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Class 7L Learner's Licence

A flashing green light means the opposite here to what it means in Alberta, Ontario and the Maritimes - and that single sign catches more drivers moving to BC than anything else in the guide.

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Your weak spots

Finish a set and we'll build this from what you actually missed - the questions you got wrong, weighted, plus more from the topics that tripped you up. Nothing to drill yet.

The real test

50
Questions
40 of 50 (80%) in 45 minutes
To pass
  • 50 multiple-choice questions, 40 correct to pass, 45 minutes. No signs-and-rules split.
  • The test ends early the moment you have enough right to pass or enough wrong to fail.
  • You may skip each question once and it returns at the end. A failed test can be retaken after one day, for the fee each time.
  • Roughly one question in five is about road signs, which ICBC says outright.

Read the official handbook

This is the source everything on the real test comes from, and it is free. Practice questions find your gaps; the handbook fills them. Read it on the government's own site so you get the current version.

Learn to Drive Smart (ICBC)Official licensing info →

Watch out for

Rules that catch people out in British Columbia specifically.

  • A flashing green is a pedestrian-controlled light in BC, not an advance left. The advance left is a flashing green ARROW.
  • Two seconds is the baseline following distance here, not three - but four separate situations push it to three.
  • Passing distance is set by the POSTED limit, not your speed: one metre normally, 1.5 above 50 km/h, half a metre past someone on a sidewalk or in a protected cycle lane.

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Practice sets

6 sets · 195 questions · feedback after every answer

Set 1 · First Drive in B.C.

Starter · 30 questions

Thirty warm-up questions on the rules you meet in your first hour on a B.C. road: what the shapes mean, who releases the brake first, and the handful of numbers ICBC's 50-question knowledge test expects you to know cold.

The basics, gently introduced.

Set 2 · Core Rules

Easy · 30 questions

Thirty questions on the rules most B.C. drivers get right - signals, lane discipline, parking clearances and the licensing steps - with a few of the numbers that quietly decide whether you pass.

Core rules most people get right.

Set 3 · Real Exam Difficulty

Medium · 35 questions

Thirty-five questions pitched at the level ICBC's real 50-question test sits: the thresholds that stack, the rules with exceptions attached, and the B.C. answers that differ from every neighbouring jurisdiction.

Real exam difficulty.

Set 4 · Conditions and Consequences

Medium · 35 questions

Thirty-five questions on the parts of B.C. driving that change with the weather, the light and the load: mountain roads, winter traction, night visibility, and the penalties waiting at the end of a bad decision.

Real exam difficulty.

Set 5 · The Ones People Fail On

Hard · 35 questions

Thirty-five hard questions built on the rules ICBC's own data and its repeated public reminders show B.C. drivers getting wrong: stacked thresholds, rules with exceptions attached, and the answers that differ from every neighbouring jurisdiction.

The ones people actually fail on.

Set 6 · Exam Simulation

Exam simulation · 30 questions

Thirty questions in the shape of the real thing: no hints, mixed topics, and the same spread ICBC's 50-question knowledge test draws from - roughly one question in five about signs.

Full length, real rules, no hints.

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These are practice questions written by us. They are not real exam questions, and this site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to any government, ministry, registry, DMV, or licensing agency. Rules change. Before you book your test, confirm every answer against the Learn to Drive Smart (ICBC).

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