Drivers on Cycle 1 must not drive after completing ____ hours of on-duty time in seven consecutive days.
- 120
- 60
- 70 ✓
- 50
Answer: C. 70
A driver on Cycle 1 must not drive after completing 70 hours of on-duty time in seven consecutive days.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's hours-of-service section lists two cycles and gives each one a maximum. For Cycle 1, it says a driver stops driving once 70 on-duty hours are completed within seven days. That is the limit the question asks about. The passage does not tie this number to 14 days or to U.S. rules; those are separate limits described elsewhere. So the seven-day cap for Cycle 1 is the supported answer.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. 120 — The 120-hour figure belongs to Cycle 2 over 14 days, not to Cycle 1 over seven days.
- B. 60 — The 60-hour figure appears as a U.S. on-duty limit in seven days, not as the British Columbia Cycle 1 limit.
- D. 50 — No passage sets a 50-hour on-duty limit for Cycle 1.
Remember it
Remember Cycle 1 as the seven-day, 70-hour cycle.