DMV Written Test - Michigan Cdl

Question 1

You should start and stop as smoothly as possible to help prevent passenger injury. After passengers have boarded your bus at a stop, you should allow them time to be seated or to brace themselves before you begin driving.

Accepted Answer

Allow the passengers time to sit or brace themselves before beginning to drive.

Answer

Honk their horn and re-enter traffic.

Answer

Begin driving as quickly as possible.

Question 2

The aisles and stairwells on a bus must always be kept clear. It is important to keep aisles clear so that no passengers trip while using them.

Accepted Answer

Must be stored away from the aisle.

Answer

May be left in the aisle.

Answer

Must be kept on the rider’s lap.

Question 3

In most emergency or crisis situations, students will be safest and easiest to keep under control if they remain on the school bus. Generally, students should be kept on the bus as long as it does not expose them to unnecessary risks or injury.

Accepted Answer

Keeping students on the bus.

Answer

Letting some students evacuate the bus.

Answer

Letting students evacuate the bus and scatter.

Question 4

Railroad crossings that do not display any traffic control devices are known as passive crossings. The decision to proceed across tracks at a passive crossing is entirely up to the driver.

Accepted Answer

Does not have any control devices.

Answer

Has a control device.

Answer

Should be avoided.

Question 5

If a passenger is drunk and disruptive, you are still responsible for their safety. They should be discharged in a safe location, which may be the next scheduled stop or another well-lit area where other people are present.

Accepted Answer

Wait until you are at an appropriate area, such as a stop or well-lit area, to have them exit the bus.

Answer

Force them to immediately exit the bus.

Answer

Give them coffee to help them sober up.

Question 6

If you are stopped at a railroad crossing and a gate fails to return to its open position after a train passes, call your dispatcher. Do not attempt to drive around the lowered gate.

Accepted Answer

Call your dispatcher.

Answer

Drive around the gate.

Answer

Wait for another vehicle to cross the tracks first to see if it is safe.

Question 7

The process of loading or unloading students from a school bus requires a driver's full concentration. If there is a behavioral issue on the bus, wait until the exiting students are safely off the bus and out of the way before you address the problem on the bus.

Accepted Answer

Wait until the students are done unloading and then take care of the disturbance.

Answer

Immediately walk to the back of the bus and take care of the disturbance while students unload.

Answer

Have a student who is closer to the disturbance handle the situation while you supervise unloading.

FREE Online Bus Driver Testing | Michigan 2024

1 . After picking up passengers at a stop, a driver should:

2 . During a trip, carry-on baggage:

3 . As a general rule, student safety is best maintained by:

4 . A passive railroad crossing:

5 . If you are transporting a drunk passenger, you should:

6 . If a gate controlling a railroad crossing does not go back up after a train passes, you should:

7 . If students on the bus cause a disturbance while other students are unloading, what should you do?

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