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Example Test #59

1. You stop on the hard shoulder of a motorway and use the emergency telephone. Where's the best place to wait for help to arrive?
Next to the phone

Well away from the carriageway

With your vehicle

On the hard shoulder

2. 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

3. Who's legally responsible for ensuring that a vehicle registration certificate (V5C) is updated?
The registered vehicle keeper

The vehicle manufacturer

Your insurance company

The licensing authority

4. When would you use the right-hand lane on a three-lane motorway?
When you're turning right

When you're overtaking

When you're travelling above the speed limit

When you're trying to save fuel

5. You're at the front of a queue of traffic waiting to turn right into a side road. Why is it important to check your right mirror just before turning?
To look for pedestrians about to cross

To check for overtaking vehicles

To make sure the side road is clear

To check for emerging traffic

6. What's a rumble device designed to do?
Give directions

Prevent cattle escaping

Alert you to low tyre pressure

Alert you to a hazard

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7. What can you do to reduce environmental damage caused by your vehicle?
Avoid using the cruise control

Use the air conditioning whenever you drive

Use the gears to slow the vehicle

Avoid making a lot of short journeys

8. You service your own vehicle. How should you dispose of the old engine oil?
Take it to a local-authority site

Pour it down a drain

Tip it into a hole in the ground

Put it in your dustbin

9. You're travelling along a motorway. Where would you find a crawler or climbing lane?
On a steep gradient

Before a service area

Before a junction

Along the hard shoulder

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10. 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

11. 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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12. What's the reason for traffic-calming measures?
To stop road rage

To make overtaking easier

To slow traffic down

To make parking easier

13. You're approaching a red light at a puffin crossing. Pedestrians are on the crossing. When will the red light change?
When you start to edge forward onto the crossing

When the pedestrians have cleared the crossing

When the pedestrians push the button on the far side of the crossing

When a driver from the opposite direction reaches the crossing

14. What does this sign mean?
Side winds

Road noise

Airport

Adverse camber

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15. You've been driving in fog. What must you do when the visibility improves?
Switch off your fog lights

Keep your rear fog lights switched on

Keep your front fog lights switched on

Leave your fog lights switched on in case the fog returns

16. Where should you take particular care to look for motorcyclists and cyclists?
On dual carriageways

At junctions

At zebra crossings

On one-way streets

17. What should you do about driving if you've been taking medicine that causes drowsiness?
Only drive if your journey is necessary

Drive on quiet roads

Ask someone to come with you

Avoid driving and check with your doctor

18. Where would you expect to see these markers?
On a motorway sign

On a railway bridge

On a large goods vehicle

On a diversion sign

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19. How do smart motorways prevent traffic bunching?
By using higher speed limits

By using advisory speed limits

By using minimum speed limits

By using variable speed limits

20. Where are amber reflective studs found on a motorway?
Between the hard shoulder and the carriageway

Between the acceleration lane and the carriageway

Between the central reservation and the carriageway

Between each pair of lanes

21. What's the meaning of this sign?
Local speed limit applies

No waiting on the carriageway

National speed limit applies

No entry for vehicles

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22. When are you allowed to stop on a motorway?
When you need to walk and get fresh air

When you wish to pick up hitchhikers

When you're signalled to do so by traffic signals

When you need to use a mobile telephone

23. What should you be prepared to do in this situation?
Sound your horn and continue

Slow down and give way

Report the driver to the police

Squeeze through the gap

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24. Other than direction indicators, how can you give signals to other road users?
By using brake lights

By using sidelights

By using fog lights

By using interior lights

25. Why should the junction on the left be kept clear?
To allow vehicles to enter and emerge

To allow the bus to reverse

To allow vehicles to make a U-turn

To allow vehicles to park

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26. What should you do before starting a journey in foggy weather?
Wear a hi-visibility jacket

Have a caffeinated drink

Allow more time

Reduce your tyre pressures

27. What must you do at this junction?
Stop behind the line, then edge forward to see clearly

Stop beyond the line, at a point where you can see clearly

Stop only if there's traffic on the main road

Stop only if you're turning right

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28. What does it mean if the signs at a bus lane show no times of operation?
The lane isn't in operation

The lane is only in operation at peak times

The lane is in operation 24 hours a day

The lane is only in operation in daylight hours

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29. What should you do if you have to stop while you're going through a congested tunnel?
Pull up very close to the vehicle in front to save space

Ignore any message signs, as they're never up to date

Keep a safe distance from the vehicle in front

Make a U-turn and find another route

30. A horse rider is in the left-hand lane approaching a roundabout. Where should you expect the rider to go?
In any direction

To the right

To the left

Straight ahead