NC CDL School Bus Test case studies
NC CDL School Bus Test · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The school bus endorsement (S) is the credential North Carolina adds to a Commercial Driver's License so its holder can legally drive a school bus carrying students. It is aimed at people who already hold or are working toward a CDL and want to drive for a public school district, a private school, or a contracted pupil-transportation operator. The NC CDL School Bus Test case studies are 5 cases and about 3,318 words.
1Four Crossers at the Crest: The Pine Hollow Stop
Route 14 is a two-lane road with a 45 mph limit and a crest about 40 feet east of the Pine Hollow stop. in early November and the low sun is directly behind Bus 12.
716 words, about 4 min2The Backed-Up Queue at a Two-Track Gated Crossing
Route 3 crosses a four-lane divided highway at a gated, two-track crossing, and every morning at 7:38 you are there with 38 middle-school students aboard. Your bus is 40 feet long.
684 words, about 3 min3Smoke From the Defroster on a Freeway Shoulder
Nine miles into the afternoon run, with 42 students aboard, you smell hot insulation and see light gray smoke curling out of the defroster vents. Bus 22 is on the right shoulder of a three-lane urban freeway.
630 words, about 3 min4Bus 47 at 6:15 a.m.: Air Leak and a Stop Arm That Will Not Lock
It is 6:15 a.m., 18 degrees, and you are doing the pre-trip on Bus 47, an air-brake equipped 84-passenger bus. Engine off, parking brake released, you hear a steady hiss at the left rear and watch the gauge fall from 120 psi to 95 psi in two minutes.
653 words, about 3 min5The 6 Percent Grade: ABS Light and a Pulsing Pedal With 55 Aboard
Route 8 drops 1,200 feet in two miles at 6 percent. The posted limit is 45 and the pavement is wet with crushed leaves.
635 words, about 3 min