New Hampshire Class A CDL Practice Questions and Guide

A New Hampshire CDL generally cannot be issued to a person under 18. A commercial driver who intends to operate in interstate commerce or transport hazardous materials must be at least 21 under the cited state rule and federal interstate age rule.

The application must include the applicant’s full name, current mailing and residential addresses, physical description, date of birth, Social Security number unless the statutory foreign-jurisdiction exception applies, signature, driver-qualification certifications, and other information required by the department. Before an original CDL is issued, New Hampshire rules also require positive proof of identification.

An original CDL applicant must pass the vision examination, the appropriate knowledge examination or examinations, and the road skills examination. The road skills examination consists of vehicle inspection, basic control skills, and a road test. First-time Class A applicants subject to ELDT must complete applicable training before the skills test, and FMCSA requires the CLP to be held for at least 14 days before skills-test eligibility.

The passing grade for each New Hampshire CDL knowledge examination is 80 percent. For a standard Class A combination vehicle, the vehicle-inspection score must be no more than 10 points; the basic-control-skills score must be no more than 8 points; and the road-test score must be no more than 30 points, with listed unsafe acts or other specified events causing immediate failure.

This 100-question practice bank intentionally includes general knowledge plus air-brake, combination, hazardous-materials, tank, doubles/triples, passenger, and school-bus modules. New Hampshire requires endorsement or equipment-specific examinations only when the applicant’s requested credential or intended vehicle operation makes them applicable, so not every Class A applicant needs every module represented here.