1. 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
2. What should you do before slowing down or stopping your vehicle?
Sound the horn
Use the mirrors
Select a higher gear
Flash the headlights
3. For how long is an MOT certificate normally valid?
Three years after the date it was issued
10,000 miles
One year after the date it was issued
30,000 miles
4. You're driving in busy traffic. You want to pull up just after a junction on the left. When should you signal?
As you're passing or just after the junction
Just before you reach the junction
Well before you reach the junction
It would be better not to signal at all
5. Where would you see this sign?
In the window of a car taking children to school
At the side of the road
At playground areas
On the rear of a school bus or coach
6. Why should you make sure that your indicators are cancelled after turning at a junction?
To avoid flattening the battery
To avoid misleading other road users
To avoid dazzling other road users
To avoid damage to the indicator relay
7. 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
8. Where would you find these road markings?
At a railway crossing
At a mini-roundabout
On a motorway
On a pedestrian crossing
9. 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
10. When should you use the left-hand lane of a motorway?
When your vehicle breaks down
When you're overtaking slower traffic in the other lanes
When you're making a phone call
When the road ahead is clear
11. Which sign informs you that you're coming to a 'no through road'?
A
B
C
D
12. You want to park and you see this sign. What should you do on the days and times shown?
Park in a bay and not pay
Park on yellow lines and pay
Park on yellow lines and not pay
Park in a bay and pay
13. You've just passed your first practical driving test. What will you have to do if you get six penalty points on your licence in the next two years?
Retake only your theory test
Retake your theory and practical tests
Retake only your practical test
Reapply for your full licence immediately
14. What's the main hazard the driver of the red car (arrowed) should be aware of?
Glare from the sun may affect the driver's vision
The black car may stop suddenly
The bus may move out into the road
Oncoming vehicles will assume the driver is turning right
15. Why should you check for motorcyclists just before turning right into a side road?
They may be overtaking on your left
They may be following you closely
They may be emerging from the side road
They may be overtaking on your right
16. Your vehicle has broken down on a motorway. What should you do if you aren't able to get onto the hard shoulder?
Switch on your hazard warning lights
Stop the traffic behind and ask for help
Attempt to repair your vehicle quickly
Stand behind your vehicle to warn others
17. Why are vehicle mirrors often slightly curved (convex)?
They give a wider field of vision
They totally cover blind spots
They make it easier to judge the speed of the traffic behind
They make the traffic behind look bigger
18. What must you do if your eyesight has become very poor and you're no longer able to meet the driver's eyesight requirements?
Tell the driver licensing authority
Tell your doctor
Tell the police
Tell your optician
19. You're travelling along a motorway. When are you allowed to overtake on the left?
When you can see well ahead that the hard shoulder is clear
When the traffic in the right-hand lane is signalling right
When you warn drivers behind by signalling left
When in queues and traffic to your right is moving more slowly than you are
20. Which road users are most difficult to see when you're reversing your car?
Motorcyclists
Car drivers
Cyclists
Children
21. What type of vehicle could you expect to meet in the middle of the road?
Lorry
Bicycle
Car
Motorcycle
22. You're towing a caravan. Which is the safest type of rear-view mirror to use?
Interior wide-angle mirror
Extended-arm side mirrors
Ordinary door mirrors
Ordinary interior mirror
23. 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
24. How will a police officer in a patrol vehicle signal for you to stop?
Flash the headlights, indicate left and point to the left
Overtake and give a slowing down arm signal
Use the siren, overtake, cut in front and stop
Pull alongside you, use the siren and wave you to stop
25. What must you do when you're overtaking a car at night?
Flash your headlights before overtaking
Select a higher gear
Switch your headlights to main beam before overtaking
Make sure you don't dazzle other road users
26. What's the maximum fine for driving or riding without insurance?
Unlimited
£500
£1000
£5000
27. Why should you switch your headlights on when it first starts to get dark?
To make your dials easier to see
So others can see you more easily
So that you blend in with other drivers
Because the street lights are lit
28. What does this arm signal mean?
The driver is slowing down
The driver intends to turn right
The driver wishes to overtake
The driver intends to turn left
29. Which of these signs warns you of a zebra crossing?
A
B
C
D
30. What should you do when you see these horse riders in front?
