1 / 20
A. The heavier the bus, the less stopping distance required
B. All answers are correct
C. The posted speed limit is safe for all conditions
D. You should be able to stop within the distance that you can see ahead
You should always be able to stop within the distance you can see ahead. Fog, rain, or other conditions may require you to slowdown to be able to stop in the distance you can see. At night, you can't see as far with low beams as you can with high beams.
2 / 20
A. Tell them they must go to the rear of the bus
B. Not allow them to do it
C. Instruct them to sit next to an open window
Riders sometimes board a bus with an unlabeled hazardous material. Do not allow riders to carry on common hazards such as car batteries or gasoline
3 / 20
A. The reason for stopping
B. The location and departure time
C. All answers are correct
When arriving at the destination or intermediate stops announce: the location, reason for stopping, next departure time, and bus number.
4 / 20
A. No answers are correct
B. Only by a mechanic
C. Every 90 days
D. Only while the engine is hot
Never remove the radiator cap or any part of the pressurized system until the system has cooled. Steam and boiling water can spray under pressure and cause severe burns. If you can touch the radiator cap with your bare hand, it is probably cool enough to open.
5 / 20
A. 500
B. 100
C. 250
More than 500 pounds total of allowed hazardous materials, and no more than 100 pounds of any one class.
6 / 20
A. Be secured when operating the bus
B. Not have any signs, stickers, or markings anywhere near it
C. Meet all the requirements listed in the answers above
D. always have a red electric door light turned on
As you check the outside of the bus, close any open emergency exits. Also, close any open access panels (for baggage, restroom service, engine, etc.) before driving.
7 / 20
A. At every duty status change
B. At the start of every trip
C. After every rest break
D. At the end of every work day
Drivers inspections repots must be completed at the end of every working day.
8 / 20
A. Ill or impaired, and the condition interferes with the ability to drive safely
B. All answers are correct
C. Taking medication of any kind
D. Ill for longer than three hours
If it interferes with the ability to drive safe, you will not be allowed to drive.
9 / 20
A. Emergency hospital supplies
B. Tear gas
C. Emergency drug shipments
D. Small arms ammunition
Buses must never carry: division 2.3 poison gas, liquid Class 6 poison, tear gas, irritating material, more than 100 pounds of solid Class 6 poisons, explosives in the space occupied by people except small arms ammunition and labeled radioactive materials in the space occupied by people.
10 / 20
A. Railroad tracks marked as "exempt" or "abandoned."
B. Street car crossing
C. When a policeman or flagman is directing traffic
D. All answers are correct
You do not have to stop but must slow down and carefully check for other vehicles: at streetcar crossings, where a policeman or flagman is directing traffic, if a traffic signal is green, at crossings marked as "exempt" or "abandoned."
11 / 20
A. Blinking your trailer or side lights
B. Looking to the right side of your lane
C. Putting down your visors to block the beams
D. Turning your high beams on
Do not look directly at lights of oncoming vehicles. Look slightly to the right at a right lane or edge marking, if available.
12 / 20
A. Use the snub braking method
B. Fanning or pumping the brakes
C. Using only the parking brakes
Snub braking involves applying the brakes firmly enough to feel a definite slowing down which reduces your speed by 5 mph in about 3 seconds and then releasing the brakes climbing back up to your safe speed, and then repeat.
13 / 20
A. The highest range should always be used except when roads are slippery
B. The highest range should only be used with heavy loads
C. Lowest ranges should be used for greater engine braking on downgrades
Lower ranges result in higher RPM's at a slower speed helping you maintain speed on a downgrade.
14 / 20
A. When the maneuver is complete
B. Just before starting the maneuver
C. When you know that all other divers have seen your signal
D. About halfway through the maneuver
Put your turn signal on before changing lanes. Change lanes slowly and smoothly. Once the lane change is complete cancel your signal.
15 / 20
A. At an angle to traffic with the front door facing the downstream side of traffic
B. In line with traffic, against the farthest left wall divider, or line
C. In line with traffic and centered between the left edge of the shoulder and the left edge of traffic
You should stop at an angle with your door facing the downstream (cars that have already passed) side of traffic.
16 / 20
A. Windows
B. Roof vents
C. Emergency windows
As you check the outside of the bus, close any open emergency exits. Also, close any open access panels (for baggage, restroom service, engine, etc.) before driving
17 / 20
A. Driving at the correct speed
B. Driving too slowly
C. Driving too fast
D. Driving on a wet surface
If your bus leans toward the outside on a banked curve, you are driving too fast.
18 / 20
A. 0
B. 4
C. 6
Folding aisle seats are not allowed on passenger busses.
19 / 20
A. not shift gears
B. downshift
C. upshift
D. coast in neutral
If your bus has a manual transmission, never change gears while crossing the tracks.
20 / 20
A. the defects listed on it have been certified as either repaired or not needing to be repaired
B. you have personally witnessed all the defects listed on the report being repaired
C. you know the previous driver personally and trust him or her
Don't sign a previous driver's inspection report unless the defects listed on it have been certified as either repaired or not needing to be repaired.
1 / 20
Progress
0
Errors