Under a vehicle distance-sales contract, the vehicle remains undelivered more than 30 days after the agreed supply date. What does BPCPA s. 49(1)(c) allow?
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VSA Salesperson Practice Test 2026 – Free BC VSA Salesperson Questions
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- The VSA, the Motor Dealer Act and who is regulatedNot enough data
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- Salesperson licensingNot enough data
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- Dealer registration, premises and recordsNot enough data
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- Code of conductNot enough data
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- Sale agreements and material factsNot enough data
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- Advertising, price display and dealer feesNot enough data
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- Deceptive and unconscionable practices (BPCPA)Not enough data
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- Leases, distance sales, deposits and returnsNot enough data
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- Consignment salesNot enough data
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Key facts: BC VSA Salesperson Licensing Exam
- 70 questionsNumber of questions70 multiple-choice and true/false questions (70 marks)VSA — Licensing course policies
- 75 of 100 marksPass mark75 of 100 course marks: coursework 30 (assignments 20, forum posts 10) plus exam 70VSA — Licensing course policies
- Open book, onlineFormatOpen book (electronic workbook and notes), supervised online; AI use prohibitedVSA — Licensing course policies
- $458Course feeSalesperson Licensing Course fee $458VSA — Licensing course
- $55 retakeRetakeOne retake for $55 within 5 business days of notice; after that, re-register at full costVSA — Licensing course policies
- Before conditional licence expiresDeadlineCoursework and exam must be finished before your conditional licence expiry dateVSA — Licensing course policies
- Up to 1 yearLicence termIssued or renewed for up to one year; renew at least 14 days before expiryBC Laws — Salesperson Licensing Regulation
- Not publishedTime limitNot stated on the VSA course pages we checked; our mocks are untimedNot officially published · VSA — Licensing course policies
The VSA's course policies say the final exam has 70 multiple-choice and true/false questions, is open book and is supervised online, and that you need 75 of 100 course marks to pass, counting your assignments and forum posts. Our mock exams use 70 questions, and the topic tests follow the main areas of the law, from licensing and disclosure to advertising, leases, consignment, the Compensation Fund and enforcement.
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Each original question is grouped by study topic. Pick a topic to practise that area.
- The VSA, the Motor Dealer Act and who is regulated12 questions
How the Vehicle Sales Authority administers the Motor Dealer Act and parts of the BPCPA, the legal definitions of motor dealer, motor vehicle and sale, the five-vehicle deeming rule, exemptions, the VSA's jurisdiction, publication of enforcement actions and the $10 transaction levy.
- Salesperson licensing12 questions
Salesperson activity, applications, conditions, renewal and the distinction between unpaid introductions and rewarded activity that requires a licence.
- Dealer registration, premises and records12 questions
What a dealer needs to be registered, trading only in the registered name from registered premises, online sales, per-location registration and expiry, refusal and cancellation, changes to report in 14 days, certificates, records kept two years and wholesale auctions.
- Code of conduct12 questions
The duties every licensee and dealer owes under the code of conduct: honesty and integrity, no discrimination, putting every representation in writing, prompt replies, no misleading charges, no intimidation, protecting records and not helping anyone break the law.
- Sale agreements and material facts12 questions
What new and used vehicle agreements must contain, the material facts a dealer must disclose (taxi, police, racing, damage, rental, imported for sale, odometer), vehicles not suitable for transportation, odometer replacement and when a vehicle is new, used or a demonstrator.
- Advertising, price display and dealer fees12 questions
Dealer numbers in ads, window-sticker and all-in price rules for new and used vehicles, demonstrator wording, documentation and finance placement fees, lowest advertised price and the BPCPA rules on price representations.
- Deceptive and unconscionable practices (BPCPA)12 questions
Who is a consumer and a supplier, examples of deceptive acts or practices, the supplier's burden of proof, the factors for unconscionable practices and their effect, void waivers and prohibited terms on reviews and arbitration.
- Leases, distance sales, deposits and returns12 questions
Lease disclosure and the one-clear-day lease cancellation right, why purchases have no cooling-off period, distance sales cancellation rights, deposits with and without a written agreement, and the buyer's right to inspect.
- Consignment sales12 questions
What a consignment is, the contents of the consignment agreement and the consigned-vehicle purchase agreement, plain-language rules, trust money, deposit and withdrawal rules and the one-day and 14-day deadlines.
- Motor Dealer Customer Compensation Fund12 questions
Dealer contributions and late charges, who can claim and which losses qualify, the written demand and deadlines, exclusions, the $20,000 maximum, the Board's powers and dealer repayment.
