Welcome to your Bus Practice Test
1.
Driver's Rest Hours and Rest Periods
Which of these may happen if a driver breaches EC tachograph rules? (Choose TWO)
2.
Vehicle Condition
What helps prevent moisture freezing in air storage tanks during very cold weather?
3.
The Road
Which places may be difficult for high-sided vehicles in wind? (Choose TWO)
4.
Carrying Passengers
How can you help a passenger who has difficulty walking?
5.
Restricted View
What is a blind spot on a large vehicle?
6.
The Driver
Which mirror should you check when passing school children close to the kerb?
7.
Other Road Users
Who should you look out for at a toucan crossing?
8.
Carrying Passengers
During which activities must a bus driver not drive?
9.
The Driver
How should you help following vehicles overtake your slow vehicle when on a narrow road?
10.
Environmental Issues
Who is especially at risk from spilled diesel on the road?
11.
The Driver
Which of these will be a likely consequence of a conviction for driving while unfit through drink or drugs?
12.
The Road
What is the two-second rule used for?
13.
Documents
What is the minimum Driver CPC training required every five years?
14.
Driver's Rest Hours and Rest Periods
If your vehicle’s tachograph develops a fault, it may be repaired on return to base only if this can be done within
15.
Restricted View
What does an additional nearside mirror usually help you see?
16.
The Road
When may you use hazard warning lights while your vehicle is moving?
17.
Restricted View
What should you check first before moving left?
18.
Carrying Passengers
Why might you be unable to admit a wheelchair passenger?
19.
Carrying Passengers
Which of these are potential hazards when driving a double-decker bus on a steep camber? (Choose THREE)
20.
The Driver
You are unsure whether cough medicine affects driving. What should you do? (Choose TWO)
21.
The Driver
Using a mobile phone while driving
22.
Other Road Users
What should you do if a wheelchair user is waiting at a zebra crossing?
23.
The Road
Why must your lights be clean and working properly at night? (Choose THREE)
24.
Environmental Issues
What is a benefit of planning ahead and spotting hazards early?
25.
Vehicle Weights and Dimensions
Where may a large vehicle be parked at night without showing lights?
26.
Driver's Rest Hours and Rest Periods
On how many days in a week may the EC daily driving limit be extended from nine hours to ten?
27.
Braking Systems
How can wheel lock be controlled during heavy braking without anti-lock brakes?
28.
Accident Handling
How can you help stop heavy bleeding from someone’s arm? (Choose TWO)
29.
Carrying Passengers
Which of these is a use of internal mirrors on a double-decker?
30.
Vehicle Condition
What should you do if thick black smoke comes from the exhaust?
31.
Carrying Passengers
If the public can access your parked bus, what should be in place? (Choose TWO)
32.
Leaving the Vehicle
What should you check before leaving the cab? (Choose THREE)
33.
The Road
Continuous braking may overheat the brakes and cause
34.
Accident Handling
You are involved in an accident. What must you do?
35.
Other Road Users
How will a school crossing patrol tell you to stop?
36.
Vehicle Weights and Dimensions
A bus that is required to have a speed limiter will normally have it set to what speed?
37.
The Road
When should you switch off fog lights?
38.
Traffic Signs
Which of these signs instructs you to turn right?
39.
Documents
Which condition may prevent you from getting a lorry or bus licence?
40.
Other Road Users
Which road users are vulnerable at night in built-up areas?
41.
Carrying Passengers
Someone boarding has a white stick with a red band. What does it mean?
42.
Accident Handling
What should you do with a casualty in a vehicle when the accident area is safe?
43.
Vehicle Weights and Dimensions
What should be your main concern when approaching this sign?
44.
Traffic Signs
What is the meaning of this sign?
45.
Driver's Rest Hours and Rest Periods
If you have to go beyond the normal drivers’ hours because of an emergency, what must you do?
46.
Vehicle Condition
Why should you take extra care when using full steering lock in a three-axle double-deck bus?
47.
Other Road Users
How should you overtake horse riders?
48.
Other Road Users
What is especially dangerous for motorcyclists filtering through slow traffic? (Choose TWO)
49.
Vehicle Condition
Why should tyres be checked more often on a three-axle coach?
