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CDL Practice Test

Pass the Hazmat knowledge test and earn your H endorsement

Hazmat freight pays better for a reason: the endorsement takes a TSA background check plus this knowledge exam. Every question here is written against the CDL manual hazardous-materials section and 49 CFR Parts 171–180, with the citation attached — placard tables to shipping-paper format, attendance rules to the ERG.

Questions
35
To pass
80%
Modes
Study · Timed
Time limit
25 min (Timed mode)

Study Mode

Learn as you go — one question at a time. Answer, and the correct choice, a plain-English explanation, and the exact 49 CFR / CDL-manual citation appear immediately. Progress saves on this device.

Untimed · instant feedback · free

Timed Test

Exam conditions — 25 minutes on the clock, no feedback until you submit, answers changeable until the end. Explanations and citations are revealed with your score.

25 min · auto-submits at zero · 80% to pass

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Where this fits

A practice test is one step. These are the others, in the order most drivers meet them:

  • The CDL permit (CLP), explained — what the permit is, the tests that earn it, and how long it lasts.
  • Entry-Level Driver Training (ELDT) requirements — the federal training step. Practice tests do not satisfy any part of ELDT, which must be completed with a provider listed on the FMCSA Training Provider Registry.
  • The CDL skills test — the inspection, basic control and road test that come after the permit.
  • Pre-CDL — the whole run-up to CDL school, stage by stage. “Pre-CDL” is our own name for that preparation stage, not a federal licence class, permit type, or government program.

Still working toward the permit?

These practice tests are free and always will be. If you want the whole run-up walked through in order — what to do before you ever sit the test, how the permit stage fits together, and what CDL school expects on day one — that is what CDL Pre-School is, a self-paced course for $199.

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