100+ Free Tour Guide (China) Practice Questions

Prepare for the National Tour Guide Qualification Examination (全国导游资格考试) exam with instant access — no signup required.

✓ No registration✓ No credit card✓ No hidden fees✓ Start practicing immediately

100+ Questions

100% Free

Loading practice questions...

2026 Statistics

Key Facts: Tour Guide (China) Exam

4 + 1

Four written subjects across two papers plus one oral simulation

Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT)

180 Min

Total duration for the computer-based written examinations

MCT Tour Guide Examination Guidelines

1 Sitting

Non-rolling exam: both written and oral stages must be passed together

National Tourism Supervision Platform

电子导游证

Electronic Tour Guide Card issued upon passing and agency association

PRC Tourism Law & Tour Guide Regulations

万分之一

High standard of factual accuracy required in cultural site interpretation

National Standard for Tour Guide Services (GB/T 15971)

The National Tour Guide Qualification Examination is China's official licensing exam for tour guides, administered by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Candidates must pass two combined computer written papers (covering 4 subjects) and an oral scenic presentation in a single sitting. The 100 practice questions here provide an English-language study bank covering the PRC Tourism Law, emergency protocols, classical Chinese garden design, imperial architecture, and regional tourism geography.

Sample Tour Guide (China) Practice Questions

Try these sample questions to test your Tour Guide (China) exam readiness. Each question includes a detailed explanation. Start the interactive quiz above for the full 100+ question experience with AI tutoring.

1According to Article 35 of the PRC Tourism Law (中华人民共和国旅游法), which of the following practices by travel agencies is strictly prohibited?

A.Organizing tourism activities at unreasonably low prices to induce tourists and obtaining illicit benefits through designated shopping arrangements or paid add-on activities

B.Offering discounted seasonal tour packages with clearly disclosed self-guided shopping times in the contract

C.Charging additional service fees for customized private itineraries requested by individual tourists

D.Recommending local government-designated public cultural heritage sites and folk museums

Explanation: Article 35 of the PRC Tourism Law strictly forbids travel agencies from organizing tourism activities at unreasonably low prices, inducing tourists, and obtaining rebates or illicit benefits by arranging designated shopping or separate paid activities. Any designated shopping or paid activities must be agreed upon through voluntary consultation or explicit written tourist request, without coercion. The law aims to eradicate zero-fare or negative-fare tour traps.

2Under the Tour Guide Management Measures (导游管理办法), what is the legal prerequisite for an individual who has obtained the Tour Guide Qualification Certificate (导游资格证书) to apply for and obtain the Electronic Tour Guide Card (电子导游证) and practice legally?

A.The individual must complete three consecutive years of full-time tourism management studies

B.The individual must sign a labor contract with a travel agency or register with a tour guide industry association (导游行业组织)

C.The individual must pass a regional foreign language proficiency test administered by the provincial tourism bureau

D.The individual must purchase personal commercial vehicle liability insurance exceeding 1 million RMB

Explanation: Under the Tour Guide Management Measures, passing the qualification examination yields a Tour Guide Qualification Certificate, but to engage in tour guiding services, one must hold an Electronic Tour Guide Card. To obtain the card, the holder must either sign a formal labor contract with a travel agency or complete practice registration with a recognized tour guide industry association or service agency.

3According to Article 67 of the PRC Tourism Law, when a contract cannot be performed due to force majeure (不可抗力) such as an earthquake or severe typhoon before departure, how must financial obligations be handled upon termination of the contract?

A.The travel agency must issue a full 100% refund of all fees regardless of non-refundable expenses already paid to carriers

B.The tourist must forfeit the entire tour fee and pay an additional 20% administrative penalty to the travel agency

C.The travel agency shall deduct unavoidable expenses already incurred and refund the remaining balance of the tour fee to the tourist

D.The travel agency must pay treble damages (3x compensation) to the tourist for failing to execute the itinerary

Explanation: Under Article 67 of the Tourism Law, if force majeure makes itinerary fulfillment impossible before departure, either party may terminate the contract. The travel agency must deduct expenses already incurred that cannot be recovered (such as non-refundable transit or advance hotel deposits) and refund the remaining balance to the tourist. Neither party bears breach-of-contract penalties.

4Under the Travel Agency Regulations (旅行社条例), what is the statutory minimum Quality Guarantee Deposit (旅行社质量保证金) that a newly established travel agency must deposit into a designated bank account when engaging solely in domestic and inbound tourism business?

A.100,000 RMB

B.500,000 RMB

C.1,400,000 RMB

D.200,000 RMB

Explanation: According to the Travel Agency Regulations, an entity applying to establish a travel agency engaging in domestic and inbound tourism must deposit a Quality Guarantee Deposit of 200,000 RMB (or provide a bank guarantee of equivalent value). If the agency later qualifies and applies to operate outbound tourism business (出境旅游业务), it must increase the deposit by an additional 1,200,000 RMB (totaling 1,400,000 RMB).

5Under Book VII (Tort Liability) of the PRC Civil Code and the Tourism Law, what liability arises if a scenic spot operator fails to fulfill its safety assurance obligations (安全保障义务)—such as neglecting to install guardrails on slippery cliff paths—resulting in physical injury to a tourist?

