2026 NATIONAL TRUCK DRIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Step Van Driving Championship Written Exam Instructions - Part 1 - The Trucking Industry

Sep 18, 2026

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Instructions and Part 1 questions for the 2026 National Truck Driving Championships and 2026 National Step Van Driving Championship written exam. The material explains how to complete the fill-in identification section, when to open the exam, and how to mark multiple-choice answers on the score sheet using the bubble method. It also sets timing guidance, rechecking rules, submission procedures, and includes ten industry-focused questions covering infrastructure, federal acts, regulations, inspections, and industry statistics.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

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Pages12

Reading Time30 min

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Instructions

General exam handling and answer marking

Timing, rechecking, and submission

Part 1 - The Trucking Industry

Questions 1-10

2026 NATIONAL TRUCK DRIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2026 NATIONAL STEP VAN DRIVING CHAMPIONSHIP WRITTEN EXAMINATION NAME ID NUMBER (PLEASE PRINT) (FROM SCORE SHEET) STATE COMPANY CLASS (Check one): 􀂅 Straight Truck 􀂅 3-Axle 􀂅 4-Axle 􀂅 5-Axle 􀂅 Flatbed 􀂅 Tank Truck 􀂅 Twins 􀂅 Sleeper Berth 􀂅 Step Van INSTRUCTIONS DO NOT OPEN THIS EXAMINATION UNTIL INSTRUCTED TO DO SO Fill-in the information requested above. You should have been given a Written Exam Score Sheet with your name, company, state, and class. Please verify that the information on the Written Exam Score Sheet is correct. If not, please let your Den Mothers know before the start of the Written Exam. This is a multiple-choice test. Read each question completely and carefully and then fill in (blacken) the bubble with the letter representing the correct answer on the Written Exam Score Sheet. DO NOT WRITE YOUR ANSWER ON THE EXAM. YOUR ANSWERS MUST BE ON THE SCORE SHEET. SAMPLE QUESTION: The ATA National Truck Driving Championships and National Step Van Driving Championships are conducted by: (A) Automotive Transport Association; (B) Affiliated Truckers of America; (C) American Trucking Associations; (D) Ace Truck Associates. ANSWER: A B C D There is only one correct best answer to each question based on the 2026 Facts for Drivers. Try to answer each one. This is a one-hour examination. Time signals will be given at approximately 15-minute intervals. As you complete one section, proceed immediately to the next section. -You may turn this page over to ﬁnish reading instructions- NTDC/NSVDC Written Exam Instructions – continued If you finish early, you may recheck your answers. If you change an answer, erase the first answer completely and be sure your change is legible and that there is no question as to which is your answer. Because these forms will be scanned, you must blacken in the bubble and erase well if you change your answer, you think there will be confusion as to what your answer is, please WRITE THE QUESTION NUMBER AND ANSWER ON THE BACK OF THE ANSWER SHEET (I.E. QUESTION 5: A) . Do not make stray marks on the FRONT OF THE Score Sheet. A separate blank sheet of paper is stapled to the back of this Written Exam. You may tear it off and write down the answer letter only next to the Question number, so that you can compare your answers against the Score Key posted outside the Bullpens after 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday; just outside Exhibit Hall A, and posted on the ATA Mobile App. When you finish, turn in the Written Exam questions and your Written Exam Score Sheet to one of the monitors in the room. Once you have turned in the Written Exam questions and your Written Exam Score Key you are free to leave for the day, with your Den Mother’s approval. A Post-Written Examination Review will not be conducted, but the Facts for Drivers page numbers where the answer can be found will be written next to the Question/Answer Letter on the posted Score Key. A copy of the test will be posted on the NTDC website following the competition. Good Luck! Don’t turn this page until instructed to begin. Part 1 – The Trucking Industry (Questions 1 – 10) 1. In 1919 Lieutenant Colonel Dwight D Eisenhower led a trip across country from the east to west coast. This trip took 62 days highlighting the need for a nationwide road network. How many years passed before he signed the Federal Highway Act into law? a. 31 b. 37 c. 29 d. 14 2. In 2021 the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act was passed and it required FMCSA todo 3 of these 4 things. Which one was not part of the act? a. Develop automatic emergency braking regulations. b. Incorporate the rear impact guard into the annual inspection requirements. c. Mandate the already developed driver apprentice program for 18-to 20-year-old drivers. d. Complete a large truck crash causation study. 3. What Act did away with bingo cards and established nationwide sta

FAQs

When may the examinee open the exam packet?

Open the examination only when instructed to do so.

How should answers be recorded on this test?

Read each question carefully, then fill in (blacken) the bubble corresponding to the correct letter on the Written Exam Score Sheet, not directly on the exam.

What happens if an examinee finishes early?

If finished early, the examinee may recheck answers; if changing an answer, erase the first answer completely and ensure the change is legible.

Sep 18, 2026

Uploaded by Margaret