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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 or four possible answer choices. Test questions come from the Oregon Commercial Driver 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. The area to the left of a school bus is considered especially dangerous to students because:

The sun’s reflection obscures the left side of the bus.

Passing vehicles are located to the left of the bus.

It is difficult to see the left side of any bus.

There is no door on the left side of the bus.

While all sides of a school bus have danger zones, the left side is particularly hazardous to students due to the presence of passing vehicles.

2. School buses:

Are never equipped with ABS.

Are only equipped with ABS if students who are younger than 10 years of age will be on the bus.

May be equipped with ABS.

In general, school buses manufactured after 1998 or 1999 must be equipped with an Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS). Many older buses are equipped with ABS as well.

3. During a basic vehicle control skills test, you may be asked to:

Alley dock.

Parallel park to your right.

Parallel park to your left.

All of the above.

Maneuvers that may be included in the basic vehicle control skills test include straight line backing, offset back/right parking, offset back/left parking, driver side parallel parking, conventional parallel parking, and alley docking.

4. After traveling under an overpass during the driving skills test, you may be asked to recall:

The posted clearance.

The posted weight limit.

The width of the opening.

If there was a shoulder near the roadway.

If you drive under an overpass during the on-road driving skills test, your examiner may ask you to recall the posted clearance or height of the overpass.

5. If a school bus stalls on a railroad track:

Students should remain on the bus.

Students should be evacuated to a location near the bus.

Students should be evacuated and moved away from the bus.

If a school bus becomes stalled or trapped on railroad tracks, the driver should immediately evacuate everyone from the bus. If the bus is struck by a train, to avoid any flying debris, the students should be led far away from the bus at an angle that is in the direction of any oncoming train.

6. The overhead rearview mirror is located:

On the outside left of the bus.

On the outside right of the bus.

Above the windshield inside the bus.

In a school bus, the overhead rearview mirror is mounted directly above the windshield on the driver’s side.

7. Loading and unloading a bus:

Can be hazardous for passengers.

Does not need to be supervised.

Should be done while refueling.

More students are killed each year during loading or unloading of school buses than while riding on school buses. Therefore, it is critical that school bus drivers follow appropriate safety procedures during loading and unloading.

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