The taxi driver exam in Finland: format, pass mark and practice questions

The taxi driver examination (taksinkuljettajan koe) is a Traficom examination. You must pass it before you can get a taxi driving licence. The key facts:

• The examination has 60 multiple-choice questions, and you have at most 45 minutes.
• You pass when you get at least 45 correct, and also the required number correct in each of the five topics.
• You take the examination in Finnish or Swedish. You may not use an interpreter or a dictionary.
• From 1 November 2026, you can take the examination only after you have completed 21 hours of taxi driver training.
• A passed examination is valid for one year.

At the end of this page there are our own practice questions. They are not real examination questions. All the rules come from Traficom’s pages, Traficom’s regulations and the Act on Transport Services.

What you need before the exam

From 1 November 2026, you can take the examination only after you have completed 21 hours of taxi driver training. In Finnish this is called taksinkuljettajan peruskoulutus. Only training organisations whose training programme Traficom has approved may provide it. The training covers the same five topics as the examination.

When you come to the examination, your training must be entered in Traficom’s Transport Register (liikenneasioiden rekisteri). The training organisation must report your training to Traficom within two weeks after you complete it. If you book the examination right after the training, ask the training organisation whether it has reported your training yet.

The full path to a taxi driving licence, including the driving licence and medical report requirements, is on the page Become a taxi driver. What the 2026 law changes mean for different drivers is on the page Taxi law 2026.

Format and pass mark

The examination is a digital theory test. Each question has several answer options, and only one of them is correct. The system checks the answers automatically and tells you the result.

The examination is marked topic by topic. If you get fewer correct answers than required in any topic, the whole examination fails, even if your total is high enough.

The topic driver rights and obligations was added to the examination on 1 September 2026. It added ten questions.

The taxi driver examination is not the same as the examination for taxi transport entrepreneurs. The entrepreneur examination is part of applying for a taxi transport licence. It is explained on the page Become a taxi entrepreneur. The difference between a taxi driving licence and a taxi transport licence is on the page Taxi licence in Finland.

Exam language

You take the examination in Finnish or Swedish. There are no other languages. You may not use an interpreter or a dictionary in the examination.

You can take the examination orally with more time, at most 90 minutes, if you have a health reason:

• dyslexia or reading difficulties, with a written and signed statement or report from a healthcare professional or a special education teacher, or
• another health reason that prevents you from completing the examination in 45 minutes, with a written and signed statement from a healthcare professional that gives the ICD-10 diagnosis code of the illness or disorder.

The statement must show your name and your personal identity code or date of birth. In an oral examination, a member of the service provider’s staff is always present.

Booking the exam

You take the examination at a service point of Traficom’s service provider. Book it in advance in the Ajovarma booking service.

According to Traficom’s news of 13 November 2025, from 17 November 2025 the examinations are group exams in 12 locations: Järvenpää, Oulu, Tampere, Turku, Kuopio, Vaasa, Lappeenranta, Jyväskylä, Lahti, Lohja, Seinäjoki and Rovaniemi. In a group exam, everyone takes the test at the same time on a tablet, and a supervisor is in the room. Check the location in the booking service when you book.

On the exam day

• Prove your identity when you check in for the examination. The examination starts when you check in. Your identity can also be checked during the examination.
• Leave your things outside the examination room. You leave personal belongings, outdoor clothing and accessories in the place the service provider shows you. If you do not leave them, or if you cannot be identified, you cannot enter the examination room.
• Religious headwear, or headwear or a wig worn for a health reason, is allowed. It is checked before you enter the examination room.
• A face mask is allowed, but you must take it off when your identity is checked.
• A device you need to monitor your health, for example a phone that alerts you to changes in your health, is allowed only if you show a medical report or an entry in your patient records before the examination. Tell the supervisor before you use the device during the examination.

Banned items and cheating

You may not have a mobile phone, headphones or any other communication or recording device in the examination or in the examination room. Materials and equipment that can be used to cheat, or to copy questions or pass them on, are also banned. So are clothes or accessories that could give you an advantage in the examination.

The following counts as cheating:

• using or trying to use banned devices or methods
• talking during the examination to anyone other than the service provider’s staff
• taking the examination for another person
• copying or recording the examination or any part of it in any way
• bribing or trying to bribe a member of the service provider’s staff.

If you are caught cheating, your examination is stopped and failed. It is also failed if the cheating is found only after the examination. In addition, Traficom bans you from taking the examination for six months. Traficom has the cheating rules in several languages, including English, Russian and Arabic, on its page Apply for a taxi driving licence.

Traficom does not publish the examination questions. The examination material belongs to Traficom and is confidential.

After the exam

• A passed examination is valid for one year. You must apply for the taxi driving licence within that time. You submit the application at a service point of Traficom’s service provider. Applying for the licence is explained on the page Become a taxi driver.
• If you fail, you can retake the examination at the earliest on the next working day (arkipäivä).

