This is guidance for you on what you will need to learn to pass the taxi licence knowledge test.
Please note that it is your responsibility to buy maps and use other resources to learn about Cambridge.
Also, you must learn what you think is relevant - this is only a guide.
There are 100 questions in the test, divided into four sections, and you need to get 80 percent to pass.
Therefore the more questions you attempt to answer the better.
You must attempt all four sections to pass the test.
In the first section of the test there are 15 questions on rules and regulations - for this you need to study the taxi guide (given to you at your first appointment).
Where an answer is required by ticking a box, make sure that it is plain which box you have ticked.
Types of questions
Questions will cover topics including:
- the difference between hackney carriage and private hire
- how do you charge fares, by meter or quote
- what you should do with the paper licence and badge issued by us
- how and when you should let us know about any convictions, change of address or accident damage
- seat belt laws
- how to assist passengers with luggage
In the second section you will need to have learnt:
- all the streets within the city boundary
- the locations for anywhere that a resident or someone visiting Cambridge might wish to go.
Fifty places of interest will be listed and you will need to learn which streets they are on. These include:
- all colleges, porters lodges and anything to do with university, eg the sports grounds, libraries and conference centres
- public houses (see www.cambridge-pubs.co.uk);
- restaurants (see www.cluelessaboutcambridge.co.uk);
- theatres
- cinemas
- hospitals
- hotels and bed and breakfasts
- sports centres and swimming pools
In the third section you will be given a map on which there are 25 numbered lines leading to buildings and streets in the city.
You will be asked to write down the building or street name shown on the map that corresponds to the number.
In the fourth section we will ask you to write down the route, including the street names, that you would take to complete a number of journeys using the shortest route.