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Hazardous Materials (Hazmat) Practice Test 1
The name and EPA registration numbers of the shippers, carriers and destination must appear on
Your answer of The Emergency response guidebook was incorrect.
Correct answer is: Hazardous waste manifests


The correct answer is: Hazardous waste manifests.

What are placards?
Your answer of Diamond shaped warning signs placed on vehicles was correct.

The correct answer is: Diamond shaped warning signs placed on vehicles. Placards appear on both sides and both ends of the vehicle and identify the hazard class of the materials.

When carrying class 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 explosives, you must
Your answer of Park within 5 feet of the traveled part of the road was incorrect.
Correct answer is: Have a written route plan.


The correct answer is: Have a written route plan. If you are transporting division 1.1, 1.2 or 1.3 explosives you must have a written route plan and follow that plan. Typically, carriers prepare the route plan in advance and give a copy to the driver. You are not required to have an escort. You should never park within 5 feet of the traveled park of the road. You should not leave the vehicle unattended for any amount of time.

The hazardous materials regulations are intended to do what?
Your answer of To control highway maintenance costs was incorrect.
Correct answer is: To contain the material, communicate the risk, and assure safe drivers and equipment


The correct answer is: To contain the material, communicate the risk, and assure safe drivers and equipment. The transportation of hazardous materials is risky. The intent of the regulations is to protect the drivers and others and the environment. The regulations are not intended to control costs or generate revenue.

When transporting hazardous materials, which of the following is NOT a responsibility of the driver?
Your answer of Driver prepares the shipping papers and supplies the placards was correct.

The correct answer is: Driver prepares the shipping papers and supplies the placards. It is the responsibility of the shipper to prepare the shipping papers and supply the placards. The driver is responsible for refusing leaking packages, insuring that the shipper has properly marked the materials, and safely transporting the materials without delay.

Which of the following indicates the order in which information must be shown in the description area of a shipping paper?
Your answer of Proper shipping name, hazard class, identification number, packing group was incorrect.
Correct answer is: Identification number, proper shipping name, hazard class, packing group


The correct answer is: Identification number, proper shipping name, hazard class, packing group.

Note: This has been required for all HazMat transportation since January 1, 2013.


Diamond shaped warning labels must be placed on hazardous materials packages. If the package can't accommodate a label
Your answer of The label must be put on a tag that is securely attached to the package was correct.

The correct answer is: The label must be put on a tag that is securely attached to the package. If a label will not fit on a package, the label still is required to be used by attaching it to a tag that is securely attached to the package.

Where should placards be displayed if you are required to use them?
Your answer of On both sides and rear of the vehicle was incorrect.
Correct answer is: On both ends and both sides of the vehicle


The correct answer is: On both ends and both sides of the vehicle. Four placards must be used and they must be readable from all four directions - therefore, placards must be placed on the front, rear and both sides of the vehicle.

If a W appears in column 1 of the Hazardous Materials Table, what does it indicate about the hazardous material?
Your answer of Only applies when the material is being transported by water was correct.

The correct answer is: Only applies when the material is being transported by water . An "A" is used for air transportation, and an "I" is used for international transportation.

How is the Hazardous Materials Table is ordered?
Your answer of Alphabetical order by the proper shipping name was correct.

The correct answer is: Alphabetical order by the proper shipping name. The Hazardous Materials Table is in alphabetical order by proper shipping name so that is easier to locate the right entry quickly.
 
