Ontario Bus Driver Test 04

ONTARIO BUS DRIVER TEST 04

The job of a bus driver in Ontario requires a special license and the responsibility of transporting passengers from one destination to another safely and efficiently. A typical work day for a bus driver involves a variety of duties, such as navigating a predetermined route, adhering to traffic laws and regulations, and providing excellent customer service.

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If you have to drive on roads covered in snow, you should avoid...?

Sudden braking

All of these things

Sudden steering changes

Sudden acceleration

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Pavement is most slippery in a rainstorm...?

Just before the storm ends

Just after the storm starts

After it has been raining for half an hour

In the middle of the storm

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In foggy conditions, you should...?

Decrease your following distance

Any of these depending on speed

Maintain your following distance

Increase your following distance

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Before you start a new seven-day cycle, it is compulsory that you have how many consecutive hours off duty?

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After driving through water, you should test your brakes when safe to do so by stopping quickly and firmly from...?

70 km/h

50 km/h

60 km/h

40 km/h

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If your bus is equipped with ABS, you can expect your stopping distance to be shortened by...?

50%

10%

20%

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If your bus becomes stranded in severe weather, you should...?

Stay on the bus but send a search party of passengers to look for help

Leave the passengers on the bus and walk to the nearest habitation for help

Stay on the bus with your passengers until help arrives

Make all the passengers disembark and wait with them well off the road

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If you are driving on a 14 consecutive day cycle, after you have accumulated 70 hours on duty you must not continue to drive until you have had at least what period of consecutive off-duty hours?

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What are the most on-duty hours a bus driver can undertake in a seven consecutive day cycle?

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Before you start a new 14 day cycle, it is compulsory for you to have how many consecutive hours off duty?

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What is the limit on the standees on a city bus?

20% of seated capacity

40% of seated capacity

30% of seated capacity

There is no limit

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If fog suddenly descends and visibility declines rapidly, you should...?

Increase your speed to get to better conditions more quickly

Reduce your speed by 30%

Pull off the road and wait for conditions to improve

Sound your horn at regular intervals

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The best place to learn how to use antilock braking systems is...?

In urban traffic

On a quiet rural road

On a high-speed highway

On a private road

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If you are caught on icy roads with manual transmission and conventional tires, starting off may be easier if you start with the gear lever in...?

5th

3rd

4th

2nd

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If you are driving towards an oncoming vehicle with bright headlights, you should look...?

Up and to the right

Up at the roof of your vehicle

Down and to the left

Down into your lap

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Why should you avoid driving through puddles in rainy conditions?

They can hide potholes

For all these reasons

You could flood your engine

The spray may obscure the vision of other vehicles

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You should switch to low beam headlights when you get within what distance of an oncoming vehicle at night?

150 m

100 m

200 m

50 m

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When following another vehicle at night, you should switch to low beam headlights before you get within what distance of it?

60 m

50 m

40 m

70 m

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You do not need to keep the daily log if your driving does not take you further away than a radius of what distance from your start point?

160 km

200 km

180 km

140 km

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Most skids are a result of...?

Driving too fast for conditions

Objects in the road

Poor road maintenance

Driving with excessive caution

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You should be especially cautious in low temperatures if the road ahead looks...?

Dark gray

Gray / white

Black and shiny

White

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Which of these is the only element which it is not compulsory to include on your daily log?

The number plate of all buses you have driven that day

The number on your driver's licence

The odometer reading at the start of the day

The location at which your duty status has changed

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Under what circumstances is it permissible to keep the front access door of a bus open when moving?

When there is less than 50 m between bus stops

None

In very hot temperatures

When traveling at low speed

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While coordinating the clutch and accelerator when starting your bus, you should hold the vehicle with...?

Engine braking

The handbrake

The foot brake

Any of these

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Whatever cycle you are driving on, you must not drive unless you have had at least 24 consecutive off-duty hours at some point in the preceding...?

20 days

16 days

14 days

Month

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If you start to skid on a very slippery surface, you should...?

Do all of these things

Ease off the accelerator

Put the transmission in neutral

Ease off the brake

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What is the greatest number of on-duty hours a bus driver can accumulate in a 14 day consecutive cycle?

110

100

120

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In foggy conditions, what lighting should you use?

Hazard lights

Low beam headlights

No lights

High beam headlights

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As temperatures drop below freezing, which of these areas will freeze first?

Underpasses

High-speed highways

Overpasses

Urban roads

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As soon as bad weather is encountered, you should...?

Proceed as you were

Stop immediately

Speed up to get out of it

Slow down

Your score is

This practice test is designed to help drivers who want to apply for licences to operate buses, school buses and ambulances in Ontario. To begin your career in bus driving you must obtain your Ontario Class C, Class F, Class B, or Class E Bus Driver’s Licence. To obtain these licences, you are required to successfully complete a written knowledge test. Making certain you are adequately prepared for your written knowledge test will prevent you from wasting time and money. Taking practice bus driver’s licence tests is the best way to get prepared.

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