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Train for FREE online with our MA bus CDL test. The official exam test consists of several obligatory parts, with all of them checking your knowledge of different blocks of road rules. If you need to obtain a license in Massachusetts in 2025, learn how to become a bus driver and then practice as much as possible. Free sample tests published on our website will help you check and improve your knowledge and boost your grades. Please bear in mind that DMV requirements for a bus driver may vary from state to state.
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15 . As a general rule, student safety is best maintained by:
Creating panic.
In most emergency situations, students will be safest and best kept under control if they do not evacuate the school bus.
16 . While students load and unload a bus, the driver should:
Listen to the radio.
The driver of a school bus should observe students as they enter or exit the bus to ensure that they are not caught in the door or handrails. It is also important to make sure the students have moved a safe distance away from the unloading area after they have exited the bus.
17 . When entering traffic on an expressway during the skills test, you should:
Cut off other drivers if needed.
During the on-road driving skills test, you may be asked to enter an expressway. Before doing so, you must check traffic, use proper signals, and merge smoothly into the proper lane.
18 . When taking the basic control skills test, drivers are:
Allowed to leave the vehicle, but only if the vehicle is placed in neutral and the parking brake is set.
During the basic vehicle control skills test, you must place the vehicle in neutral and set the parking brake before exiting the vehicle to check its position. You may check the position of the vehicle no more than twice, except during the straight line backing exercise, where you may look no more than once.
19 . The area to the left of a school bus is considered especially dangerous to students because:
There is no door on the left side of the bus.
While all sides of a school bus have danger zones, the left side is particularly hazardous to students due to the presence of passing vehicles.
20 . When checking the air and electrical lines during a vehicle inspection, all of the following should be true, except:
The air lines are not dragging against tractor parts.