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- 1. Multiple Choice
Unless otherwise posted, what is the maximum speed limit on a provincial highway located outside an urban area?
80 km/h
50 km/h
90 km/h
100 km/h
- 2. Multiple Choice
When backing a passenger vehicle to the left, a driver should:
Look in the inside rear-view mirror and make steering adjustments as necessary
Look over the right shoulder with occasional glances to the front
Look over the left shoulder with occasional glances to the front
Without shoulder checking, use the inside and outside rear-view mirrors to ensure the best view to the rear and both sides of the vehicle
- 3. Multiple Choice
When yellow lights are flashing, the driver must reduce speed to a maximum of:
30 km/h
60 km/h
40 km/h
The driver is not required to reduce speed
- 4. Multiple Choice
When approaching an intersection and facing a traffic control light with a green arrow and red control light, a driver:
May proceed when safe, without stopping, in the direction of the arrow
May go straight through the intersection without stopping
Must stop and wait for a green light before turning in the direction of the arrow
May turn left without stopping
- 5. Multiple Choice
Alberta has a full demerit point system where a fully licensed (non-learner, non-probationary) driver is suspended when they accumulate:
15 points
8 points
14 points
7 points
- 6. Multiple Choice
When passing a large truck on a two-way highway, a driver should:
Return to their lane once they've cleared the truck's front bumper
Return to their lane when the truck is no longer visible in any of their rear-view mirrors
Return to their lane when signalled by truck's headlights
Leave extra room before returning to their lane
- 7. Multiple Choice
When passing emergency vehicles or tow trucks, drivers must reduce their speed to:
30 km/h or posted speed, whichever is lower
60 km/h or posted speed, whichever is lower
50 km/h or posted speed, whichever is lower
40 km/h or posted speed, whichever is lower
- 8. Multiple Choice
What should you do if an animal suddenly appears in front of you while driving?
Apply steady pressure on brakes and prepare to take evasive action. Choose an escape route towards oncoming traffic.
Brake hard and prepare to take evasive action. Choose an escape route towards oncoming traffic.
Apply steady pressure on brakes and prepare to take evasive action. Choose an escape route away from oncoming traffic
Brake hard and prepare to take evasive action. Choose an escape route away from oncoming traffic.
- 9. Multiple Choice
When driving in a rural area, look at least:
12-15 seconds
8-12 seconds
20-25 seconds
30-35 seconds
- 10. Multiple Choice
When driving in an urban area, look at least:
12-15 seconds
8-12 seconds
20-25 seconds
30-35 seconds
- 11. Multiple Choice
When driving, check behind you by glancing in your rear view mirrors every:
12-15 seconds
8-12 seconds
20-25 seconds
30-35 seconds
- 12. Multiple Choice
A child under what age must be properly secured in a child safety seat?
The age of 6 years and does not weigh more than 20 kilograms
The age of 4 years and does not weigh more than 18 kilograms
The age of 6 years and does not weigh more than 18 kilograms
The age of 4 years and does not weigh more than 20 kilograms
- 13. Multiple Choice
Travelling at higher speeds increases fuel use. Every 10 km/h above 90km/h burns about how many percent more fuel?
15%
20%
25%
10%
- 14. Multiple Choice
Rapid acceleration and changes in speed can increase fuel consumption by as much as?
20%
40%
15%
35%
- 15. Multiple Choice
In a residential area, you must not operate a vehicle in a way that disturbs the residents between the hours of:
Midnight and 6 a.m.
10 p.m and 7 a.m.
3 a.m and 6 a.m.
3 a.m and 7 a.m.
- 16. Multiple Choice
When you see a yellow flashing pedestrian activated traffic light, you must slow to:
30 km/h and yield to pedestrians crossing the street
60 km/h and yield to pedestrians crossing the street
40 km/h and yield to pedestrians crossing the street
25 km/h and yield to pedestrians crossing the street
- 17. Multiple Choice
What does the law require cyclists or passengers on a bicycle, who are under 18 years of age to wear?
Eye protection
Boots
A protective jacket
A safety Helmet
- 18. Multiple Choice
A cyclist who is walking beside and pushing a bicycle is:
Treated as a vehicle
Treated as a pedestrian
Visually impaired
A policeman
- 19. Multiple Choice
A person holding a white cane or walking with guide dog is:
Hearing impaired
Visually impaired
Treated like a vehicle
A policeman
- 20. Multiple Choice
Overdriving your headlights means:
Keeping your headlights on for too long while driving
Driving without being able to stop your vehicle within the distance you can clearly see with your headlights.
