Commercial Rules Flashcards
Which of the next vehicles require by law to carry a chemical type fire extinguisher?
a. Moving Trucks
b. Passengers ordinary vehicle
c. Cattle trucks
d. Taxi
Taxi
The speed limit at night for a bus on state or federal highway is?
a. 65 mph
b. 70 mph
c. 60 mph
d. 45 mph
65 mph
No combination vehicles, except a tractor-trailer combination can exceed
a. 40 feet
b. 25 feet
c. 65 feet
d. 50 feet
65 feet
Vehicles carrying loose material (sand, soil, gravel, etc.) that is capable of blowing or spilling over the road should
a. Bring a special permit
b. Drive only over rural roads
c. Perform the operating rules to prevent spilling or blowing the load
d. Always have the load covered to prevent blowing or spilling
Perform the operating rules to prevent spilling or blowing the load
Turn signals lights are required on all motor vehicles manufactured after model
a. 1971
b. 1969
c. 1959
d. 1948
1959
When a truck breaks down on the highway during the day, the driver should put:
a. two approved red flags
b. three fuses
c. three red reflectors
d. two yellow flags
two approved red flags
All buses or trucks manufactured after the year 1959 should be equipped at the rear with
a. two stop lights
b. a red reflector
c. two yellow reflectors
d. a stop light
two stop lights
the speed limit for heavy trucks on rural federal highways at night is:
a. 65 mph
b. 70 mph
c. 55 mph
d. 40 mph
65 mph
The height above the ground for reflectors must be mounted no less than:
a. 12 inches
b. 24 inches
c. 30 inches
d. 18 inches
24 inches
When you require mud flaps on trucks or trailers how far from the surface of the highway should be?
a. 8 inches
b. 18 inches
c. 16 inches
d. 12 inches
8 inches
The load of a truck must not extend from the rear of the vehicle more than:
a. 3 ft.
b. 4 ft.
c. 6 ft.
d. 6 ft.
4 ft.
The state rules length requirements for vehicles and combinations of vehicles, inclusively extensions on the front and back, do not apply:
a. Federal highways
b. within city limits
c. farm to market roads
d. state highways
within city limits
When a commercial vehicle coast down any grade, it’s unlawful to:
a. drive more than 25 mph
b. clutch disengaged
c. shift to a lower gear
d. keep same gear
clutch disengaged
The maximum length allowed by the state rules for a single motor vehicle other than a truck tractor is:
a. 50 feet
b. 45 feet
c. 35 feet
d. 40 feet
45 feet
Clearance lamps are required by state rules for trucks or buses when it’s width is:
a. 75 inches or more
b. 65 inches or more
c. 80 inches or more
d. 70 inches or more
80 inches or more
How many lamps must a trailer have at the rear?
a. 3
b. 2
c. None
d. 1
2
Which of the next vehicles should have mud flaps when they are over public roads?
a. All tractor-trailer combination
b. All vehicle with four or more wheels at the rear axel except single tractors and post trailers
c. All vehicles with a gross weight of 30,500 pounds
d. All commercial vehicles
All vehicle with four or more wheels at the rear axel except single tractors and post trailers
The maximum number of coupled trailers allowed to be pulled by a motor commercial vehicle with an unloaded weight of more than 2500 pounds is
a. 2 trailers
b. 3 trailers
c. 4 trailers
d. 1 trailer
2 trailers
All school buses, buses, taxis and other vehicles hauling passengers for hire or lease, must carry a chemical type fire extinguisher of at least:
a. one quart capacity
b. two quart capacity
c. one gallon capacity
d. one pint capacity
one quart(er) capacity
A slow-moving vehicle emblem must be shown only on:
a. delivery trucks that sometimes run at less than 25 mph
b. all commercial motor vehicles
c. all road machinery that run less than 25 mph
d. those vehicles designed to operate at maximum speed of 25 mph or less
those vehicles designed to operate at maximum speed of 25 mph or less
The maximum weigh allowed by the state law for any vehicle including it’s load is:
a. 48,000 pounds
b. 60,000 pounds
c. 36,400 pounds
d. 80,000 pounds
80,000 pounds
Clearance lamps should be mounted at the rear or besides the back of the vehicle and should be of what color:
a. amber
b. green
c. white
d. red
red
- When you turn to the right with a tractor trailer and is ipossible stay at the right lane, you should:
a. approach the corner in the proper lane, about 4 feet from the curb then if it is necessary swinging over the center of the side street.
