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Example Test #61

1. When could the cost of your insurance be reduced?
When you're under 25 years old

When you don't wear glasses

When you pass the driving test first time

When you complete the Pass Plus scheme

2. You want to turn left at this junction. What should you do if your view of the main road is restricted?
Stay well back and wait to see if anything comes

Build up your speed so that you can emerge quickly

Stop and apply the parking brake even if the road is clear

Approach slowly and edge out until you can see more clearly

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3. Where should you park your vehicle at night?
Near a police station

In a quiet road

On a red route

In a well-lit area

4. What does this sign mean?
Route for trams

Give way to trams

Route for buses

Give way to buses

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5. Which sign shows that a tanker is carrying dangerous goods?
A

B

C

D

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6. What can you expect if you drive using rapid acceleration and heavy braking?
Reduced pollution

Increased fuel consumption

Reduced exhaust emissions

Increased road safety

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

Motorcyclists

High-sided vehicles

Cars

8. 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

9. What will happen if you hold the clutch pedal down or roll in neutral for too long?
It will use more fuel

It will cause the engine to overheat

It will reduce your control

It will improve tyre wear

10. What must you do when the amber light is flashing at a pelican crossing?
Stop and wait for the green light

Stop and wait for the red light

Give way to pedestrians waiting to cross

Give way to pedestrians already on the crossing

11. You're travelling on the motorway. How can you lower the risk of a collision when the vehicle behind is following too closely?
Increase your distance from the vehicle in front

Brake sharply

Switch on your hazard warning lights

Move onto the hard shoulder and stop

12. What does this sign mean?
Direction to park-and-ride car park

No parking for buses or coaches

Direction to bus and coach park

Parking area for cars and coaches

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13. You're on a smart motorway. What does it mean if a red cross is showing above the hard shoulder and mandatory speed limits above all other lanes?
The hard shoulder can be used as a rest area if you feel tired

The hard shoulder is for emergency or breakdown use only

The hard shoulder can be used as a normal running lane

The hard shoulder has a speed limit of 50 mph

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14. You've stopped at a railway level crossing. What should you do if the red lights continue to flash after a train has gone by?
Phone the signal operator

Alert drivers behind you

Wait

Proceed with caution

15. What information is found on a vehicle registration document?
The registered keeper

The type of insurance cover

The service history details

The date of the MOT

16. When must you use dipped headlights during the day?
All the time you're driving

When you're driving along narrow streets

When you're driving in poor visibility

When you're parking

17. What's the purpose of a catalytic converter?
To reduce fuel consumption

To reduce the risk of fire

To reduce harmful exhaust gases

To reduce engine wear

18. You're on a motorway. What should you do if there's a red cross showing on the signs above your lane only?
Continue in that lane and look for further information

Don't continue in that lane

Pull onto the hard shoulder

Stop and wait for an instruction to proceed

19. 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

20. What does a sign with a brown background show?
Tourist directions

Primary roads

Motorway routes

Minor roads

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21. You're driving on an icy road. What distance from the car in front should you drive?
Four times the normal distance

Six times the normal distance

Eight times the normal distance

Ten times the normal distance

22. Where may you overtake on a one-way street?
Only on the left-hand side

Overtaking isn't allowed

Only on the right-hand side

On either the right or the left

23. What must you do if your ability to drive is impaired during a period of illness?
See your doctor each time before you drive

Take smaller doses of any medicines

Stop driving until you're fit to drive again

Take all your medicines with you when you drive

24. How much more fuel will you use by driving at 70 mph, compared with driving at 50 mph?
About 5%

About 15%

About 75%

About 100%

25. 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

26. You're driving towards this level crossing. What would be the first warning of an approaching train?
Both half-barriers down

A steady amber light

One half-barrier down

Twin flashing red lights

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27. 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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28. You're in a tunnel and you see this sign. What does it mean?
Direction to an emergency pedestrian exit

Beware of pedestrians: no footpath ahead

No access for pedestrians

Beware of pedestrians crossing ahead

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29. What can be damaged if you turn the steering wheel when the car isn't moving?
The gearbox

The engine

The brakes

The tyres

30. What should you expect if you see this sign ahead?
The road will go steeply uphill

The road will go steeply downhill

The road will bend sharply to the left

The road will bend sharply to the right

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