Mississippi CDL — General Knowledge practice
Mississippi CDL — General Knowledge: Penalties & Licensing practice test
The point system, license suspension, provisional-license rules, insurance requirements, and other licensing basics.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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1. For CDL disqualification purposes, speeding becomes a 'serious traffic violation' at how far above the posted limit?
Correct answer: 15 mph or more
Excessive speeding is defined as 15 mph or more over the limit. It sits on the serious-violation list alongside reckless driving, following too closely, and erratic lane changes.
Source: Mississippi CDL Manual — Section 1: Introduction (Serious Traffic Violations)
2. Which description matches a Class A commercial vehicle?
Correct answer: A combination with a GCWR of 26,001 pounds or more, towing a unit rated over 10,000 pounds
Class A covers combinations whose gross combination weight rating is 26,001 pounds or more when the towed vehicle is rated above 10,000 pounds — most tractor-trailers fit here. A heavy single truck is Class B.
Source: Mississippi CDL Manual — Section 1: Introduction (CDL Classifications)
3. Under the federal standard the manual describes, a single vehicle requires a CDL once its gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) reaches what level?
Correct answer: 26,001 pounds or more
Any single vehicle rated at 26,001 pounds GVWR or higher needs a CDL. The 10,000-pound figure in the rules refers to the towed unit in a combination, not to a single vehicle.
Source: Mississippi CDL Manual — Section 1: Introduction (CDL Classifications)
4. Before Mississippi will issue a Commercial Learner's Permit (CLP), what document must the applicant present?
Correct answer: A valid medical examiner's certificate
Mississippi's CDL application states that a valid medical examiner's certificate is required before a CLP can be issued.
Source: Mississippi CDL Manual — Application for Mississippi Commercial Driver License
5. Under Mississippi's CDL application rules, how long must you hold a Commercial Learner's Permit before you may take the skills test?
Correct answer: 14 days
Mississippi requires applicants to hold the CLP for fourteen days before CDL skills testing can take place.
Source: Mississippi CDL Manual — Application for Mississippi Commercial Driver License
6. What is the penalty for using a commercial motor vehicle to commit a felony involving controlled substances?
Correct answer: Losing the CDL for life
Using a CMV in a felony that involves controlled substances brings a lifetime CDL loss, even on a first conviction.
Source: Mississippi CDL Manual — Section 1: Introduction (CDL Disqualifications)
7. Some of your CMV trips stay inside Mississippi and others cross into neighboring states. Which type of commerce must you self-certify for?
Correct answer: Interstate commerce
A driver who operates in both intrastate and interstate commerce must choose interstate commerce when completing the medical self-certification.
Source: Mississippi CDL Manual — Section 1: Introduction (Interstate or Intrastate Commerce)
8. A driver is convicted of two serious traffic violations in a CMV within three years. What is the minimum disqualification?
Correct answer: 60 days
Two serious violations within a three-year period bring at least 60 days off the road; three or more in that period bring at least 120 days.
Source: Mississippi CDL Manual — Section 1: Introduction (Serious Traffic Violations)
9. On a first offense, leaving the scene of an accident that involved your commercial vehicle costs you the CDL for at least how long?
Correct answer: One year
Leaving the scene of a CMV accident is one of the first offenses that carry a minimum one-year loss. It becomes three years if the vehicle was placarded for hazardous materials, and a second offense means a lifetime loss.
Source: Mississippi CDL Manual — Section 1: Introduction (CDL Disqualifications)
10. A vehicle rated under 26,001 pounds still falls under the CDL program if it is designed to carry how many people?
Correct answer: 16 or more, with the driver counted
Any vehicle designed for 16 or more occupants, driver included, needs a CDL whatever its weight. Smaller vehicles of this kind are placed in Class C.
Source: Mississippi CDL Manual — Section 1: Introduction (CDL Classifications)
11. A CDL holder is convicted of a moving violation while driving a personal car. How long does the driver have to tell the employer?
Correct answer: 30 days from the conviction
The employer must be notified within 30 days of a conviction for any traffic violation other than parking, whatever type of vehicle you were driving at the time.
Source: Mississippi CDL Manual — Section 1: Introduction (Other CDL Rules)
12. If your license is suspended or revoked, or you are disqualified, how quickly must you notify your employer?
Correct answer: Within two business days
Suspensions, revocations, cancellations, and disqualifications have a much shorter deadline than ordinary convictions: two business days.
Source: Mississippi CDL Manual — Section 1: Introduction (Other CDL Rules)
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