- Complaints, enforcement, odometers and curbers12 questions
Complaints and inspections, undertakings, compliance and freezing orders, receivers, administrative penalties and their limits, odometer offences, fines and time limits, and how to recognize and deal with curbers.
- Sale of Goods Act, liens and financing12 questions
Implied conditions of title, description, fitness, merchantable quality and durability, which ones can be excluded for used goods, lien searches, negative equity, extended-term loans and finance fees.
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1Under a vehicle distance-sales contract, the vehicle remains undelivered more than 30 days after the agreed supply date. What does BPCPA s. 49(1)(c) allow?
- A. Claim against the Compensation Fund right away
- B. Cancel only within the following 24 hours
- C. Cancel any time after that, while it is still undelivered
- D. Nothing, because online delivery dates are only rough estimates
The consumer may give notice of cancellation while the vehicle is still undelivered after the 30-day period. Related transactions, guarantees, security and supplier-extended or arranged credit are cancelled under s. 49(2); refund and return duties are addressed separately in ss. 50–51.
2For the specific BPCPA sections listed in section 6(2), what defence can a newspaper prove when it publishes another supplier’s misleading ad?
- A. When the newspaper is printed and distributed outside of British Columbia
- B. When the dealer paid for the ad in advance with cash
- C. When the ad ran only once in the weekend edition
- D. When it did not know and had no reason to suspect the ad broke the law
The advertiser must prove it did not know and had no reason to suspect that publication would contravene section 5. The protection is for the listed sections 171, 172 and 189, not immunity from every possible legal duty. Section 6(3) separately requires the supplier’s name/address record.
3A buyer signs a clause giving up all BPCPA rights in exchange for a discount. What is the effect?
- A. The waiver is valid once initialled by both parties
- B. The waiver is void
- C. The waiver is valid for used vehicles only
- D. The waiver is valid because a discount was given
Any waiver or release of rights, benefits or protections under the BPCPA is void unless the Act expressly permits it.
4In a retail sale of a NEW vehicle, can the contract exclude the implied conditions of quality and fitness?
- A. Yes, if the vehicle is sold on consignment
- B. Yes, if the buyer initials the clause
- C. Yes, if the price is discounted
- D. No, such terms are void for new goods
In a retail sale or lease of goods that are not used, any term that negates or diminishes the conditions in sections 17 to 19 is void.
5In a consignment, what role does the dealer play?
- A. It rents the vehicle to the public
- B. It sells the owner's vehicle as the owner's agent
- C. It buys the vehicle outright at a wholesale price
- D. It lends the owner money on the vehicle
A consignment is an arrangement where a vehicle is entrusted to a dealer for sale, under a conditional sale for resale, or for display for sale. The dealer acts as agent for the owner (consignor).
6On what basis can the registrar refuse or cancel a dealer's registration?
- A. The dealer choosing to sell only used motorcycles
- B. Financial responsibility or past conduct, judged against the public interest
- C. The dealer's sales falling below a set yearly minimum
- D. Online customer reviews that average under three stars for a full year
If the financial responsibility or past conduct of the applicant or registrant, or of a corporation's officers or directors, makes registration contrary to the public interest, the registrar can refuse, refuse to renew, cancel or suspend it.
7What is a deceptive act or practice under the BPCPA?
- A. A representation or conduct that could deceive or mislead a consumer
- B. Only a misleading statement printed in an advertisement
- C. Only a written statement that the supplier knew at the time was false
- D. Only a statement made after the contract is signed
A deceptive act is any oral, written, visual or other representation, or any conduct, by a supplier that has the capability, tendency or effect of deceiving or misleading a consumer. It can occur before, during or after the transaction.
8How long must a dealer keep its purchase and sales records under the regulation?
- A. At least 6 months from the date the vehicle was sold
- B. At least 2 years from the original transaction
- C. At least 10 years from the sale date
- D. Only until the buyer's first payment
Dealers keep purchase orders, sales orders and written records of all purchase and sale transactions for at least 2 years, and for used vehicles records of material reconditioning with repair orders and costs.
9What must a claimant do before applying to the Fund?
- A. Wait until the dealer's registration has been cancelled
- B. Report the dealer to the police and get a file number
- C. Sue the dealer in Supreme Court and win a judgment first
- D. Make a written demand on the dealer within 4 years of the deal
The claimant must first make a written demand on the dealer within 4 years after the transaction, and the dealer must have refused or failed to honour it within 30 days.
10How long after the facts come to the registrar's attention may a prosecution under the Act be started?
- A. There is no time limit
- B. Up to 4 years
- C. Up to 2 years
- D. Up to 6 months
A prosecution must not be commenced more than 2 years after the facts on which it is based first came to the attention of the registrar.
