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

In very hot temperatures

When there is less than 50 m between bus stops

None

When traveling at low speed

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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

40 km/h

60 km/h

50 km/h

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

Reduce your speed by 30%

Sound your horn at regular intervals

Increase your speed to get to better conditions more quickly

Pull off the road and wait for conditions to improve

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

Down into your lap

Up and to the right

Down and to the left

Up at the roof of your vehicle

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

The odometer reading at the start of the day

The number on your driver's licence

The location at which your duty status has changed

The number plate of all buses you have driven that day

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

Sudden acceleration

Sudden braking

Sudden steering changes

All of these things

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

Black and shiny

White

Gray / white

Dark gray

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

Stay on the bus with your passengers until help arrives

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

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

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

The handbrake

Engine braking

Any of these

The foot brake

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

30% of seated capacity

There is no limit

20% of seated capacity

40% of seated capacity

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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

2nd

4th

3rd

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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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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...?

16 days

Month

20 days

14 days

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

Overpasses

Underpasses

High-speed highways

Urban roads

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

50%

20%

10%

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

Stop immediately

Slow down

Speed up to get out of it

Proceed as you were

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Most skids are a result of...?

Driving too fast for conditions

Poor road maintenance

Objects in the road

Driving with excessive caution

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

On a quiet rural road

On a high-speed highway

In urban traffic

On a private road

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

Do all of these things

Put the transmission in neutral

Ease off the accelerator

Ease off the brake

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Why should you avoid driving through puddles in rainy conditions?

For all these reasons

They can hide potholes

The spray may obscure the vision of other vehicles

You could flood your engine

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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?

40 m

50 m

60 m

70 m

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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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In foggy conditions, you should...?

Maintain your following distance

Decrease your following distance

Any of these depending on speed

Increase your following distance

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

120

110

100

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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?

140 km

200 km

160 km

180 km

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Pavement is most slippery in a rainstorm...?

Just before the storm ends

After it has been raining for half an hour

Just after the storm starts

In the middle of the storm

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

100 m

200 m

50 m

150 m

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In foggy conditions, what lighting should you use?

Hazard lights

High beam headlights

No lights

Low beam headlights

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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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