CDL hours of service practice questions

1. How does 395.2 define when a period of "eight consecutive days" begins?

• A. Always at midnight on Sunday
• B. On any day at the time designated by the motor carrier for a 24-hour period
• C. At the time the driver first drives each week
• D. On the first day of each calendar month

2. A motor carrier directs a driver to provide a urine specimen for a random test. Under the 395.2 definition, how is the time spent, including travel to and from the collection site, counted?

• A. As off-duty time
• B. As sleeper berth time
• C. As driving time
• D. As on-duty time

3. Which passenger-seat time does the 395.2 definition of on-duty time leave out of on-duty time?

• A. Up to 3 hours riding in the passenger seat of a property-carrying vehicle moving on the highway immediately before or after a period of at least 7 consecutive hours in the sleeper berth
• B. Any amount of time riding in the passenger seat of any moving commercial motor vehicle
• C. Up to 5 hours riding in the passenger seat after any off-duty period of at least 2 hours
• D. Up to 3 hours riding in the passenger seat of a passenger-carrying vehicle at any time of day

4. A property-carrying driver comes on duty at 6:00 a.m. after 10 consecutive hours off duty and has driven 9 hours by 3:00 p.m. Assuming the 30-minute break and the 60/70-hour limits are met and no 395.1 exception (such as the adverse driving conditions extension) is used, how much more driving does 395.3(a)(3)(i) allow in this period?

• A. 5 hours
• B. 4 hours
• C. 2 hours
• D. 3 hours

5. A property-carrying driver drives for two different motor carriers on the same day. How does 395.3(a) apply its driving limits?

• A. Each motor carrier counts only the hours driven for it
• B. The limits apply only to the first motor carrier
• C. The limits apply regardless of the number of motor carriers using the driver's services
• D. Driving for the second carrier starts a new 14-hour period

6. A property-carrying driver comes on duty at 5:00 a.m. after 10 consecutive hours off duty. Without the sleeper berth or other 395.1 exceptions, after what clock time does 395.3(a)(2) bar the driver from driving?

• A. 7:00 p.m.
• B. 4:00 p.m.
• C. 8:00 p.m.
• D. 9:00 p.m.

7. Which property-carrying drivers does 395.3(a)(3)(ii) leave out of the rule that driving is not permitted once more than 8 hours of driving time have passed without a consecutive 30-minute interruption in driving status?

• A. Drivers who took 10 consecutive hours off duty before coming on duty
• B. Drivers whose vehicle is equipped with a sleeper berth
• C. Drivers whose employing motor carrier operates CMVs every day of the week
• D. Drivers who qualify for either of the short-haul exceptions in 395.1(e)(1) or (2)

8. Once a property-carrying driver reaches the 70-hour limit in 395.3(b)(2), what does the rule restrict?

• A. All on-duty work, including loading and paperwork
• B. Driving a property-carrying CMV, for any period after the limit is reached
• C. Only driving after midnight
• D. Only driving outside the home State

9. A property-carrying driver goes off duty at 6:00 p.m. Friday to use the 34-hour provision in 395.3(c). What is the earliest time that off-duty period is long enough?

• A. 4:00 a.m. Sunday
• B. 6:00 a.m. Sunday
• C. 6:00 p.m. Saturday
• D. 8:00 a.m. Saturday

10. A passenger-carrying driver has had 8 consecutive hours off duty and has since driven 7 hours. Assuming the on-duty and 60/70-hour limits are not reached and no 395.1 exception (such as the adverse driving conditions extension) is used, how much more driving does 395.5(a)(1) allow before another 8 consecutive hours off duty?

• A. 4 hours
• B. 6 hours
• C. 3 hours
• D. 1 hour

11. A passenger-carrying driver comes on duty at 4:00 a.m. after 8 consecutive hours off duty and stays on duty without any off-duty time. If no 395.1 exception (such as the adverse driving conditions extension or the sleeper berth provisions) is used, after what clock time does 395.5(a)(2) bar the driver from driving?

• A. 6:00 p.m.
• B. 7:00 p.m.
• C. 2:00 p.m.
• D. 8:00 p.m.

12. A property-carrying driver takes two separate rest periods, with driving in between. Which pair meets the period-length conditions in 395.1(g)(1)(ii)(A) through (C)?

• A. 6 consecutive hours in the sleeper berth, and later 4 consecutive hours in the sleeper berth
• B. 8 consecutive hours in the sleeper berth, and later 1 hour off duty
• C. 5 consecutive hours in the sleeper berth, and later 5 consecutive hours in the sleeper berth
• D. 7 consecutive hours in the sleeper berth, and later 3 consecutive hours off duty

13. In a two-period sleeper berth split under 395.1(g)(1)(ii)(D), what must the driving time in the period immediately before and after each rest period, added together, stay within?

• A. 8 hours, with no other limit
• B. 10 hours under 395.5
• C. No limit, because the split resets all driving time
• D. 11 hours under 395.3(a)(3), without violating the 14-hour duty-period limit under 395.3(a)(2)

14. Under 395.1(g)(1)(iii)(B), how do qualifying split sleeper berth rest periods affect the 14-hour driving window in 395.3(a)(2)?

• A. The 14-hour driving window does not include them
• B. They are counted in full toward the 14-hour window
• C. They extend the 14-hour window to 16 hours
• D. They restart the 60- and 70-hour limits

15. Under the 395.2 definition used by the adverse driving conditions extension in 395.1(b)(1), which conditions count as adverse driving conditions?

• A. Any weather, including conditions forecast before the driver was dispatched
• B. Only conditions that close the highway
• C. Snow, ice, sleet, fog, other adverse weather, or unusual road or traffic conditions that were not known, or could not reasonably be known, to the driver or the motor carrier at the times the definition names
• D. Only delays at the shipper or receiver

16. For the 150 air-mile radius short-haul exception, which time records does 395.1(e)(1)(iv) require the employing motor carrier to keep?

• A. A full ELD record for each day
• B. Records of the time the driver reports for duty, the total hours on duty, and the time released from duty each day, kept for 6 months
• C. Only the driver's fuel receipts
• D. A paper log kept by the driver for each day

17. A driver who meets every condition of the 150 air-mile radius short-haul exception in 395.1(e)(1) is exempt from which requirements?

• A. 395.8 (records of duty status) and 395.11 (supporting documents)
• B. The 11-hour driving limit in 395.3(a)(3)(i)
• C. The 60- and 70-hour limits in 395.3(b)
• D. The 10 consecutive hours off duty in 395.3(a)(1)

18. Under 395.8(c), what must be recorded for each change of duty status that occurs in a city, town, or village?

• A. Only the GPS coordinates
• B. Only the odometer reading
• C. The name of the dispatcher on duty
• D. The name of the city, town, or village, with State abbreviation

19. Under 395.8(a)(1)(ii)(A)(4), which vehicle lets a motor carrier have a driver record duty status manually instead of with an ELD?

• A. Any CMV with fewer than 100,000 miles
• B. Any CMV registered in only one State
• C. A CMV manufactured before model year 2000, as reflected in the vehicle identification number shown on the vehicle's registration
• D. Any CMV with a manual transmission

20. When a motor carrier lets a driver record duty status manually under 395.8(a)(1)(ii), how must the record of duty status be made?

• A. Once a week, on any form
• B. In duplicate for each 24-hour period for which recording is required, on a specified grid
• C. Only for days with more than 8 hours of driving
• D. By telling the dispatcher each evening