South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 38 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Article 5 - STATE TRANSPORT POLICE REGULATIONS
Subarticle 1 - UNMANUFACTURED FOREST PRODUCTS TRUCKING REGULATIONS
Part 38-383 - COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE STANDARDS; REQUIREMENTS AND PENALTIES
Subpart H - TESTS
Section 38-383.133 - 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 38-382 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 Regulation 38-383.135.

(e) Knowledge and skills tests shall be based solely on the information contained in the driver manuals referred to in Regulation 38-383.131(a).

(f) Each knowledge test shall be valid and reliable so as to assure that driver applicants possess the knowledge required under Regulation 38-383.111.

(g) Each basic knowledge test, i.e., the test covering the areas referred to in Regulation Regulation 38-383.111 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 Regulation Regulation 38-383.111(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 inter-examiner reliability, that are sufficient to ensure fairness of pass/fail rates.