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Example Test #68

1. What requires extra care when you're driving or riding in windy conditions?
Using the brakes

Moving off on a hill

Turning into a narrow road

Passing pedal cyclists

2. When would you use the right-hand lane of a two-lane dual carriageway?
When you're turning right or overtaking

When you're passing a side road on the left

When you're staying at the minimum allowed speed

When you're travelling at a constant high speed

3. How can you avoid wasting fuel?
By having your vehicle serviced regularly

By revving the engine in the lower gears

By keeping an empty roof rack on your vehicle

By driving at higher speeds where possible

4. You see this amber traffic light ahead. Which light, or lights, will come on next?
Red alone

Red and amber together

Green and amber together

Green alone

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

Amber

White

Red

6. You see a horse rider as you approach a roundabout. What should you do if they're signalling right but keeping well to the left?
Proceed as normal

Keep close to them

Cut in front of them

Stay well back

7. When may you sound your vehicle's horn?
To give you right of way

To attract a friend’s attention

To warn others of your presence

To make slower drivers move over

8. 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

9. Which vehicle will use a blue flashing beacon?
Motorway maintenance

Bomb disposal

Snow plough

Breakdown recovery

10. You're waiting to emerge from a junction. The windscreen pillar is restricting your view. What should you be particularly aware of?
Lorries

Buses

Motorcyclists

Coaches

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11. What does this traffic sign mean?
No overtaking allowed

Give priority to oncoming traffic

Two-way traffic

One-way traffic only

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12. What does it mean if your vehicle keeps bouncing after you sharply press down and release on the bodywork over a wheel?
The tyres are worn

The tyres are under inflated

The vehicle is on soft ground

The shock absorbers are worn

13. You're following a cyclist. What should you do when you wish to turn left a short distance ahead?
Overtake the cyclist before you reach the junction

Pull alongside the cyclist and stay level until after the junction

Hold back until the cyclist has passed the junction

Go around the cyclist on the junction

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14. Why should you test your brakes after this hazard?
You'll be on a slippery road

Your brakes will be wet

You'll be going down a long hill

You'll have just crossed a long bridge

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15. What does this sign mean?
Uneven road surface

Bridge over the road

Road ahead ends

Water across the road

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16. Where can you find reflective amber studs on a motorway?
Separating the slip road from the motorway

On the left-hand edge of the road

On the right-hand edge of the road

Separating the lanes

17. 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

18. A single carriageway road has this sign. What's the maximum permitted speed for a car towing a trailer?
30 mph

40 mph

50 mph

60 mph

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19. You're following a vehicle on a wet road. You stay a safe distance behind it. What should you do if a driver overtakes you and pulls into the gap you've left?
Flash your headlights as a warning

Try to overtake safely as soon as you can

Drop back to regain a safe distance

Stay close to the other vehicle until it moves on

20. Which sign means that the national speed limit applies?
A

B

C

D

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21. You're turning right at a crossroads. An oncoming driver is also turning right. What's the advantage of turning behind the oncoming vehicle?
You'll have a clearer view of any approaching traffic

You'll use less fuel because you can stay in a higher gear

You'll have more time to turn

You'll be able to turn without stopping

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

Red

White

Amber

23. Which vehicles aren't allowed to use the right-hand lane of a three-lane motorway?
Small delivery vans

Motorcycles

Vehicles towing a trailer

Motorcycle and sidecar outfits

24. What does this motorway sign mean?
Change to the lane on your left

Leave the motorway at the next exit

Change to the opposite carriageway

Pull up on the hard shoulder

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25. What should you do if an instrument panel warning light comes on while you're driving?
Continue if the engine sounds all right

Hope that it's just a temporary electrical fault

Deal with the problem when there's more time

Check out the problem quickly and safely

26. What does the solid white line at the side of the road indicate?
Traffic lights ahead

Edge of the carriageway

Footpath on the left

Cycle path

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27. What does this road marking mean?
Don't cross the line

No stopping allowed

You're approaching a hazard

No overtaking allowed

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

The engine

The brakes

The tyres

29. 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

30. Which vehicle should you allow extra room as you overtake them?
Lorry

Tractor

Bicycle

Road-sweeper