Nebraska CDL Practice Test

Nebraska’s DMV doesn’t publish its test sizes. Our practice tests follow the usual CDL format: General Knowledge 50 questions (40 to pass), Hazmat 30 (24), Air Brakes 25 (20), and Combination, Tank, Doubles/Triples, Passenger and School Bus 20 each (16).

The Nebraska Commercial Driver’s License Manual (March 2026): Nebraska’s own rules, then inspection, safe driving, cargo, passengers, air brakes, combination vehicles, doubles and triples, tankers, hazardous materials and school buses.

Yes. Every Nebraska driver licensing office has audio versions of the CDL written tests, with one exception: the Hazardous Materials test is given only in the usual format.

80% on each of the 8 tests, each graded on its own (General Knowledge: 40 of 50). Every test's numbers are in the table on this page. Always confirm the current tests with the Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles. Why 80% in every state →

At least 14 days. The CLP is valid for one year; if it expires before you pass all three skills tests, the parts you passed no longer count. Nebraska Commercial Driver’s License Manual p. 5

After at least one day, for both written and skills tests. Nebraska Commercial Driver’s License Manual p. 8

A CDL issued before age 21 expires on your 21st birthday. Otherwise it expires on your birthday in the fifth year after issue, or earlier with a hazmat endorsement, when the security threat assessment expires. Nebraska Commercial Driver’s License Manual p. 8

Proof of U.S. citizenship or lawful status and identity, two documents showing your Nebraska address from two different sources, and your Social Security number. Copies and faxes aren’t accepted. Nebraska Commercial Driver’s License Manual p. 6

21 to drive commercial vehicles across state lines, for Class A, B or C alike. At 18 you can hold a Nebraska CDL for driving inside the state only; a CDL issued before 21 runs out on your 21st birthday.

A commercial vehicle of the permit's class, for behind-the-wheel training, with a CDL holder beside you and your regular Class O license in your pocket. Nebraska issues learner permits for Class A and B only, and the only endorsements a permit can carry are Passenger, School Bus and Tank.

DMV skills tests are by appointment only, booked by phone, and you have to make the call yourself. Before a slot is given you must have passed every knowledge test you need, hold the right learner permit, and have your entry-level training on the federal registry, which the scheduler checks.

Yes, with a company the DMV certifies, for a fee, booked at least two days ahead. The DMV audits these tests: it may ask you to drive again with its own examiner, and refusing can stop your CDL being issued, while failing or missing the audit can get it cancelled.

Interstate drivers, who must be 21 except in a few excepted jobs, choose A (non-excepted) or B (excepted); intrastate drivers, from 18, choose C or D. Categories A and C need a medical certificate on the National Registry, and C or D puts a K (intrastate only) restriction on the CDL.

Category D, intrastate excepted: drivers who have held a Nebraska CDL since before July 30, 1996, government employees, custom harvesters, beekeepers, and drivers of private passenger carriers for non-business groups such as churches, private schools or scout troops. They follow the DMV's own medical and vision rules instead.

Because the DMV must request your record from every state that issued you a license in that time, whether you're applying, renewing, upgrading or transferring. It also checks the national CDL database (CDLIS) for every applicant, and a CDL holder downgrading to a Nebraska operator's license brings the old state's record along.

People living in a foreign country other than Canada or Mexico, residents of a state that FMCSA has barred from issuing CDLs, and holders of H-2A, H-2B or E2 status. Non-citizens prove lawful status every time they apply, checked through the federal SAVE system, and drivers showing an I-94 get a non-domiciled card.

No. Once your U.S. citizenship is verified, you don't present it again, although lawful status documents are shown at every visit. Proof of identity is checked each time too, and the photo the DMV keeps on file doesn't count. Bring certified papers with a raised seal or stamp.

Yes, if the tester is a training school. Nebraska lets third-party testers that are schools give the CDL skills test to people who trained in Nebraska but will get their license in another state.

A seasonal Class B or C CDL for farm- or ranch-related service work. You must be 18 with a valid license for the past 12 months, and the season you pick can’t exceed 210 days in a row in any 12 months. Nebraska Commercial Driver’s License Manual p. 12

Service members who drive the equivalent of a CMV in the military can apply for the Even Exchange skills test waiver. It can also waive the Passenger endorsement's tests and the Tank endorsement's knowledge test, but School Bus and Hazardous Materials can't be waived.

Two checks come before the test. Email the DMV your name and license number so it can confirm your hazmat training on the federal registry, then pass the TSA security threat assessment, which means pre-enrolling and giving fingerprints at a TSA enrollment site, not the DMV. Once TSA clears you, the DMV sends a letter and an exam office can add the endorsement.

Recreational vehicles, fire department emergency vehicles, military vehicles driven by service members (active duty, reserves, National Guard and Coast Guard), and covered farm vehicles kept within 150 miles of the farm or ranch, even across a state line.

Usually not. Nebraska treats you as grandfathered if you have held a CDL of the same class anywhere in the U.S., or had a learner permit issued before February 7, 2022. Training for Class A also covers Class B, so a later downgrade needs nothing new.

A CDL with both the Passenger (P) and School Bus (S) endorsements, and the S endorsement takes a written test and a skills test. The DMV stopped issuing separate School Bus Permits at the start of 2019, so the endorsement is the only route.

Yes. Driving any vehicle under the influence, refusing a test, leaving an accident scene or using a vehicle in a felony costs the CDL for one year (three with placarded hazmat), and a second offense means life. Serious violations in a personal vehicle also count when the court revokes or impounds your license.

A clean one. Over the last two years (or your whole history if you've driven one to two years) you must have held only one license at a time, had no suspension or revocation, no major offense such as DUI, no serious traffic violation and no at-fault crash. Non-domiciled drivers can't get one.

Some can. Under the Even Exchange waiver, drivers in jobs such as Army 88M or 92F, Marine Corps 3531 or Navy EO may waive the knowledge tests as well as the skills test, with a DD-2 or DD-214. Waiver users skip the CLP and ELDT; School Bus and Hazmat can't be waived.

Class B and C commercial vehicles too, as long as the license shows the endorsements the vehicle needs, and a Class B covers Class C the same way. Any Nebraska CDL also covers ordinary Class O vehicles, but not a motorcycle.

You take the vision test, but not the knowledge or skills tests you already passed, when you hand in a valid out-of-state CDL; the hazmat written test is the exception, and the examiner may still ask for a skills test. Nebraskans renewing up to a year after expiry also skip written tests they passed before, hazmat again excepted.

Since November 18, 2024, a driver whose Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse status is prohibited loses the commercial privileges on the license, a downgrade that lasts until the federal return-to-duty process is finished.

Once per renewal period, the DMV gives a one-time 90-day extension: a letter mailed on the expiry date, which you carry with the expired CDL while TSA finishes the security threat assessment.