Drive Vehicle Safe Academy
50 Random Question Just For Testing
Question - 50 / 1
You're invited to a pub lunch. What should you do if you know that you'll have to drive in the evening?
Avoid mixing your alcoholic drinks
Don't drink any alcohol at all
Have some milk before drinking alcohol
Eat a hot meal with your alcoholic drinks
Question - 50 / 2
What's most likely to waste fuel?
Under-inflated tyres
Question - 50 / 3
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
Question - 50 / 4
At an incident, how could you help a small child who isn't breathing?
Find their parents and explain what's happening
Talk to them confidently until an ambulance arrives
Put them in the recovery position and slap their back
Open their airway and begin CPR
Question - 50 / 5
What should you do if a doctor prescribes drugs that are likely to affect your driving?
Only drive if someone is with you
Avoid driving on motorways
Get someone else to drive
Never drive at more than 30 mph
Question - 50 / 6
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
Question - 50 / 7
Which instrument-panel warning light would show that headlights are on main beam?
A
B
C
D
Question - 50 / 8
You're planning to tow a caravan. What will help the handling of the combination?
Anti-lock brakes fitted to the towing vehicle
Power steering fitted to the towing vehicle
A jockey wheel fitted to the tow bar
A stabiliser fitted to the tow bar
Question - 50 / 9
What style of driving causes increased risk to everyone?
Considerate
Defensive
Competitive
Responsible
Question - 50 / 10
Why could it be dangerous to reverse from a side road into a main road?
Your reverse sensors will beep
Your view will be restricted
Your reversing lights will be hidden
Your mirrors will need adjusting
Question - 50 / 11
What does this sign mean?
Adverse camber
Steep hill downwards
Uneven road
Steep hill upwards
Question - 50 / 12
What does it mean if your insurance policy has an excess of £500?
The insurance company will pay the first £500 of any claim
You'll be paid £500 if you don't claim within one year
Your vehicle is insured for a value of £500 if it's stolen
You'll have to pay the first £500 of the cost of any claim
Question - 50 / 13
A single carriageway road has this sign. What's the maximum permitted speed for a car towing a trailer?
30mph
40mph
50mph
60mph
Question - 50 / 14
How should you dispose of a used vehicle battery?
Bury it in your garden
Put it in the dustbin
Take it to a local-authority disposal site
Leave it on waste land
Question - 50 / 15
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
Question - 50 / 16
Bus station on the right
Contraflow bus lane
With-flow bus lane
Give way to buses
Question - 50 / 17
You're approaching a junction where the traffic lights aren't working. What should you do when a police officer gives this signal?
Turn left only
Turn right only
Continue ahead only
Stop at the stop line
Question - 50 / 18
What should you do before making a U-turn?
Select a higher gear than normal
Look over your shoulder for a final check
Give an arm signal as well as using your indicators
Check road markings to see that U-turns are permitted
Question - 50 / 19
Traffic lights out of order
Amber signal out of order
Temporary traffic lights ahead
New traffic lights ahead
Question - 50 / 20
Are passengers allowed to ride in a caravan that's being towed?
No, not at any time
Only if a stabiliser is fitted
Only if all the seats in the towing vehicle are full
Yes, if they're over 14
Question - 50 / 21
Why is the caravan unstable and swinging from side to side?
Because of side winds
Because it's in the wrong lane
Because the other cars are passing too close to it
Because there are traffic cones on the road
Question - 50 / 22
What should you do when you're approaching traffic lights that have red and amber showing together?
Pass the lights if the road is clear
Take care because there's a fault with the lights
Wait for the green light
Stop because the lights are changing to red
Question - 50 / 23
You service your own vehicle. How should you dispose of the old engine oil?
Take it to a local-authority site
Pour it down a drain
Tip it into a hole in the ground
Put it in your dustbin
Question - 50 / 24
Why should you reduce your speed when you're driving or riding in fog?
The brakes don't work as well
You'll be dazzled by other headlights
The engine will take longer to warm up
It's more difficult to see what's ahead
Question - 50 / 25
Where would it be unsafe to overtake?
