CDL School Bus Practice Test

CDL School Bus Practice Test

This CDL license school bus S endorsement practice test has questions to test your knowledge of the safe operation of a school bus. Find a CDL school near you.

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Results

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#1. If you are loading students on the route and can’t account for them:

Secure the bus, take the key, check underneath bus

Secure the bus, take the key, check underneath bus

Ask other students if they saw missing persons

Ask other students if they saw missing persons

Secure the bus, ask other students if they saw missing persons

Secure the bus, ask other students if they saw missing persons

No.

#2. A passive railway crossing is:

The type of crossing with no crossbuck sign

The type of crossing with no crossbuck sign

The type of crossing that has no traffic control devices

The type of crossing that has no traffic control devices

No.

#3. School buses must have how many emergency exits?

3

3

4

4

No.

#4. What color are all school buses painted?

National school bus yellow

National school bus yellow

National school bus orange

National school bus orange

Orange-yellow

Orange-yellow

No.

#5. You should adjust all the outside left and right side flat mirrors to see:

The rear right and left tires touching the ground

The rear right and left tires touching the ground

200 feet behind the bus

200 feet behind the bus

No.

#6. Which of the following statements about bus evacuation is true?

If time allows, notify the dispatcher about evacuation location, conditions and type of assistance needed

If time allows, notify the dispatcher about evacuation location, conditions and type of assistance needed

Call 911 immediately

Call 911 immediately

No.

#7. Which of the following is recommended procedure when unloading students?

Tell the students to remain seated until they are told to exit

Tell the students to remain seated until they are told to exit

Put transmission in neutral then put on the brakes

Put transmission in neutral then put on the brakes

No.

#8. Which of the following will confirm that you are driving with anti lock brakes?

Yellow ABS malfunction lamp on instrument panel will light when engine is started

Yellow ABS malfunction lamp on instrument panel will light when engine is started

Certification sticker on driver side window

Certification sticker on driver side window

No.

#9. You should adjust all the left and right side crossover mirrors to see:

200 feet behind the bus

200 feet behind the bus

The right and left front tires touching the ground

The right and left front tires touching the ground

No.

#10. The blind spot behind the bus could extend for how many feet?

250

250

300

300

400

400

No.

Finish

“School Bus Driver Certificate is required of any person who drives a bus for any school district or other party carrying public or private pupils. A school bus driver must also have a school bus (S) endorsement on his/her CDL. School bus drivers 65 years of age and older must submit annual MER and MEC forms to DMV.”