Sharing the Road: Alberta Class 7 License
Pedestrians, cyclists, school buses, emergency vehicles and heavy trucks.
How this topic is tested
The Canada Alberta Class 7 License knowledge test draws questions on sharing the road 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.
School-bus red lights mean stop in both countries, but the distance and whether you stop on the other side of a divided road change by handbook. Emergency-vehicle questions usually want you to pull to the right and stop.
17 practice questions
- 1. When passing a truck on a two-way highway, a driver should:
- 2. When an emergency vehicle with its siren activated approaches from any direction on a two-way road, the driver must:
- 3. How many demerit points are assigned in Alberta for failing to stop for a school bus with its alternating red lights flashing?
- 4. When a vehicle stops to allow a pedestrian to cross the road, other approaching vehicles from behind:
- 5. Approaching the rear of a school bus displaying alternating flashing YELLOW lights, a driver should:
- 6. 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:
- 7. Approaching the rear of a stopped school bus with alternating flashing RED lights, a driver must:
- 8. 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?
- 9. You are turning at an intersection and a pedestrian is crossing the road you are turning onto. Who has the right of way?
- 10. A vehicle ahead of you is stopped at a pedestrian crossover to let a pedestrian cross. What should you do?
- 11. A circular white sign with a red border showing a bicycle with a line through it indicates:
- 12. As a driver, when are you required to yield to pedestrians?
- 13. Under Alberta law, do cyclists have the same rights and responsibilities on the road as drivers of motor vehicles?
- 14. In Alberta, who is required by law to wear an approved bicycle safety helmet?
- 15. Why is it dangerous to pass a loaded logging truck that is making a turn?
- 16. In a city, when a pedestrian is standing at a crosswalk with their arm raised approximately at a right angle to their body and pointing to the opposite curb, this means:
- 17. Approaching a stopped school bus with alternating flashing RED lights from the FRONT on an undivided highway, you must: