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2024 TX Special Requirements Information

The Chapter 14: Special Requirements exam is required to get your Commercial Learners Permit (CLP) or Commercial Drivers’ License (CDL) in Texas, and you will need to pass the Special Requirements Test before you will be able to take the General Knowledge test.

The Special Requirements test is for any Class of commercial vehicle and has a total of 35 multiple choice questions based on the 2024 Texas Commercial Driver License Handbook. At this time, we have 35 questions to help you prepare for the special requirements exam. You will need to score at least 80% (28 out of 25) to pass this exam.

This test has a lot of technical questions on it, so be sure to read Chapter 14: Special Requirements section of your Texas 2024 CDL drivers’ manual to get an idea of what information they want you to know. Give our tests a try today, and put yourself in the drivers seat.

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Based on the 2024 TX CDL Driver's Manual

TX Special Requirements Fact Sheet
Questions on Test:
35
Correct answers needed to pass:
28
Passing Score:
80%
Age to apply:
18
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All motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, or pole trailers manufactured after year ______ must be equipped with electrical turn signal lights.

Possible Answers:

1969
1972
1948
1959
Answer:
1959
Explanation:
All motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, or pole trailers except motorcycles and certain trailers shall be equipped with electrical turn signal lights, except that passenger cars or trucks under 80 inches in width and manufactured prior to the year model 1960 need not be equipped with electrical turn signals unless the body or load of the vehicle or combination of vehicles extends to side more than 24 inches from the center of the top of the steering wheel, or the rear limit of the body or load exceeds more than 14 feet from the center of the top of the steering wheel. [Vehicle Lighting and Reflector Requirements, 14.2 Special Requirements (Equipment), Section 14: Special Requirements for Texas Commercial Motor Vehicles, Texas Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers Handbook]
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  1. All motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, or pole trailers manufactured after year ______ must be equipped with electrical turn signal lights.
  2. You just stopped your CMV on the shoulder of a road. You must immediately activate your hazard warning lights if your CMV is at least ____ inches wide or at least ____ feet long.
  3. When one vehicle is towing another, the connection must not be longer than ____ feet, and there must be a _____ flag attached to it.
  4. On an open road, maintain a following distance of at least ___ seconds.
  5. If you're towing a house trailer at night outside the city limits or on a divided highway, your vehicle must be equipped with
  6. CMVs weighing _____ pounds or more with metal tires are not permitted on the highways.
  7. When following another vehicle, a CMV must leave
  8. Surge or inertia brake systems may be used on trailers and semitrailers with gross weight of____or less.
  9. In bad weather, increase your following distance to
  10. With exception of 'cotton vehicles' and vehicles carrying cylindrically shaped bales of hay, loads transported may not exceed
  11. If the load you are hauling is __________ than allowed by law, you must obtain a special permit from the Texas Department of Transportation.
  12. What type of lighting does every farm tractor and every self-propelled unit of farm equipment need to have?
  13. Your vehicle has broken down on a highway. What is the FIRST thing you must do?
  14. Combination vehicles that weigh more than 3,000 pounds must be able to stop within ____ feet when traveling at 20 mph.
  15. Every vehicle that is designed to operate at speeds of ____ mph or less requires a slow-moving vehicle emblem.
  16. Trailers, semitrailers, and pole trailers that weigh more than 4,500 pounds but no more than 15,000 pounds and are operated at speeds over 30 mph
  17. No combination of vehicles, other than a truck tractor-trailer combination may exceed
  18. Vehicles transporting ________ must use triangular reflectors instead of flares.
  19. On a steep downgrade, you should
  20. What is the maximum weight for a single or combination vehicle including its load?
  21. A semitrailer or trailer may not exceed a length of ____ feet each when operated in a truck tractor, semitrailer, and trailer combination.
  22. If you're being tailgated, you should
  23. When driving during the summer, be alert for
  24. How high can a vehicle be, including the load it is hauling?
  25. Combination vehicles weighing 3,000 pounds or less must be able to stop within ____ feet when traveling 20 mph.
  26. What is the color of rear clearance lamps on any truck, bus or trailer 80 inches or more in width?
  27. The vehicle's registration papers must provide
  28. Reflectors on CMVs that are 80 or more inches wide must be mounted at least ____ inches but no more than ____ inches above the ground.
  29. What is the minimum capacity for a chemical type fire extinguisher that every vehicle hauling passengers for hire or lease must carry at all times?
  30. You may not drive a CMV with ________ on a highway.
  31. Outside business and residential districts, school buses and other buses carrying passengers must
  32. The maximum length for a single motor vehicle other than a truck tractor is
  33. A semitrailer may not exceed ____ feet when operated in a truck tractor and semitrailer combination.
  34. When operated on a highway at night, such slow-moving vehicles as animal-drawn carts, farm tractors, and road machinery must have __________ that are visible for 1,000 feet.
  35. When lighted lamps are not required, what must be used as indicators (instead of flares, lights, or reflectors)?
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