Louisiana CDL General Knowledge case studies
Louisiana CDL General Knowledge · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Louisiana CDL General Knowledge test is the written knowledge exam that the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles (OMV) uses as the entry gate to a Commercial Driver's License. Louisiana issues three basic classes of CDL - Class A, Class B, and Class C - and the general knowledge core is required before any class-specific or endorsement test. The Louisiana CDL General Knowledge case studies are 5 cases and about 3,537 words.
1Air Leak on the Pre-Trip at 6:10 a.m.
At 06:10 at a truck stop north of Baton Rouge you are doing the pre-trip on a combination vehicle: a three-axle tractor pulling a two-axle semitrailer. Engine at operating temperature, 78°F outside, no load in the trailer.
693 words, about 3 min2Overweight on the Drives at the Lake Charles Scale
You are leaving a terminal near Lake Charles with a five-axle combination: three-axle tractor, tandem-axle van trailer, sliding trailer tandems with lock pins on both sides. The load is 41,000 lb of bagged sand on pallets, loaded nose to tail with the heaviest pallets against the front wall.
657 words, about 3 min3The Crossing That Lights Up at 100 Feet
At 02:20 you are westbound on a two-lane rural highway in southwest Louisiana in a 53-foot van trailer, 76,000 lb gross, running 45 mph on a dark, dry road. You know the route crosses a set of mainline tracks at grade.
760 words, about 4 min46 Percent Grade, No Retarder, Soft Pedal
You are 1,400 feet into a 3.5-mile descent posted TRUCKS USE LOWER GEAR - 35 MPH. Gross weight is 79,000 lb.
717 words, about 4 min5Three Head-Nods in Twenty Miles
You started driving at 05:00 after about six hours of broken sleep in a truck stop. You have logged 9 hours 10 minutes of driving with one 30-minute break, and you are 40 minutes from the receiver on an interstate you have run a hundred times.
710 words, about 4 min