Passenger Endorsement Practice Test – Part 1

(False). You should never refuel your passenger vehicle while passengers are onboard unless it’s absolutely necessary. Never refuel in a closed building with passengers onboard.

False. Transporting animals is generally prohibited except for certified service, guide, and signal animals used by passengers with physical and mental challenges.

False. If your ABS isn’t working correctly, you can drive as you normally would, but get the system serviced as soon as possible.

While driving a school bus, if you’re approaching a railroad-highway crossing, you should stop no closer than 15 feet and no farther than 50 feet from the nearest rail. This is where you have the best view of the tracks.

On passenger vehicles and buses with designated standing areas, a 2-inch line on the floor or some other marking that shows passengers where they can’t stand is called a standee line.

Passenger vehicles and buses may carry small arms ammunition labeled ORM-D, emergency hospital supplies, and drugs. Passenger vehicles may never carry explosives, labeled radioactive materials, and irritating materials such as tear gas, especially in the space occupied by people.

As with any CMV, before driving your passenger vehicle, you should perform a pre-trip inspection. During your pre-trip inspection, you should make sure the steering mechanism, windshield wipers, service brakes, and parking brakes are in proper working order. You should also check the lights and reflectors, tires, horn, rear-vision mirrors, coupling devices (if equipped), wheels and rims, and emergency equipment.

If you must get a disruptive student off your school bus, pull over and call a school official or the police to come and remove the student. Never discharge the student anywhere except at the school or at the student’s designated bus stop.

At your destination or intermediate stops, you’re required to announce the location, the next departure time, the bus number, and the reason for stopping.

The danger zones are any areas outside the bus that extend as much as 15 feet from the front bumper, 15 feet from the left and right sides of the bus, and 15 feet behind the rear bumper.

At a drawbridge, you should always stop if the bridge has no signal light or officer controlling traffic. You don’t need to stop, but you must slow down, if the drawbridge has a bridge attendant and light, an officer controlling traffic, or a light that’s showing green.

Talking on your cell phone, or any other activity that can distract you while you’re driving, is a prohibited practice while driving a passenger vehicle or bus. You may answer passenger questions, pull over to use the restroom, or use your radio to contact police.

If your school bus is equipped with convex mirrors, they’re used to monitor the left and right sides of the bus at a wide angle. Use the outside left and right side cross-view mirrors to view the danger zone in front of the bus. Use your inside rearview mirror to monitor passenger activity inside the bus. Use your outside left and right side flat mirrors to check clearances to the sides and rear of the bus.