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Example Test #48

1. What should you do when you're approaching traffic lights that have been green for some time?
Accelerate hard

Maintain your speed

Be ready to stop

Brake hard

2. How can driving in a fuel-efficient manner help protect the environment?
Through the legal enforcement of speed regulations

By increasing the number of cars on the road

Through increased fuel bills

By reducing exhaust emissions

3. You're driving your car. When may you use a hand-held mobile phone?
When you're receiving a call

When you've parked safely

When you're driving at less than 30 mph

When your car has automatic transmission

4. You're waiting at a level crossing. What must you do if a train passes but the lights keep flashing?
Carry on waiting

Phone the signal operator

Edge over the stop line and look for trains

Park and investigate

5. At an incident, how could you help a small child who isn't breathing?
Find their parents and explain what's happening

Open their airway and begin CPR

Put them in the recovery position and slap their back

Talk to them confidently until an ambulance arrives

6. What should you do when you see an older person about to cross the road ahead?
Expect them to wait for you to pass

Speed up to get past them quickly

Stop and wave them across the road

Be careful; they may misjudge your speed

7. What does this sign mean?
Through traffic to use left lane

Right-hand lane T-junction only

Right-hand lane closed ahead

11 tonne weight limit

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8. Why should you never wave people across at pedestrian crossings?
Another vehicle may be coming

They may not be looking

It's safer for you to carry on

They may not be ready to cross

9. What should you do if you want to overtake a tractor but aren't sure that it's safe?
Follow another vehicle as it overtakes the tractor

Sound your horn to make the tractor driver pull over

Speed past, flashing your lights at oncoming traffic

Stay behind it if you're in any doubt

10. What colour are the reflective studs between the lanes on a motorway?
Green

Amber

White

Red

11. What does this sign mean?
Motorcycles only

No cars

Cars only

No motorcycles

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12. Traffic officers operate on motorways and some primary routes in England and Wales. What are they authorised to do?
Stop and arrest drivers who break the law

Repair broken-down vehicles on the motorway

Issue fixed penalty notices

Stop and direct anyone on a motorway

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13. What does this sign mean?
Uneven road surface

Bridge over the road

Road ahead ends

Water across the road

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

Red

White

Amber

15. As you approach a pelican crossing, the lights change to green. What should you do if older people are still crossing?
Wave them to cross as quickly as they can

Rev your engine to make them hurry

Flash your lights in case they haven't noticed you

Wait patiently while they cross

16. Who may use toucan crossings?
Motorcyclists and cyclists

Motorcyclists and pedestrians

Only cyclists

Cyclists and pedestrians

17. Why is it dangerous to leave rear fog lights switched on after the fog has cleared?
They may be confused with brake lights

The bulbs would fail

Electrical systems could be overloaded

Direction indicators may not work properly

18. Your insurer will issue you with an insurance certificate. When must you produce this document for inspection?
When making a SORN

When buying or selling a vehicle

When a police officer asks you for it

When your vehicle is having an MOT test

19. What does this sign mean?
Change to the left-hand lane

Leave at the next exit

Contraflow system

One-way street

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20. You're waiting to come out of a side road. Why should you look carefully for motorcycles?
Motorcycles are usually faster than cars

Police patrols often use motorcycles

Motorcycles can easily be hidden behind obstructions

Motorcycles have right of way

21. You're driving in freezing conditions. What should you do as you approach a sharp bend?
Coast into the bend

Apply your parking brake

Firmly use your footbrake

Slow down gently

22. What can you do to help prevent tiredness on a long journey?
Eat a large meal before driving

Take regular refreshment breaks

Play loud music in the car

Complete the journey without stopping

23. What colour are the reflective studs between a motorway and a slip road?
Amber

White

Green

Red

24. What's a cover note?
A document issued before you receive your driving licence

A document issued before you receive your insurance certificate

A document issued before you receive your registration document

A document issued before you receive your MOT certificate

25. What does this sign mean?
No parking

No road markings

No through road

No entry

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26. What will become more expensive after you've been convicted of driving while unfit through drink or drugs?
Road fund licence

Insurance premiums

Vehicle test certificate

Driving licence

27. What can people who live or work in towns and cities do to help reduce urban pollution levels?
Drive more quickly

Over-rev in a low gear

Walk or cycle

Drive short journeys

28. What should you do if you overtake a cyclist when it's very windy?
Overtake very slowly

Keep close as you pass

Sound your horn repeatedly

Allow extra room

29. What should you do if you begin to feel drowsy while you're driving?
Stop and rest as soon as possible

Turn the heater up to keep you warm and comfortable

Close the car windows to help you concentrate

Continue with your journey but drive more slowly

30. You're driving towards a zebra crossing. What should you do if a person in a wheelchair is waiting to cross?
Continue on your way

Wave to the person to cross

Wave to the person to wait

Be prepared to stop