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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 Virginia 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 the driving test, the examiner will be scoring you on:

How well-spoken you are.

How quickly you arrive to your destination.

General driving behavior.

During the on-road driving test, the examiner will be score you on specific driving maneuvers as well as on your general driving behavior. You must drive in a safe and responsible manner; obey all traffic signs, signals, and laws; and not cause an accident or commit a moving violation.

2. The overhead rearview mirror is located:

On the right side of a bus.

On the steering wheel of a bus.

Above the windshield inside a bus.

On a school bus, the overhead inside rearview mirror is mounted directly above the windshield on the driver’s side of the bus. This mirror should be used to monitor students inside the bus.

3. 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.

4. If you must drive in reverse at a student pick-up point, you should:

Back up before the students board the bus.

Back up after the students board the bus.

Back up while students direct you.

Backing in a school bus is strongly discouraged and should be done only if there is no other safe way to move the vehicle. If you must drive in reverse at a student pick-up point, you should wait until all students have first loaded the bus.

5. Before evacuating a bus in response to a hazard, a driver should:

Ask the students if they want to leave.

Explain the situation to the dispatcher.

Take their time deciding if an evacuation is necessary.

If time permits, before deciding to evacuate a school bus, the driver should contact their dispatcher to explain the situation. The decision to evacuate must be a timely one.

6. If your bus has a manual transmission, what should you never do when crossing railroad tracks?

Change gears.

Use the brakes.

Look both ways.

Do not shift gears while crossing railroad tracks. Your vehicle could stall and get stuck in the crossing.

7. At a passive railroad crossing, the decision to proceed:

Rests with the driver.

Is indicated by a control device.

Is decided by the vehicle in front of you.

Railroad crossings that do not have any kind of traffic control device are known as passive crossings. The decision to proceed across tracks at a passive crossing is entirely up to the driver.

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