Based on the Red Seal Parts Technician exam blueprint: safety, customer service, parts identification and sourcing, warehousing and inventory, pricing and financial transactions
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About the certification
In Ontario, Parts Technician is a non-compulsory trade administered by Skilled Trades Ontario. The apprenticeship is 6,000 hours: 5,460 on the job and 540 in school. Across Canada it is the Red Seal trade Parts Technician, so passing the Certificate of Qualification exam also earns the interprovincial Red Seal endorsement.
The Red Seal exam has 120 multiple-choice questions in 5 blocks: common occupational skills (19 questions), customer service (26), parts acquisition (29), warehousing and inventory (30) and business practices (16). Identifying parts is the heaviest task with 16 questions. Between 65 and 75% of the questions test procedural knowledge and application, 10 to 20% knowledge and recall, and 10 to 15% critical thinking. The interprovincial exam information gives the pass mark as 70%.
ExamHub's free 240P practice quiz has 182 original questions weighted to the real exam blocks and tasks, with an explanation and a source for every answer. Safety and shipping questions use Ontario's Industrial Establishments regulation (O. Reg. 851), the federal Transportation of Dangerous Goods and WHMIS regulations, with the Red Seal Parts Technician standard as the blueprint.
What's covered
Categories group the 16 Red Seal exam tasks, weighted like the real exam.
Try a few
Five sample questions from the question bank, with the answer and explanation.
Why: Section 22(3) permits up to 235 L of flammable liquids to be stored in sealed containers of 23 L or less each, or in a double-walled metal cabinet with a 3-point door latch and a liquid-tight sill raised at least 50 mm above the floor. Open pails, larger drums and ordinary cabinets do not meet that exception.
Why: For light vehicles, an alphabetic seventh position means the position-10 code refers to 2010–2039. In that range N is 2022 (M is 2021, P is 2023). The same letter would have denoted an earlier year under the older cycle, which is why position 7 is checked.
Why: Subtotal $400.00 + $25.00 = $425.00. HST at 13% is $425.00 × 0.13 = $55.25. The total is $425.00 + $55.25 = $480.25. The CRA states that supplies delivered in Ontario carry 13% HST.
Why: Section 6.5 sets the expiry of a TDG training certificate at 36 months after issue for road, rail or marine transport, and 24 months for air transport. Employees must hold a valid certificate, or work under the direct supervision of someone who does.
Why: Profit is $40. Mark-up is profit divided by cost: 40 ÷ 60 = 66.7%. Margin is profit divided by selling price: 40 ÷ 100 = 40%. The RSOS asks technicians to explain the difference between margin and mark-up.
FAQ
The Red Seal Parts Technician exam has 120 multiple-choice questions. ExamHub's bank has 182 questions, and Test Mode draws a 120-question timed simulation.
The pass mark for the interprovincial Red Seal exam is 70%. The Red Seal exam page does not state a time limit, and ExamHub's Test Mode allows up to 4 hours.
5 blocks: common occupational skills (19 questions), customer service (26), parts acquisition (29), warehousing and inventory (30) and business practices (16). Identifying parts is the heaviest task with 16 questions.
No. Parts Technician is a non-compulsory trade in Ontario. Skilled Trades Ontario issues the Certificate of Qualification when the exam is passed, and the trade is part of the Red Seal program.
No. These are original practice questions written from the Red Seal standard and free public sources. They are not copies of exam questions.