North Carolina 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 North Carolina Commercial Driver License Manual. To pass, applicants must answer 40 questions correctly. Each question has 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 Handbooks1. What is Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW)?
The total weight of a vehicle and its load
The total weight of a vehicle's tractor
The total weight of a loaded trailer
The weight of a tractor and trailer, before adding in the load