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Example Test #79

1. You arrive at the scene of a crash where someone is bleeding heavily from a wound in their arm. Nothing is embedded in the wound. What could you do to help?
Walk them around and keep them talking

Dab the wound

Get them a drink

Apply pressure over the wound

2. What legal requirement must be met by a newly qualified driver?
They must display green L plates

They must have a new photograph taken for their full licence

They must be accompanied on their first motorway journey

They must have valid motor insurance

3. How can you plan your route before starting a long journey?
Check your vehicle handbook

Ask your local garage

Use a route planner on the internet

Consult a travel agent

4. What should you do as you approach this lorry?
Slow down and be prepared to wait

Make the lorry wait for you

Flash your lights at the lorry

Move to the right-hand side of the road

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5. What's the nearest you may park to a junction?
10 metres (32 feet)

12 metres (39 feet)

15 metres (49 feet)

20 metres (66 feet)

6. Why must you take great care when emerging from this junction?
The road surface is poor

The footpath is narrow

The kerbs are high

The view is restricted

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7. You're about to overtake. What should you do when you see this sign?
Overtake the other driver as quickly as possible

Move to the right to get a better view

Switch your headlights on before overtaking

Hold back until you can see clearly ahead

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8. You're approaching a zebra crossing. What should you do if pedestrians are waiting to cross?
Give way to older and infirm people only

Slow down and prepare to stop

Use your headlights to indicate they can cross

Wave at them to cross the road

9. 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

10. When may you drive without wearing your seat belt?
When you're carrying out a manoeuvre that includes reversing

When you're moving off on a hill

When you're testing your brakes

When you're driving slowly in queuing traffic

11. Which type of glasses would make driving at night more difficult?
Half-moon

Round

Bifocal

Tinted

12. What should you do if the traffic in the left-hand lane is slowing?
Slow down, keeping a safe separation distance

Accelerate past the vehicles in the left-hand lane

Pull up on the left-hand verge

Move across and continue in the right-hand lane

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13. 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

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14. What's the first thing you must do if you have a collision while you're driving your car?
Stop only if someone waves at you

Call the emergency services

Stop at the scene of the incident

Call your insurance company

15. What does this signal mean?
Cars must stop

Trams must stop

Both trams and cars must stop

Both trams and cars can continue

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16. 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

17. What style of driving causes increased risk to everyone?
Considerate

Defensive

Competitive

Responsible

18. What does this sign mean?
Crossroads

Level crossing with gate

Level crossing without gate

Ahead only

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19. Why should you switch off your rear fog lights when the fog has cleared?
To allow your headlights to work

To stop draining the battery

To stop the engine losing power

To prevent dazzling drivers behind

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

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23. What does this sign mean?
Minimum speed 30 mph

End of maximum speed

End of minimum speed

Maximum speed 30 mph

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24. 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

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25. You're driving in a slow-moving queue of traffic. What should you do just before changing lane?
Sound the horn and flash your lights

Look for motorcyclists filtering through the traffic

Give a ‘slowing down’ arm signal

Change down to first gear

26. What can cause excessive or uneven tyre wear?
A faulty gearbox

A faulty braking system

A faulty electrical system

A faulty exhaust system

27. How does drinking alcohol affect your driving behaviour?
It improves judgement skills

It increases confidence

It leads to faster reactions

It increases concentration

28. How should you react to inexperienced drivers?
Sound your horn to warn them of your presence

Be patient and prepare for them to react more slowly

Flash your headlights to indicate that it's safe for them to proceed

Overtake them as soon as possible

29. What signal should you give when you're going straight ahead at a roundabout?
Signal left before leaving the roundabout

Don't signal at any time

Signal right when you're approaching the roundabout

Signal left when you're approaching the roundabout

30. You're on a country road that has no pavement. What should you anticipate finding on your side of the road?
Motorcycles

Bicycles

Pedestrians

Horse riders