Welcome to your Bus Practice Test
1.
Traffic Signs
Which of these signs identifies your approach to join a road carriageway?
2.
Traffic Signs
Which of these signs prohibits busses?
3.
Vehicle Condition
What should you check after hitting the kerb at speed? (Choose TWO)
4.
Carrying Passengers
What must a bus driver never allow to happen?
5.
The Driver
What should you do if you become tired while driving on a motorway? (Choose TWO)
6.
Environmental Issues
What is one advantage of planning a journey to avoid busy times?
7.
Other Road Users
Where should you especially look out for motorcyclists?
8.
Carrying Passengers
Someone boarding has a white stick with a red band. What does it mean?
9.
Vehicle Condition
What can poor-quality diesel fuel cause?
10.
Environmental Issues
How can you save fuel when conditions allow?
11.
The Driver
Which information or controls MUST be clearly displayed on a bus? (Choose THREE)
12.
The Driver
Which mirror should you check when passing school children close to the kerb?
13.
Vehicle Condition
When should engine oil level normally be checked?
14.
Documents
Which condition may prevent you from getting a lorry or bus licence?
15.
Traffic Signs
Which of these signs identifies a mixed cycle and footpath?
16.
Carrying Passengers
Which behaviours should a bus driver avoid? (Choose THREE)
17.
Traffic Signs
What is the meaning of this sign?
18.
Braking Systems
In a vehicle with hydraulic brakes, the pedal travels unusually far when pressed. What fault could this suggest?
19.
Driver's Rest Hours and Rest Periods
A bus with 18 passenger seats is being used for a journey from Edinburgh to Cardiff. Which drivers’ hours rules apply?
20.
The Road
How can you improve your view when following a large vehicle?
21.
Vehicle Weights and Dimensions
If a bridge has no height marking, what minimum headroom can normally be assumed?
22.
Accident Handling
What should you do if someone has severe burns at an accident scene?
23.
Vehicle Condition
What do tyre sidewall codes on buses and lorries refer to?
24.
Vehicle Condition
When should a coach driver always wear gloves? (Choose TWO)
25.
Vehicle Weights and Dimensions
When approaching this hazard in a long vehicle, which vehicle dimension matters most?
26.
Restricted View
What does an additional nearside mirror usually help you see?
27.
The Road
What should you do when you're at a T-junction and a vehicle from your right signals left?
28.
Carrying Passengers
What must every bus legally carry?
29.
The Road
Why watch parked cars carefully at night?
30.
Vehicle Condition
What should you do if the oil pressure warning light comes on while driving?
31.
Vehicle Condition
What do codes on bus and lorry tyre sidewalls refer to?
32.
Vehicle Weights and Dimensions
When driving a long vehicle and you need to turn left from a two-lane road into a narrow side road, what should you do?
33.
The Driver
You feel tired on a motorway. What should you do?
34.
Carrying Passengers
How can you help a passenger who has difficulty walking?
35.
The Road
Why might steering become less responsive when driving on the motorway in the rain?
36.
Vehicle Condition
Why should you take extra care when using full steering lock in a three-axle double-deck bus?
37.
Other Road Users
What should you do when elderly pedestrians are about to cross ahead?
38.
Environmental Issues
How should air pressure be built up?
39.
Environmental Issues
What can road-friendly suspension reduce damage to? (Choose THREE)
40.
Carrying Passengers
Which of these is a use of internal mirrors on a double-decker?
41.
Vehicle Condition
What could overfilling the engine oil cause?
42.
The Road
Why should you reduce your speed when passing this pedestrian on a wet road?
43.
Accident Handling
What should you do if your vehicle breaks down in a tunnel?
44.
Accident Handling
What is good advice before entering a tunnel?
45.
Vehicle Condition
What must you check when inspecting bus tyres? (Choose FOUR)
46.
Vehicle Condition
What are rear wheel punctures like on a six-wheel double-deck bus?
47.
Environmental Issues
What would environmental health staff check at a roadside inspection?
48.
Carrying Passengers
What should you check is working before leaving the depot on a route serving wheelchair users?
49.
