Parking & Stopping Rules — Wyoming

Wyoming CDL practice test: 459 free practice questions (Based on the official driver handbook). The official format is not yet verified; check the official site before your test. Parking & Stopping Rules: 10 questions. Updated

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TopicParking & Stopping Rules
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Questions (10)

1. When asked to complete an offset back/right parking maneuver, you should:
  1. Pull straight forward, then back to the right. ✓
  2. Pull straight forward, then back to the left.
  3. Pull forward to the right, then back in a straight line.
  4. Pull forward to the left, then back in a straight line.

Answer: A. Pull straight forward, then back to the right.

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2. When asked to complete a conventional parallel parking maneuver, you should:
  1. Pass the parking space while backing, then pull forward into it.
  2. Pull forward past the parking space, then back into it. ✓
  3. Pull forward into the parking space without passing it first.
  4. Back into the parking space without passing it first.

Answer: B. Pull forward past the parking space, then back into it.

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3. When parked on the side of the road, you should:
  1. Use only the rear flashing lights.
  2. Use one set of turn signals.
  3. Use your high beam headlights.
  4. Use your four-way flashers. ✓

Answer: D. Use your four-way flashers.

When parked on the side of the road, you should use your four-way flashers. The handbook instructs you to switch on the four-way emergency flashers after pulling off the road and stopping. It says this matters especially at night, because taillights alone are not a dependable warning. Drivers have hit parked vehicles from behind because they assumed the vehicle was moving normally. Another passage adds that four-way flashers help approaching drivers notice your vehicle sooner. Together, these passages point to the four-way flashers as the right warning light for a vehicle parked at the roadside.
4. If you need to travel down a hill, you should switch into a lower gear:
  1. After you start moving downhill.
  2. As you go downhill and pick up speed.
  3. Before you start moving downhill. ✓
  4. Near the bottom of the hill.

Answer: C. Before you start moving downhill.

You should shift into a lower gear before you start moving downhill. The handbook says to slow down and shift into a gear you can control without hard braking, and it states plainly to downshift before starting down the hill. It also warns that once your speed has built up, you may not get the transmission into a lower gear. Choosing the lower gear first lets the engine help control your speed and keeps the brakes from overheating and losing their power. The gear should usually be lower than the one you would need to climb that same hill.
5. If your brakes fail when traveling downhill, decide what to do as quickly as possible because:
  1. The longer you wait, the faster your vehicle will go. ✓
  2. The longer you wait, the more vehicles will get out of your way.
  3. The longer you wait, the slower your vehicle will go.

Answer: A. The longer you wait, the faster your vehicle will go.

You should decide quickly because the longer you wait, the faster your vehicle will go. The handbook says to make your move as soon as you know your brakes do not work. It gives a direct reason: delay lets your speed keep rising on the downgrade, which makes stopping harder. That is why you should choose an escape route early rather than waiting. The passage does not say other drivers will clear a path for you, and it does not say waiting will slow you down.
6. A truck should be parked:
  1. So that it must be backed up to leave the space.
  2. So that it can be pulled forward to leave the space. ✓
  3. On the grass.

Answer: B. So that it can be pulled forward to leave the space.

A truck should be parked so that it can be pulled forward to leave the space. The handbook says backing is always dangerous because you cannot see everything behind the vehicle, so you should avoid it when possible. Its parking guidance follows from that: when you park, try to set up the vehicle so you can pull forward when you leave. That matches the choice about leaving the space by pulling forward. It does not mean you must never back, only that parking to avoid a backing exit is preferred.
7. During a basic vehicle control skills test, you may be asked to:
  1. Parallel park. ✓
  2. Inspect your tires.
  3. Monitor your gauges.
  4. Pull forward into a parking space.

Answer: A. Parallel park.

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8. To check the automatic transmission fluid level in some vehicles, the vehicle:
  1. Should be parked uphill.
  2. Should be parked downhill.
  3. Must be washed.
  4. May have to be left running. ✓

Answer: D. May have to be left running.

On some vehicles, the automatic transmission fluid level may have to be checked with the engine left running. The handbook's pre-trip inspection checklist says to check the automatic transmission fluid level, and notes that this check may require the engine to be running. Nothing in the checklist says the vehicle has to be parked on a slope or washed before you check the fluid, so the only supported point is that the engine may need to stay on.
9. When asked to complete a driver's side parallel parking maneuver, you should:
  1. Pass the parking space while backing, then pull forward into it.
  2. Pull forward past the parking space, then back into it. ✓
  3. Pull forward into the parking space without passing it first.
  4. Back into the parking space without passing it first.

Answer: B. Pull forward past the parking space, then back into it.

You should pull forward past the parking space first, then back into it. The handbook warns that backing is always dangerous because you cannot see everything behind you, so it says to avoid backing whenever you can and, when you must back, to back and turn toward the driver's side whenever possible. The maneuver follows that idea: you drive beyond the space so the vehicle can be backed in on the driver's side, where your mirrors and view are best, instead of trying to work your way in from a position short of the space.
10. When completing an offset back/left parking maneuver, a driver should:
  1. Pull straight forward, then back to the left. ✓
  2. Drive straight back, then pull forward to the left.
  3. Pull straight forward, then drive straight back.

Answer: A. Pull straight forward, then back to the left.

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