District Of Columbia cdl Class A Knowledge Test - 2
Number of questions: 50
Passing score: 80%
Acceptable number of errors: 10
This license is required for driving any legal combination of vehicles, with a gross combination weight rating of 26,001 pounds or more, provided the GVWR of a trailer exceeds 10,000 pounds To receive this license, applicants must pass a 50-question test. To pass, applicants must answer 40 questions correctly. Each question has four possible answer choices. Test questions come from the Washington D.C. Commercial Driver License Manual. Questions come from chapters covering: Introduction, Driving Safely, Transporting Cargo Safely, Air Brakes (if applicable), Combination, Doubles and Hazardous Materials. Endorsements that may be used with a Class A CDL are: Hazardous materials, Tank, Passenger, HazMat and Tank, Air Brakes and School bus.
To DMV Handbooks17. Laws about securing loads and regulating CMV weights may vary from state to state. During interstate travel:
The law of the state in which the trip originated takes precedence.
The law of the state the vehicle is in takes precedence.
The driver should request federal regulations to override conflicting state laws.
The driver can choose which state’s laws to follow.