Essential documents: bus & PCV theory test questions

1. Your passport
2. Your vehicle's logbook
3. Your National Insurance card
4. Your Driver CPC card (driver qualification card) ✓

Answer: Your Driver CPC card (driver qualification card). Professional lorry, bus and coach drivers must hold a valid Driver CPC. Your Driver CPC card shows your qualification and training deadline.

GOV.UK: Driver CPC training

1. Wait until the end of the month to report it
2. Use a colleague's card until the new one arrives
3. Tell the DVLA immediately and apply for a replacement within 7 days ✓
4. Keep driving without any record

Answer: Tell the DVLA immediately and apply for a replacement within 7 days. You must tell the DVLA immediately if your card is lost, stolen, damaged or faulty, and apply for a replacement within 7 days.

GOV.UK: Apply for a driver digital tachograph card

1. Up to 3 days
2. Up to 15 calendar days ✓
3. Up to 28 days
4. Until the new card arrives, however long it takes

Answer: Up to 15 calendar days. You can drive for up to 15 calendar days without your card, as long as you take printouts at the start and end of the day and sign them.

GOV.UK: Drivers' hours and tachographs – goods vehicles

1. No, manual records aren't allowed if you've just forgotten your card ✓
2. Yes, for up to 15 days
3. Yes, if your manager agrees
4. Yes, for one day only

Answer: No, manual records aren't allowed if you've just forgotten your card. The 15-day allowance only applies if a card is lost, stolen, damaged or faulty. Forgetting your card isn't a valid reason.

GOV.UK: Drivers' hours and tachographs – goods vehicles

1. The current day only
2. The previous 7 days
3. The previous 12 months
4. The current day and the previous 28 calendar days ✓

Answer: The current day and the previous 28 calendar days. You must be able to produce records for the current day and the previous 28 calendar days for journeys under the assimilated or AETR rules.

GOV.UK: Drivers' hours and tachographs – goods vehicles

1. 7 days
2. 28 days
3. 42 days ✓
4. 90 days

Answer: 42 days. Used charts must be returned to the operator within 42 days, even if you change employer.

GOV.UK: Drivers' hours and tachographs – goods vehicles

1. 7 days ✓
2. 14 days
3. 24 hours
4. 28 days

Answer: 7 days. If you don't produce your insurance certificate at the time, you must report to the police and produce it within seven days.

The Highway Code: rule 287

1. Your insurance company only
2. The police
3. The DVLA ✓
4. The DVSA

Answer: The DVLA. You must report to the DVLA any health condition likely to affect your driving.

The Highway Code: rule 90

1. At least every 7 days
2. At least every 28 days ✓
3. At least every 90 days
4. Once a year

Answer: At least every 28 days. Operators must download driver card data at least every 28 days and vehicle unit data at least every 90 days.

GOV.UK: Drivers' hours and tachographs – goods vehicles

1. Your surname and first name ✓
2. Your National Insurance number
3. The odometer readings ✓
4. The weight of your load

Answer: Your surname and first name; The odometer readings. Centre field entries include your name, the date and place where use of the chart begins and ends, the vehicle registration and the odometer readings.

GOV.UK: Drivers' hours and tachographs – goods vehicles

1. Remove your card until you return
2. Switch the tachograph to rest mode
3. Nothing, the card records it automatically on every tachograph
4. Record the country symbol at the first suitable stopping point, unless it's done automatically ✓

Answer: Record the country symbol at the first suitable stopping point, unless it's done automatically. Unless your smart tachograph does it automatically, you must record the country symbol at the first suitable stopping point after crossing a border.

GOV.UK: Drivers' hours and tachographs – goods vehicles

1. Minibuses with up to 16 passenger seats only
2. Lorries over 3,500 kg
3. Buses with more than 8 passenger seats ✓
4. Cars with up to 8 passenger seats

Answer: Buses with more than 8 passenger seats. Category D covers any bus with more than 8 passenger seats, with a trailer up to 750 kg.

GOV.UK: Driving licence categories

1. Double-deck buses
2. Minibuses with no more than 16 passenger seats ✓
3. Coaches with any number of seats
4. Lorries up to 7,500 kg

Answer: Minibuses with no more than 16 passenger seats. Category D1 covers vehicles with no more than 16 passenger seats and a maximum length of 8 metres.

GOV.UK: Driving licence categories

1. With a tachograph ✓
2. On a weekly paper record sheet
3. In the coach's logbook
4. They don't need to be recorded

Answer: With a tachograph. Vehicles in scope of the assimilated or AETR rules must use a tachograph to record driving time, breaks and rest.

GOV.UK: Tachographs: rules for drivers and operators

1. Your home address
2. The vehicle's insurance certificate
3. Your driving licence
4. The correct route number and destination ✓

Answer: The correct route number and destination. Passengers rely on the route number and destination display to board the right bus. Check it's set correctly before you start.

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