Log in Register
Study Theory
contactlogo Contact US
logo
Study Theory
globalicon
Register Log in
backarrow Back

Example Test #50

1. What type of vehicle could you expect to meet in the middle of the road?
Lorry

Bicycle

Car

Motorcycle

practice
2. What may help to deter a thief from stealing your car?
Always keeping the headlights on

Fitting reflective glass windows

Always keeping the interior light on

Etching the registration number on the windows

3. What do these motorway signs mean?
They're countdown markers to a bridge

They're distance markers to the next telephone

They're countdown markers to the next exit

They warn of a police control ahead

practice
4. You’re waiting at a pelican crossing. What does it mean when the red light changes to flashing amber?
Give way to pedestrians on the crossing

Move off immediately without any hesitation

Wait for the green light before moving off

Get ready and go when the continuous amber light shows

5. Which vehicles are least likely to be affected by side wind?
Cyclists

Motorcyclists

High-sided vehicles

Cars

6. What should you do if the amber lights come on and a warning sounds while you're driving over a level crossing?
Get everyone out of the vehicle immediately

Stop and reverse back to clear the crossing

Keep going and clear the crossing

Stop immediately and use your hazard warning lights

practice
7. This junction, controlled by traffic lights, has a marked area between two stop lines. What's this for?
To allow taxis to position in front of other traffic

To allow people with disabilities to cross the road

To allow cyclists and pedestrians to cross the road together

To allow cyclists to position in front of other traffic

practice
8. When may you drive a car in this bus lane?
Outside its hours of operation

To get to the front of a traffic queue

You may not use it at any time

To overtake slow-moving traffic

practice
9. 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

10. You need to top up your battery with distilled water. What level should you fill it to?
The top of the battery

Halfway up the battery

Just below the cell plates

Just above the cell plates

11. 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

12. What should you do if your vehicle pulls to one side when you use the brakes?
Increase the pressure in your tyres

Have the brakes checked as soon as possible

Change gear and pump the brake pedal

Use your parking brake at the same time

13. 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

practice
14. What will happen if your car's wheels are unbalanced?
The steering will pull to one side

The steering will vibrate

The brakes will fail

The tyres will deflate

15. What lights should you use when you're driving on a wet motorway and vehicles are throwing up surface spray?
Hazard warning lights

Dipped headlights

Rear fog lights

Sidelights

16. Who should obey diamond-shaped traffic signs?
Tram drivers

Bus drivers

Lorry drivers

Taxi drivers

practice
17. When should tyre pressures be checked?
After any lengthy journey

After travelling at high speed

When tyres are hot

When tyres are cold

18. Which plate may appear with this road sign?
A

B

C

D

practice
19. You're approaching a junction where the traffic lights aren't working. What should you do when a police officer gives this signal?
Turn left only

Turn right only

Continue ahead only

Stop at the stop line

practice
20. What does this sign mean?
Waiting restrictions apply

Waiting permitted

National speed limit applies

Clearway (no stopping)

practice
21. You're driving in heavy traffic on a wet road. Which lights should you use if there's a lot of surface spray?
Main-beam headlights

Sidelights only

Rear fog lights if visibility is more than 100 metres (328 feet)

Dipped headlights

22. You're towing a trailer along a three-lane motorway. When may you use the right-hand lane?
When there are lane closures

When there's slow-moving traffic

When you can maintain a high speed

When large vehicles are in the left and centre lanes

23. Which diagram shows a hazard warning line?
A

B

C

D

practice
24. On what type of road surface may anti-lock brakes be ineffective?
Dry

Loose

Firm

Smooth

25. What should you do to avoid fuel spillage?
Check that your tank is only three-quarters full

Check that you've used a locking filler cap

Check that your fuel gauge is working

Check that your filler cap is securely fastened

26. What should you do as you approach this cyclist?
Try to overtake before the cyclist gets to the junction

Flash your headlights at the cyclist

Slow down and allow the cyclist to turn

Rev your engine so the cyclist knows you're following behind

practice
27. What does this curved arrow road marking mean?
Heavy vehicles should take the next road on the left to avoid a weight limit

The road ahead bends to the left

Overtaking traffic should move back to the left

The road ahead has a camber to the left

practice
28. Which sign means 'no entry'?
A

B

C

D

practice
29. Which is the sign for a ring road?
A

B

C

D

practice
30. What should you do when you park a car facing downhill?
Turn the steering wheel towards the kerb

Park close to the bumper of another car

Park with two wheels on the kerb

Turn the steering wheel away from the kerb