Navigation and Route Planning: CDL Navigation & Route Planning Case Review

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Supplemental study practice. This is not a government licensing exam or ELDT certification, and does not replace hands-on training. Follow your state’s current handbook.

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When planning a route through areas with possible emergencies, which type of road shoulder is generally safest to use if you must leave the road?

A shoulder with large rocks

A clear shoulder

A shoulder with soft mud

A shoulder with deep ditches

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While planning your route, you expect to be tailgated in heavy traffic. What is a safe action to take?

Flash your brake lights repeatedly

Increase your following distance ahead

Make sudden lane changes

Speed up to get away from the tailgater

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When planning a route that requires backing with a trailer, what is the safest way to correct the trailer if it begins to drift off course?

Stop and exit the vehicle

Turn the top of the steering wheel in the direction of the drift

Accelerate to straighten the trailer

Turn the wheel away from the drift

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When planning a route that may require you to leave the road to avoid a hazard, what is the safest way to return to the road if you must re-enter before stopping?

Accelerate quickly while returning

Hold the wheel tightly, turn sharply onto the road, then countersteer

Stop completely before returning

Edge gradually back onto the road

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You are planning a route for your 60-foot commercial vehicle and will be traveling at 50 mph. How many seconds of following distance should you maintain behind the vehicle in front of you?

7 seconds

4 seconds

5 seconds

3 seconds

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You are planning a route through mountainous terrain with long downgrades. What is the safest action to take before starting down the grade?

Select an appropriate safe speed and use a low gear

Rely on your brakes to control speed

Shift to neutral to coast down the hill

Increase speed to clear the downgrade quickly

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You are planning a route that includes several stops requiring backing. What is the safest way to position your vehicle for backing?

Back to the right side for convenience

Back quickly to save time

Back to the driver’s side for better visibility

Back without checking your surroundings

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While planning your route, you see signs for escape ramps along a mountain downgrade. Why is it important to know their locations before your trip?

Because they are required stops for all trucks

So you can avoid them and save time

So you can use them immediately if your brakes fail

Because they are only for emergency vehicles

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When planning a route that includes long downgrades, what is a common mistake drivers make regarding escape ramps?

Using the ramp for routine stops

Not using an escape ramp when brakes fail

Ignoring ramp signs as unimportant

Stopping on the ramp to check brakes

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You are planning a route that includes railroad crossings with steep approaches. What should you do before crossing the tracks?

Shift gears while on the tracks

Stop on the tracks if traffic is heavy

Ignore posted warning signs

Be sure you can get all the way across before starting

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About the Navigation and Route Planning: CDL Navigation & Route Planning Case Review practice quiz

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