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- Updated for October 2024
- Based on 2024 TX commercial driver's license manual
Free Texas Special Requirements CDL Practice Test 2024 | TX
In order to get your Commercial Learner's Permit (CLP) or Commercial Driver's License (CDL) in Texas, you'll first need to pass the Special Requirements Test. It's Texas-specific (other states don't have this requirement) and you'll need to pass it before you are allowed to proceed with other exams at the TX DMV. The Special Requirements Test is based on Section 14 of the Texas Commercial Motor Vehicle Handbook. That section contains tons of technical details that you'll have to remember. Take this 25-question practice test that thoroughly covers Section 14.
- Perfect for first-time and renewal CDL/CLP applicants, and those adding endorsements
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What to expect on the actual TX DMV exam
20
questions
16
correct answers to pass
80%
passing score
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List of questions (classic view)
- What is the color of the rear clearance lamps on any truck, bus, or trailer that is at least 80 inches wide?
- When lighted lamps are not required, _________ must be used instead of flares, lights, or reflectors.
- The vehicle's registration papers must include
- If the load you are hauling is __________ than allowed by law, you must obtain a special permit from the Texas Department of Transportation.
- If you're towing a house trailer at night outside the city limits or on a divided highway, your vehicle must be equipped with
- Vehicles transporting _________ must use triangular reflectors instead of flares.
- Your vehicle has broken down on a highway. What is the FIRST thing you must do?
- You have just stopped your CMV on the shoulder of a road. You must immediately activate your hazard warning lights if your CMV is at least ____ inches wide or at least ____ feet long.
- Every vehicle carrying passengers for hire or lease must carry a chemical type fire extinguisher with a capacity of at least
- Reflectors must be mounted at least ____ inches from the ground.
- No vehicle, including the load that it is hauling, may be more than ______ tall.
- When operated on a highway at night, such slow-moving vehicles as animal-drawn carts, farm tractors, and road machinery not otherwise required to have lamps must have
- Trailers, semitrailers, and pole trailers that weigh more than 4,500 pounds but no more than 15,000 pounds and are operated at speeds over 30 mph
- Combination vehicles weighing 3,000 pounds or less must be able to stop within ____ feet when traveling at 20 mph.
- Combination vehicles that weigh more than 3,000 pounds must be able to stop within ____ feet when traveling at 20 mph.
- A slow-moving vehicle emblem must be affixed to the rear of every vehicle designed to operate at ____ mph or less.
- You may not drive a CMV with ________ on a highway.
- What is the maximum weight for a single or combination vehicle including its load?
- On a steep downgrade, you should
- When following another vehicle, a CMV must leave
- Any trailer or semitrailer whose width is _________ must be equipped with clearance lamps, side marker lamps, and side reflectors.
- The rear of every bus or truck manufactured after model year 1959 must be equipped with
- Under Texas law, any vehicle that has _________ may not be operated on a public roadway.
- In Texas, all trucks must carry registration papers when being operated. One purpose of this requirement is to show
- The color of clearance lamps on the front of a vehicle must be
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