CDL Tanker
Vehicles Test

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This is the Commercial Vehicle Driver's License Test covering Tanker Vehicles.  You will be presented with 40 questions and you must answer 34 questions correctly to pass.  There is no time limit.  You may not go back once you answer a question.  Click the "Start Quiz" button below to begin.  Good luck!

1 / 40

The reason a bulk liquid tanker is hard to handle is:

2 / 40

What does outage mean?

3 / 40

You should be extra cautious when___while driving a smooth bore tanker combination.

4 / 40

What does the amount of liquid allowed in the tank depend on?

5 / 40

Select the factor that has no effect on how much liquid you can carry:

6 / 40

Select the true statement in regards to when a bulk tank vehicle stops at an intersection on a slippery surface:

7 / 40

Take extra caution when driving smooth bore tanks during:

8 / 40

What is most likely to occur when the front wheels begin to skid?

9 / 40

What handling effect will baffles have?

10 / 40

A driver of a tanker should use an escape ramp when _____.

11 / 40

When driving on a clear night with the vehicle lights on, your speed should be such that you can stop within _____.

12 / 40

You should_____when an emergency requires you to quickly stop your tanker.

13 / 40

Select the true statement about empty trucks:

14 / 40

Surge affects the handling of a tanker by:

15 / 40

What kind of surge occurs with baffles?

16 / 40

What is the purpose of a baffle?

17 / 40

Select the true statement about speed and stopping distance.

18 / 40

A baffled tanker has:

19 / 40

You are required to have a tank endorsement when transporting:

20 / 40

What are the liquid tight separations between compartments inside tanks called?

21 / 40

A tank trailer should never be fully loaded due to:

22 / 40

It is important to know the outage required for the liquids you carry because:

23 / 40

Select the true statement about emergency steering and tankers:

24 / 40

What are the dividers that are inside tankers that have an opening at the bottom and top?

25 / 40

What is most likely to occur when driving a tanker truck and the front wheels begin to skid?

26 / 40

Select the true statement in regards to the liquid inside of a bulk tank causing a tank truck to roll sideways.

27 / 40

The direction of liquid movement not prevented by baffles is:

28 / 40

What kind of surge can occur in a tank with baffles?

29 / 40

A tank vehicle:

30 / 40

Select the correct description for a bulkhead tank.

31 / 40

What is the purpose of cladding in a tanker?

32 / 40

Another term for a smooth bore tank is:

33 / 40

One reason hauling liquids in tank vehciles require special care is:

34 / 40

It takes special care to drive tankers with liquid in them because:

35 / 40

An emergency escape ramp should be used _____.

36 / 40

You should____when an emergency requires you to quickly stop due to a crash.

37 / 40

The walls that separate compartments inside the tanks and having openings at the top and bottom are called:

38 / 40

When conducting a pre-trip inspection, the most important item to verify is _____.

39 / 40

What is the movement of the liquid called when the tanks are partially filled?

40 / 40

Select the true statement about baffled tankers:

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