Practice Tests
Free CDL practice tests
Real permit-style questions written against the current CDL manual and 49 CFR. Every answer shows the citation and a plain-English explanation — so you learn the rule, not just the letter.
General Knowledge
The core CDL permit test every driver takes first — vehicle control, safe operating, and the rules of the road.
52 questions · 80% to pass
Air Brakes
The knowledge test that keeps the air-brake restriction off your CDL — components, gauges, warning signals, and the braking techniques that matter on grade.
31 questions · 80% to pass
Combination Vehicles
Required for every Class A license — coupling and uncoupling, trailer air lines, the tractor protection system, and keeping a rig upright.
30 questions · 80% to pass
Hazmat
The H-endorsement knowledge test — hazard classes, placards, shipping papers, and the loading, parking, and emergency rules that keep dangerous cargo legal.
35 questions · 80% to pass
Tanker
The N-endorsement knowledge test — liquid surge, baffles and bulkheads, outage, tank inspection, and the driving that keeps a high-center-of-gravity load upright.
32 questions · 80% to pass
Doubles & Triples
The T-endorsement knowledge test — rearward amplification, coupling and uncoupling converter dollies, air-line hookup, and keeping two or three trailers upright and tracking.
32 questions · 80% to pass
How it works
Written to the regulation
Cited to 49 CFR
Every question is checked against the CDL manual and the eCFR, with the citation attached before it publishes.
Learn from misses
Miss one and you see exactly why — the correct answer and the reason behind it, in plain English.
Free to take
No account, no paywall. Built by a driver to help drivers pass the first time.
Studying the pre-trip too? The free 3D Pre-Trip Trainer walks the engine-compartment inspection the way the examiner scores it, and the written pre-trip inspection guide covers the whole walk-around.
The permit is step one. For behind-the-wheel training, Trucking Life Academy — our CDL school in Dalton, Georgia takes you the rest of the way.
Free guide
Studying for the permit? Start here
The free Driver’s Mind guide for drivers starting out — and the driver list, where new practice tests are announced first.
Ready for the real thing?
Trucking Life Academy trains CDL-A drivers in Dalton, GA — off I-75. Drivers helping drivers, the way it should be.