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Chapter 1: getting your driver’s licence

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1. Who is responsible to ensure that your vehicle is properly insured for used during your road test?

ICBC

The individual who has a test

The company you work for

The person who owns the vehicle

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2. Once you receive your commercial driver's licence, your driving record will:

Be checked periodically by the provincial government.

Be checked periodically by the company that employs you as a commercial driver.

Become a matter of public record.

Be checked periodically by ICBC.

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3. A "special vehicle" is:

A car or truck you really like.

A vehicle which seats no more than 10 people, and which provides public transportation for people with disabilities.

A bus which seats more than 10 people.

A school bus which seats no more than 10 people.

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4. To see the area not directly in front of you, you use:

side vision

corner vision

central vision

peripheral vision

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5. What age must you be to hold a commercial driver's licence?

18 years for Class 3, 19 years for classes 1, 2 and 4.

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6. National safety code is used to

To set out minimum safety standards for carriers

To find non-commercial vehicle for accident

To inspect only the buses

To find commercial vehicle accident

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7. Which one of the vehicles is Not in Class 4 restricted

Ambulance

Special vehicles with a seating capacity of not more than 10 persons

Limousines

Bus with maximum seating capacity of 25 persons

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8. How do you downgrade from a commercial to a non-commercial licence?

Apply for a downgrade at a driver licensing office.

Do nothing.

Requalify for the lower licence class.

Allow the licence to lapse by not submitting your Driver's Medical Examination Report form.

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9. To get a commercial license you must already hold ....driver's license.

A class 5

Out of province equivalent with class 5

All the answers are correct

A Class 6

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10. When operating a ride-hailing vehicle with a learner’s licence, you can transport:

3 passengers

up to 5 passengers, including your qualified supervisor

up to 3 passengers, including your qualified supervisor

no passengers, other than your qualified supervisor

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11. The NSC requires most commercial drivers to complete trip inspections;NSC stands for:

National Safety Council

National Safety Code

National Security Council

National Senior Certificate

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12. When you apply for a commercial driver's licence you will Not:

be asked if you have certain medical condition that may affect your ability to hold a commercial driver's licence

be given a Driver's Medical Examination form that your doctor needs to complete and send to RoadSafetyBC.

be asked a blood test result

be required to complete a declaration form regarding medical condition

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13. Pre-trip inspection must always be done ....

at the end of the day

after each trip

before the last run of the day

before the first run of the day

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14. You need to provide an appropriate vehicle when you take your road test. Make sure that,

the vehicle meet safety standards, valid registration licence, and insurance papers are in the vehicle

the vehicle is in good condition

you have enough fuel, good tires, and meet safety standards

you have enough fuel for your road test

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15. When operating a bus, taxi, ride-hailing vehicle or ambulance with a learner's licence,

you can drive with passengers and patient

no passengers permitted other than your supervisor

no passengers permitted other than your supervisor and other learners being trained to operate the same class

you are not allowed to drive with passengers and patient

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16. What class of license must you already hold to apply for a commercial driver's license?

Class 5

Class 6

Class 8

Class 5 & 6

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17. Commercial vehicles used for road tests may contain

Steel plates

Un-baffled liquids or dry bulk

Dangerous goods or explosives

Oversized loads

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18. What is the purpose of the National Safety Code?

Does not apply in British Columbia as it has been deemed ultra vires under the Highway Traffic Act

To annoy drivers by putting in regulations that curtail the number of hours that they can operate a commercial vehicle

To protect the driving public from bad taxi and limo drivers

To set out minimum safety standards for commercial vehicles, drivers and carriers operating in Canada

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19. Peripheral vision means;

Your ability to read from a distance

Your ability to tell how close objects are

Your ability to distinguish red, green, and amber

Your ability to see objects on each side of you

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20. The National Safety Code:

Sets out minimum safety standard for all drivers and vehicles

Sets out maximum safety standard for all commercial drivers, vehicles and carriers in Canada

Sets out maximum safety standard for all drivers and vehicles

Sets out minimum safety standard for all commercial drivers, vehicles and carriers in Canada

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21. Is a higher vision standard required for commercial drivers than for Class 5 drivers?

Yes

only if you come from other jurisdictions

unless they wear corrective lenses

Your score is

The average score is 80%