Traffic Signs & Signals: British Columbia Class 5 License
Regulatory, warning and guide signs, plus traffic light and pavement marking questions.
How this topic is tested
The Canada British Columbia Class 5 License knowledge test draws questions on traffic signs & signals 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.
Learn the shape first, then the colour: octagon is always stop, triangle is yield, diamond warns. New York fails people who miss two of four sign questions even with a high overall score.
40 practice questions
- 1. How far away from a stop sign, traffic control signal or crosswalk are you required to park?
- 2. When the traffic signal light facing you is red and you intend to go straight through the intersection, what must you do first?
- 3. Upon approaching a stop sign, what does the law require you to do before entering an intersection?
- 4. A flashing green light at the intersection where turns to the left and right are permitted indicates?
- 5. When driving at night with your high beams on, how close are you allowed to get to another car before you dim your headlights?
- 6. If a traffic signal changes while a pedestrian is still on the street, which of the following has the right-of-way?
- 7. A red signal light with a green arrow shown at an intersection indicates…?
- 8. Unless a sign tells you otherwise, the maximum speed limit allowed outside of cities and towns…?
- 9. A school zone sign indicating a speed limit of 30 km/h means…?
- 10. During poor weather conditions such as rain, snow, smoke and fog, how should you use your headlights?
- 11. You must use your headlights…?
- 12. When do you stop for school buses which have red lights operating if there is a median?
- 13. Which of the following has the right-of-way over all others at an intersection when the light is green?
- 14. When a right turn against a red signal light is permitted, what does the law require you to do before entering the intersection and making a turn?
- 15. When lights are required, drivers are required to switch to low beam headlights…?
- 16. What is meant by 'overdriving' your headlights?
- 17. When your wheels go off the pavement, you should do which of the following?
- 18. You must not follow any emergency vehicle that has its siren or lights operating within…?
- 19. You should use low beam headlights when driving a vehicle at night when…?
- 20. This sign means?
- 21. When approaching a yield sign, what does the law require you to do?
- 22. The hand-and-arm signal for slowing or stopping is indicated by…?
- 23. When on streets designed for two-way traffic, if you hear the siren of an emergency vehicle what does the law require you to do?
- 24. Parking lights should be used…?
- 25. When meeting oncoming vehicles with bright headlights at night you should…?
- 26. On approaching an intersection where a traffic signal light is red and a policeman motions you to go through, you should…?
- 27. This sign means?
- 28. If the signal light changes from green to amber as you approach an intersection, what should you do?
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- 31. You must dim your high beam headlights when you are within ______ of another vehicle, either when meeting or following a vehicle.
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- 40. When a police officer signals you to pull your vehicle over you…?