has requested cancellation
- Has been convicted of a DUI
- Has failed to meet any of the requirements for issuance or retention of the certificate
- driver does not have a valid license of the appropriate class
Has been convicted of a DUI
(must cancel if less than three years prior)
School bus stops are designated by:
The school district superintendent
A driver on an extended leave of absence due to illness, or lack of employment as a driver, must within _____ days of returning to work, submit proof of receiving training to the local CHP office.
30
When warning devices are placed on a one-way road because of a disabled vehicle, where should they be placed?
10 feet to the rear, 100 feet to the rear, 200 feet to the rear
A driver approaching a school bus with the red light crossover lamps activated that is on the other side of the roadway need not stop at the following locations:
- divided or multi-lane highway
- Expressway or freeway
- Highway with solid double yellow lines
- 2 Lane highway with a left turn center lane
Divided or multi-lane highway
If you are turning left in a bus from a single left turn lane onto a Multi Lane Road, which lane can you enter?
The right lane
A driver is exempt from the requirements of maintaining a drivers record of duty status for the following reason:
- driver operates with 100 mile radius of the normal work reporting location
- driver returns to the work location and is released from work within 16 hours
- the motor carrier maintained accurate and true time
- All of the above
All of the above
The driver of a school bus or a SPAB driver, shall not make any repairs to the bus or its equipment out on the road unless the driver is the:
- Motor carrier safety inspector
- school bus operational supervisor
- Mechanic charged with the care and maintenance
- Director of school transportation 
Mechanic charged with the care and maintenance
 Motor carriers and drivers shall not transport or knowingly permit passengers to carry any hazardous materials. Exceptions are made for:
A) oxygen medically prescribed
B) personal use articles in the immediate possession of a passenger
C) there are no exceptions, hazardous materials shall not be transported
D) both A and B
Both A and B
If you violate the idling regulations at a school site, you are subject to a ____ fine
$300
A driver received a physical on 09-10–12. On 12-1–12, this driver has a birthday and will turn 65. The driver will have to have another physical, not later than:
09-20-14
09-10-13
12-31-12
12-01-12
12-31-12
All behind the wheel instruction required to obtain a school bus certificate must be given by:
A state certified instructor or delegated behind the wheel trainer
When a driver fails to maintain required training hours as required by the department of education, upon the second occurrence of failure to acquire the required training hours, the California highway patrol will recommend to the Department of voter vehicles to cancel, suspend, or revoke the California special certificate?
Cancel the California special certificate
Upon arriving at a school, the driver of a school bus is required to manually turn off their engine and restart the engine, no more than ______ before departing. 
30 seconds 
What is the name of the certificate that must be displayed in each school bus, SPAB, youth bus, farm labor, vehicle, and GPPV in an easy to reach invisible area of the drivers compartment?
Vehicle inspection, approval certificate, CHP 292
Renewal applicants must renew their certificate ______ after the certificate expiration date, otherwise the driver will be considered an original applicant.
 12 months 
A driver dismissed for pupil transportation safety, may have their California special driver certificate denied, suspended, revoked, or any of these?
Any of these
When handling student discipline problems on the bus, it is best to:
- not hold a grudge
- not to threaten the group
- not to get involved in power struggles
- all of the above
All of the above
The driver of a school bus or any other person who observes a motor vehicle violate VC section 22454 by overtaking a school bus operating is flashing red light signal system, and/or having the stop sign signal arm deployed, may within _____ report the violation to the CHP.
24 hours
A school bus driver approaching a school bus stop that is exempt from the use of the red lights shall:
- activate ambers at 100 feet
- activate ambers at 200
- Do not activate the ambers
- Activate the hazards at 200 feet 
Do not activate the ambers
A type I and type II school bus is required to have all of the mirrors listed below except:
- Left side flat mirror
- right side flat mirror
- Cross over mirror
- Left and right side convex mirrors
Left and right side convex mirrors
What is the speed limit at an intersection where you cannot see for 100 feet in either direction?
15 mph
Before traversing a railroad grade crossing, the driver of a school bus shall do all, but one of the following:
- Stop no closer than 15 feet nor more than 50 feet
- Gears shall not be shifted manually while crossing the track
- Open the door of a type I bus and the window of a type II bus
- Apply the parking break
Apply the parking brake
The department of motor vehicles may refuse to issue or renew, or may suspend or revoke, a school bus drivers special certificate, if the applicant has:
- knowingly made a false statement on an application for certificate
- Violated any restriction on the certificate
- Does not meet the minimum medical standards, established or approved by the department of motor vehicles
- any of the above
- Any of the above
Any of the above