b. approach the corner in the proper lanes, about 12 feet from the crib, then turn in the right lane
c. allow the back tires to stop over the curb if there is not obstructions there
d. approach the corner in the center of the street then turn from the right lane
approach the corner in the proper lane, about 4 feet from the curb then if it is necessary swinging over the center of the side street
Which of the next vehicles are required by state law to stop before rail road crossings, out of the city limits where there is no control traffic sign?
a. taxis
b. rent trucks who carry animals
c. tractor-trailer combination
d. rent buses who carry passengers
rent buses who carry passengers
Which of the next vehicles don’t require mud flaps?
a. pole trailers
b. interstate vehicles
c. vehicles who carry cattle
d. semitrailer
pole trailers
All trailers or semitrailers should use side marker lamps and side reflectors if its width is:
a. 72 inches or more
b. 80 inches or more
c. 96 inches or more
d. 60 inches or more
80 inches or more
To know how to register your vehicle, you should ask the:
a. County tax assessor-collector
b. city police
c. rail road commission
d. county where trucks can work
County tax assessor-collector
The maximum height allowed by state law for a vehicle including it’s load is:
a. 14 feet
b. 12 feet 6 inches
c. 13 feet 6 inches
d. 12 feet
14 feet
When you need to put flares around the truck over a two way road one must be beside the truck and the other must be put:
a. 50 feet front and back of the vehicle
b. 150 feet front and back of the vehicle
c. 200 feet front and back of the vehicle
d. 100 feet front and back of the vehicle
100 feet front and back of the vehicle
One reason for always requesting truck registration papers is for:
a. the owner’s truck
b. loaded truck weight
c. the counties which the truck can work
d. the empty truck weights and how much load could carry as registered
the empty truck weights and how much load could carry as registered
How many reflectors must a trailer have at the rear?
a. 1
b. 3
c. 2
d. None
2
To haul a load or move equipment wider, heavier and longer than allowed by law, you should:
a. get a police permit
b. ask for highway patrol escort
c. drive at night through roads with low traffic
d. get a permit from the Texas Transportation Department
get a permit from the Texas Transportation Department
- To work over the road a motor vehicle or trailer with metal tires and weighting 5,000 pounds or more, you should:
a. drive only during the day
b. drive less than 20 mph
c. get a special permit from the Texas Transportation Department
d. get a highway patrol escort
get a special permit from the Texas Transportation Department
The headlights color in the front of a vehicle must be:
a. amber
b. green
c. red
d. blue
amber
When you park on the highway shoulder with separated wall, flags and reflectors should be put:
a. one beside the vehicle, one 50 feet behind and the other 100 feet behind the vehicle
b. one besides the vehicle, one 50 feet in front and the other 100 feet behind the vehicle
c. one besides the vehicle, one 100 feet in front and the other 100 feet behind the vehicle
d. one 10 feet behind the vehicle, one 100 feet behind and the other 200 feet behind the vehicle
one 10 feet behind the vehicle, one 100 feet behind and the other 200 feet behind the vehicle
Which of the next motor vehicles have to stop before a rail road crossing out of commercial or residential zones:
a. farm trucks
b. spices trucks
c. busses
d. passenger ordinary car
busses
When a truck is following another truck or vehicle, it must go behind enough to allow how many vehicles to enter between them without a hazard:
a. two vehicles
b. three vehicles
c. one vehicle
d. four vehicles
one vehicle
The first thing a driver of a broker truck or bus should do is:
a. stop a vehicle to tow it
b. do and try to start the vehicle
c. go to get help
d. put up flares, reflectors or flags
put up flares, reflectors or flags
The maximum width allowed, by the state law for a truck including it’s load is:
a. 90 inches (7 1/2 feet)
b. 102 inches (8 1/2 feet)
c. 84 inches (7 feet)
d. 108 inches (9 feet)
102 inches (8 1/2 feet)
The speed limit for a truck during the day on rural interstate highway is:
a. 50 mph
b. 70 mph
c. 65 mph
d. 60 mph
70 mph
- Which of the next vehicles should have mud flaps when they are on public roads?