If you took the exam earlier

Practice questions

These questions were written by Taxi School Finland. They are not Traficom examination questions, and they are not copied from any question bank. Each question tests one rule in a Traficom regulation or in the Act on Transport Services. According to Traficom, the examination is based on this act and on Traficom’s regulation on taxi transport examinations.

The real examination asks about much more, for example assisting passengers and the special needs of different passenger groups. The answers come after the questions.

1. In the examination, you get 52 of 60 answers correct. In the topic driver rights and obligations, you get 6 of 10 correct. What is the result?
   • A) You pass, because you have more than 45 correct answers.
   • B) You fail, because this topic requires at least 7 correct answers.
   • C) You pass, if all your answers in the other topics are correct.
2. You fail the examination on a Monday. When is the earliest you can take it again?
   • A) On the next working day.
   • B) After two weeks.
   • C) After six months.
3. A candidate talks to another candidate during the examination. What happens?
   • A) The supervisor gives a warning, and the examination continues.
   • B) The examination is stopped and failed, and Traficom bans the candidate from the examination for six months.
   • C) The examination is failed, but the candidate can take a new one on the next working day.
4. You have passed the taxi driver examination. By when must you apply for the taxi driving licence?
   • A) Within one year of the examination.
   • B) Within five years of the examination.
   • C) At any time, because a passed examination is valid permanently.
5. A customer gets into a taxi at a taxi rank without booking in advance. Before the journey, the customer asks how much it will cost. What must the driver do?
   • A) The driver does not need to answer, because the price shows at the end of the journey.
   • B) The driver must give the price information before the journey starts, orally or in writing.
   • C) The driver must ask the customer to call the dispatch centre.
6. The fare is based on distance and time. The customer does not know the city and leaves the route to the driver. Which route must the driver choose?
   • A) The route that is easiest for the driver.
   • B) The route that is the cheapest and most suitable for the passenger.
   • C) The route along the main roads, even if it is more expensive.
7. A customer wants to pay in cash. No specific payment method was agreed when the trip was booked. Which is true?
   • A) The customer has the right to pay in cash.
   • B) The driver can require payment by card.
   • C) Cash is accepted only if the driver agrees.
8. Which information must the passenger be able to see in the taxi?
   • A) The driver’s personal identity code and home address.
   • B) The name and contact details of the licence holder, and the driver’s name.
   • C) Only the registration number of the taxi.
9. A supervising authority stops the taxi for a check and asks to see the taxi transport licence. Which is true?
   • A) The driver does not need to show it, because the licence belongs to the entrepreneur, not the driver.
   • B) It is enough for the driver to say the licence number.
   • C) The licence or a copy of it must be in the vehicle, and the driver must show it on request.
10. An elderly customer walks with a cane and gets into the car slowly. What is required of the driver?
    • A) The driver makes sure the passenger can get into and out of the vehicle safely, and offers the help the passenger needs.
    • B) The driver’s job is only to drive, so the driver waits in the car.
    • C) The driver helps only if the customer asked for help when booking.

Answers

1. B. The examination is marked topic by topic. Driver rights and obligations requires at least 7 correct answers out of 10. If any one topic is below the minimum, the whole examination fails. Source: Traficom’s regulation on taxi transport examinations, sections 6 and 6.1.
2. A. You can retake a failed examination at the earliest on the working day after the examination. Source: Traficom’s regulation on taxi transport examinations, section 3.
3. B. Talking during the examination to anyone other than the service provider’s staff is cheating. The examination is stopped and failed, and Traficom sets a six-month ban on taking the examination. Source: section 246a of the Act on Transport Services, and Traficom’s instructions on cheating in the taxi driver examination.
4. A. A passed examination is valid for one year. The law requires that you passed the examination no more than one year before you submit the licence application. Source: section 25 of the Act on Transport Services, and Traficom’s page Apply for a taxi driving licence.
5. B. When the trip was not booked in advance, or the price can change, the driver must also give the price information on request before the journey starts, in writing or orally. Source: section 152 of the Act on Transport Services.
6. B. When the fare is based on distance or time and the passenger leaves the route to the driver, the driver chooses the cheapest and most suitable route for the passenger. Source: section 151 of the Act on Transport Services.
7. A. The passenger has the right to pay in cash and with the most common payment cards, unless a specific payment method was clearly agreed when the trip was ordered or booked. Source: section 151 of the Act on Transport Services.
8. B. The passenger must be able to see the name and contact details of the licence holder, and the driver’s name. The driver is responsible for this, and must also tell the passenger this information orally on request. Source: section 151 of the Act on Transport Services.
9. C. The driver is responsible for having the taxi transport licence or a copy of it in the vehicle, and must show it to a supervising authority on request. If the taxi runs under a passenger or goods transport licence on the basis of a notification, the vehicle must carry a document showing that the notification is in the register. Source: section 151 of the Act on Transport Services.
10. A. In taxi transport, the driver makes sure the passenger can get into and out of the vehicle safely, and offers the help the passenger needs. Source: section 151 of the Act on Transport Services.