Minnesota cdl Class A Knowledge Test - 1
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. Test questions come from the Minnesota Commercial Driver’s Manual. To pass, applicants must answer 40 questions correctly. Each question has two, three or four possible answer choices. Questions come from chapters covering: Introduction, Driving Safely, Transporting Cargo Safely, Air Brakes (if applicable), Combination Vehicles, Pre-Trip Vehicle Inspection Test, Basic Vehicle Control Skills Test and On-Road Driving. Endorsements that may be used with a Class A CDL are: Hazardous materials, Tank, Passenger, Doubles/Triples, HazMat, Tank, Air Brakes and School bus.
To DMV Handbooks16. When starting a trip while transporting a load, the driver should:
Stop to check on the cargo within the first 50 miles of the trip.
Drive faster than usual to test the security of the load.
Only use the side mirrors to check on the cargo.
Not recheck the cargo if it was secured properly before starting the trip.