Special Requirements Quiz 1

When turning right onto a narrow street while operating a long vehicle, you may need to:

• Cut the shoulder short.

• Swing slightly to the left.

• Weave back and forth.

• Swing slightly to the right.

The load limit for a vehicle may depend on:

• The speed limits on the planned route.

• The needs of the employer.

• The weather conditions on the route.

• The number of axles on the vehicle.

Mud flaps should be equipped within ____ of the surface of the road.

• Eight inches

• Six inches

• Four inches

• Two inches

If a chain, rope, or cable is being used to tow a vehicle, a ____ flag should also be attached.

• Red

• White

• Yellow

• Orange

When turning right in a long vehicle, you should approach the corner at a distance of about ____ from the curb.

• Seven feet

• Four feet

• Eight inches

• Two feet

If you must make an emergency stop on the side of a roadway and your vision is obscured, you should place a warning signal between ____ behind your vehicle.

• 50 and 150 feet

• 450 and 700 feet

• 100 and 500 feet

• 500 and 1,000 feet

A combination used exclusively to transport pipes or poles:

• May never exceed the legal limit for a load extending over the front or rear of a vehicle.

• Is required to exceed the legal limit for a load extending over the front or rear of a vehicle.

• May exceed the legal limit for a load extending over the front or rear of a vehicle, if necessary.

• Should always be shorter than the maximum legal length limit for a vehicle.

If you must make an emergency stop on the side of a roadway and your vision is obscured, you should place the first warning signal ____ behind your vehicle.

• 100 feet
• 10 feet
• 200 feet
• 300 feet

Farm tractors and other vehicles using wheels with cleats, lugs, flanges, studs, or spikes are not permitted to operate:

• On dirt roads.

• Under the legal speed limit.

• On highways.

• Under poor weather conditions.

In Texas, a combination may be made up of no more than:

• One vehicle.

• Two vehicles.

• Three vehicles.

• Five vehicles.