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Example Test #86

1. You're following a slower-moving vehicle. What should you do if there's a junction just ahead on the right?
Overtake after checking your mirrors and signalling

Only consider overtaking when you're past the junction

Accelerate quickly to overtake before reaching the junction

Slow down and prepare to overtake on the left

2. Why are place names painted on the road surface?
To restrict the flow of traffic

To warn of oncoming traffic

To help you select the correct lane in good time

To prevent you from changing lanes

3. You're driving along a country road. You see this sign. What should you do after dealing safely with the hazard?
Check your tyre pressures

Switch on your hazard warning lights

Accelerate briskly

Test your brakes

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4. What's most likely to increase fuel consumption?
Poor steering control

Accelerating around bends

Staying in high gears

Harsh braking and accelerating

5. Why could it be dangerous to keep the clutch down, or select neutral, for long periods of time while you're driving?
Fuel spillage will occur

Engine damage may be caused

You'll have less steering and braking control

It will wear tyres out more quickly

6. What does this sign mean?
Cyclists must dismount

Cycles aren't allowed

Cycle route ahead

Cycle in single file

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7. What will happen if you use rear fog lights in good conditions?
They'll make it safer when towing a trailer

They'll protect you from larger vehicles

They'll dazzle other drivers

They'll make drivers behind keep back

8. What restrictions apply if you're towing a trailer on a three-lane motorway?
You mustn't exceed 50 mph

You mustn't overtake

You must have a stabiliser fitted

You mustn't use the right-hand lane

9. 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

10. You're following a long vehicle as it approaches a crossroads. What should you do if it signals left but moves out to the right?
Get closer in order to pass it quickly

Stay well back and give it room

Assume the signal is wrong and that it's turning right

Overtake it as it starts to slow down

11. What will become more expensive after you've been convicted of driving while unfit through drink or drugs?
Road fund licence

Insurance premiums

Vehicle test certificate

Driving licence

12. You take some cough medicine given to you by a friend. What should you do before driving your car?
Ask your friend if taking the medicine affected their driving

Drink some strong coffee one hour before driving

Check the label to see if the medicine will affect your driving

Drive a short distance to see if the medicine is affecting your driving

13. 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

14. What should you do when there's an obstruction on your side of the road?
Carry on, as you have priority

Give way to oncoming traffic

Wave oncoming vehicles through

Accelerate to get past first

15. 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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16. What will reduce fuel consumption?
Driving more slowly

Accelerating rapidly

Late and heavy braking

Staying in lower gears

17. Which sign means there's a double bend ahead?
A

B

C

D

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18. What does this sign mean?
You can park on the days and times shown

No parking on the days and times shown

No parking at all from Monday to Friday

End of the urban clearway restrictions

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19. What does this traffic sign mean?
Slippery road ahead

Tyres liable to punctures ahead

Danger ahead

Service area ahead

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20. You arrive at the scene of a motorcycle crash. No other vehicle is involved. The rider is unconscious and lying in the middle of the road. What's the first thing you should do at the scene?
Move the rider out of the road

Warn other traffic

Clear the road of debris

Give the rider reassurance

21. 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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22. In order to supervise a learner driver you need to have held a full driving licence for the same category of vehicle, for at least three years. What other requirement must you meet?
To have a car with dual controls

To be at least 21 years old

To be an approved driving instructor

To hold an advanced driving certificate

23. What does this sign mean?
Route for trams

Give way to trams

Route for buses

Give way to buses

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24. What should you do when dealing with this hazard?
Switch on your hazard warning lights

Use a low gear and drive slowly

Use a high gear to prevent wheelspin

Switch on your windscreen wipers

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25. Which type of vehicle does this sign apply to?
Wide vehicles

Long vehicles

High vehicles

Heavy vehicles

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26. Which sign shows that you're entering a one-way system?
A

B

C

D

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27. When must you stop your vehicle?
If you’re involved in an incident that causes damage or injury

At a junction where there are ‘give way’ lines

At the end of a one-way street

Before merging onto a motorway

28. What would you expect to find at a contraflow system on a motorway?
Temporary traffic lights

Lower speed limits

Wider lanes than normal

Road humps

29. What may help to deter a thief from stealing your car?
Always keeping the headlights on

Fitting reflective glass windows

Always keeping the interior light on

Etching the registration number on the windows

30. You're waiting in a traffic queue at night. How can you avoid dazzling drivers behind you?
Use the parking brake and release the footbrake

Keep your foot on the footbrake

Balance the clutch with the accelerator

Use the parking brake and footbrake together