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TEXAS CVO EXAM LATEST 2025 QUESTIONS
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GRADED A+ (DETAILED ANSWERS )
What is required on the rear of every trailer <80" in width? - ANSWER- 1 white license plate lamp 2 red tail-lamps on each side (*lamps and reflectors can be incorporated) 2 red stop-lamps on each side 2 red reflectors on each side Turn signals (amber to red) What is required on the side of every trailer <80" in width? - ANSWER-No requirements What is required on the side of every pole trailer? - ANSWER-1 amber side- marker lamp (front) 1 amber reflector (front) 1 combination lamp showing amber to the front, red to the side, and red to the rear
What is required on the rear of every pole trailer? - ANSWER-1 white license plate lamp 2 red tail-lamps each side (lamps and reflectors can be incorporated) 2 red stop-lamps each side turn signal (amber to red) What vehicles are allowed to use flashing lights? - ANSWER-emergency vehicles, snow removal equipment, school buses when stopping, tow trucks under direction of law enforcement What is required on the highway at night on all animal drawn vehicles, implements of husbandry, road machinery, road rollers, and farm tractors?
- ANSWER-A white lamp on the front visible for 1000' and two red lights on the rear visible for 1000', or one red light to rear visible for 1000' and two red reflectors visible for 600' What trailers are exempt from brake requirements? - ANSWER-- Trailers, semi-trailers, and pole trailers with a gross weight of <4500 lbs
- Trailers, semi-trailers, and pole trailers with a gross weight of 4500 lbs<trailer<15000 lbs and operated at <30mph do not need brakes. What trailers require brakes? - ANSWER-4500 lbs<trailer<15000lbs and operated at >30mph must have brakes acting on both wheels of the rear axle. How many control devices must be used to operate all brakes on trailers? - ANSWER-One. (this doesn't prevent the use of additional control devices such as surge or inertia brake systems on trailers with a gross weight of <15000 lbs
What is the max length for a vehicle? - ANSWER-- 45' for single motor vehicle other than a trucktractor
- 59' for semitrailer as a semi-truck combination
- 28.5' semitrailer or trailer
- 65' no combination of vehicles other than a truck-tractor-trailer combination What are the rules for vehicle combinations? - ANSWER-- if <2500lbs no more than one other vehicle
- not more than 3 vehicles in any combination What are the load limits? - ANSWER--80000 lbs is the highest (w/out permit)
- load limits based on size of vehicle, number and distance of axles, and tire size. When might you need to unload your vehicle? - ANSWER-If the gross weight exceeds the max gross weight allowed by law + tolerance of 5%. What are the rules on extensions over the front and rear? - ANSWER-- no vehicle can carry a load >3' beyond front, >4' beyond the rear (unless permit)
- if extends >4' a 12" red-square flag must be used.
- transporting poles or pipes exempt but can't go faster than 65mph and not at night. What are the towing requirements? - ANSWER-Cable not >15' (doesn't apply to pole trailers). When chain, rope, or cable is used a 12"sq white flag must be attached
What do registration papers show? - ANSWER-The weight of the vehicle empty and how much it is registered to haul. Also shows the receipt for the license plates. What are the three items that should be carried outside the city limits or you can't drive upon any divided highway from a half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise? - ANSWER-three flares or three red electric lanterns (or reflectors) Two red flags must be used during the day What does any vehicle 80" or more in width and 30' or more in length do when stopped on the roadway or shoulder? - ANSWER-Immediately actuate electric hazard warning signal lights, flashers which flash simultaneously. (Not required if parked legally in city limits or discharging passengers) What type of fire extinguisher do buses, taxis, and other vehicles hauling passengers for hire or lease need? - ANSWER-A chemical type fire extinguisher of at least one quart capacity. What are the mounting instructions for lighting and reflectors? - ANSWER- Reflectors not less than 24" or more than 60" in height about the ground on vehicles which are 80" or more in width. What vehicles are exempt from lighting requirements? - ANSWER-Farm, fertilizer, and boat trailers. Mobile homes being moved under permit.
Electric turn signal on each side (amber to red) On a bus or trailer >80" in width, what lights are needed on the side? - ANSWER-Amber side marker lamp Amber reflector Red reflector Red side marker lamp What is required on the front of every truck-tractor? - ANSWER-2 amber clearance lamps Head lamps Electric turn signal (white to amber) What is required on the rear of every truck-tractor? - ANSWER-2 red tail- lamps on each side 2 red stop-lamps on each side 2 red reflectors on each side turn signals (amber to red) What is required on the side of every truck-tractor? - ANSWER-No requirements What is required on the front of every trailer 80" or more in width? - ANSWER-2 amber clearance lamps What is required on the rear of every trailer 80" or more in width? - ANSWER-2 red clearance lamps
1 white license plate lamp 2 red tail lamps on each side 2 red stop lamps on each side 2 red reflectors on each side turn signals (amber to red) What is required on the side of every trailer 80" or more in width? - ANSWER-1 red side marker lamp (back) 2 amber side marker lamp (*intermediate side marker lamp and reflector required only on trailers measuring 30'+ in length) 1 red reflector (back) 2 amber reflectors What is required on the front of every trailer <80" in width? - ANSWER-No requirementsWhat are the standard vehicle size exemptions? - ANSWER-1. Water well drilling, highway building, farm tractors, husbandry exempt from width on all hwys (not interstates) during daylight.
- Cotton seed equip can be 120" wide. Hay cylinders can be up to 144" wide.
- Buses w/air brakes that have 3+ axles or four tires on the rear axle can be 45' long; otherwise 35'.
- Length reqs do not apply if operated only within city limits
- Combination of vehicles (other than tractor-trailer) of <90' can be used in the day to haul poles, timber, and logs to a mill <125 miles away.
- <75' to haul poles for electric lines during the day and <50mph.
- Cotton vehicles <48'
- Fire dept vehicles exempt from length, width, weight
- Transporting a combine <75'
- Do not share a lane with the vehicle. What are the registration requirements? - ANSWER-- Exempt (farm tractors, cottonseed trailers, husbandry, power sweepers, golfcarts)
- with a $5.00 license plate (machines for drilling water wells, construction, farm trailers 4000-20000lbs
- non-resident can get 30 day temp for farm stuff during harvest
- temporary tags good for 20 days
- farm vehicles used to go to church, school, doctor, or supplies for family (not employment) What are key speed limits? - ANSWER-- Urban 30(day)/30(night)
- Beaches 15/
- Numbered Hwy outside urban district 70/
- FM and Ranch Rds 70/65, 60/55 if semitrailer
- Hwy (not numbered) 60/ A vehicle with metal tires is not allowed to be on the highway if it weighs more than _________ lbs. - ANSWER-5,000 lbs. If a load extends more than 4 feet from the rear what is required during the day vs. night? - ANSWER-Day: 12 inch red flag Night: Burning red light
