DOT Hours of Service Regulations 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Under 49 CFR Part 395, what is the maximum number of hours a property-carrying CMV driver may drive after coming off 10 consecutive hours off duty?
- 8 hours
- 10 hours
- 11 hours (Correct answer)
- 14 hours
Correct answer: 11 hours
Property-carrying drivers may drive up to 11 hours after taking 10 consecutive hours off duty.
Question 2: A driver subject to the 60-hour/7-day rule has accumulated 58 hours on duty. How many additional on-duty hours remain before the driver must go off duty?
- 0 hours
- 2 hours (Correct answer)
- 4 hours
- 6 hours
Correct answer: 2 hours
The driver has 60 - 58 = 2 hours remaining under the 60-hour/7-day limit.
Question 3: Which of the following correctly describes the 30-minute rest break requirement for property-carrying drivers?
- A 30-minute break must be taken after 8 hours of driving time
- A 30-minute break must be taken before the 8th hour of coming on duty
- A 30-minute break must be taken after 8 consecutive hours without a break from driving (Correct answer)
- A 30-minute break is required only when exceeding 600 miles in a day
Correct answer: A 30-minute break must be taken after 8 consecutive hours without a break from driving
Drivers must take a 30-minute break before driving after 8 cumulative hours without a break from driving.
Question 4: During a roadside inspection, a driver presents a paper log with a graph that does not account for all 24 hours of a day. How should the inspector record this?
- Log it as a false report violation
- Log it as a form and manner violation (Correct answer)
- Ignore it if the on-duty hours are within limits
- Issue a warning only and allow the driver to correct it
Correct answer: Log it as a form and manner violation
Failure to account for all 24 hours in a log day is a form and manner violation under 395.8.
Question 5: A sleeper berth team operation involves two drivers. Driver A is in the sleeper berth while Driver B drives. Which statement is accurate regarding Driver A's time?
- Driver A's sleeper berth time counts as on-duty time
- Driver A's sleeper berth time is recorded as off-duty and does not count toward the 14-hour window (Correct answer)
- Driver A must still comply with the 11-hour driving limit independently
- Driver A may accumulate no more than 8 hours of sleeper berth time per day
Correct answer: Driver A's sleeper berth time is recorded as off-duty and does not count toward the 14-hour window
Time in the sleeper berth is recorded as off-duty and excluded from the 14-hour on-duty window calculation.
Question 6: Under the short-haul exception for non-CDL drivers (395.1(e)(2)), what is the maximum radius from the reporting location within which the driver must operate?
- 100 air miles
- 150 air miles (Correct answer)
- 200 air miles
- 250 air miles
Correct answer: 150 air miles
Non-CDL short-haul drivers operating within 150 air miles of their reporting location may be exempt from ELD and log requirements.
Question 7: When a driver is placed out of service for an HOS violation, the inspector should record the violation using which North American Standard Out-of-Service criteria threshold?
- Any HOS violation results in an out-of-service order
- Driver must have exceeded the on-duty limit by more than 3 hours
- Driving or on-duty limits must be exceeded by the applicable OOS thresholds defined in the NASOC (Correct answer)
- Only violations discovered within the last 8 hours can result in an OOS order
Correct answer: Driving or on-duty limits must be exceeded by the applicable OOS thresholds defined in the NASOC
Out-of-service orders are issued only when violations meet the specific thresholds outlined in the CVSA North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria.
DOT Hours of Service Regulations 2
Under 49 CFR Part 395, what is the maximum number of hours a property-carrying CMV driver may drive after coming off 10 consecutive hours off duty?