Free Nebraska CDL Permit Practice Test: General Knowledge 2025

Need to obtain a Commercial Learner’s Permit (CLP)? Need some help to pass the CDL General Knowledge test? You’ve certainly come to the right place! Don’t feel bad if you haven’t mastered your knowledge of commercial driving theory just by reading the official Nebraska Commercial Driver License Manual. It’s not unusual. That’s why it’s wise to supplement the manual with other study tools.

This free Nebraska CDL permit practice test is also based on the official manual and is up to date as of March, 2025. Practicing with it will enable you to think about what you read in the manual, reinforcing it in your mind. To make your study easier, each of the 50 practice questions comes with a helpful hint and an explanation of the correct answer. The practice questions contained in this test will assess your knowledge of such topics as cargo management, following distance, stopping distance, and vehicle components. Keep practicing your knowledge with as many of our practice tests as you can, as often as you can, until you feel confident that you’ve mastered the material and can ace the official General Knowledge test.

OK, so you passed the official test. Congratulations! Now what? Well, make sure you passed your medical examination and received your Medical Examiner’s Certificate proving that you passed. Depending on the types of vehicles you’ll be driving in your career, you may need to pass additional knowledge tests to have certain endorsements added to your CDL or certain restrictions removed from your CDL. Now it’s time to start practicing for the skills test for your CDL.

The skills test consists of three parts: basic vehicle maneuvers (such as backing), a pre-trip inspection of the vehicle, and a road test. You must perform the skills test in a vehicle that’s consistent with the class of CDL you’re applying for and the types of vehicles you’ll be driving in your career. If you’ve decided to get a Class A or Class B CDL, federal regulations require you to obtain formal training from a training provider listed in the federal Training Provider Registry (TPR).

Once you get your CDL, most of the major roads of Nebraska will be open to your commercial vehicle, so you can start earning money as a commercial driver. Interstate 80 is a major transcontinental route for trucks and buses, running from San Francisco through Nebraska, all the way to Teaneck, New Jersey. Nebraska doesn’t have a north-south interstate highway, but it does have U.S. Route 81, which runs from the northern border of North Dakota, connecting with I-80 in Nebraska to Fort Worth, Texas. This is a major route for trucks carrying agricultural products from Nebraska’s important agricultural sector.