About the test
About the BC VSA Salesperson Licensing Exam
In British Columbia anyone who solicits, negotiates or arranges the sale of a vehicle to a consumer for a dealer, for a fee or reward, is a salesperson and must hold a salesperson licence from the Vehicle Sales Authority. New salespeople start on a conditional licence and must complete and pass the Salesperson Licensing Course before that conditional licence expires. A licence is issued for a term of up to one year and is renewed at least 14 days before it expires.
The course is a self-study online course run by the VSA. You complete an orientation, four eLearning assignments and ten forum posts, and only then can you book the final exam, which is supervised online. The exam is open book: you may use an electronic copy of the course workbook and your notes, but AI tools are not allowed. Coursework is worth 30 marks and the exam 70 marks, and you need 75 of the 100 marks to pass.
The course explores the Motor Dealer Act, the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act, the Sale of Goods Act and contract law. In practice that means who must be licensed, what dealers and salespeople must disclose in writing, how vehicles may be advertised and priced, the code of conduct, leases and distance sales, deposits, consignment rules, the Motor Dealer Customer Compensation Fund, enforcement and penalties, curbers and odometer fraud.
These questions use public BC Laws legislation and VSA guidance, without reproducing official workbook chapters or questions. The source legislation is in English; our French teaching translation is not an official legal version. The real exam includes true/false items, while ours use four choices with editorial topic balance and difficulty.
Original unofficial practice, editorially checked against official sources and not reviewed by a licensed professional. No VSA affiliation or endorsement is claimed. A result here provides no licence, course marks or pass prediction. Sets, topics, mocks, simulator draws and printing reuse the same bank.
Study plan
How to prepare
- 1Read Regulation sections 21–34 for contracts, disclosure, prices, leases and conduct. These are our teaching topics; no official exam weighting is claimed.
- 2Keep the conditions with each figure: a specific damage threshold, a clear lease day without written waiver, the dealer demand before a Fund application. A disclosure threshold does not remove other duties about material facts.
- 3Learn the definitions of motor dealer, salesperson, consumer and motor vehicle. Questions often describe a situation, such as a referral reward or someone reselling a single car, and ask whether a licence is needed.
- 4Know the code of conduct by heart. It is short: honesty and integrity, no discrimination, every representation in writing, prompt replies, no misleading charges, no intimidation, safeguarded records and no helping others break the law.
- 5Read the deceptive and unconscionable practices sections of the BPCPA and note that the supplier carries the burden of proof. Practise spotting which representations are deceptive in sales scenarios.
- 6The exam is open book, but time spent searching is time lost. Make your own index of where each rule sits in the workbook and the laws, and practise until you can answer most questions without looking anything up.
- 7Our 53/70 reference is an editorial exercise target, not an official standalone exam pass mark. The VSA requires 75/100 overall: coursework 30 plus exam 70. We do not calculate your coursework or validate practice results against the real exam.
FAQ
BC VSA Salesperson test questions people ask
How many questions are on the VSA salesperson exam?
The VSA's course policies say the final exam has 70 multiple-choice and true/false questions worth 70 marks. Our mock exams also have 70 questions.
What is the pass mark for the VSA licensing course?
The course requires 75/100 overall: four assignments contribute 20, ten forum posts 10 and the exam 70. Our 53/70 reference is only an editorial study target, not an official standalone exam threshold or validated pass prediction.
Is the VSA exam open book?
Yes. The VSA says the exam is open book and you can use an electronic copy of the course workbook and your notes. Using AI during the exam is strictly prohibited.
What happens if I fail the VSA exam?
Under the VSA's course policies you can retake the exam once for $55, within five business days of being notified. If you fail the retake or miss that window, you must re-register for the course at full cost.
How much does the Salesperson Licensing Course cost?
The VSA's licensing course page lists the Salesperson Licensing Course fee as $458. Licence fees are separate and listed on the VSA's fee schedule.
Do I need a licence to refer friends to a dealer for a reward?
Yes, in effect. In BC anyone who participates in soliciting or arranging a sale for a dealer in expectation of a fee, gain or reward is a salesperson and must be licensed, so referral reward programs for BC residents are illegal.
How long is a salesperson licence valid?
The Salesperson Licensing Regulation allows a licence to be issued or renewed for a term of up to one year, and a renewal application must be made at least 14 days before the licence expires.
How long is the exam?
The VSA pages we checked do not state a time limit. Book the exam after you finish your coursework and before your conditional licence expires.
Are these the real VSA exam questions?
No. The 144 concepts are original and do not reproduce official questions or the workbook. They have editorial source checking, without licensed-professional review.
Is every practice feature free?
Yes, without an account. Official course, exam and licence fees are separate. Our results grant no credential or course marks.
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