CQC merci quiz: how the exam works, how many statements and how many mistakes

The CQC exam has 70 statements that you answer True or False, divided into a common part and a specialist part:

• 40 statements from the common part, the same for goods and passengers
• 30 statements from the specialist part, which for the CQC merci is about the transport of goods

The time you have is 90 minutes, and you pass the exam with at most 7 mistakes.

The 7 mistakes allowed are counted over all 70 statements together, not part by part. A mistake in the common part counts as much as a mistake in the part on goods transport.

That is why it is not a good idea to put everything on one part only: if one part goes less well, its mistakes add up with those of the other. Practise both until you feel sure.

The CQC list of questions has 16 sections. From 1 to 10 there is the common part; from 11 to 13 the specialist part for the transport of goods; from 14 to 16 the one for the transport of passengers, which is not part of the CQC merci.

The 3 sections of the goods part are:

• 11. Ability to load the vehicle following the safety principles (Capacità di caricare il veicolo rispettandone i principi di sicurezza)
• 12. Knowledge of the rules on the transport of goods (Conoscenza della regolamentazione relativa al trasporto di merci)
• 13. Economic context of road haulage of goods, ecological transition (Contesto economico dell'autotrasporto di merci, transizione ecologica)

The CQC exam too is only in Italian and in the languages of the protected minorities: you cannot take it in other languages.

In the CQC statements, words from the job come back often, such as load (carico), rules (regolamentazione) or road haulage (autotrasporto). If Italian is not your first language, make a list of these words with their translation and review it often.

As D.Lgs. 286/2005 (art. 14) says, driving on roads open to the public with vehicles for the transport of goods, for which you need a patente (driving licence) of category C1, C1E, C or CE, requires the initial qualification and periodic training (formazione periodica).

You get the carta di qualificazione del conducente after an initial qualification course, standard or accelerated, and after passing the exam (D.Lgs. 286/2005, art. 19). The exam does not replace the course: they come one after the other.

Some practical tips:

• Study one section at a time, first the common part and then sections 11 to 13.
• When you know all the sections, do full simulations: 70 statements in 90 minutes.
• After each simulation, count the mistakes of each part and review the one where you make the most mistakes.

On PatenteInTasca you find explanations and exam simulations (simulazioni d'esame) for the CQC merci. PatenteInTasca is not affiliated with the Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti (MIT, the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport) or with the Motorizzazione (the vehicle licensing office), it is not a driving school and it does not replace the initial qualification course.