Being able to easily stop your vehicle within the distance you can clearly see with your headlights
Switching your headlights on and off while driving
- 21. Multiple Choice
A bicycle that is being ridden is considered:
A pedestrian
A Policeman
A flag person
A Vehicle
- 22. Multiple Choice
When preparing to turn right, watch out for:
Cars behind your vehicle
Cars in front of your vehicle
Cyclists beside your vehicle
Cyclists behind your vehicle
- 23. Multiple Choice
What is the maximum speed a school bus must drive at?
50 km/h
60 km/h
90 km/h
100 km/h
- 24. Multiple Choice
You must stop how may metres away from school bus?
150 metres
60 metres
40 metres
20 metres
- 25. Multiple Choice
What vehicle is equipped with flashing amber and red lights?
Snowplows
Police vehicles
Emergency vehicles
Slow moving vehicles
- 26. Multiple Choice
How many demerit points does a driver get from failing to yield right-of-way to a pedestrian in a crosswalk
6 points
4 points
3 points
7 points
- 27. Multiple Choice
How many demerit point does a driver get from failing to stop for a school bus?
6 points
4 points
3 points
7 points
- 28. Multiple Choice
How many demerit point does a driver get from failing to remain at a scene of a collision?
6 points
4 points
5 points
7 points
- 29. Multiple Choice
How many months does a driver lose his/her drivers license for after their first suspension?
1 month
3 months
6 months
9 months
- 30. Multiple Choice
If a death or injury occurs as a result of an impaired offence, the minimum license suspension is?
3 months
12 months (1 year)
36 months (3 years)
60 months (5 years)
- 31. Multiple Choice
Variable hazards that change through the day includes:
Intersections, school children and other pedestrians, "stale" green lights, emergency vehicles, and merging roadways.
School children and other pedestrians, left-turning vehicles, restricted vision areas such as curves, and "stale" green lights.
School children and other pedestrians, left-turning vehicles, icy road surfaces, "stale green lights, and emergency vehicles.
Intersections, school children and other vehicles, icy road surfaces, "stale" green lights and curves and hidden driveways
- 32. Multiple Choice
Fixed hazards are permanent conditions and situations along the roadway, including:
Restricted vision areas such as curves, hills and hidden driveways, intersections and merging roadways
Restricted vision areas such as curves, merging roadways, intersections and playgrounds
Restricted vision areas such as curves, hills and hidden driveways, pedestrians, playgrounds and icy road surfaces
Restriction vision areas such as curves, playgrounds, hidden driveways and icy road surfaces
- 33. Multiple Choice
What is a space cushion?
The space between yourself and the steering wheel
The space between yourself and your window
The space between yourself and seat passengers
The space between yourself and the vehicle ahead, behind and either side of you.
- 34. Multiple Choice
This sign indicates:
Route for slow moving vehicles
Dangerous goods route
Yield to oncoming traffic
Reserved lane for buses
- 35. Multiple Choice
A "parking lane" as defined in the Basic License Driver's Handbook is:
A lane closest to the curb, where parking is permitted but there are no meters
All of these responses are correct
The portion of a primary highway between the edge of the roadway to the right of the direction of traffic and the nearest solid white, not being the center line, marked on the roadway
A lane immediately beside a row of parking meters in an urban area
- 36. Multiple Choice
You must use your signal light when you are:
Moving away from the curb or parking lane
Turning left or right
Changing lanes
Doing all of the above
- 37. Multiple Choice
Which of the following factors determine the time and distance it takes to stop? (Choose 3)
Perception time
Reaction time
Driving time
Braking time
- 38. Multiple Choice
Places where the highway entrance and exit use the same lane are called?
Weave zones
Winding zones
Roadway intersections
Two-way intersections
- 39. Multiple Choice
Use your low beam lights when you are following within how many metres of another vehicle?
100 metres
150 metres
300 metres
350 metres
- 40. Multiple Choice
Use your low beam lights when you are within how many metres of an oncoming vehicle?
100 metres
150 metres
300 metres
350 metres
- 41. Multiple Choice
When must you turn your headlights on when you are driving at night or at any time?
