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One of the most important tasks you should complete before getting on the road is a pre-trip inspection of your vehicle. Quite a few accidents and mechanical malfunctions can be avoided if you take the time to complete an inspection checklist of the critical components of your vehicle. You certainly don’t want to be stalled in a heavily trafficked area, such as the George Wallace Tunnel, while you regret not having taken the small amount of extra time needed to perform this task. Safety must come first to protect passengers, cargo, other road users, and yourself. When you take the time to inspect such parts as your tires, headlights, and brakes, you are preparing yourself to stay safe in multiple adverse driving situations. It’s also required by law (federal regulations 49 CFR § 392.7 and 49 CFR § 396.13).
The process of obtaining an Alabama commercial driver’s license (CDL) involves assessing multiple skills, including performing a pre-trip inspection of your vehicle. This task will be observed by your examiner, but you also need to prepare yourself to answer questions about this process on your DMV General Knowledge Test. Our Alabama DMV CDL Pre-Trip Inspection Practice Test will prepare you for the questions on the official general knowledge test that cover this process. You must answer 80% of the 20 questions correctly to pass the official knowledge test. Once you spend time studying with the practice test, you will have a firm grasp of the pre-inspection process.
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This CDL Pre-Trip Inspection Practice Test makes the pre-trip inspection process much easier to understand because it breaks it down in an easily understood manner. Other on-line resources, such as study guides, do not offer a comparable level of preparation. A study guide limits your learning to merely memorizing the answers to the questions. The practice test is based on the most recent Alabama DMV CDL manual (Alabama CDL Handbook 2025)
and up to date as of December 2025. This manual is the most authoritative resource on safe driving practices. The practice test has 20 multiple-choice questions to assess your knowledge of pre-trip inspections. If you get a question wrong, you’ll receive a detailed explanation of the correct answer. This information will make you a safer driver each day on the job.
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