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moblack said:
All this free game....if you in a bad situation in a bad area to get your CDL and travel the country making money. Leave all that shit behind and make your cab your home. Cats leaving prison and making 6 figures being owner operators in trucking.
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Are you a trucker?? I have a cdl.. Heres my question, is it difficult to drive a 18 wheeler truck?? I know how to drive a manual transmission, but Ive never touched a big rig trans..
 
roots69 said:
Are you a trucker?? I have a cdl.. Heres my question, is it difficult to drive a 18 wheeler truck?? I know how to drive a manual transmission, but Ive never touched a big rig trans..
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nope I’m not a trucker but I have a few trucker friends. I worked for a dude part time doing local hot shot loads with my pick up truck. Did on my off days sporadically so I saw the industry up close somewhat. Non of my friends who drive semis went to truck driving school. I can’t say how difficult it is but it can’t be rocket science.You can buy a good used semi truck and be making money in no time. You can even do power only loads and make good money.
 
moblack said:
nope I’m not a trucker but I have a few trucker friends. I worked for a dude part time doing local hot shot loads with my pick up truck. Did on my off days sporadically so I saw the industry up close somewhat. Non of my friends who drive semis went to truck driving school. I can’t say how difficult it is but it can’t be rocket science.You can buy a good used semi truck and be making money in no time. You can even do power only loads and make good money.
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Right on, write on!! Thanks for the feedback bruh..
 
I can't remember if I shared this or not. Get on youtube and find some Black truckers. They will put you onto game on how to get into the industry and freaking grow. If I could I would invest in me a semi and put me a driver on the road. All the folks I know in the game got they own companies so I can't really go at them about that.
 
stickyfingerz said:
I cut out all the short shit!!! Just the meat & potatoes.
No need to buy or download a dmv book.
Shit should be a dope ass easy to use study guide.
There should be no reason you dnt pass IF you STUDY!

State's Manuals

DMV Genie
Android
Bullshit Ass Iphone

Practice Test Guide
https://www.test-guide.com/free-cdl-practice-tests.html

Important shit to remember
In most states, IF you pass the pretest for the permit, @ the DMV, the permit test is free!

Free CDL Practice Tests - use Test-Guide.com's Free CDL Practice Tests to prepare for your CDL Exams


Take ALL the practice test. At the end of every practice exam, you are given the correct answer to each question. Copy the CORRECT questions & answers, STUDY them! Those are the questions & answers for the CDL permit exam.

CDL General Knowledge
General Knowledge Practice Test 1
General Knowledge Practice Test 2
General Knowledge Practice Test 3
General Knowledge Practice Test 4
General Knowledge Practice Test 5

Passing a General Knowledge CDL exam is required for every CDL license. The General Knowledge exam will test you on the topics covered in your state CDL manual, such as:
  • Basic Control of Your Vehicle
  • Vehicle Inspection
  • Driving Safely
  • Communicating
  • Seeing
  • Shifting Gears
  • Seeing Hazards
  • Managing Space
  • Controlling Speed
  • Driving in Very Hot Weather
  • Driving in Winter
  • Driving in Fog
  • Driving at Night
  • Aggressive Drivers/Road Rage
  • Distracted Driving
  • Driving Emergencies
  • Mountain Driving
  • Railroad-highway Crossings
  • Crash Procedures
  • Skid Control and Recovery
  • Antilock Braking Systems (ABS)
  • Cargo Transport
  • Fires
  • Staying Alert and Fit to Drive
  • Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Driving
  • Hazardous Materials Rules For All Commercial Drivers

CDL Air Brakes
Air Brakes Practice Test 1
Air Brakes Practice Test 2
Air Brakes Practice Test 3
Air Brakes Practice Test 4
Air Brakes Practice Test 5

Do the same for ALL of your endorsements.
The endorsement tests are: double/triples, tank, passenger, school bus, and hazardous materials. These tests will have between 20 and 30 questions each. They will also require you to get 80% of the questions right to pass the test and receive your endorsement.

