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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 three possible answer choices. Test questions come from the Oklahoma 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. During a basic vehicle controls skills test exercise, your vehicle's final position should be:

In the general area that was described by the examiner.

In the exact final position described by the examiner.

Within three feet of the final position described by the examiner.

You should finish each exercise with your vehicle in the exact position described by the examiner. You can be penalized for failing to complete an exercise exactly in the manner described by the examiner, potentially resulting in failure of the basic control skills test.

2. When students board a school bus, the driver should:

Read a book.

Check all mirrors.

Only look at the students.

While students are boarding a school bus, the driver should supervise the loading while watching all mirrors for any students running to catch the bus.

3. During the vehicle inspection test, you must be able to do all of the following, except:

Show where the dipstick is located.

Show that the engine oil is within safe operating range.

Show that the oil is below the refill mark.

During the pre-trip vehicle inspection test, you will be asked to indicate where the dipstick is located. You will need to show that the oil level is within a safe operating range and above the refill mark.

4. Properly adjusted crossover mirrors allow you to see all of the following, except:

The right and left front tires touching the ground.

The area in front of the bus.

The tops of the right and left rear tires.

Properly adjusted crossover mirrors on a school bus should allow the driver to see the entire area in front of the bus, from the front bumper at ground level to a point where direct vision is possible. The mirrors should also display the right and left front tires touching the ground, as well as the area from the front of the bus to the service door.

5. When completing a conventional parallel parking maneuver, you should:

Back up past the parking space, then pull forward into it.

Pull forward past the parking space, then back into it.

Pull forward directly into the parking space.

You may be asked to complete a conventional parallel parking maneuver into a parking space that is to the right of your vehicle. You should drive past the parking space before backing into it while bringing the rear of your vehicle as close to the rear of the space as possible. Your vehicle should be completely within the boundaries of the space.

6. When students are being picked up by a school bus:

The students should wait at a designated bus stop.

The driver should stop to pick up students who are walking to a designated bus stop.

The parents may choose where the bus stops are located.

School bus drivers may only pick up students at official stops designated by authorized school officials.

7. If you are stopped at a railroad crossing while operating a school bus, you should:

Prepare to proceed as soon as a train passes.

Ignore signs and signals.

Open the door to listen for approaching trains.

When stopped at a railroad crossing while operating a school bus, do not rely only on signals to tell you if a train is approaching. You should silence all passengers, open the front door, and look and listen for trains. After a train has passed, you should check for another train approaching from either direction before you proceed across the tracks.

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