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 does a broken yellow line indicate?

Passing not permitted

Passing required

Passing at low speed

Passing is allowed if safe

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

Whoever is there first

A loaded truck

I bigger truck

The truck on the 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

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

Maintain speed and get through the intersection safely

Quickly stop your vehicle

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

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

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

Unload the vehicle and drive it slowly to the maintenance yard

None of the above

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What does HOV stand for?

High Occupancy Vehicle

Heavy Occupied Vehicle

Heavy Oversized Vehicle

Hydraulic Oversized Vehicle

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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?

Yes

Only if they are in your way

If everyone else is

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Are you permitted to operate unlicensed vehicles on industrial roads?

Only during specific hours

Not unless the vehicle is empty of cargo

Yes, provided you have a crossing permit

Never

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What do lane control signal do?

They control the speed of each vehicle in the lane

They indicate which lanes are open for driving

None of the above

They control the amount of vehicles in each lane

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What does a flashing green circular traffic light indicate?

Go only if the intersection is clear

Right turns only

None of the above

Left turns only

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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

After stopping, may turn right

None of the above

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

Industrial roads have no signage

None of the above

Industrial signs are closed to the public

Industrial roads are often rougher and present different types of conditions

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

Stop and wait until the lights go out

None of the above

Stop and proceed when safe

Stop and wait until the flagman waves you through

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What is referred to as a turnout?

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

A place drivers move to inspect their vehicle

A place drivers can move to sleep

It's a rest stop

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What happens when your brakes overheat?

The brakes grab quicker than normal

Nothing

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

The brake shoes fall off

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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

24 hours, 7 days a week

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

24 hours a day on school days

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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?

Sound your horn

Put on your hazard lights

Slow down and look

Stop

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Are you allowed to cross a solid white lane marking?

If safe to do so

Yes

Only if no other traffic around

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By definition, what is an industrial road?

Roads only used by commercial vehicles

Unmanned roads

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

Any road in and industrial area

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

Slow down and proceed with caution

Maintain speed but proceed with caution

Stop if it's safe to do so

Keep going but put hazard lights on

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Are you allowed to drive across painted traffic islands?

Yes

Yes, if traffic permits

Yes, if the rest of the lane is blocked

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Are you allowed to disregard any of the regulatory signs

Yes

Only the ones in green

Only the ones with a black border around the sign

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

Give right of way to a loaded truck

The bigger of the two trucks

The more aggressive driver

Whoever arrives first

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

They use water instead of air for braking

None of the above

To help prevent the brake drum overheating

As a lubricant

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What does a double yellow broken line indicate?

Passing allowed

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

No passing allowed

It's a centre turning lane

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

You don't

The side with lines going down

Either side is fine

The side with lines going up

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Do industrial roads have runaway lanes?

Not usually

In unpopulated areas

Only in built-up areas

Yes they do

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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 owner of the vehicle

The driver

The carrier

The NSC

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What's an off-highway endorsement?

An industrial air brake endorsement

None of the above

A logging truck

An unlicensed vehicle

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What must you do when approaching a yield sign?

Stop and look all directions for approaching traffic

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

Give right-of-way to traffic on your right

Give right-of-way to other vehicles only

30 / 30

Are you allowed to pass across a double yellow line?

Only pass with extreme caution

Farm vehicles are the only ones allowed to be passed

Yes

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