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©BRAINBARTER 2024/2025 CDL COMBINATION VEHICLES Exam Questions With Verified Answers TRUE OR FALSE: More than half of truck driver deaths in crashes are the result of truck rollovers. - answerTrue Fully loaded rigs are ___ times more likely to roll over in a crash than empty rigs. - answer10 ...

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CDL COMBINATION VEHICLES Exam
Questions With Verified Answers


TRUE OR FALSE:


More than half of truck driver deaths in crashes are the result of truck rollovers. - answer✔True

Fully loaded rigs are ___ times more likely to roll over in a crash than empty rigs. - answer✔10

What can you do to prevent rollovers? - answer✔keep the cargo close to the ground
drive slowly around turns
TRUE OR FALSE:


Keeping cargo low is even more important in combination vehicles than in straight trucks. -
answer✔True

Rollovers happen when you turn too___ - answer✔Fast

Trucks with trailers have a dangerous... - answer✔crack the whip effect
TRUE OR FALSE:


When pulling trailers, a sudden movement with your steering wheel may cause your tralier to tip
over. - answer✔True

Large combination vehicles take longer to stop when they are... - answer✔Empty

How much follwoing distance should you have? - answer✔At leats 1 second for every 10 feet of
vehicle length under 40 mph.

How much following distance should you have driving 50 mph? - answer✔At least 1 second for
every 10 feet of your vehicle plus an additional second.

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When lightly loaded, the very stiff suspension springs and strong brakes give poor traction. -
answer✔True
TRUE OR FALSE:


Tests have shown that bobtails are easy to stop. - answer✔False

In any combination rig, allow lots of ___ distance and look far ahead. - answer✔Following

What is the best way to recognize that the trailer has started to skid? - answer✔Seeing it in your
mirriors.
TRUE OR FALSE:


When braking hard you should check your mirriors to make sure that your trailer is staying
where it should? - answer✔True
Why should you not use the trailer hand brake to straighten out a jackknifing trailer. -
answer✔This is the wrong thing to do since the brakes on the trailer wheels caused the skid in
the first place.


Once the trailer wheels grip the road again, the trailer will start to follow the tractor and
starighten out.

What is off tracking? - answer✔When a vehicle goes around a corner, the rear wheels of the
trailer will track further to the inside of the turn than the wheels of the tractor.


Longer vehicles will off track more.
TRUE OR FALSE:


If you must back on a curved path, back to the drivers side so you can see. - answer✔True

What type of trailers can get stuck on rail-road highway crossing? - answer✔Lowboy


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