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Example Test #18

1. When may a passenger travel in a car without wearing a seat belt?
When they're under 14 years old

When they're under 1.5 metres (5 feet) in height

When they're sitting in the rear seat

When they're exempt for medical reasons

2. What signal should you give when you're going straight ahead at a roundabout?
Signal left before leaving the roundabout

Don't signal at any time

Signal right when you're approaching the roundabout

Signal left when you're approaching the roundabout

3. You wish to tow a trailer. Where would you find the maximum noseweight for your vehicle’s tow hitch?
In the vehicle handbook

In The Highway Code

In your vehicle registration certificate

In your licence documents

4. How can you avoid wheelspin when you're driving on an icy road?
Drive at a slow speed in the highest gear possible

Use the parking brake if the wheels start to slip

Brake gently and repeatedly

Drive in a low gear at all times

5. When is fuel consumption at its highest?
When you're braking

When you're coasting

When you're accelerating

When you're turning sharply

6. You're the first person to arrive at an incident where people are badly injured. You’ve switched on your hazard warning lights and checked all engines are stopped. What else should you do?
Make sure that an ambulance has been called

Stop other cars and ask the drivers for help

Try and get people who are injured to drink something

Move the people who are injured clear of their vehicles

7. What colour are the reflective studs between the hard shoulder and the left-hand lane of a motorway?
Green

Red

White

Amber

8. What's the legal minimum tread depth for tyres on your trailer or caravan?
1 mm

1.6 mm

2 mm

2.6 mm

9. You're driving on the motorway. Which lane should you get into well before you reach your exit?
The middle lane

The left-hand lane

The hard shoulder

The right-hand lane

10. In winter, road signs can become covered by snow. What does this sign mean?
Crossroads

Give way

Stop

Turn right

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11. When are you not allowed to sound your vehicle's horn?
Between 10.00 pm and 6.00 am in a built-up area

At any time in a built-up area

Between 11.30 pm and 7.00 am in a built-up area

Between 11.30 pm and 6.00 am on any road

12. Your car breaks down on a level crossing. What's the first thing you should do?
Tell drivers behind what's happened

Leave your vehicle and get everyone clear

Walk down the track and signal the next train

Stay in your car until you're told to move

13. What does this sign mean?
No route for pedestrians and cyclists

A route for pedestrians only

A route for cyclists only

A route for pedestrians and cyclists

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14. 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

15. What does this sign mean?
You have priority

No motor vehicles

Two-way traffic

No overtaking

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16. You're driving a vehicle that has anti-lock brakes. How should you apply the footbrake when you need to stop in an emergency?
Slowly and gently

Slowly but firmly

Rapidly and gently

Rapidly and firmly

17. You're parked on the road at night. When must you use parking lights?
When there are continuous white lines in the middle of the road

When the speed limit exceeds 30 mph

When you're facing oncoming traffic

When you're near a bus stop

18. What does this sign mean?
Low bridge ahead

Tunnel ahead

Ancient monument ahead

Traffic danger spot ahead

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19. You need glasses to read a vehicle number plate at the required distance. When must you wear them?
Only in bad weather conditions

Whenever you're driving

When you think it's necessary

Only at night time

20. You’ve just passed your driving test. How can you reduce your risk of being involved in a collision?
By always staying close to the vehicle in front

By never going over 40 mph

By staying in the left-hand lane on all roads

By taking further training

21. You're driving a car fitted with automatic transmission. When would you use ‘kick down’?
To engage cruise control

To accelerate quickly

To brake progressively

To improve fuel economy

22. What's the purpose of these road markings?
To ensure children can see and be seen when they're crossing the road

To enable teachers to have clear access to the school

To ensure delivery vehicles have easy access to the school

To enable parents to pick up or drop off children safely

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23. What's the minimum time gap you should leave when following a vehicle on a wet road?
One second

Two seconds

Three seconds

Four seconds

24. What safety device must be fitted to a trailer braking system?
Stabiliser

Jockey wheel

Corner steadies

Breakaway cable

25. What do the long white lines along the centre of the road mean?
Bus lane

Hazard warning

Give way

Lane marking

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26. What's the main benefit of driving a four-wheel-drive vehicle?
Improved grip on the road

Lower fuel consumption

Shorter stopping distances

Improved passenger comfort

27. You arrive at the scene of a crash where someone is bleeding heavily from a wound in their arm. Nothing is embedded in the wound. What could you do to help?
Walk them around and keep them talking

Dab the wound

Get them a drink

Apply pressure over the wound

28. When may you stop and wait in a box junction?
When oncoming traffic prevents you from turning right

When you're in a queue of traffic turning left

When you're in a queue of traffic going ahead

When you're on a roundabout

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29. Which sign means there will be two-way traffic crossing your route ahead?
A

B

C

D

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30. Why is it a good idea to plan your journey to avoid busy times?
You'll have an easier journey

You'll have a more stressful journey

Your journey time will be longer

It will cause more traffic congestion