West Virginia CDL Practice Test

The WV DMV doesn’t publish its test sizes; you need at least 80% on each test. Our practice tests use the usual CDL format: General Knowledge 50 questions (40 to pass), Air Brakes 25 (20), Hazmat 30 (24), and Combination, Tank, Doubles/Triples, Passenger and School Bus 20 each (16). West Virginia Commercial Driver’s License Manual p. XXIV

The West Virginia Commercial Driver’s License Manual (rev. 08/2023): West Virginia’s own chapters on licensing rules, exemptions, medical rules, restrictions, testing, speed limits, points and disqualifications, followed by the AAMVA sections on inspection, safe driving, cargo, passengers, air brakes, combination vehicles, doubles and triples, tankers, hazmat and school buses. West Virginia Commercial Driver’s License Manual p. VI to 10-11

No. After failing any part you wait seven days to retest, and one testing fee covers three attempts. Hazmat tests can’t be given orally. West Virginia Commercial Driver’s License Manual p. XXIV

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 West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles. Why 80% in every state →

Be at least 18 with at least one year of licensed driving (and a Level 3 GDL or Class E license), and pass the vision, physical standards and knowledge tests. A CDL holder licensed for the vehicle must ride in the passenger seat. Hold the CLP 14 days before the road skills test, and carry both the CLP and your regular license.

Up to one year. The DMV’s CDL page says the permit may not exceed one year and cannot be renewed.

With a certified third-party examiner, after holding your CLP for 14 days. The state doesn’t supply test vehicles: bring a safe, legally equipped vehicle of the class you’re testing for, and come with a CDL driver endorsed for it.

Yes, if you never held a CDL before February 7, 2022, and for a first P, S or H endorsement.

Transfer it within 30 days of establishing residency and surrender the old license. Bring proof of identity and residency, your out-of-state license or a certified driving record, and a medical certificate submitted electronically by your provider; a hazmat endorsement needs the TSA check approved first.

Nonresidents 21 or older with another state's CDL, firefighters and rescue drivers while their emergency vehicle permit is in force, operators of off-road construction and mining equipment crossing a road (no more than 500 feet on it), and people driving RVs or rental trucks for personal use. Farmers have a separate exemption.

Not if the farmer or a farm vehicle driver uses the vehicle only to carry farm products, machinery or supplies, not as a common or contract carrier, within 150 miles of the farm. You must apply for a certificate of exemption on form DMV-CDL-8, certified by your county tax office.

A non-commercial license for people whose main job is carrying passengers or property for pay; you need to be 18 with a year of licensed driving. It isn't needed for vehicles under 10,001 pounds, and Class D drivers of vehicles 10,001 pounds or more need a DOT medical certificate.

No. A Class C CDL is for smaller vehicles that carry 16 or more people or placarded hazardous materials, so it must carry a passenger endorsement, a hazmat endorsement or both.

Under the Drive for Five program, on your birthday in a year when your age divides by five, so a CDL normally runs five years; your first one may last three to seven years to fit that cycle. A CDL issued before you turn 21 expires on your 21st birthday.

Only the skills test. A licensed service member whose military job involved driving vehicles equivalent to a CMV can apply for the skills test waiver, but the knowledge tests still have to be passed, and passenger and school bus endorsements can't be obtained through the waiver.

School bus drivers and government employees whose jobs require a CDL count as excepted and must show their current School Bus Certification card or a letter on agency letterhead. Everyone else in non-excepted interstate commerce needs a physical from a National Registry examiner, submitted electronically. If you can’t be certified, ask about an FMCSA (interstate) or West Virginia intrastate medical waiver.

If you can't meet the federal physical standards, send a CDL application, your DOT medical certificate and a physician's letter giving the reason you were disqualified and whether it affects safe CMV driving. The DMV's Medical Review Team decides. A waiver valid in all 50 states has to come from FMCSA instead.

Ten days after it expires, your CDL medical status turns to Not Certified. If no valid certificate arrives within 30 days of expiry, the CDL is downgraded to a non-commercial Class E license. Certificates over two years old, or with less than 30 days left, aren't accepted.

H hazmat (retest at renewal and transfer), N tank, P passenger and S school bus (road skills test required), T doubles/triples, X hazmat and tank, and F motorcycle. Restrictions include K (West Virginia only: drivers under 21 or with a medical waiver), M (Class B and C buses only) and N (buses of 26,000 pounds and under).

A TSA fingerprint and background check through Universal Enrollment Services first; then bring the approval letter to the DMV to take the hazmat test. On renewal of an unexpired CDL you get three attempts to pass.

File the CDL-1 application as a license update once any knowledge tests you need, such as combination or air brakes, are done. You're issued a CLP and must pass a road skills test in the new class; a skills test is also how you remove an air brake restriction.

Yes. Passenger and school bus endorsements both need a road skills test. If you already hold a CDL and only add or update the passenger endorsement, it's issued as a duplicate license and your expiration date stays the same.

None measurable: no one may drive a CMV with any measurable alcohol, and refusing a preliminary breath test means 24 hours out of service. Refusing a chemical test suspends the driving privilege for at least a year. West Virginia Commercial Driver’s License Manual p. XXVII

180 days of disqualification for a first violation, two years for a second within ten years and three years for a third (three years for a second or third when hauling placarded hazmat or driving a vehicle for 16 or more people). West Virginia Commercial Driver’s License Manual p. XXXVI

Unless signs say otherwise, 70 mph on interstates for all vehicles, 55 mph on open highways, 25 mph in business and residential areas, and 15 mph in school zones while children are present.

Each moving violation adds points, and 12 or more suspend your driving privilege. An eight-hour defensive driving course takes three points off. Points stay on your record for at least two years and convictions for ten, and tickets from other states are added to your West Virginia record.