50.
Leaving the Vehicle
What must you check before leaving a parked bus?
51.
The Driver
What is the proper use of the horn?
52.
Vehicle Weights and Dimensions
When approaching this hazard in a long vehicle, which vehicle dimension matters most?
53.
Vehicle Condition
What should you do if you find an air leak in the braking system?
54.
Carrying Passengers
On a steeply cambered road in a double-decker, what hazard needs special attention?
56.
Driver's Rest Hours and Rest Periods
What should you do if you suddenly feel tired while driving on a motorway?
57.
Other Road Users
What could scare horses when you overtake them? (Choose TWO)
58.
Traffic Signs
Which of these signs forbids entry to motorised vehicles?
59.
Driver's Rest Hours and Rest Periods
If an enforcement officer retains your tachograph record, what should they put on the replacement chart? (Choose TWO)
60.
Vehicle Weights and Dimensions
What is the meaning of this sign?
61.
The Road
In heavy rain, what minimum braking gap should you allow?
62.
Vehicle Condition
When should a coach driver always wear gloves? (Choose TWO)
63.
Environmental Issues
What must you check after refuelling your bus?
64.
Vehicle Condition
What effect can long motorway journeys at higher speeds have on tyres?
65.
Other Road Users
What do yellow zigzag lines outside schools mean?
66.
Vehicle Condition
What does this instrument-panel warning light mean?
67.
Braking Systems
Before driving an unfamiliar air-braked vehicle, why should you check the brake reservoir?
68.
Traffic Signs
Which of these signs prohibits cycling?
69.
Driver's Rest Hours and Rest Periods
How often must an analogue tachograph be recalibrated under EC rules?
70.
Traffic Signs
What is the meaning of this sign?
71.
Traffic Signs
Which of these signs removes a minimum speed requirement?
72.
Documents
What is the minimum block length for Driver CPC periodic training?
73.
The Road
Why should a large vehicle reduce speed when driving on a wet motorway?
74.
Vehicle Condition
What must you check when inspecting bus tyres? (Choose FOUR)
75.
The Driver
A hands-free phone is installed in your vehicle. Using it while moving
76.
Documents
What document should you produce at immigration control on an international journey?
77.
Accident Handling
What should be the first priorities when at a serious motorcycle accident and there is an unconcious casulty? (Choose THREE)
78.
The Driver
What should you do if you are driving a slow vehicle on a narrow road with traffic behind?
79.
The Driver
A car emerges and forces you to brake. What is the right response?
80.
The Driver
What does a flashing amber light indicate at a pelican crossing?
81.
Braking Systems
Where would you expect to see an escape lane?
82.
Traffic Signs
What is the meaning of this sign?
83.
The Driver
What is the main safety purpose of a correctly adjusted head restraint?
84.
Environmental Issues
How can you help ease traffic congestion?
85.
Environmental Issues
When may you sound your horn in a built-up area between 11.30 pm and 7 am?
86.
The Driver
How does alcohol affect driving ability?
87.
Environmental Issues
What should you do if parked briefly in town while planning a route?
88.
The Road
Why be alert for motorcyclists in gusty motorway winds?
89.
Documents
What licence category do you need to drive an articulated bus?
90.
Driver's Rest Hours and Rest Periods
Which of these tachograph symbols records that a driver is driving?
91.
The Road
What should you do when you're at a T-junction and a vehicle from your right signals left?
92.
The Driver
How can you support concentration during duty?
93.
The Road
When are high-sided vehicles most vulnerable to side winds? (Choose TWO)
94.
Driver's Rest Hours and Rest Periods
A digital tachograph driver card normally holds data for how many days?
95.
Driver's Rest Hours and Rest Periods
Tachographs are required for regular journeys once the route exceeds what distance?
96.
Environmental Issues
What should you do if you lose the filler cap from your diesel tank?
97.
The Driver
What should you do when passing sheep on the road? (Choose TWO)
98.
Restricted View
When should you use a nearside mirror angled down to show the front nearside wheel? (Choose TWO)
99.
Vehicle Condition
What should you do if two wheel nuts are missing from one wheel?
100.
The Road
Before returning left after overtaking from the centre lane, what should you do?