A.The scenic spot operator bears tort liability for damages caused by the breach of its statutory safety assurance obligation

B.The tourist's assigned tour guide bears sole personal financial and criminal liability for the injury

C.The local municipal tourism bureau assumes unconditional compensation liability from administrative fiscal reserves

D.The scenic spot is exempt from liability if it posted a general disclaimer stating 'Visitors enter at their own risk'

Explanation: Article 1198 of the PRC Civil Code stipulates that operators of public venues, including scenic spots, hotels, and entertainment facilities, bear tort liability if they fail to fulfill safety assurance obligations and cause injury to others. Unilateral disclaimer signs like 'enter at your own risk' are void under consumer and civil contract law.

6Under Article 38 of the PRC Tourism Law, what mandatory labor protection must a travel agency provide when hiring a tour guide to provide guiding services?

A.The agency may require the tour guide to advance funds for group meals and recover costs solely through shopping commissions

B.The agency must enter into a labor contract, pay labor remuneration, and pay social insurance premiums for full-time guides, or pay service remuneration (劳动报酬) for temporary engagements

C.The agency is exempted from paying labor remuneration if the tour guide receives customer gratuities

D.The agency must assign guides exclusively as independent contractors without any basic salary or social benefits

Explanation: Article 38 of the PRC Tourism Law mandates that travel agencies employing full-time tour guides must conclude formal labor contracts, pay statutory remuneration, and contribute to social insurance. When hiring freelance guides for temporary assignments, agencies must pay fair guiding service remuneration. Agencies are strictly prohibited from requiring guides to pay 'kickbacks' or advance tour funds to buy group assignments.

7Under the Tour Guide Management Measures and Tourism Law, what penalty may be imposed on an individual holding a tour guide license who privately solicits or contracts tour guiding business (私自承揽业务) without travel agency assignment?

A.Immediate lifelong criminal imprisonment with confiscation of all personal real estate

B.A mandatory warning with no financial fines or license deductions

C.Confiscation of illegal income, a fine between 1,000 RMB and 10,000 RMB, and suspension or revocation of the Tour Guide Card in serious circumstances

D.Automatic transfer of the guide's qualification to an overseas travel agency without penalty

Explanation: Under Article 102 of the PRC Tourism Law and the Tour Guide Management Measures, tour guides who privately contract tour business without travel agency assignment face administrative sanctions: confiscation of unlawful gains, a fine ranging from 1,000 to 10,000 RMB, and temporary suspension (1 to 3 months) or permanent revocation of their Tour Guide Card for serious violations.

8Under Article 24 of the Tour Guide Management Measures (导游管理办法), what must a tour guide do immediately once a tourism emergency occurs?

A.Prioritise safeguarding the travel agency's coach and company documents before assisting tourists

B.Require tourists to sign an indemnity waiving travel agency liability before providing any assistance

C.Leave the group and proceed alone to the nearest municipal police station

D.Report to the head of their own organisation — or, if urgent or the incident is major, direct to the county-level or higher tourism and safety supervision authorities — rescue or help rescue stranded tourists, and adopt risk-avoidance measures such as adjusting or suspending the itinerary or evacuating the risk area

Explanation: Article 24 of the Tour Guide Management Measures sets out three immediate steps once a tourism emergency occurs: report to the person in charge of the guide's own organisation, going direct to the county-level or higher tourism authority, work safety supervision authority and other responsible departments where the situation is urgent or the incident is major or especially major; rescue or assist in rescuing stranded tourists; and, following the instructions of the travel agency, tourism authorities and other bodies, take risk-avoidance measures such as adjusting or suspending the itinerary, halting travel into a risk area, or evacuating one.

9Under the PRC Law on the Protection of Consumer Rights and Interests (消费者权益保护法), which consumer right is directly infringed if a souvenir shop inside a tourist attraction conceals true commodity origins or charges unauthorized hidden fees?

A.The right to know the true facts (知情权) and the right to fair trade (公平交易权)

B.The right to form consumer political associations

C.The right to demand diplomatic immunity while shopping

D.The right to mandatory 50% government subsidies on commercial handicrafts

Explanation: The Consumer Rights Protection Law guarantees consumers the right to know the true conditions of goods and services (知情权, including price, origin, quality, and specifications) and the right to fair transactions (公平交易权, fair pricing without deception or coercion). Deceitful pricing and concealment violate these core rights.

10Under the Travel Agency Regulations, what is the legal status and civil liability relationship between a travel agency's branch office (分社) and the establishing parent travel agency?

A.A branch office is an independent corporate legal person fully shielded from the parent company's liability

B.A branch office does not possess independent legal person status (法人资格), and the establishing parent travel agency bears ultimate civil liability for the branch's operations

C.A branch office can only operate international outbound tours and cannot service domestic tourists

D.A branch office is managed directly by the municipal public security bureau rather than the establishing travel agency

Explanation: Under Article 10 of the Travel Agency Regulations, a travel agency branch office (分社) does not have independent legal person status. Its business scope cannot exceed that of the establishing travel agency, and the establishing agency bears civil legal liability for the operational acts and contract obligations of its branch offices.

