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This endorsement is required for driving a school bus. To receive this endorsement, applicants must pass a test. The test consists of 20 multiple choice.. Read More

This endorsement is required for driving a school bus. To receive this endorsement, applicants must pass a test. The test consists of 20 multiple choice questions. To pass, the applicant must answer at least 16 questions correctly. Each question has four possible answer choices. Test questions come from the New Jersey Commercial Driver License Manual. Questions come from chapters covering School Buses, Pre-Trip Vehicle Inspection Test, Basic Vehicle Control Skills Test and On-Road Driving. The School Bus endorsement can be used with the Class A, B or C CDL.

Number of Question 20

Passing Score 16

1. As a general rule, student safety is best maintained by:

Keeping the students on the bus.

Letting some students evacuate the bus, while others stay on.

Letting students evacuate the bus.

Creating panic.

In most emergency situations, students will be safest and best kept under control if they do not evacuate the school bus.

2. The overhead inside mirror should be adjusted to see:

Outside of the driver’s side of the bus.

All of the students on the bus.

Students in the first four rows of the bus.

In front of the bus.

The top portion of the overhead inside rearview mirror should be positioned to display the top of the bus's rear window. This mirror positioning should allow the driver to see all of the students on the bus, including the heads of the students sitting immediately behind the driver.

3. During the basic control skills test, you can acquire points by:

Crossing over an exercise boundary.

Pulling up one time.

Exiting the vehicle one time to check your positioning.

Setting the parking brake.

The examiner will score the number of times your vehicle touches or crosses an exercise boundary line. Each encroachment will count as an error, resulting in points against your skills test score.

4. A blind spot extends at least ____ behind a school bus.

10 feet

50 feet

100 feet

1,000 feet

A school bus has blind spots immediately below the side flat mirrors, immediately in front of the side flat mirrors, and directly behind the rear bumper. Rear blind spots typically extend 50 to 150 feet behind a bus but can sometimes extend up to 400 feet, depending on the length of the vehicle.

5. When checking the air and electrical lines during a vehicle inspection, all of the following should be true, except:

The air hoses are making a hissing noise.

The air hoses and electrical lines are not cut.

The air lines are not pinched.

The air lines are not dragging against tractor parts.

When examining the air and electrical lines as part of your vehicle inspection test, you must listen for leaks. Ensure that the air hoses and electrical lines are not cut, chafed, spliced, or worn. Make sure air and electrical lines are not tangled, pinched, or dragging against tractor parts.

6. When performing a pre-trip inspection, you should make sure that:

The pedal surface has been smoothed out.

The gas pedal sticks.

Nothing is obstrucing the pedals.

There is something underneath the brake pedal.

When checking your vehicle's pedals during a pre-trip inspection, you should ensure that there is nothing under or around the pedals that will obstruct their use. Make sure the pedals are in proper working condition and that the surfaces of the pedals are grooved, if applicable.

7. During a vehicle inspection, ensure that the landing gear is:

Retracted.

Fully raised.

More worn on the passenger's side than on the driver's side.

Well lit.

When inspecting a trailer during a vehicle inspection test, ensure that its landing gear has no missing parts and that it is fully raised. The crank handle should be secure and the support frame should not be damaged.

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