CDL Hazmat
Hazardous Materials (Hazmat) Practice Test 1
Hazardous Materials (Hazmat) Practice Test 2

CDL Doubles/Triples
Doubles and Triples Practice Test 1
Doubles and Triples Practice Test 2

CDL Tanker
Tanker Practice Test 1
Tanker Practice Test 2

CDL Combination Vehicles
Combination Vehicles Practice Test 1
Combination Vehicles Practice Test 2

CDL Passenger Transport
Passenger Transport Practice Test 1
Passenger Transport Practice Test 2

Study Aides
CDL Hazardous Materials Hazmat Flash Cards
CDL School Bus Flash Cards
CDL Air Brakes Flash Cards
CDL General Knowledge Flash Cards
CDL Flash Cards
CDL Hazmat Test
CDL Pretest
State CDL Manuals
CDL State License Agencies
CDL License Groups
CDL License Requirements
CDL Test Prep - Top Ten Study Tips
Free CDL Practice Tests

CDL BUSINESS ESSENTIALS
#1 Get a Commercial Driver’s License
In order to operate heavy trucks, all of your company’s drivers need valid commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs). Obtaining a license involves an extensive background check, CDL training, a written permit exam, and a driving test. To be eligible for a CDL, you must be at least 18 years old. You must be at least 21 to drive a truck from state to state. Each state has different testing standards for CDLs. To learn what your state requires, pick up a CDL manual at your local Department of Motor Vehicles office.

#2 Apply for Your Federal DOT and Motor Carrier/ Operator Authority Numbers
These numbers are required for your trucking company to haul cargo in the United States. The U.S. DOT number is used to track your company’s safety record and compliance with regulations. The motor carrier (MC) number, which is also known as “operating authority,” identifies the kind of trucking business you operate and the kinds of goods you are permitted to haul. You can acquire both numbers by registering your company with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).

To get both your MC and USDOT numbers, you must complete the Motor Carrier Identification Report (MCS-150) and Safety Certification Application. You will receive your MC and USDOT numbers after the application is filed, but your request for authority must still be reviewed by the FMCSA. That review includes a “mandated dispute period” in which your application is posted to the Federal Register for 10 business days. This period is to seek out public comment from anyone who might contest your application for authority.
For more information, visit the FMCSA’s website.

#3 Complete Your Unified Carrier Registration (UCR)
The UCR system was created to verify active insurance coverage in each state where a motor carrier operates. You must register using your company’s USDOT and MC numbers. To learn more about UCR, visit your home state's Department of Transportation website.

#4 Get an International Registration Plan (IRP) Tag
An IRP license plate issued by your company’s home state allows your truck to operate in all states, as well as most Canadian provinces. The plate requires an annual renewal fee. For more information, visit the Department of Transportation website for the state where your company is based.

#5. Apply For your TWIX Card
The Transportation Worker Identification Credential (or TWIC) program is a Transportation Security Administration and U.S. Coast Guard initiative in the United States. The TWIC program provides a tamper-resistant biometric credential to maritime workers requiring unescorted access to secure areas of port facilities, outer continental shelf facilities, and vessels regulated under the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002, or MTSA, and all U.S. Coast Guard credentialed merchant mariners.[1] As of May 2014, there were 2,999,058 people enrolled in the program.[2] Those seeking unescorted access to secure areas aboard affected vessels, and all Coast Guard credentialed merchant mariners, must obtain a TWIC. The new measures were fully implemented on April 15, 2009. To obtain a TWIC, an individual must provide biographic and biometric information such as fingerprints, sit for a digital photograph and successfully pass a security threat assessment conducted by TSA.
https://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/twic

#6. Understand Heavy Use Tax Regulations
Any truck that weighs 55,000 pounds or more is subject to the federal heavy-highway vehicle use tax. To pay taxes due on your heavy trucks, you must complete and file a 2290 tax form with the IRS on a yearly basis. For more information on the form, visit www.irs.gov.

#7. Obtain an International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) Decal
The IFTA agreement was established to simplify the reporting of fuel used by trucks operating across the lower 48 U.S. states and some Canadian provinces. The rule allows your company to have a single fuel license and requires you to file quarterly fuel use tax returns with the state where you are based. To learn more about IFTA, visit your state’s Department of Transportation website.

