Basic Vehicle Control Skills and Backing Flashcards
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During the basic control skills test, what counts as an encroachment?
Answer: Touching or crossing an exercise boundary line or cone
Examiners score an encroachment each time any part of the vehicle touches or crosses a boundary line or cone.
In skills test scoring, what is a 'pull-up'?
Answer: Stopping and changing direction to get a better position
A pull-up is when you stop and change direction to reposition, and too many of them cost you points.
Do initial stops count as pull-ups on the skills test?
Answer: No, initial stops do not count as pull-ups
Stopping without changing direction is not penalized as a pull-up.
Before you get out of the cab to check your position during a backing exercise, what should you do?
Answer: Put the vehicle in neutral and set the parking brake
Securing the vehicle before you leave the cab keeps it from rolling, and examiners check that you do this.
When you exit the cab to look during the skills test, how should you climb down?
Answer: Facing the vehicle, keeping three points of contact
Facing the cab with three points of contact helps prevent falls, and you can be marked unsafe if you don't.
In the straight line backing exercise, you must back the vehicle:
Answer: In a straight line between boundary lines or cones without touching them
Straight line backing tests whether you can keep the rig inside the lane boundaries while backing straight.
When the trailer begins to drift while you back in a straight line, how should you correct it?
Answer: Turn the top of the steering wheel toward the drift
The CDL manual says to correct drift by turning the top of the steering wheel toward the drift as soon as you see it.
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