Observation On The Hazmat Practice Test

I'm going to back Brett up here. I was a school teacher (Middle School math) for 12 years before I got into the truck driver's seat.

Piecing the questions out into bunches instead of making you wade through 75 or more questions all at once to find out which are correct is called "chunking" in the education biz, and is the way to learn big loads of material.

The other feature, getting the ones you got wrong to come back and haunt you is a great technique too.

Everyone has their own abilities in taking these tests, but I passed all the permit, Doubles/Triples, and passenger endorsements on the first go after studying here. So stop whining, sign in and click "here" to start studying: here

Once again, it was a matter of the format not being clear. If you want to be competitive with all the other options, criticism should be accepted.

but I passed all the permit, Doubles/Triples, and passenger endorsements on the first go

I did too, add in hazmat. Didn't need highroad, but I figured I'd give it a look this go round for a refresher. Didn't need it this time either.

The other feature, getting the ones you got wrong to come back and haunt you is a great technique too.

That's a common feature in almost every app. We go back to being competitive and attracting users.

Come on, guys. Please don't be lazy about it and then get on here trying to blame our materials. We have by far the best CDL test prep materials anywhere, but you have to use them properly.

I think we've both been around long enough for folks here to know that we're not lazy and we don't cut corners.

The reason you don't see anything for me is that I'm rarely logged in on the site. I only log in to post.

Could be a design flaw. We're both familiar with the site and that's what we found. I'm not blaming the material for anything, it just wasn't useful to me when I went to renew.

The post wasn't meant to be offensive or insulting, just a critique.

Turns out it wasn't.

We both passed, based on experience and our respective companies constant training.

The free version of the cdl test prep in the app store has the exact questions from the state tests. I sometimes have students that can't speak English and the state doesn't help with language here. They will study the answers to the questions only in blocks of 10 at a time and they get their permits. Talk about will power with them but you can do anything if you work hard enough at it

You guys are renewing. It sounds as though you mainly are focused on passing the test. You already know how to do your job. You practiced here, you passed the test, and all seems well.

My point is if you really learn the material, you can pass the test no matter how the question is worded. That's the purpose and design of the High Road CDL Training Program.

Several of the things Bobcat mentioned as not being covered, are included if you work your way through the High Road HazMat section.

As far as I know, you can't study the High Road without logging in. It's hard to find a replacement for good old Diligence when trying to learn something.

As far as I know, you can't study the High Road without logging in.

You can access it, but it doesn't save anything.

You guys are renewing. It sounds as though you mainly are focused on passing the test. You already know how to do your job. You practiced here, you passed the test, and all seems well.

It is. The point of all of this (on my side) is that it's not as user friendly as it could be and there are other more user friendly options.

Several of the things Bobcat mentioned as not being covered, are included if you work your way through the High Road HazMat section.

All of these tests are more of a test of memorization than the material. It's no different than the road test. You practice on cones and the real learning begins in real life situations.

When I first took the written test, I could pass it without knowing what an air line was or how a fifth wheel works. Anybody that knows how to pass a test can pass the permit test.

All of these tests are more of a test of memorization than the material. It's no different than the road test. You practice on cones and the real learning begins in real life situations.

When I first took the written test, I could pass it without knowing what an air line was or how a fifth wheel works. Anybody that knows how to pass a test can pass the permit test.

Banks, are you saying you could pass the HazMat without any knowledge of the material? I know you're not. So why are you throwing out this kind of argument?

I thought we were discussing the HazMat materials. Maybe your critique is larger than I realized. If that's the case, I'll admit to not being knowledgeable about other programs. It's a competitive world. I know what's always worked well for me.

I'm really not sure why I bother trying to help out anymore.

Either you someone blasts you on the internet for only helping since they are women and your trying to get in their pants or you get called lazy.

Starting to think it's not really worth the effort anymore....

Banks, are you saying you could pass the HazMat without any knowledge of the material? I know you're not. So why are you throwing out this kind of argument?

That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that anybody that knows how to prepare for a test can pass it without an understanding of the material. It's simply memorizing the questions and answers from practice tests.

It’s somewhat coincidental that hazmat has come up here. I was talking to some other drivers at our yard over the weekend. One guy just got his endorsement. Since I thought the company did not do any hazmat, I asked him why he needed it. He explained that the company does in fact do some hazmat work. The advantage is that if a driver is empty and waiting on a back haul, there might be a hazmat load that has good miles on it. Anyway, having the endorsement might be an advantage. I’ve gotta think about going through the training material for hazmat and getting my endorsement, it might come in handy at some point.

I'm really not sure why I bother trying to help out anymore.....or you get called lazy.

How would you describe the efforts you made to pass this exam? You sat around thumbing through some practice questions. Do you call that a genuine effort? You didn't even bother to read the materials! I wouldn't call that much of an effort at all, but maybe you don't have my work ethic.

You should have signed into the High Road and read the materials. The program would have given you all 75 questions, along with an extra review of the questions you needed help with. If you had prepared properly, you would have flown through that exam in the blink of an eye.

You also said, "it seems to have the same few softball questions over and over."

Would you call 75 questions "the same few" ??? I wouldn't.

Would you call that assessment helpful and accurate? I wouldn't.

You took the lazy approach to testing, you almost failed, and then you blamed our training program for only having "a few questions" repeated over and over, which isn't even close to the truth.

Next time, put in a serious effort by using our materials the right way and then assess the tools we provide accurately. Now that would be helpful.