Highway & Freeway Driving: Alberta Class 7 License

Entering and exiting freeways, lane changes, overtaking and HOV lane rules.

How this topic is tested

The Canada Alberta Class 7 License knowledge test draws questions on highway & freeway driving directly from the official driver's handbook. The questions below are the ones learners get wrong most often, so work through the explanation on each page rather than memorising the answer letter.

Ontario G1 drivers cannot use 400-series highways unless a certified instructor is in the car. That restriction itself is a knowledge-test item.

Alberta driver guides

19 practice questions

  1. 1. What is the basic speed limit outside a city, town or village on a main highway, if not otherwise posted?
  2. 2. When passing a truck on a two-way highway, a driver should:
  3. 3. Is a driver permitted to exceed the speed limit when passing another vehicle?
  4. 4. How many demerit points are assigned for an unsafe lane change in Alberta?
  5. 5. When a 'PASSING LANE AHEAD' sign is posted, a driver of a slower-moving vehicle should:
  6. 6. When travelling on a highway or freeway, drivers should scan the road ahead:
  7. 7. When passing a stopped emergency vehicle (police, ambulance, tow truck) with its lights activated and you cannot move over, what is the maximum speed you must slow to?
  8. 8. When travelling in the right lane on a highway and another vehicle is trying to merge from an acceleration lane on the right, the driver should:
  9. 9. A solid yellow line combined with a broken yellow line in the center of a highway means:
  10. 10. On a two-lane road, when passing other vehicles travelling in the same direction, a driver:
  11. 11. On a divided highway (separated by a raised median or barrier), when a school bus on the OPPOSITE side of the road stops with alternating flashing red lights, traffic on your side must:
  12. 12. When approaching the crest of a hill on a two-lane highway:
  13. 13. When another vehicle is passing you on a two-lane highway, you should:
  14. 14. Approaching a stopped school bus with alternating flashing RED lights from the FRONT on an undivided highway, you must:
  15. 15. On a multi-lane expressway or freeway, is passing on the right permitted?
  16. 16. You miss your exit while driving on an expressway. What should you do?
  17. 17. Before turning on a highway (outside a city, town, or village), when must you signal your intention to turn?
  18. 18. If one of your tires blows out while driving at highway speed, you should:
  19. 19. The recommended way to drive through a curve on a highway is:

Other topics

Traffic Signs & Signals Right of Way & Intersections Speed Limits & Following Distance Impaired Driving & Penalties Parking & Stopping Rules Bad Weather & Night Driving Sharing the Road