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  • Updated for March 2025
  • Based on 2025 MA commercial driver's license manual

Free MA CDL Double/Triple Trailers Practice Test 2025

Want to pull doubles in Massachusetts? (Massachusetts does not allow triple trailers.) You must hold a Class A CDL and obtain a Double/Triple (T) endorsement on your CDL. The limited number of drivers with this endorsement and their specialized skills and additional responsibilities place them in high demand.

In Massachusetts, as in much of the rest of the nation, the logistics and retail sectors make heavy use of double trailers for efficient transport. In intermodal shipping, double-trailer trucks transport containers and bulk goods between the state’s seaports, rail hubs, and distribution centers. Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) carriers, such as XPO Logistics, use doubles to transport cargo between warehouses and distribution hubs. Wholesale and retail distributors, such as BJ’s Wholesale Club Distribution Center and Stop & Shop Distribution Center, use double trailers to transport goods between warehouses and retail locations.

In Massachusetts, however, double-trailer trucks are heavily restricted in metropolitan areas, especially Boston. For example, when driving eastward toward Boston, you may only use I-90 from the New York state line to the I-95 interchange in Weston. You may not use any of the Boston tunnels.

To obtain the Double/Triple endorsement on your CDL, you must pass the Double/Triple knowledge test. This test covers such topics as safe handling, air brakes on doubles and triples, coupling and uncoupling, emergency situations, pre-trip inspections, and state and federal regulations on doubles and triples. (No special skills test is required for this endorsement.)

This knowledge test is based on the official Massachusetts CDL manual (Massachusetts CDL Handbook 2025), especially Chapter 7: Doubles and Triples. We can help ensure you’ll pass the knowledge test on your first try – something you can’t ensure just by reading the manual.

This Massachusetts Doubles and Triples Endorsement Practice Test, the first of five we offer, is based on the official CDL manual, just like the official Double/Triple knowledge test. It’s up to date as of March 2025. The 20 multiple-choice practice questions and answers on this practice test deal with air lines, converter dollies, coupling, emergency situations, following distance, and rearward amplification.

Our AI Assistant can give you a hint or further elaboration if you get stuck on a question or an immediate explanation of the correct answer if you still miss the question. You can also ask it your own questions about driving.

This practice test isn’t timed; take all the time you want. Disappointed with your final score? You can retake this practice test as often as you wish. Each time, the order of the questions will be randomized.

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

What you need to know

5 out of 5 • 4 votes
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 MA RMV exam

20

questions

16

correct answers to pass

80%

passing score

List of questions (classic view)

  1. When you're pulling more than one trailer, which trailer should be the first one behind the tractor?
  2. Which of these statements about quick steering movements and doubles/triples is true?
  3. You are driving a 100-foot double trailer combination at 50 mph. The road is dry and visibility is good. You should keep at least ____ seconds of space ahead of you.
  4. Before connecting a converter dolly to a second or third trailer, you should check the height of the trailer. The trailer height is right if
  5. You are driving a 100-foot double trailer combination at 30 mph. The road is dry and visibility is good. You should keep at least ____ seconds of space ahead of you.
  6. With the hand valve on, you should test the trailer brakes by opening the service line valve at the rear of the rig. When you do this, you should hear
  7. Empty trucks
  8. Which of these statements about handling doubles and triples is true?
  9. Before you can supply air to the air tanks of a second trailer, you need to
  10. You are driving with double trailers and must use your brakes to avoid a crash. For emergency braking, you should
  11. How can you be sure that you supplied air to a second trailer?
  12. What is likely to happen if the pintle hook is unlocked while the dolly is still under the second trailer?
  13. You want to hook your combination to a second trailer that does not have spring brakes. To do this without wheel chocks, you should
  14. Which of these statements about managing space to the sides is true?
  15. The crack-the-whip effect that troubles trucks with trailers is most likely to tip over
  16. You are visually checking the coupling of a converter dolly to the rear trailer. How much space should there be between the upper and lower fifth wheel?
  17. You are pulling doubles. A set of trailer wheels goes into a skid. Which of the following is most likely to occur?
  18. You are doing a walk-around inspection of a double or triple trailer rig. You should be sure that the converter dolly air tank drain valves are ______ and the pintle hook is _______.
  19. A converter dolly is
  20. A converter dolly consists of a ______ wheel and ________ axles.
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