BC Commercial Driver Test 08

Practice tests allow you to identify areas of weakness and work on them until you’re confident and ready to take the official exam. Passing your official exam with flying colors requires focus, attention to detail, and a deep understanding of the regulations specific to BC. By preparing rigorously for the exam, you can pass with flying colors and start your commercial driving career on the right foot.

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What must you do when approaching a yield sign?

Give the right-of-way to other vehicles and crossing pedestrians

Stop and look all directions for approaching traffic

Give right-of-way to traffic on your right

Give right-of-way to other vehicles only

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What does a flashing green circular traffic light indicate?

Left turns only

Right turns only

Go only if the intersection is clear

None of the above

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What does a double yellow broken line indicate?

Passing allowed

No passing allowed

It's a centre turning lane

The lane is reversible as the lane control signal will show whether you may use this lane

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What does HOV stand for?

Hydraulic Oversized Vehicle

Heavy Occupied Vehicle

Heavy Oversized Vehicle

High Occupancy Vehicle

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What must you do when approaching a railway crossing that displays flashing red lights?

None of the above

Stop and wait until the flagman waves you through

Stop and proceed when safe

Stop and wait until the lights go out

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What determines which truck should turn out on a narrow industrial road?

The bigger of the two trucks

Give right of way to a loaded truck

Whoever arrives first

The more aggressive driver

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Are you allowed to pass across a double yellow line?

Yes

Farm vehicles are the only ones allowed to be passed

Only pass with extreme caution

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What is referred to as a turnout?

A place drivers move to inspect their vehicle

It's a rest stop

A place to pull off the road so that other vehicles may pass

A place drivers can move to sleep

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Whose responsibility is it to immediately take all reasonable emergency measures to repair, remedy or reduce any danger to life, health, property or the environment whenever there's a dangerous goods incident?

The carrier

The NSC

The owner of the vehicle

The driver

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Are you allowed to cross a solid white lane marking?

Yes

Only if no other traffic around

If safe to do so

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In a school zone, if the tab underneath, how long does that speed limit remain in effect?

From dawn to dusk

From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on school days

24 hours a day on school days

24 hours, 7 days a week

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Do industrial roads have runaway lanes?

In unpopulated areas

Not usually

Yes they do

Only in built-up areas

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What do you do before you cross any railway line that intersects with a public or private road when you're driving crew cars with passengers in them?

Put on your hazard lights

Stop

Sound your horn

Slow down and look

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What can you do when approaching a flashing green arrow with a solid red light?

Only turn in the direction of the green arrow

After stopping, may go straight

None of the above

After stopping, may turn right

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What do you do when the yellow advance left turn signal comes on?

Speed up and get through the intersection safely

Quickly stop your vehicle

Slow down and stop before the intersection unless you can't safely stop in time

Maintain speed and get through the intersection safely

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If you perform a brake test and find that the brakes aren't operating safely, what should you do?

Only drive it on industrial roads, not public roads where there can be more traffic

Park it and don't drive the vehicle until the brakes are repaired

None of the above

Unload the vehicle and drive it slowly to the maintenance yard

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When there are construction signs with a traffic-control person, do you need to obey them even though the laws say something different?

If everyone else is

Yes

Only if they are in your way

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Some of these commercial vehicles use water with their brakes. What do they use it for?

None of the above

As a lubricant

They use water instead of air for braking

To help prevent the brake drum overheating

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What's an off-highway endorsement?

None of the above

An industrial air brake endorsement

A logging truck

An unlicensed vehicle

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By definition, what is an industrial road?

Any road in and industrial area

Roads only used by commercial vehicles

Any road that exists for the transportation of natural resources, machinery, materials or personnel

Unmanned roads

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Are you allowed to drive across painted traffic islands?

Yes, if traffic permits

Yes, if the rest of the lane is blocked

Yes

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Who has the right-of-way on a steep hill on an industrial road?

A loaded truck

I bigger truck

The truck on the right

Whoever is there first

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What's the difference between an industrial road and public roads?

Industrial roads are often rougher and present different types of conditions

Industrial roads have no signage

Industrial signs are closed to the public

None of the above

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Are you allowed to disregard any of the regulatory signs

Only the ones in green

Only the ones with a black border around the sign

Yes

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What do lane control signal do?

They control the amount of vehicles in each lane

They control the speed of each vehicle in the lane

They indicate which lanes are open for driving

None of the above

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Which side of an object marker sign do you drive toward?

The side with lines going down

You don't

The side with lines going up

Either side is fine

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If the lane control signals over all of the lanes are flashing yellow, what do you do?

Stop if it's safe to do so

Maintain speed but proceed with caution

Keep going but put hazard lights on

Slow down and proceed with caution

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What does a broken yellow line indicate?

Passing at low speed

Passing not permitted

Passing required

Passing is allowed if safe

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What happens when your brakes overheat?

The drums expand away from the brake shoes, reducing your vehicle's braking efficiency

Nothing

The brakes grab quicker than normal

The brake shoes fall off

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Are you permitted to operate unlicensed vehicles on industrial roads?

Not unless the vehicle is empty of cargo

Never

Yes, provided you have a crossing permit

Only during specific hours

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