Taxi and Rideshare Driver — Knowledge Practice
Accessibility and the ADA: practice questions
Our Taxi & Rideshare bank has 11 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
Under the ADA, what is a service animal?
- Any pet the passenger owns
- Any animal that provides comfort or emotional support to a person with anxiety or depression
- A dog individually trained to do work or perform tasks for a person with a disability
- Only guide dogs for blind people
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C. A dog individually trained to do work or perform tasks for a person with a disability — Emotional support animals are not service animals under the ADA.
Question 2
When can a service animal be excluded from a vehicle?
- Never, under any circumstances
- When it is out of control and the handler does not control it, or it is not housebroken
- When the driver has a documented allergy or the dog is larger than the back seat allows
- When the driver dislikes dogs
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B. When it is out of control and the handler does not control it, or it is not housebroken — These are the narrow ADA exceptions.
Question 3
What should you do if a passenger needs extra time to get in and out of the vehicle?
- Charge a waiting fee
- Be patient and allow the time needed
- Honk to hurry them
- Leave if it takes more than a minute
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B. Be patient and allow the time needed — Respect and patience are part of good service.
Question 4
What may you ask a passenger whose disability is not obvious, to confirm a dog is a service animal?
- Whether the dog is required because of a disability, and what task it has been trained to perform
- To see the dog's service animal certification card or registration from a recognised agency
- To see the dog's service animal certification card or registration from a recognised national agency
- To demonstrate the task
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A. Whether the dog is required because of a disability, and what task it has been trained to perform — You may not ask about the disability itself.
Question 5
What should you do if you see a passenger with a white cane waiting at a pickup point?
- Announce your arrival clearly and identify yourself and the vehicle
- Wait silently in the car
- Text them the car's plate number only
- Honk twice from the car so they know you've arrived and can walk over
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A. Announce your arrival clearly and identify yourself and the vehicle — Visually impaired riders can't see your car.