Vehicle Loading Practice Questions
About This Topic
Load security is a professional discipline in itself. This module tests how to restrain different load types, how weight distribution affects braking and cornering in a large vehicle, and the special handling of tankers, curtain-siders and demountable bodies. An insecure load is both an offence and a genuine danger.
What the DVSA tests here
- Choosing restraints: ropes, straps, chains and load-rated nets
- How part-loads and high loads change a vehicle's stability
- Special cases: the wave effect in tankers, livestock and hanging loads
Practising this topic
This section holds 70 practice questions on vehicle loading, each followed by a clear explanation of the right answer. The LGV and PCV multiple-choice exam runs to 100 questions with a pass mark of 85, drawing on every module in the vocational syllabus. Revisit your wrong answers a day or two later — spaced repetition works far better than answering the same questions back to back.
In the run-up to test day
Professional drivers usually revise around shifts, which makes short, focused sessions the practical choice: a module like this one can be reviewed in fifteen minutes at the start or end of a working day. Treat exact figures — weights, hours, pressures and speed limits — as facts to memorise rather than rules of thumb, because the exam tests them precisely. Once the module feels secure, fold it into 100-question mock papers so your accuracy holds across the full hour and fifty-five minutes of the real test.