#8. File a BOC-3 Form
One requirement to gain interstate operating authority is to register an up-to-date BOC-3 form with the FMCSA. The form designates a person in each state where your company operates to act as a legal “process agent.” For example, if your company is based in Missouri but you are sued by someone in Georgia, you need an attorney in Georgia who can receive the legal complaint and communicate it to you and your local attorney. For more information on the BOC-3 form, visit www.fmcsa.dot.gov.

#9. Get A Standard Carrier Alpha Code (SCAC)
The SCAC is a privately controlled code used to identify different transportation companies. If you plan to haul military, government, international or intermodal loads, you will need an SCAC code. For more information, visit the National Motor Freight Traffic Association website.

#10. Determine how your business will be structured
Common structures of trucking business include:
  • Sole proprietorship
  • Partnership
  • Limited liability corporation (LLC)
  • Corporation (C-corp, S-corp, etc.)
Each structure has advantages and disadvantages based mostly on liability and taxes, and it varies with each state. You might want to meet with an accountant to find out which structure best suits your business.

#11. Save up money to cover start-up expenses
Starting a trucking business requires a big investment up front to purchase a tractor and trailer(s), plus licensing requirements and registration. Identify sources and terms for financing and secure a line of credit. Experts recommend having enough money saved up to cover your first six months of operation, including your lease payments.

#12. Plan your business operations
Plan out how your business will operate, down to the small but important issues like:
  • Operations: Where will you park the truck/equipment? Who will maintain it?
  • Sales: How will you find loads?
  • Back Office: How will invoicing, accounting, payroll and taxes be handle
#13. Obtain insurance
Insurance is a significant expense for trucking businesses. Types of insurance required for transporting freight include:
  • Primary Liability: $750,000 in primary liability coverage is required to cover damage or injury done in case of an accident where you are at fault. Many shippers or brokers require $1 million in primary liability coverage.

  • Cargo: $100,000 is the most common request to cover cargo, but this will depend on what you are hauling. This covers damage to the freight and/or theft.

  • Physical Damage: Covers truck damage in accidents where you are not liable.

  • Non-trucking-use (bobtail): This covers you if you are liable for an accident while you are not hauling a load for someone else.
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association provides detailed information on trucking insurance at www.ooidatruckinsurance.com.

#14. Buy or lease a truck and trailer
As is the case with vehicles, you have the option to either purchase or lease equipment. Either way, you must first decide what type of freight you plan to carry. Do you plan on only running day trips, or will you need a sleeper cabin? Will your first trailer be a van, a refrigerated trailer, or a flatbed trailer? Below are some common types of leases:

  • Operating (Full-Service) Lease: With this lease, you take care of maintenance, taxes and permits, and at the end of the lease term you walk away.

  • Terminal Rental Adjustment Clause (TRAC) Lease: With this lease you make a small down payment and at the end of the lease you purchase the truck for its residual value, or you can opt for the leasing company to sell the truck.

  • If the leasing company makes money on the sale, you receive the profit, if it loses money, you pay the difference.

  • Lease Purchase Plans: Lease-purchase plans are primarily for truckers who don’t have enough for a down payment or have bad credit. Experts say you typically pay more in such arrangements versus traditional financing.
#15. Support the right market niche
The most important step to be a successful owner-operator is to support the right market niche. This step affects small fleet owners as well. The market you choose determines the equipment you buy, the rates you charge, and the freight lanes you can service.
As a rule, owner-operators should focus on markets that the large carriers avoid. In other words, consider hauling specialized loads.
Making decent revenues with a dry van is very difficult as an owner-operator. There is too much competition from large carriers and other owner-operators trying to pull the “easier” loads.

There are many markets that you can focus on. However, hauling fresh produce and meat in reefers has many advantages, including less competition, year-round work, and it’s resistant to recessions. The last one is very important.

