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  • Updated for January 2025
  • Based on 2025 NC commercial driver's license manual

Free NC CDL Passenger Vehicles Practice Test 2025

If you live in North Carolina and want to find a career that offers great pay, plentiful opportunities, and job security, you should be thinking about being a commercial Passenger Vehicle driver. While you may not be the first to set your sights on these jobs, don’t miss out on the opportunities waiting for you to expand your horizons. These jobs require specialized skill sets that are needed to support essential services and are crucial to economic health. However, they don’t just fall into your lap. It will be up to you to get the necessary training and plan out your pathway to success.

Commercial Passenger Vehicle drivers must possess a ‘P’ endorsement on their North Carolina Class A, B, or C Commercial Driver’s License (CDL). Licenses are issued after applicants pass a written knowledge test and a road skills test operating a 16-occupant vehicle. The test covers the topics of Driving Safely, Transporting Passengers Safely, Vehicle Inspection, and Basic Vehicle Control Skills. For the task at hand, what will your strategy be to earn your license?

While there are a multitude of resources available, such as study guides, our free North Carolina CDL Passenger Endorsement practice test is unmatched in providing you with exceptional preparation. The practice test is based on the 2025 CDL Manual (North Carolina CDL Handbook 2025) and is up to date as of January 2025. You will be provided with questions just like the ones you will have to answer on the official test. Does it get any better?

The major advantage of using our practice test is that it is an interactive study method. To pass the written knowledge test, you need to answer 16 of 20 (80%) questions correctly to pass. As you work through the practice test, you will be alerted to any wrong answers that you provide. Detailed explanations follow that provide instruction on the correct answer. This method is superior to simple memorization because you gain a thorough understanding of the information that you need to know.

Pro-Tip: Cruising down the Blue Ridge Parkway, winding The Outer Banks, or venturing into the Great Smoky Mountains: these are a few ways you could be spending your day as a North Carolina commercial Passenger driver. Using on-line resources, handbooks, and our CDL Passenger guide, you will be on your way.

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

What you need to know

6 min to complete
Available in EN and ES
Verified by Steven Litvintchouk, M.S., Chief Educational Researcher, Member of ACES. See our detailed commitment to accuracy and quality in our practice tests.

What to expect on the actual NC DMV exam

20

questions

16

correct answers to pass

80%

passing score

List of questions (classic view)

  1. Which of the following statements about the interior of a bus is FALSE?
  2. The traffic light on a drawbridge is green. You should
  3. Before you start to drive, make sure that carry-on baggage is NOT
  4. If your bus starts to lean toward the outside on a banked curve,
  5. Which of the following statements about hazardous materials is FALSE?
  6. __________ must be closed whenever the bus is in motion.
  7. Charter bus drivers should
  8. Before leaving your stop, you should
  9. When must you complete an inspection report?
  10. Which of the following statements are true?
  11. During your pre-trip inspection, you should sign the previous driver's report only if
  12. Can a bus carry 100 pounds each of class 1, class 3, class 4, and class 5 hazardous materials?
  13. Which of the following should the driver announce at each stop or the destination?
  14. The posted speed on a curve is
  15. You must have a CDL with a Passenger (P) endorsement to drive a bus that seats _____ or more people including yourself.
  16. If a passenger is drunk or disruptive, you may
  17. Bus accidents often happen
  18. Before you start to drive, you must inspect all of the following EXCEPT
  19. While crossing railroad tracks, you should _________ if your bus has a manual transmission.
  20. If you are performing your vehicle inspection test on a coach or transit bus, you will have to inspect the baggage compartments and make sure that the baggage compartment doors ________ securely.
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