When you cannot see clearly 150 metres in front of you
When you cannot see clearly 350 metres in front of you
When you cannot see clearly 300 metres in front of you
When you cannot see clearly 100 metres in front of you
- 42. Multiple Choice
The shoulder of a highway is used for what purpose?
Bicycles
Emergency parkings
Police cars
Pedestrians
- 43. Multiple Choice
Shoulder checking means...
Glancing towards the blind spot in the direction the driver intends to move
Glancing to the left outside mirror
Glancing into both outside and inside mirrors
Glancing into the right outside mirror
- 44. Multiple Choice
Does a parent have the right to withdraw a previously given "parental consent" for someone under 18 years of age with respect to an operator's license?
Yes, provided the person is still under the age of of 18 and is not self-supporting or married
Yes, provided that both parents verbally agree to withdraw the consent at a registry office
No, once it is given it remains in effect until the person reaches 18 years of age
No, but another consent form must be signed by both parents after a license suspension
- 45. Multiple Choice
Using the 2-second rule to judge a safe following distance when driving:
Is more accurate on rural highways than in urban centers
Is not accurate at any speed greater than 100 km/h
Is accurate at speeds lower than 30 km/h
Is accurate at any speed
- 46. Multiple Choice
Playground restrictions are in effect everyday from:
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
8:30 a.m. to one hour after sunset
8:30 a.m. to one hour before sunset
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 47. Multiple Choice
A driver approaching a flashing red traffic light must:
Stop and wait for flashing green light
Reduce speed and proceed with caution
Stop and proceed only when safe to do so
Stop until the light turns green
- 48. Multiple Choice
When a driver is stopping behind another vehicle in traffic, the driver must:
Remain a minimum of 10 metres from the vehicle ahead
Allow sufficient space to move into another lane without reversing
Maintain sufficient space as determined by the 2-second rule
Keep back approximately 1 metre from the rear bumper of the vehicle ahead
- 49. Multiple Choice
If another vehicle is following too close, what should the driver do?
Increase speed 10 km/h above the speed limit
Activate the four-way flashers
Stop the vehicle
Reduce your speed just enough to allow them pass
- 50. Multiple Choice
In a vehicle that does not have anti-lock brakes, threshold braking refers to:
Pumping the brake pedal repeatedly until the vehicle comes to a stop
Applying enough force to the brake pedal to lock the wheels and keep them locked
Pressing firmly on the brake pedal to the point just before the wheel locks
Releasing pressure on the break
- 51. Multiple Choice
What lane should the vehicle enter when turning left from a two-way road onto a one-way?
The lane immediately to the right of centre
The lane nearest to the curb on the left side of the road
The centre lane of the road
The right lane of the one-way road
- 52. Multiple Choice
When approaching an intersection with no traffic signs and no traffic signal lights, who must you yield to?
Yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on your right
Yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on your left
Nobody has the right-of-way
Proceed through intersection
- 53. Multiple Choice
When should you activate your right turn signal in a roundabout?
After passing your exit
Before entering roundabout
You should not use right signal, instead use your left signal
After passing the exit that is before your intended exit
- 54. Multiple Choice
Which statement describes the steps required to reverse in a straight line?
Keep both hands on the steering wheel and constantly use the inside rear-view mirror for guidance
Place the right hand at the top of the steering wheel, look over the left shoulder and use the outside left rear-view mirror
Place the left hand at the top of the steering wheel and look over the right shoulder through the rear window
Place the left hand at the bottom of the steering wheel and use both outside mirrors
- 55. Multiple Choice
The acceleration lane is:
A lane with broken line markings
A lane on hills, designated for faster moving vehicles
The left lane of a four-lane highway, for use when passing slow moving vehicles
A lane in a merge area for use by vehicles entering the highway
- 56. Multiple Choice
What does a flashing yellow traffic light mean?
The traffic light will turn red
Stop until the lights stop flashing
Proceed with caution after yielding to pedestrians and other vehicles within the intersection
The traffic light will turn green
- 57. Multiple Choice
When driving in the right lane of a highway, what should a driver do if another vehicle attempts to merge from an acceleration lane on the right?
Move over if safe to do so, leaving room for merging vehicle
Accelerate to close any gap in the traffic flow
Insist that the other vehicle yield the right-of-way
Stop to allow the other vehicle in
- 58. Multiple Choice
Which direction should a vehicle's front wheels be turned when parked uphill on a two-way road with a curb?
