Japan Foreign Licence Conversion Knowledge Test (外免切替)
Road position, lanes and priority vehicles: practice questions
Our Japan licence conversion (外免切替) bank has 17 questions on this topic. Here are 5 of them with answers; the full mock exam draws from every topic, like the real one.
Question 1
True or false? On a one-way road, if keeping left would block an emergency vehicle, you should pull to the right instead.
- True
- False
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A. True — The kyōsoku makes this exception for one-way roads.
Question 2
True or false? When a route bus stopped at a bus stop signals to pull out, cars behind must not obstruct it unless that would need sudden braking or swerving.
- True
- False
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A. True — Following vehicles must let the bus pull out, except where they would have to brake or steer suddenly.
Question 3
True or false? After overtaking in the rightmost lane, you may stay in it as long as you keep to the speed limit.
- True
- False
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B. False — You must return to another lane promptly after overtaking.
Question 4
True or false? When an emergency vehicle approaches near an intersection, you must avoid the intersection, pull to the left and stop.
- True
- False
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A. True — Near intersections you leave the intersection, keep left and stop. Elsewhere you keep left and give way.
Question 5
True or false? On a road with three or more lanes in your direction, slower vehicles should use the rightmost lane.
- True
- False
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B. False — Slower vehicles keep left; the rightmost lane is kept free for overtaking.