Environmental Issues
Why should you not press the accelerator when starting a vehicle with engine management?
50.
Environmental Issues
What continuous system use can worsen fuel consumption?
51.
Carrying Passengers
During which activities must a bus driver not drive?
52.
Environmental Issues
How can you reduce the environmental impact of road transport? (Choose TWO)
53.
Other Road Users
What should you do if a ball rolls out from between parked cars?
54.
Braking Systems
When should you check that the anti-lock braking system is working?
55.
Traffic Signs
What is the meaning of this sign?
56.
Leaving the Vehicle
What must you make sure of before getting out of your bus? (Choose THREE)
57.
Accident Handling
What should you do if you break down on a motorway and cannot get fully onto the hard shoulder?
58.
Carrying Passengers
What is a bus driver’s first responsibility?
59.
The Driver
What is the main safety purpose of a correctly adjusted head restraint?
60.
Vehicle Condition
Why should you not drive with a bulge in a tyre sidewall?
61.
The Driver
A lorry ahead on the motorway switches on hazard lights while moving. What should this warn you about?
62.
Vehicle Weights and Dimensions
Where should the speed-limiter setting be clearly shown on a bus?
63.
Carrying Passengers
Before passengers leave your bus, what should you do?
65.
Accident Handling
What should you do if a passenger has a badly bleeding arm wound?
66.
Traffic Signs
What is the meaning of this sign?
67.
The Road
Which of these vehicles are most affected by high winds? (Choose THREE)
68.
Accident Handling
What should you do when treating someone for shock? (Choose TWO)
69.
Traffic Signs
Which of these signs prohibits cycling?
70.
Traffic Signs
What is the meaning of this sign?
71.
Carrying Passengers
Why might you be unable to admit a wheelchair passenger?
72.
Driver's Rest Hours and Rest Periods
You have driven 56 hours this week. Under EC rules, what is the most you may drive next week?
73.
Environmental Issues
What should you be aware of if following a lorry with a leaking fuel tank?
74.
The Driver
Which medical condition may prevent someone from holding a bus or lorry licence?
75.
Other Road Users
Where would you see this school-children sign?
76.
Environmental Issues
What must you check after refilling your fuel tank?
77.
Accident Handling
Which documents are police most likely to ask you to produce? (Choose THREE)
78.
Vehicle Condition
What is most likely to cause a tyre to burst while driving?
79.
Environmental Issues
What should you do if parked briefly in town while planning a route?
80.
The Road
After driving under bridges on a motorway in a high-sided vehicle, what should you expect?
81.
The Road
When buses or coaches are parked on-road at night, what must they do?
82.
Vehicle Condition
When should a coach driver always wear gloves?
83.
The Road
What is the two-second rule used for?
84.
Vehicle Weights and Dimensions
What is the meaning of this sign?
85.
The Driver
What is the proper use of the horn?
86.
Environmental Issues
Who is especially at risk from diesel spilled on the road?
87.
The Road
In heavy rain, what minimum braking gap should you allow?
88.
Other Road Users
Why are motorcycle riders more at risk from other road users?
89.
Accident Handling
How can you help stop heavy bleeding from someone’s arm? (Choose TWO)
90.
Other Road Users
What makes a toucan crossing different?
91.
Driver's Rest Hours and Rest Periods
A 45-minute break after 4.5 hours’ driving may be split into which shorter breaks?
92.
Accident Handling
When should you stop giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation?
93.
The Driver
What may happen if you repeatedly misuse drugs or alcohol?
94.
Traffic Signs
What is the meaning of this sign?
95.
Carrying Passengers
An empty 'routemaster' style half-cab bus may only be driven legally when the passenger entrance has
96.
Traffic Signs
Which of these signs removes a minimum speed requirement?
97.
Braking Systems
What do anti-lock brakes help with?
98.
Carrying Passengers
When may a bus with this sign use hazard lights in addition to normal permitted use?
99.
Carrying Passengers
In a half-cab bus, which bell signal means depart when safe?
100.
The Driver
You need to turn right from a side road onto a dual carriageway, but your vehicle will not fit in the central gap between the carriageways. What should you do?