About the Tour Guide (China) Exam

The National Tour Guide Qualification Examination (全国导游资格考试) is the statutory professional qualification examination organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China under the PRC Tourism Law (中华人民共和国旅游法). It evaluates mastery of tourism legislation, travel agency regulations, tour guiding workflow, tourist safety, emergency handling (medical crises, lost items, itinerary disruptions), Chinese dynastic history, ancient architecture (imperial palaces, classical gardens, temples), ethnic customs, culinary arts, geography, and scenic spot interpretation. Officially administered in Chinese, this OpenExamPrep question bank provides an English-language MCQ study adaptation.

Assessment

Two merged computer written papers: Paper 1 (Policies & Laws and Guiding Operations, 90 min) and Paper 2 (National Fundamentals and Regional Fundamentals, 90 min), plus Subject 5: Tour Guiding Service Competency (导游服务能力, oral interview, ~15 min).

Time Limit

Written papers: 180 minutes total (90 min per combined paper); Oral practical: ~15 minutes

Passing Score

Unified passing line determined annually by MCT across written, oral, and total composite scores

Exam Fee

RMB 200–350 total depending on provincial regulations (Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部, MCT))

Tour Guide (China) Exam Content Outline

25%

Tourism Policies, Laws & Administrative Regulations (政策与法律法规)

PRC Tourism Law, Travel Agency Regulations, Tour Guide Management Measures, Civil Code contract/tort rules, Consumer Rights Protection Law, and mandatory prohibitions on forced shopping

25%

Tour Guiding Operations & Emergency Protocols (导游业务与突发事件处理)

Standard guiding service workflows (arrival, hotel, transport, touring, departure), special tourist assistance, and crisis management: tourist injury, illness, lost passports, flight delays, and natural disasters

30%

National Cultural Heritage, History & Architecture (全国导游基础知识)

Chinese dynastic history, ethnic minority traditions, imperial palace architecture (Forbidden City), classical garden elements (framing, borrowing, leaking), ancient tombs, Buddhist/Taoist temples, and culinary arts

20%

Regional Geography, Scenic Spots & Guiding Competency (地方导游基础与服务能力)

China's landform types (Karst, Danxia, Yardang), major 5A national scenic areas, regional folklore, scenic spot interpretation strategies, and oral presentation etiquette

How to Pass the Tour Guide (China) Exam

What You Need to Know

Passing score: Unified passing line determined annually by MCT across written, oral, and total composite scores
Assessment: Two merged computer written papers: Paper 1 (Policies & Laws and Guiding Operations, 90 min) and Paper 2 (National Fundamentals and Regional Fundamentals, 90 min), plus Subject 5: Tour Guiding Service Competency (导游服务能力, oral interview, ~15 min).
Time limit: Written papers: 180 minutes total (90 min per combined paper); Oral practical: ~15 minutes
Exam fee: RMB 200–350 total depending on provincial regulations

Keys to Passing

Work through all 100 available questions
Review every answer and explanation
Track weak areas and revisit them
Use our AI tutor for tough concepts

Tour Guide (China) Study Tips from Top Performers

1Master statutory provisions of the PRC Tourism Law: remember that contracts with tourists must be in writing, changes to itineraries require agreement or legitimate force majeure justifications, and forced shopping (强迫购物) incurs severe administrative fines and license revocation.

2Know classical Chinese garden design techniques: Borrowed Scenery (借景, incorporating distant pagodas/mountains), Framed Scenery (框景, viewing through moon gates or windows), Leaked Scenery (漏景, lattice windows), and Obstructed Scenery (障景, screen walls).

3Memorize emergency protocols: if a tourist loses a passport, the guide must immediately report to the local public security exit-entry bureau, contact the travel agency, obtain a police loss report, and escort the tourist to their home country embassy/consulate.

4Understand imperial palace roof and architectural ranks: Wudian Ding (庑殿顶) with double eaves is the highest imperial grade (e.g., Hall of Supreme Harmony), followed by Xieshan Ding (歇山顶), Xuanshan Ding (悬山顶), and Yingshan Ding (硬山顶).

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the National Tour Guide Qualification Examination (全国导游资格考试)?

It is the statutory professional qualification examination organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China under the PRC Tourism Law. Passing both the written and oral examinations is the legal requirement to obtain the Tour Guide Qualification Certificate and apply for the electronic Tour Guide Card (电子导游证).

What are the subjects of the examination?

The exam consists of four written subjects tested across two merged computer papers: (1) Policies and Laws, (2) Guiding Operations, (3) National Tour Guide Fundamentals, and (4) Regional Tour Guide Fundamentals, plus a fifth subject: Tour Guiding Service Competency (导游服务能力, oral simulated practical).

What are the core tourist consumer rights protected under the PRC Tourism Law?

Under the PRC Tourism Law, tour operators and tour guides are strictly prohibited from inducing or forcing tourists to shop (强迫购物), altering agreed itineraries without mutual consent, or demanding unlawful kickbacks. Tour guides must wear their electronic tour guide identity on duty.