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Free CDL Passenger Endorsement Practice Test
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The knowledge-test pass mark is 80% under 49 CFR 383.135. This independent practice score does not predict an official result.
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What should I study for the CDL passenger endorsement test?
Study passenger loading and unloading, emergency exits, fires, unruly passengers, railroad crossings, drawbridges, and braking. 49 CFR 383.93 requires both a knowledge test and a skills test, and the skills test is taken in a passenger vehicle of that group. These questions explain the federal topics checked October 29, 2026. They are not the state exam and they do not issue an endorsement.
Topics in this set
Passenger knowledge topics, the skills test in a passenger vehicle, and the difference from knowledge-only endorsements.
20 questions · Practice and exam modes
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How many questions are on the passenger test?
It depends on your state and the test topic. Official question counts vary by state; check your state manual. This practice pool has 20 questions. Warm-up uses 10; exam mode uses the session length shown above. Those study settings do not set your state’s exam length.
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10 sample questions and answers
Read these examples here, or practice the full set above. The wording is independent study material based on federal sources.
Which tests does 49 CFR 383.93 require for a passenger endorsement?
Answer: A knowledge test and a skills test
The passenger row in the endorsement-testing list names both tests.
Report a problem with this questionIs a passenger vehicle one of the operations that needs its own state-issued endorsement?
Answer: Yes
Passenger vehicles are a separate endorsement description from the vehicle group.
Report a problem with this questionWhen may a state issue a CDL endorsement?
Answer: Only after the driver successfully completes the required tests
The general endorsement rule ties issuance to completed tests.
Report a problem with this questionMay a commercial learner’s permit carry a passenger endorsement?
Answer: Yes, P is one of the endorsements allowed on a CLP
The permit list is passenger, school bus, and tank vehicle.
Report a problem with this questionIs the proper procedure for loading and unloading passengers a required passenger-endorsement knowledge topic?
Answer: Yes
Loading and unloading is the first knowledge topic in the passenger section.
Report a problem with this questionWhich emergency-exit topic must passenger-endorsement applicants know?
Answer: Proper use of emergency exits, including push-out windows
The knowledge list names emergency exits and push-out windows.
Report a problem with this questionWhich emergency situations are named in the passenger knowledge requirements?
Answer: Fires and unruly passengers
The section names those situations as examples of required emergency responses.
Report a problem with this questionWhich roadway features are named in the passenger knowledge requirements?
Answer: Railroad-highway grade crossings and drawbridges
Procedures at those locations are a required knowledge topic.
Report a problem with this questionAre proper braking procedures a required passenger-endorsement knowledge topic?
Answer: Yes
Braking is listed with the other passenger knowledge topics.
Report a problem with this questionDoes the passenger knowledge section limit study to the five named topics and nothing else?
Answer: No, it also requires operating practices and procedures not otherwise specified
The last knowledge item covers operating practices that the section does not list by name.
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Sources and study scope
The bank uses original questions based on federal rules and FMCSA material. The questions use the 2025 annual CFR edition, with selected current eCFR references checked on October 28, 2026. It is not a complete review of every later amendment. Each explanation links to its federal source. State manuals are further-study links; no AAMVA manual text is reproduced.
The 80% knowledge-test pass standard comes from 49 CFR 383.135. This site’s practice pool and session lengths do not determine your state’s official test format.