#16. Charge the right rate (per mile)
As an owner-operator you need to determine what rate to charge your clients to haul a load. Your rates need to be high enough to give you a nice profit and pay all your operating costs.

You need to know your rates before you start calling shippers and making sales. Remember, when you call shippers, you want to be competitive with what brokers charge them.

There is a simple way to do this:
  1. Select your freight lane
  2. Go to a load board
  3. Find 10 loads going in one direction
  4. Call the brokers and find out how much they pay
  5. Get the average
  6. Add 10% to 15% to get the price brokers charge shippers
  7. Repeat the process for the opposite direction
Now you know how much the lane pays for a round trip – taking and bringing loads back. We outline this process in detail (and provide a great tool) in this article: “Determine your rates (per mile).”

#17. Determine your operating costs
Knowing your operating costs in detail is important. Otherwise, you have no idea whether you will make a profit.
Determine your fixed costs. These are costs that stay the same regardless of how many miles you drive. Examples are truck payments, insurance, permits, and so on.
Now determine your variable costs. These costs depend on the number of miles you drive. For example, fuel is a variable cost. The more you drive, the more you fuel you use.

Use your fixed and variable costs to determine your “all-in-cost per mile.” This figure is very important. If you subtract your “all-in-cost per mile” from your rates (calculated in step #2), you get your profit – the amount of money you keep.
We explain costs in detail and provide a spreadsheet in this article: “Calculate your cost per mile”.

#18. Use the right fuel-buying strategy
Fuel is the largest expense for owner-operators. However, new and experienced owner-operators often buy their fuel incorrectly. They think that the cheapest pump price provides them with the cheapest fuel. This approach is wrong. You could lose hundreds (or thousands) of dollars by doing this.

The issue is taxes. Regular drivers pay fuel taxes in the state where they purchased the fuel. Truck drivers, on the other hand, must deal with IFTA. Truckers pay taxes based on fuel used as they drive through states, regardless of where they bought the fuel originally.

Because of this tax issue, you should buy fuel at the cheapest base price regardless of the pump price. Base price = fuel price – tax. We explain this in more detail and provide a strategy in this article: “Find and calculate the cheapest fuel price”.

#19. Work directly with shippers
Load boards and brokers have their place in your business. They can be very useful when you have an empty truck. However, they are also very expensive. Brokers keep about 10% to 20% of the load price. That’s fair, as they must make a living and they provide the shipper (and you) with a service.

Minimize your use of brokers and load boards. Instead, develop a client list of direct shippers. Done right, you can develop a list of reliable shippers that will keep you busy. Charge them a price that is competitive to what brokers charge – but keep everything for yourself instead. We have written the following resources to help you grow your shipper list:
#20. Run an efficient back office
Having an efficient back office is key if you want to stay profitable and grow. The importance of the back office becomes more important as you start adding leased drivers to your operation. You have a couple of options.

One option is to do it yourself. You can run your business out of the cab of your truck. All you need is a laptop, an Internet connection, and a printer. You also need accounting software to run your business. There are several options on the market. One well-known solution is Truckbytes, which offers a free entry-level package.

Alternatively, you can outsource your back office to a dispatcher. However, they can be expensive. If you choose this route, interview them thoroughly. The wrong dispatcher can kill your business.

#21. Avoid cash flow problems
Trucking is a cash flow-intensive business. You are always buying fuel, making insurance payments, making truck payments, and so on. Unless you get quick-pays, shippers and brokers can pay invoices in 15 to 30 days. Sometimes they take 45 days. This delay can create a cash flow problem for you, especially in the early days of the business.

One way around this problem is to use freight bill factoring. Factoring solves your cash flow problem by advancing up to 95% of the invoice, often the day you submit it. The remaining 5%, less a small fee, is rebated once your shipper pays. Many factoring companies provide fuel advances, cards, and other services as well. By the way, we are a factoring company. If you need factoring, fill out this form and a credit manager will contact you shortly.
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