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Free HI CDL Pre-Trip Inspection Practice Exam 2025

  • Perfect for first-time and renewal CDL/CLP applicants, and those adding endorsements
  • Based on 2025 HI commercial driver's license manual
  • Triple-checked for accuracy
  • Updated for September 2025

Performing pre-trip inspections, including examining such vehicle systems and components as the tires, battery, windshield wipers, and taillights, is an essential skill for commercial drivers. You should invest some time in learning how to conduct these inspections properly, in preparation to get your Hawaii Commercial Learner’s Permit (CLP). Federal regulation 49 CFR § 396.13 requires drivers to ensure the safety of their vehicle before driving it on public roads. Checklists are a useful tool in helping you make sure not to overlook any potential sources of safety issues. Pre-trip inspections protect fellow road users, cargo, and yourself from accidents or breakdowns that such problems could cause.

Before applying for a Hawaii Commercial Driver’s License (CDL), you must possess a CLP and exhibit a thorough knowledge of pre-trip inspections. While there are other requirements, your understanding of these inspections will be assessed on the DMV CDL General Knowledge Test. You must answer 80% of the 20 questions correctly to receive a passing score. This Hawaii DMV Pre-Trip Inspection Practice Test offers the most informative and authoritative instruction on this topic, allowing you to become proficient in this safety measure. You will see your confidence grow and your skill level excel as you work through the questions in a simulated testing environment. The practice test offers top-notch instruction that other on-line resources fail to provide.

Our Pre-Trip Inspection Practice Test is designed to expertly prepare you for the official knowledge test with the most reliable and authoritative information available. The practice test is based on the most recent Hawaii DMV CDL driver’s manual (Hawaii CDL Handbook 2025) and up to date as of September 2025. It is stress-free because you are encouraged to learn the things you don’t understand instead of feeling defeated by them. The practice test includes 20 questions, similar to the pre-trip questions on the official knowledge test, to direct your study and fully inform you. If you submit an incorrect answer, the practice test will give you a detailed explanation of the correct one. You can use this information to understand the logic behind the answer and connect it to the question. A study guide will only help you memorize the answers to the questions. You’d need to do some additional research to find the right answer. The practice test is your one-stop shop to learn everything you need to know about pre-trip inspections.

After stuffing yourself at the luau, you should feast on the knowledge you’ll gain from practice tests for other U.S. states and Washington D.C. at https://driving-tests.org/academy/drivers-license.

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  • Perfect for first-time and renewal CDL/CLP applicants, and those adding endorsements
  • Triple-checked for accuracy

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16

correct answers to pass

80%

passing score

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