- Perfect for first-time and renewal commercial applicants, and those adding endorsements
- Based on 2024 BC commercial driver's licence manual
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- Updated for May 2024
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Preparing to drive large trucks with more than 2 axles in BC? You've come to the right place. This practice test will prepare you for the official BC Class 3 knowledge exam. With Class 3 licence in hand, you'll be able to drive straight-body trucks, heavy equipment trucks like mixer or dump trucks, tow trucks of any weight, and mobile truck cranes. This practice test will quiz you on the multiple-choice questions from the official manual.
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List of questions (classic view)
- How are flares, fusees, and reflectors used?
- According to the British Columbia Driving Commercial Vehicles Manual, what is horsepower?
- How can you tell how much air pressure is in the service reservoirs?
- How can you downgrade from a commercial licence to a non-commercial licence?
- When adjusting a manual slack adjuster, how can you tell whether you are turning the adjusting bolt in the correct direction?
- When using the applied stroke method to check pushrod stroke, how much pressure should you apply to the service brakes?
- How often should you inspect your vehicle?
- If your vehicle is carrying cargo, how often must you perform an en-route inspection of the cargo securement system?
- Idling for longer than five minutes can
- If a crash occurs while you are backing up with the aid of a guide, who will be held responsible?
- If a load is supported on rollers, how many of the rollers must be locked?
- If you must adjust an automatic slack adjuster that has a hexagonal (six-sided) adjusting bolt, you should turn the adjusting bolt in which direction?
- If you are carrying a six-metre load weighing 8,000 kg, and each tiedown has a safe working load limit of 3,000 kg, how many tiedowns should you use?
- If you are convicted of causing a crash while you were driving impaired by alcohol or drugs, you may face which of the following consequences?
- If you are required to keep a logbook, what must you have in your possession?
- You are sharing a vehicle with another driver during a trip. The two of you disagree about which defects should be reported. What should you do?
- If you are unable to keep up with traffic on a steep grade, what should you do?
- Why is it risky to drive faster than the traffic flow?
- You're driving a vehicle equipped with an automatic front-wheel limiting system (ratio valve). If you brake hard during an emergency stop, the air pressure delivered to the front brakes will be approximately _____ of the air pressure to the rear brakes.
- During your brake tests, you find that the brakes are not operating safely. What should you do?
- Reducing a tire’s air pressure when it is hot
- If you want to tow a trailer that weighs more than 4,600 kg, and neither the trailer nor your towing vehicle has air brakes, which of the following will you need?
- If your cable tiedowns are not marked with their safe working load limits, what should you do?
- If your trailer starts to swerve and whip, what should you do?
- If your vehicle becomes disabled, what should you do?
- During your pre-trip inspection, you discover a defect that does not affect the safe operation of the vehicle. What should you do?
- Partway through your trip, you must couple to another trailer. What should you do?
- Which of the following can impair your driving?
- How should you upshift a gasoline-powered vehicle that is not equipped with a governor?
- You're driving a large truck. Under ideal driving conditions, you should maintain a following distance of at least ________ behind the vehicle ahead.
- Under ideal driving conditions, passenger cars and light trucks should maintain a following distance of at least ________ behind the vehicle ahead.
- To drive defensively, you should
- How can you keep livestock bunched together during their transportation?
- Industrial roads do NOT include which of the following?
- Which of the following statements about intermodal cargo containers are true?
- Why is it important for you to know the dimensions of your vehicle?
- A large truck travelling at high speeds creates air turbulence in which of the following areas?
- Load binders are used for what purpose?
- Loads must not extend more than _________ beyond the front bumper of the vehicle.
- Loads on a straight truck must not extend more than ________ beyond the turn centre.