a. all vehicles with four or more wheels at the rear axle except single tractors and post trailers (maybe pole trailers instead of post)
b. all commercial vehicles
c. all tractor-trailer combination
d. all vehicle with a gross weight of 30,500 pounds
all vehicles with four or more wheels at the rear axle except single tractors and post trailers (maybe pole trailers instead of post)
The maximum speed limit during the day for a truck with a load capacity allowed of 2,000 pounds or less, on federal or state highways is:
a. 70 mph
b. 65 mph
c. 60 mph
d. 55 mph
70 mph
Clearance lights are required by the state law for trucks and busses if their width is:
a. 80 inches or more
b. 70 inches or more
c. 65 inches or more
d. 75 inches or more
80 inches or more
When you backup a large truck you should:
a. use horn to clear the way and backup very slowly
b. use a helper when you can to guide you
c. watch ahead of your vehicle so you can backup in a straight line
d. you depend only on your side mirror
use a helper when you can to guide you
Non-passenger vehicles can be couples with more than:
a. 1 trailer
b. 2 trailers
c. 3 trailers
d. 4 trailers
1 trailer
Usually trailers and semitrailers must have brakes that can be put on easily by the driver, when the trailer gross weight is more than:
a. 2000 lbs
b. 500 lbs
c. 1000 lbs
d. 4500 lbs
4500 lbs
- The cargo load in a vehicle cannot extend from the front of the vehicle without a special permit, more than
a. 5 feet
b. 4 feet
c. 6 feet
d. 3 feet
3 feet
You are on a steeped downgrade with a commercial vehicle, you should
a. downshift to slow speed
b. keep the same shift gear
c. upshift to high speed
d. never go more than 5 mph
downshift to slow speed
When the load extends 4 feet or more from the rear of the vehicle, What flag color should be hung at the end of the extension if you are driving during the day?
a. blue
b. green
c. white
d. red
red
- any vehicle that is not tractor-trailer combination should exceed
a. 25 ft
b. 40 ft
c. 50 ft
d. 65 ft
40 ft
Maximum speed limit for a taxi in any street or interstate during day light is:
a. 60 mph
b. 70 mph
c. 55 mph
d. 65 mph
70 mph
The maximum towing that is permitted to pull by a commercial truck without a load that exceed 2500 pounds is:
a. 1 towing
b. 3 towing
c. 4 towing
d. 2 towing
2 towing
Is required by law that all the drivers must have the registration documents when they operate which of the following vehicles:
a. any truck
b. a motorcycle
c. any ambulance
d. a taxi
any truck
Is illegal to operate on any motor vehicle in a highway with:
a. tire chains on the wheels
b. edges or metallic yokels in the wheels
c. more than 10 tires on the ground
d. more than 2 mud-grab tires
edges or metallic yokels in the wheels
None of the combination vehicles, with the exception of the tractor-trailer combination which can exceed:
a. 25 feet
b. 50 feet
c. 65 feet
d. 40 feet
65 feet
Bill lights mounted in the back or to the side close to the back door of a vehicle should be what color:
a. red
b. green
c. white
d. amber
red
What is the maximum longitude that a car can pull another one with a chain or rope?
a. 15 ft.
b. 20 ft.
c. 35 ft.
d. 10 ft.
15 ft.
If the trailer is loaded, after the landing gear makes firm contact with land, turn the crank handle a couple of times more in:
a. the turns are made on high engagement
b. the turns are made in low engagement
c. in the same engagement
d. there is no difference
the turns are made on high engagement
When do you check the antifreeze?
a. when the engine is cold
b. when the engine is hot
c. when the engine is running
d. all of the above
when the engine is cold
Which is the maximum height above ground that the reflectors or lights should be mounted on a truck?
a. 60 inches
b. 65 inches
c. 70 inches
d. 75 inches
60 inches
If you se a vehicle coming with high beams, what should you do?
a. watch the reflectors and return your view to the front
b. watch your right lane
c. make a light change to alert the others driver to lower his/her lights
d. see directly towards the lights of the other driver
watch your right line
When a vehicle is towing another vehicle with a chain, what color should the flag that goes on the chain be?
a. red
b. yellow
c. white
d. black
white
When agricultural tractors are going thru a road, how many lights should they have in front and behind, and what color should they be?
a. one white light in the front and a red one in the back
b. they don’t need any
c. one white light in the front and two red ones on the back
d. two white ones in the front and two red ones in the back
two white ones in the front and two red ones in the back
- Agricultural tractors are equipped with two lights on the front, one on the back and tow red reflectors on the back
a. 1972
b. 1959
c. 1978
d. 1970
1972
