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Institute Commercial drivers license CDL Focus Area What Would you Do Questions English Analysis Commercial drivers license CDL USA

What would you do?: Is a CDL required?

In this exercise, look at the description of the vehicle and determine what class of commercial driver’s license (CDL) is required. Click below to see answers.

  1. A truck with a GVWR of 52,000 pounds with a trailer with a GVWR of 9,900 pounds.
  2. A pickup truck with a GVWR of 8,850 pounds hauling placarded explosives (Division 1.1) to a mining site.
  3. A pickup truck with a GVWR of 10,000 pounds, pulling a trailer with a GVWR of 18,000 pounds.
  4. A truck tractor with a GVWR of 48,000 pounds and a GCWR of 80,000 pounds without a trailer.
  5. A heavy-duty pickup truck with a GVWR of 18,000 pounds, pulling a trailer with a GVWR of 9,000 pounds.

What Would You Do?: Is a CDL required?: Answers

Answers:

  1. Class B CDL as the vehicle is rated at over 26,000 pounds, but the trailer is not rated at more than 10,000 pounds.
  2. Class C with a hazardous materials endorsement due to the vehicle being under 26,001 pounds (rated and actual) and transporting placarded hazardous materials.
  3. Even though the combination is a pickup truck and trailer, a Class A CDL would be required due to the combination of GVWRs being over 26,000 pounds and the trailer GVWR being over 10,000 pounds.
  4. Class B CDL. The vehicle is rated at over 26,000 pounds, but it does not have a trailer, so a Class A is not required.
  5. This is a trick question. No CDL is required. The power unit is under 26,001 pounds, so no Class B is required. The trailer is under 10,001 pounds, so even though the combination is over 26,000 pounds, no Class A is required. Note: Some states may require a weight-based or occupation-based non-CDL license to operate such a vehicle.
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Commercial drivers license CDL
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Commercial drivers license CDL

In this exercise, look at the description of the vehicle and determine what class of commercial driver’s license (CDL) is required. Click below to see answers.

  1. A truck with a GVWR of 52,000 pounds with a trailer with a GVWR of 9,900 pounds.
  2. A pickup truck with a GVWR of 8,850 pounds hauling placarded explosives (Division 1.1) to a mining site.
  3. A pickup truck with a GVWR of 10,000 pounds, pulling a trailer with a GVWR of 18,000 pounds.
  4. A truck tractor with a GVWR of 48,000 pounds and a GCWR of 80,000 pounds without a trailer.
  5. A heavy-duty pickup truck with a GVWR of 18,000 pounds, pulling a trailer with a GVWR of 9,000 pounds.

What Would You Do?: Is a CDL required?: Answers

Answers:

  1. Class B CDL as the vehicle is rated at over 26,000 pounds, but the trailer is not rated at more than 10,000 pounds.
  2. Class C with a hazardous materials endorsement due to the vehicle being under 26,001 pounds (rated and actual) and transporting placarded hazardous materials.
  3. Even though the combination is a pickup truck and trailer, a Class A CDL would be required due to the combination of GVWRs being over 26,000 pounds and the trailer GVWR being over 10,000 pounds.
  4. Class B CDL. The vehicle is rated at over 26,000 pounds, but it does not have a trailer, so a Class A is not required.
  5. This is a trick question. No CDL is required. The power unit is under 26,001 pounds, so no Class B is required. The trailer is under 10,001 pounds, so even though the combination is over 26,000 pounds, no Class A is required. Note: Some states may require a weight-based or occupation-based non-CDL license to operate such a vehicle.

In this exercise, look at the description of the vehicle and determine what class of commercial driver’s license (CDL) is required. Click below to see answers.

  1. A truck with a GVWR of 52,000 pounds with a trailer with a GVWR of 9,900 pounds.
  2. A pickup truck with a GVWR of 8,850 pounds hauling placarded explosives (Division 1.1) to a mining site.
  3. A pickup truck with a GVWR of 10,000 pounds, pulling a trailer with a GVWR of 18,000 pounds.
  4. A truck tractor with a GVWR of 48,000 pounds and a GCWR of 80,000 pounds without a trailer.
  5. A heavy-duty pickup truck with a GVWR of 18,000 pounds, pulling a trailer with a GVWR of 9,000 pounds.
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