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Example Test #17

1. How should you use the lanes on a motorway?
Use the lane that has the least traffic

Keep to the left-hand lane unless you're overtaking

Overtake using the lane that’s clearest

Stay in one lane until you reach your exit

2. Which is the sign for a ring road?
A

B

C

D

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3. How can you plan your route before starting a long journey?
Check your vehicle handbook

Ask your local garage

Use a route planner on the internet

Consult a travel agent

4. Which instrument-panel warning light would show that headlights are on main beam?
A

B

C

D

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5. What should you do when you're approaching traffic lights that have red and amber showing together?
Pass the lights if the road is clear

Take care because there's a fault with the lights

Wait for the green light

Stop because the lights are changing to red

6. You want to turn right from a main road into a side road. What should you do just before turning?
Cancel your right-turn signal

Select first gear

Check for traffic overtaking on your right

Stop and set the parking brake

7. What should you do if your anti-lock brakes (ABS) warning light stays on?
Check the brake-fluid level

Check the footbrake free play

Check that the parking brake is released

Have the brakes checked immediately

8. Which type of sign tells you what you must not do?
A

B

C

D

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9. You're behind this cyclist. When the traffic lights change, what should you do?
Try to move off before the cyclist

Allow the cyclist time and room

Turn right but give the cyclist room

Tap your horn and drive through first

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10. You see a pedestrian carrying a white stick that also has a red band. What does this mean?
They have limited mobility

They're deaf

They're blind

They're deaf and blind

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11. What should you do first if your vehicle has broken down on an automatic railway level crossing?
Get everyone out of the vehicle and clear of the crossing

Telephone your vehicle recovery service to move it

Walk along the track to give warning to any approaching trains

Try to push the vehicle clear of the crossing as soon as possible

12. You're following a slower-moving vehicle. What should you do if there's a junction just ahead on the right?
Overtake after checking your mirrors and signalling

Only consider overtaking when you're past the junction

Accelerate quickly to overtake before reaching the junction

Slow down and prepare to overtake on the left

13. What’s most likely to distract you while you’re driving?
Using a mobile phone

Using the windscreen wipers

Using the demisters

Using the mirrors

14. You're following a large vehicle. Why should you stay a safe distance behind it?
You'll be able to corner more quickly

You'll help the large vehicle to stop more easily

You'll give the driver a chance to see you in their mirrors

You'll keep out of the wind better

15. What should you do to reduce the risk of your vehicle catching fire?
Keep water levels above maximum

Check out any strong smell of fuel

Avoid driving with a full tank of fuel

Use fuel additives

16. There's been a collision. A motorcyclist is lying injured and unconscious. Why should you only remove their helmet if it’s essential?
They might not want you to remove it

Removing it could make any injuries worse

Removing it could let them get cold

You could scratch the helmet as you remove it

17. You're parked in a busy high street. What's the safest way to turn your vehicle around so you can drive in the opposite direction?
Turn around in a quiet side road

Drive into a side road and reverse out into the main road

Ask someone to stop the traffic

Carry out a U-turn

18. What should you do if your vehicle has a puncture on a motorway?
Drive slowly to the next service area to get assistance

Pull up on the hard shoulder or in an emergency refuge area. Change the wheel as quickly as possible

Pull up on the hard shoulder or in an emergency refuge area and call for assistance

Switch on your hazard warning lights. Stop in your lane

19. Which document may the police ask you to produce after you've been involved in a collision?
Your vehicle registration document

Your driving licence

Your theory test certificate

Your vehicle service record

20. You're following other vehicles in fog. You have your headlights on dipped beam. What else can you do to reduce the chances of being in a collision?
Keep close to the vehicle in front

Use main beam instead of dipped headlights

Keep up with the faster vehicles

Keep a safe distance from the vehicle in front

21. What must you do when you see this sign?
Stop only if traffic is approaching

Stop even if the road is clear

Stop only if children are waiting to cross

Stop only if a red light is showing

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22. What does it mean if this light comes on while you're driving?
A fault in the braking system

The engine oil is low

A rear light has failed

Your seat belt isn't fastened

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23. You're driving on a road with several lanes. What do these signs above the lanes mean?
The two right lanes are open

The two left lanes are open

Traffic in the left lanes should stop

Traffic in the right lanes should stop

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24. Why do motorcyclists often look round over their right shoulder just before turning right?
To listen for traffic behind them

Motorcycles don't have mirrors

It helps them balance as they turn

To check for traffic in their blind area

25. Why could it be dangerous to keep the clutch down, or select neutral, for long periods of time while you're driving?
Fuel spillage will occur

Engine damage may be caused

You'll have less steering and braking control

It will wear tyres out more quickly

26. What must you do if you come across roadworks that have a temporary speed limit displayed?
Obey the speed limit

Obey the limit, but only during rush hour

Ignore the displayed limit

Use your own judgment; the limit is only advisory

27. Which vehicles aren't allowed to use the right-hand lane of a three-lane motorway?
Small delivery vans

Motorcycles

Vehicles towing a trailer

Motorcycle and sidecar outfits

28. You're driving past parked cars. What should you do if you see a bicycle wheel sticking out between the cars?
Accelerate past quickly and sound your horn

Slow down and wave the cyclist across

Brake sharply and flash your headlights

Slow down and be prepared to stop for a cyclist

29. How can you reduce the environmental harm caused by your motor vehicle?
Only use it for short journeys

Don't service it

Drive faster than normal

Keep engine revs low

30. When will a new car need its first MOT test?
When it's one year old

When it's three years old

When it's five years old

When it's seven years old