CDL Illinois | Study Guide ( Updated 2024 ) Complete Questions & Answers (Solved) 100% Correct
- Gross Combination Weight Rating(GCWR)
Answer: 26,001 or more pounds
- Gross Vehicle Weight Rating(GVWR)
Answer: vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds
- Class A
Answer: combination vehicles with a GCWR of 26,001 or more pounds, provided the GVWR of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds
- Class B
Answer: Single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds
- Class C
Answer: single vehicle with a GVWR or at least 16,001 pounds but less that 26,001 pounds
- Class D
Answer: single vehicle with a GVWR of less than 16,001 pounds
- CLP and CDL Endorsements
Answer:
P - Passenger Vehicles: CLP & CDL N - Tank Vehicles: CLP & CDL
S - School Bus: CLP & CDL
H - Hazardous Materials: CDL only
X - Combined Hazardous Materials & Tank Vehicle: CDL only
T - Double & Triple Trailers: CDL Class A only
C - Charter Bus: CDL only
- Subject to Safety Inspection Semi-Annually
Answer: truck with gross weight of more than 8,000 pounds; trucks that pull a trailer with a gross weight of more than 8,000 pounds; trailers with a gross weight of more than 5,000 pounds; motor buses and religious buses
- Maximum Width for All Vehicles
Answer: 8 feet, 6 inches
- Maximum Length
Answer: no vehicle with or without a load, other than a semitrailer shall exceed a length of 42 feet. Semitrailers may have an overall length of 53 feet, including the load being carried. 1 / 2
- Exceptions to Length Requirements
Answer: do not apply to vehicles during daytime except for weekends when transporting poles, pipes, machinery or other objects of structural nature which cannot be readily dismembered, provided the length of object being transferred does not exceed 80 feet and overall length doesn't exceed 100 feet.
- Maximum Height
Answer: 13 feet, 6 inches; from underside of tire to top of vehicle
- Maximum Weight
Answer:
- 20,000 pounds on a single axle
- 34,000 pounds on a tandem
- up to 80,000 pounds on a five-axle combination
- Special Lighting Equipment
Answer: Second division or combination vehicles longer than 25 feet or wider than 80 inches must have special lighting equipment.
-two yellow or amber lights on upper front corners of vehicle -three red lights on rear of vehicle in a horizontal line
-two yellow or amber reflectors on lower front corners -two red reflectors on rear no more than 12 inches from each lower corner
- Emergency Equipment
Answer: fire extinguisher, spare electrical fuses(unless equipped with circuit breakers), warning devices for parked vehicles(three reflective warning triangles, six fuses or three flares)
- Key Steering System Parts
Answer:
-Steering Arms -Steering Gear Box -Pitman Arm -Drag Link -Steering Ring Knuckle -Spindle -Tie Rod -Steering Wheel Shaft
- Some Suspension System Defects
Answer:
-Cracked or broken spring hangers
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