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Free WV CDL Pre-Trip Inspection Practice Exam 2025

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

An important part of your training for obtaining a West Virginia Commercial Learner’s Permit (CLP) is learning about pre-trip inspections. You will need to possess a CLP before applying for a West Virginia Commercial Driver’s License (CDL), and you’ll find a thorough knowledge of this safety measure is essential. A checklist of the key systems and components of your vehicle, such as the tires, brakes, taillights, and mirrors, is a useful tool to make sure the process is done completely. Mercer County contains a stretch of road that is infamous for traffic accidents. Federal regulation 49 CFR § 396.13 requires you to inspect your commercial vehicle before driving it on public roads. The purpose is to alert you to any safety issues that may lead to accidents or mechanical malfunctions. You want to make sure that safety defects are not putting you or your fellow motorists at risk.

If you’re searching for a resource to teach you about pre-trip inspections, our West Virginia DMV CDL Pre-Trip Inspection Practice Test provides a wealth of information. While you’ll need to meet a few other requirements, you must pass the DMV CDL Knowledge Test to earn a CLP. The official knowledge test requires you to answer 80% of the 20 questions correctly to pass. Having foreknowledge of any questions on pre-trip inspections will help increase your official knowledge test score. The practice test teaches you the crucial items to inspect and how to identify any deficiencies.

The CDL Pre-Trip Inspection Practice Test contains the most dependable information available to develop your pre-trip inspection skills. Other on-line resources, such as study guides, claim to be capable of thoroughly training you but suffer from inherent flaws. Study guides help you memorize the answers to the questions but fail to provide information to correct wrong answers. In comparison, the practice test includes 20 multiple-choice questions that assess your current understanding of pre-trip inspections and offer further information to increase your proficiency. If you get a question wrong, the practice test provides a detailed explanation of the correct answer. This information helps you understand the logic behind the answer and relate it to the question. You can rely on its validity because the practice test is based on the most recent West Virginia DMV CDL driver’s manual (West Virginia CDL Handbook 2025) and is up to date as of September 2025. Backing itself up with this authoritative source, the practice test offers instruction that will equip you with the facts and boost your confidence to expertly perform pre-trip inspections.

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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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