The Tokutei Taxi practical section (実技試験): 20 A/B/C judgment questions

Updated October 7, 2026

The practical section has 20 questions with three choices A/B/C, and you need at least 12 of 20 (60%). Each question describes a situation, often with a diagram, and asks which action is most appropriate. This page explains the question groups, gives one real question as an example and shows how to choose an answer.

20A/B/C questions per sitting
12/20minimum to pass the practical part
400practical questions across the app's 20 tests
200+2D driving scenes

How the practical part differs from theory

In the theory part you judge whether a statement is true or false. In the practical part (実技試験（判断）) you put yourself in the driver's seat in a specific situation and choose one of three actions. The question almost always ends with 最も適切なのはどれか, meaning which action is the most appropriate. The correct answer is usually the safest, rule-following action, not the quickest or the most convenient for the customer. The two parts are marked separately, so you need at least 12/20 here; see how scoring and passing work.

Situation groups in the app's 400 practical questions

The figures below count questions by situation group in the app's exam data (20 tests, 400 practical questions):

Situation group	Questions
Comprehensive 2D judgment (総合2D判断)	93
Right of way and traffic control (優先・交通整理)	25
Comprehensive judgment (総合判断)	20
Prohibited pick-up/drop-off places, pedestrians, distance rules, expressways, emergency response, taxi duties, pick-up positions, night and weather (10 questions each)	80
Things to check, blind spots and lane changes, priority judgment (5 questions each)	15
Other individual situations (earthquake while driving, tyre burst, stalling at a railroad crossing, a pregnant passenger, school routes and more)	167

This shows how varied the practical part is. Rather than memorising individual answers, learn the general principles: put safety first, yield to the right party, check before acting, and never break a rule because a customer asks.

Try a full 50-question Tokutei Taxi practice test and see which answers you missed and why.

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A real practical question

This is a question from the app's practice tests, with furigana. It belongs to the individual-situation group about an incident at a railroad crossing:

踏切ふみきり内ないでエンジンが停止ていしした。最ももっとも適切てきせつな行動こうどうはどれか。

The engine stopped while the vehicle was at a railroad crossing. Which of the following is the most appropriate course of action?

Correct choice A: 旅客りょかくを直ただちに避難ひなんさせ、列車れっしゃに知しらせて、車くるまを踏切ふみきりの外そとへ出だす措置そちをとる

When a vehicle's engine stalls or becomes immobilized inside a railroad crossing, safety confirmation and immediate emergency notification are the highest priorities.

Notice how the correct answer is built: protect the passengers first, alert the train, then move the vehicle out of danger. The other two options sound reasonable but both increase the danger. That is a very common kind of distractor: a familiar action at the wrong moment.

How to choose an answer in the A/B/C part

Read the diagram labels: identify your vehicle, the oncoming vehicle and the pedestrian. An arrow shows an expected direction, not the answer.
Eliminate dangerous options first: speeding up, honking to hurry someone, cutting across.
Keep the option that yields to pedestrians, straight-going vehicles, motorbikes, buses and priority vehicles; if two options both yield, choose the one that yields to the right party.
Ignore distracting details such as a regular customer, a customer in a hurry or rain. Answer the question at the end.
About 2 minutes per question, at most about 2.5. Eliminate, choose and move on.
Do not leave many blanks: on a hard question, eliminate and choose rather than leave it empty.

Practising the practical section

This part needs plenty of practice because situations vary so much. Tokutei Taxi has more than 200 2D driving scenes for practising reading a diagram and choosing the safest action. The first three tests are free, with furigana and translations: see free CBT mock tests. If many words are hard, look at Japanese taxi vocabulary; words such as 適切, 行動, 交差点, 歩行者 and 踏切 are all in the notebook. To compare with the theory part, see the theory section.

No way of practising can guarantee that you will pass. The questions in the app are mock questions written by ViMai, not the real exam questions; use them to get used to reading situations and eliminating options.

Frequently asked questions

How many practical questions are there and what is the pass mark?

There are 20 questions, each with one of three choices A/B/C. You need at least 60%, which is 12 of 20, and also 60% in the theory part.

What do the practical questions ask?

Each describes a situation and asks which action is most appropriate. The correct answer is usually the safest, rule-following action.

What should I do with a hard diagram question?

Eliminate dangerous options such as speeding up or cutting across, keep the option that yields to the right party, then choose. Do not leave it blank and do not spend more than about 2.5 minutes on one question.

How many practical questions does the app have?

The 20 tests contain 400 practical questions and more than 200 2D driving scenes. The first three tests are free.