California CDL Passenger Test case studies
California CDL Passenger Test · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The California CDL Passenger (P) endorsement is added to a Commercial Driver's License so the holder may legally drive a bus or other vehicle designed to carry 16 or more people, including the driver. It is used by school bus, transit, charter, tour, airport shuttle, and paratransit drivers, and by anyone whose job involves moving groups of passengers on California roads. The endorsement is not a stand-alone license: you must already hold or be earning a Class A, B, or C CDL, meet the medical and background requirements that go with it, and pass the passenger endorsement knowledge test at a DMV office. The exam is a multiple-choice, computer-based knowledge test. The California CDL Passenger Test case studies are 5 cases and about 2,518 words.
1Pre-Trip Air Brake Check With a Schedule to Keep
You are a charter driver assigned a 47-passenger motorcoach for a 6:00 a.m. departure to Yosemite.
469 words, about 2 min2Standees, Luggage, and a Full Bus on a Rainy Commute
You drive a 40-foot transit bus on an urban route. It is 5:40 p.m., raining steadily, and your bus is at its seated capacity of 38 with 14 standees holding the overhead bars.
479 words, about 2 min3Smoke in the Cabin at 2 a.m. on a Rural Stretch
You are driving a 56-passenger coach on a rural two-lane highway at 2:00 a.m. with 41 passengers, many asleep.
480 words, about 2 min4Mountain Downgrade, Wet Brakes, and a Warning Buzzer
You are descending a long 6% mountain grade in a loaded 45-foot coach with 48 passengers. It has been raining; the road is wet and fog is patchy.
633 words, about 3 min5Hours, Fatigue, and a Late-Night Charter Return
You drove a charter from Sacramento to a casino 3.5 hours away, arriving at 11:00 a.m. You had 9 hours off duty before reporting.
457 words, about 2 min