Arkansas CDL Practice Test 2026

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Sample questions

1. To use the stab braking method, you should:

   • Apply the brakes completely until the wheels lock up, release the brakes until the wheels start rolling, then repeat the process. ✓
   • Apply the brakes about halfway, but allow the wheels to keep rolling.
   • Apply the brakes completely until the wheels lock up and the vehicle stops.
   • Apply the emergency brake until the vehicle starts to slow.

   Vehicle Equipment & Safe Operation · Answer: A · Official handbook: Texas Commercial Driver License Handbook (DL-7C), Section 2 – Driving Safely, p. 62

2. If "Inhalation Hazard" appears on a shipping paper, the shipper should provide which placard?

   • Liquid
   • Poison Gas or Poison Inhalation Hazard ✓
   • Reportable Quantity

   General Driving Knowledge · Answer: B · Official handbook: Texas Commercial Driver License Handbook (DL-7C), Section 9 – Hazardous Materials, p. 117

3. Before operating a school bus, ____ should be checked.

   • The left mirror
   • The right mirror
   • All mirrors ✓
   • The inside mirror

   Sharing the Road · Answer: C · Official handbook: dps.arkansas.gov

4. How do ice cream trucks become hazardous to other drivers?

   • Ice cream trucks must be kept cold.
   • Children often run toward an ice cream truck without looking for other traffic. ✓
   • Ice cream trucks leave trails of water and ice on the roadway.

   Bad Weather & Night Driving · Answer: B · Official handbook: Texas Commercial Driver License Handbook (DL-7C), Section 2 – Driving Safely, p. 47

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