- Updated for January 2025
- Based on 2025 TX commercial driver's license manual
Free TX CDL Tanker Vehicles Practice Test 2025
Texas is known for scorching hot weather, which often causes droughts and water shortages. During this time, tankers transport potable water for municipal use and agricultural irrigation across the Lone Star State. Because these vehicles have a higher center of gravity, they are often more difficult to control when compared to standard trucks. Liquid surge doesn’t make the drive easier, either. This phenomenon can occur during acceleration, leading to changes in the liquid’s momentum and creating strong forces that affect the stability of a tanker. An experienced tanker driver will know how to slightly mitigate this effect, but this skill can only be developed with hands-on practice.
Before you can get behind the wheel of an actual tanker, you must obtain a Tank Vehicles (N) endorsement on your Commercial Driver’s License (CDL). The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) requires all Texas residents to pass a written Tank Vehicles knowledge test before they are trusted with driving vehicles designed to transport liquids or gases in individual tanks of more than 119 gallons and a combined capacity of 1,000 gallons or more.
We’ll help you pass this exam and fulfill your dream of becoming a tanker driver, but you must know that there are no shortcuts you can take. The learning phase marks the beginning of a difficult but rewarding career, so it is crucial to pay attention to the concepts explained in the official 2025 CDL manual (Texas CDL Handbook 2025). After you’ve read the CDL manual’s discussion of tankers a few times, give our intuitive tool a try. It’s always better to be safe than sorry, so we created an environment closely reflecting the one you’ll encounter at the DMV location.
As you train with our Texas CDL Tanker Vehicles Endorsement practice tests, you’ll notice how your score naturally improves with time. It is perfectly normal to fail on your first few attempts, so we recommend disregarding your score while you are still studying for this endorsement. All 20 questions have multiple answer options, but only one is correct. Because your choice gets registered as soon as you click on it, avoid making unfortunate mistakes and only select an answer when you’re confident in your choice.
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- Side-to-side surge can cause
- How does liquid surge affect the handling of a tanker?
- Hauling liquids in tankers requires special care for which of the following reasons?
- How would you expect a truck with a cargo tank that has baffles to handle on the road?
- A smooth bore tank is also known as
- Empty trucks
- A tank endorsement is required for certain vehicles that transport
- The best way to take a curve in a tanker is to slow to a safe speed before entering the curve and then _________ as you go through it.
- The liquid in a tank with baffles can still have what kind of surge?
- You should be very cautious when driving smooth bore tankers, especially when you are
- You should know the outage needed for the liquids you carry because
- When you load the small tanks of a cargo tank equipped with bulkheads, you should check the
- A baffled tanker is one with
- You are driving on a clear night. You must dim your headlights from high to low. You should adjust your speed so you can stop within
- When your cargo tank has baffles, what handling effect do you expect?
- The movement of the liquid in partially filled tanks is called
- When should the driver of a tanker that has lost its brakes use a truck escape ramp?
- You are driving a tanker truck. The front wheels begin to skid. Which of these is most likely to occur?
- An emergency forces you to stop your tanker quickly or crash. You should
- Which of these statements about tankers are true?
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