Ontario Bus Driver Test 06

ONTARIO BUS DRIVER TEST 06

Bus drivers should have excellent communication skills to interact professionally and effectively with passengers, colleagues, and other drivers on the road. Bus drivers need to adhere strictly to traffic rules, regulations, and schedules, ensuring that they run on time and safely. It’s a highly rewarding career that demands excellent driving skills, customer service skills, and a high level of responsibility.

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Who is responsible for making sure that you have a valid Ontario driver's licence?

The police

The Ministry of Transport

Your employer

You

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When a school bus is moving in hot summer weather, the doors should be...?

Fully open

Closed and locked

Closed but not locked

Half open

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If you wish to report a driver for illegal passing of a school bus, you should do so to...?

The school board

The Ministry of Transport

Any of these

The police

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If you approach an intersection and the traffic lights are out of order, you should...?

Assume it is your right-of-way

Yield to vehicles from your left

Yield to vehicles from both right and left

Yield to vehicles from your right

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The school bus stopping law applies to...?

All vehicles carrying more than five children

All school purposes vehicles

All vehicles carrying adults with developmental disabilities

Only chrome yellow school buses

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If you fail to stop at an unprotected railway crossing when driving a bus, you will receive how many demerit points on your licence?

Five

Six

Three

Four

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If you try to escape the police when they have ordered you to stop, your licence will be suspended for a minimum of...?

Three years

Five years

One year

Four years

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First-time driving offenders under the Ontario Criminal Code will receive a licence suspension for at least...?

One year

One month

Six months

Two years

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When a school bus is in motion, passengers should be seated...?

At all times

Except when about to stop

Except when entering school grounds

Except when stopped at traffic lights

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When you stop to unload passengers from a school bus, you should make sure you have a clear view of the road in each direction for at least...?

50 m

100 m

150 m

200 m

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When you drive a regular school bus, you should arrange with the school administration that evacuation procedures are practiced at the beginning of the school year and then...?

Once a semester

Once a month

Once every six months

Once a week

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School buses must always stop at railway crossings, regardless of the state of any warning devices. They must stop at least how far from the nearest rail?

3 m

6 m

5 m

4 m

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You should not use your flashing red lights or stop arm on a school bus unless you are at least what distance from any intersection?

50 m

40 m

60 m

20 m

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When stopping a school bus to load or unload passengers, you should turn on your upper alternating red signal lights...?

If you are going to be stopped longer than 60 seconds

Before you stop

Just before you move away

As soon as you stop

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Once your school bus is stopped at a railway crossing, you must...?

Make only visual checks for approaching trains

Open the door to listen for approaching trains

Ask the passengers to listen for approaching trains

Climb out of the bus to check for approaching trains

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If you change your name or address from the one on your driver's licence, you must inform the Ministry of Transportation within...?

Six weeks

One week

One month

Six days

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A flashing yellow light at the traffic light means...?

Maintain your current speed straight through the intersection

Drive with caution in approaching and moving through the intersection

Come to a complete stop then proceed through the intersection with caution

Accelerate through the intersection

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Motorists approaching from behind when you are loading or unloading passengers with red signal lights flashing must stop at least how far behind your school bus?

15 m

20 m

10 m

5 m

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Passengers leaving a school bus should only cross in front of the bus at a distance of at least...?

1 m

5 m

2 m

3 m

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If you accumulate 15 points on your driver's licence, it will be suspended for...?

30 days

60 days

15 days

One week

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Class B and E (school bus) licence holders may only accumulate how many points before their licence is suspended?

Seven

Ten

Nine

Eight

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A vehicle requires regular inspections under the Highway Traffic Act if it is operated by or under contract to a school board or other authority in charge of a school for the transportation of how many children, adults with a developmental disability or a combination of both?

Seven

Five

Eight

Six

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Motorists approaching a school bus which is stopped with its red signal lights flashing must stop before reaching the bus unless...?

Any of these apply

The bus is only loading, not unloading

The road is divided by a median

The road has more than three lanes

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If you're faced with a flashing red light, it means you must...?

Come to a complete stop and wait for a green light

Come to a complete stop and move through the intersection when safe

Slow down and move across the intersection if it is clear

Proceed as normal unless the intersection is blocked

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Unless a sign prohibits it, you may turn right on a red light provided you...?

Come to a complete stop

See that the way is clear

Slow down to half your speed

Come to a complete stop and wait for the way to be clear

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When you are crossing railway tracks, you must not...?

Use the brakes

Steer off a straight line

Accelerate

Change gear

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Who is responsible for keeping a school bus clean?

The school board

The driver

The Ministry of Transport

The passengers

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The responsibility for the safety of the passengers on a school bus rests with...?

Accompanying teachers

The driver

The children

The school board

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When you're stopped at a red light, you must not move forward until...?

You have waited at least 60 seconds

The intersection is clear

It has changed to green and the intersection is clear

It has changed to green

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Transit vehicles have priority when a transit priority signal is on top of your regular traffic signal. What does it look like?

White vertical bar on dark background

Dark horizontal bar on white background

Dark vertical bar on white background

White horizontal bar on dark background

Your score is

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