Maine Licensing and training Test 2

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1. An applicant takes the CDL skills test in a commercial vehicle with an automatic transmission. Which equipment restriction normally results?
An L restriction prohibiting all air-braked vehicles regardless of the test vehicle’s brakes.A K restriction solely because an automatic transmission was used.No transmission restriction, because both transmission tests establish identical qualifications.An E restriction prohibiting manual-transmission commercial vehicles.
2. A driver is qualifying for a school bus that requires a CDL. Does obtaining the school-bus endorsement eliminate the passenger-endorsement qualification?
Yes, but only when the students are the only passengers.No. A doubles/triples endorsement is needed instead of the passenger endorsement.Yes. The school-bus endorsement replaces every passenger qualification.No. The driver must qualify for the passenger endorsement as well as the school-bus endorsement.

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An applicant takes the CDL skills test in a commercial vehicle with an automatic transmission. Which equipment restriction normally results?
Correct answer: An E restriction prohibiting manual-transmission commercial vehicles.
The E restriction results from using an automatic-transmission CMV for the skills test. Transmission, air-brake, and intrastate restrictions concern different qualifications.
Source: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 49 CFR, 383.95(c), automatic-transmission skills-test restriction; current official source reviewed September 29, 2026. Cross-check: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-383/subpart-J/section-383.153, 49 CFR 383.153(a)(10)(iii), E code. ↗
A driver is qualifying for a school bus that requires a CDL. Does obtaining the school-bus endorsement eliminate the passenger-endorsement qualification?
Correct answer: No. The driver must qualify for the passenger endorsement as well as the school-bus endorsement.
The P and S qualifications are complementary. Federal school-bus endorsement requirements include qualification for the passenger endorsement; earning S does not replace P.
Source: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 49 CFR, 383.123(a)(1)-(3), passenger and school-bus endorsement qualifications; current official source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗

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