[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR383.133]



[Page 204]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 383_COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE STANDARDS; REQUIREMENTS AND 

PENALTIES--Table of Contents

 

                             Subpart H_Tests

 

Sec. 383.133  Testing methods.



    (a) All tests shall be constructed in such a way as to determine if 

the applicant possesses the required knowledge and skills contained in 

subpart G of this part for the type of motor vehicle or endorsement the 

applicant wishes to obtain.

    (b) States shall develop their own specifications for the tests for 

each vehicle group and endorsement which must be at least as stringent 

as the Federal standards.

    (c) States shall determine specific methods for scoring the 

knowledge and skills tests.

    (d) Passing scores must meet those standards contained in Sec. 

383.135.

    (e) Knowledge and skills tests shall be based solely on the 

information contained in the driver manuals referred to in Sec. 

383.131(a).

    (f) Each knowledge test shall be valid and reliable so as to assure 

that driver applicants possess the knowledge required under Sec. 

383.111.

    (g) Each basic knowledge test, i.e., the test covering the areas 

referred to in Sec. 383.111 for the applicable vehicle group, shall 

contain at least 30 items, exclusive of the number of items testing air 

brake knowledge. Each endorsement knowledge test, and the air brake 

component of the basic knowledge test as described in Sec. 383.111(g), 

shall contain a number of questions that is sufficient to test the 

driver applicant's knowledge of the required subject matter with 

validity and reliability.

    (h) The skills tests shall have administrative procedures, designed 

to achieve interexaminer reliability, that are sufficient to ensure 

fairness of pass/fail rates.