Parallel to the curb
To the left
To the right
Straight ahead
- 59. Multiple Choice
When approaching the top of a hill on a two-way highway:
Exceeding the speed limit is permitted
Stay to the right portion of the lane
Flash your headlights to warn oncoming vehicles
Keep close to the center line to prevent other cars from passing
- 60. Multiple Choice
Before leaving a parallel parking on the right side of the road:
Shoulder check to the left
Use an arm signal straight up and out
Turn on the right signal
Shoulder check to the right
- 61. Multiple Choice
According to the Basic License Driver's Book, most skids are a result of:
Bad brakes
Icy roads
Bad tires
Driver error
- 62. Multiple Choice
How close can a driver legally park to a stop sign?
10 metres
3 metres
1.5 metres
5 metres
- 63. Multiple Choice
In the Basic License Driver's Handbook, "nighttime" is defined as
Beginning one hour before sunset and ending one hour before sunrise
Between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m.
Beginning at sunset and ending at the following sunrise
Beginning one hour after sunset and ending one hour after sunrise
- 64. Multiple Choice
A vehicle exiting a parking lot onto a roadway:
Must stop only if there is a stop sign
Must come to a complete stop
Must stop before crossing the sidewalk only if there are pedestrians present
Is not required to stop
- 65. Multiple Choice
The recommended method for travelling through a curve on a highway is:
Maintain speed before the curve, brake in the curve, look ahead and accelerate out of the curve
Accelerate before the curve, cover the brake pedal in the curve and accelerate after the curve
Cover the brake pedal before the curve, counter-steer toward the outside of lane and accelerate when exiting
Reduce speed before the curve, stay in lane and gently accelerate after entering the curve
- 66. Multiple Choice
Why is it not safe to pass a loaded log-haul truck that is turning?
The driver of the truck needs to fully concentrate on the turn and does not need the added responsibility of a passing vehicle
Loaded log-haul trucks obey the 6-second rule for turns
A danger zone exists as the overhang of the logs from the tail end of the truck could block all the lanes of a highway during the turn
It is illegal to do so
- 67. Multiple Choice
When encountering a funeral procession that is crossing an intersection:
Flash the high beam headlights before proceeding
Yield the right-of-way and do not break through the procession
Proceed through the funeral procession only when there is sufficient space between vehicles
Sound the horn before proceeding
- 68. Multiple Choice
If the vehicle's right tires travel off the paved portion of the roadway:
Keep a firm grip on the steering wheel, ease off the gas pedal, and then gradually return to the paved portion of the roadway
Accelerate slightly then turn the steering wheel sharply to return to the paved portion of the roadway
Move the vehicle completely off the paved portion, then steer back onto the paves portion of the roadway
Apply the brakes and counter-steer to return to the paved portion of the roadway
- 69. Multiple Choice
A solid yellow line together with a broken yellow line on the centre of a highway means:
The road narrows ahead
If the broken line is on your side, passing is permitted
If the broken line is on your side, passing is not permitted
If the solid line is on your side, passing is permitted
- 70. Multiple Choice
What is the maximum speed permitted in a school zone in a rural area, unless otherwise posted?
20 km/h
40 km/h
30 km/h
50 km/h
- 71. Multiple Choice
On a two-way highway, when passing other vehicles travelling in the same direction, a driver:
Should pass on the left when safe
Should always travel 30 km/h faster than the vehicle being passed
Should not pull out to pass until they are within 3 metres of the vehicle being passed
Should pass on the right when safe
- 72. Multiple Choice
If a driver is being followed by a vehicle that is attempting to pass on a two-way road, the driver should:
Stay in the lane and move to the left portion of that lane
Turn on the left signal and stay in that lane
Turn on the right signal and drive in the parking lane
Stay in the lane and move to the right portion of that lane
- 73. Multiple Choice
What is the maximum speed limit on a roadway that is located within an urban area?
50 km/h
80 km/h
100 km/h
60 km/h
- 74. Multiple Choice
What is the maximum speed limit on a roadway that is located outside an urban area?
50 km/h
80 km/h
100 km/h
60 km/h
- 75. Multiple Choice
What is the maximum speed limit on a highway that is located on a provincial highway located inside a corporate limit of a city?
50 km/h
80 km/h
100 km/h
60 km/h
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