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Example Test #8

1. 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

2. You've just been overtaken by this motorcyclist. What should you do if the rider cuts in sharply?
Sound the horn

Brake firmly

Keep a safe gap

Flash your lights

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3. What should you do if it's raining and you're following this lorry on a motorway?
Allow a two-second separation gap

Switch your headlights onto main beam

Move into a lane that has less spray

Be aware of spray reducing your vision

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4. You're carrying a child under three years old in your car. Which restraint is suitable for a child of this age?
A child seat

An adult holding a child

An adult seat belt

An adult lap belt

5. What does this sign mean?
With-flow bus and cycle lane

Contraflow bus and cycle lane

No buses and cycles allowed

No waiting for buses and cycles

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6. When should you use your vehicle's horn?
To alert others to your presence

To allow you right of way

To greet other road users

To signal your annoyance

7. What will happen to your car when you drive up a steep hill?
The high gears will pull better

The steering will feel heavier

Overtaking will be easier

The engine will work harder

8. 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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9. Why should you try and park in a secure car park?
It makes it easy to find your car

It helps deter thieves

It stops the car being exposed to bad weather

It doesn't cost anything to park here

10. 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

11. You're driving in heavy traffic on a wet road. Which lights should you use if there's a lot of surface spray?
Main-beam headlights

Sidelights only

Rear fog lights if visibility is more than 100 metres (328 feet)

Dipped headlights

12. 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

13. What should you do as you approach this bridge?
Move to the right

Slow down

Change gear

Keep to 30 mph

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14. When must your vehicle have valid insurance cover?
Before you can make a SORN

Before you can sell the vehicle

Before you can scrap the vehicle

Before you can tax the vehicle

15. Your vehicle breaks down on a motorway and you manage to stop on the hard shoulder. What should you do if you use your mobile phone to call for help?
Stand at the rear of the vehicle while making the call

Phone a friend and ask them to come and collect you

Wait in the car for the emergency services to arrive

Check your location from the nearest marker posts beside the hard shoulder

16. You're about to drive home. What should you do if you feel very tired and have a severe headache?
Wait until you're fit and well before driving

Drive home, but take a tablet for headaches

Drive home if you can stay awake for the journey

Wait for a short time, then drive home slowly

17. 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

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 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

20. What would suggest you're driving on an icy road?
There's less wind noise

There's less tyre noise

There's less transmission noise

There's less engine noise

21. Following a collision, a person has been injured. What would be a warning sign for shock?
Flushed complexion

Warm dry skin

Slow pulse

Rapid shallow breathing

22. 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

23. At an incident, how could you help a casualty who has stopped breathing?
Keep their head tilted forwards as far as possible

Follow the DR ABC code

Raise their legs to help with circulation

Try to give them something to drink

24. 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

25. For how long is a Statutory Off-Road Notification (SORN) valid?
Until the vehicle is taxed, sold or scrapped

Until the vehicle is insured and MOT'd

Until the vehicle is repaired or modified

Until the vehicle is used on the road

26. Why should you use your mirrors when you see a hazard ahead?
Because you'll need to accelerate out of danger

To assess how your actions will affect the traffic behind

Because you'll need to brake sharply and stop

To check what's happening on the road ahead

27. What should you do if you become tired while you're driving on a motorway?
Pull up on the hard shoulder and change drivers

Leave the motorway at the next exit and rest

Increase your speed and turn up the radio volume

Close all your windows and set the heating to warm

28. When will you feel the effects of engine braking?
When you only use the parking brake

When you're in neutral

When you change to a lower gear

When you change to a higher gear

29. Which sign means no motor vehicles allowed?
A

B

C

D

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30. What will be affected if the road surface becomes soft in very hot weather?
The suspension

The exhaust emissions

The fuel consumption

The tyre grip