On a single carriageway
On a one-way street
Approaching a junction
Travelling up a long hill
Question - 50 / 26
What must you do when you hitch a trailer to a towing vehicle?
Make sure you can see the trailer in the mirrors
Grease the tow ball and hitch
Fit a secondary coupling device
Switch off the reversing sensor on the towing vehicle
Question - 50 / 27
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
Question - 50 / 28
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
Drop back to regain a safe distance
Try to overtake safely as soon as you can
Stay close to the other vehicle until it moves on
Question - 50 / 29
You're driving on a busy main road. What should you do if you find that you're driving in the wrong direction?
Turn into a side road on the right and reverse into the main road
Make a U-turn in the main road
Make a 'three-point" turn in the main road
Turn around in a side road
Question - 50 / 30
What lights should you use when you're driving on a wet motorway and vehicles are throwing up surface spray?
Sidelights
Hazard warning lights
Dipped headlights
Rear fog lights
Question - 50 / 31
What should you do before slowing down or stopping your vehicle?
Sound the horn
Use the mirrors
Flash the headlights
Question - 50 / 32
What would you do if you see older people crossing the road ahead?
Rev the engine to let them know that you're waiting
Be patient and allow them to cross in their own time
Tap the horn in case they're hard of hearing
Wave them across so they know that you've seen them
Question - 50 / 33
You've stopped at a railway level crossing. What should you do if the red lights continue to flash after a train has gone by?
Phone the signal operator
Alert drivers behind you
Wait
Proceed with caution
Question - 50 / 34
When may you use hazard warning lights?
When driving on a motorway to warn traffic behind of a hazard ahead
When you're double-parked on a two-way road
When your direction indicators aren't working
When warning oncoming traffic that you intend to stop
Question - 50 / 35
What should you do when you're approaching traffic lights that have been green for some time?
Maintain your speed
Brake hard
Accelerate hard
Be ready to stop
Question - 50 / 36
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)
Question - 50 / 37
Reducing your speed
Driving on motorways
Using different brands of fuel
Question - 50 / 38
What do these zigzag white lines mean?
No parking at any time
Parking allowed only for a short time
Slow down to 20 mph
Sounding horns isn't allowed
Question - 50 / 39
Who's responsible for paying the vehicle tax?
The driver of the vehicle
The registered keeper of the vehicle
The car dealer
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
Question - 50 / 40
Which vehicle should you allow extra room as you overtake them?
Tractor
Lorry
Road-sweeper
Bicycle
Question - 50 / 41
What should you do if your trailer starts to swerve or snake?
Steer sharply
Increase speed
Brake firmly
Reduce speed gently
Question - 50 / 42
End of motorway
End of restriction
Lane ends ahead
Free recovery ends
Question - 50 / 43
Why do MOT tests include an exhaust emission test?
To recover the cost of expensive garage equipment
To help protect the environment against pollution
To discover which fuel supplier is used the most
To make sure diesel and petrol engines emit the same fumes
Question - 50 / 44
What should you do if you're driving a slow-moving vehicle on a narrow winding road?
Keep well out to stop vehicles overtaking dangerously
Wave the vehicles behind to come past you if you think they can overtake quickly
Pull in when you can, to let the vehicles behind overtake
Give a left signal when it's safe for vehicles to overtake you
Question - 50 / 45
You're parked on the road at night. When must you use parking lights?
When there are continuous white lines in the middle of the road
When the speed limit exceeds 30 mph
When you're facing oncoming traffic
When you're near a bus stop
Question - 50 / 46
A driver's behaviour has upset you. How can you get over this incident safely?
Stop and take a break
Shout abusive language
Gesture to them with your hand
Follow them, flashing your headlights
Question - 50 / 47
What's a rumble device designed to do?
Give directions
Prevent cattle escaping
Alert you to low tyre pressure
Alert you to a hazard
Question - 50 / 48
What does this signal mean?
Cars must stop
Trams must stop
Both trams and cars must stop
Both trams and cars can continue
Question - 50 / 49
What should you do when you meet an oncoming vehicle on a single-track road?
Reverse back to the main road
Carry out an emergency stop
Stop at a passing place
Switch on your hazard warning lights
Question - 50 / 50
Which is the sign for a ring road?