Drive Vehicle Safe Academy
50 Random Question Just For Testing
Question - 50 / 1
What does this sign mean?
End of restricted speed area
End of restricted parking area
End of clearway
End of cycle route
Question - 50 / 2
Who's legally responsible for ensuring that a vehicle registration certificate (V5C) is updated?
The registered vehicle keeper
The vehicle manufacturer
Your insurance company
The licensing authority
Question - 50 / 3
What should you do when you're passing loose sheep on the road?
Pass quickly but quietly
Go very slowly
Briefly sound your horn
Herd them to the side of the road
Question - 50 / 4
What should you do if your vehicle has a puncture on a motorway?
Drive slowly to the next service area to get assistance
Pull up on the hard shoulder or in an emergency refuge area. Change the wheel as quickly as possible
Pull up on the hard shoulder or in an emergency refuge area and call for assistance
Switch on your hazard warning lights. Stop in your lane
Question - 50 / 5
Where would you find these flashing red light signals?
Pelican crossings
Motorway exits
Zebra crossings
Level crossings
Question - 50 / 6
You're driving on a wet road. What should you do if you have to stop your vehicle in an emergency?
Give an arm signal
Select reverse gear
Keep both hands on the steering wheel
Apply the parking brake and footbrake together
Question - 50 / 7
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 / 8
You arrive at an incident. A pedestrian is bleeding heavily from a leg wound. The leg isn't broken and there's nothing in the wound. How could you help?
Dab the wound to stop the bleeding
Apply firm pressure over the wound
Give them a warm drink
Keep the casualty's legs flat on the ground
Question - 50 / 9
What should you do when leaving your vehicle parked and unattended?
Park near a busy junction
Park in a housing estate
Lock it and remove the key
Leave the left indicator on
Question - 50 / 10
What should you do when going through a contraflow system on a motorway?
Stay close to the vehicle ahead to reduce queues
Use dipped headlights
Switch lanes to keep the traffic flowing
Keep a good distance from the vehicle ahead
Question - 50 / 11
What must you do when the amber light is flashing at a pelican crossing?
Stop and wait for the green light
Stop and wait for the red light
Give way to pedestrians waiting to cross
Give way to pedestrians already on the crossing
Question - 50 / 12
What's the purpose of road humps, chicanes and narrowings?
To separate lanes of traffic
To increase traffic speed
To allow pedestrians to cross
To reduce traffic speed
Question - 50 / 13
What should you do while you're driving or riding along a motorway?
Look much further ahead than you would on other roads
Maintain a shorter separation distance than you would on other roads
Concentrate more than you would on other roads
Travel much faster than you would on other roads
Question - 50 / 14
You're towing a trailer along a three-lane motorway. When may you use the right-hand lane?
When there are lane closures
When large vehicles are in the left and centre lanes
When there's slow-moving traffic
When you can maintain a high speed
Question - 50 / 15
What does this curved arrow road marking mean?
Overtaking traffic should move back to the left
Heavy vehicles should take the next road on the left to avoid a weight limit
The road ahead has a camber to the left
The road ahead bends to the left
Question - 50 / 16
What should you do if your vehicle breaks down in a tunnel?
Stand in front of your vehicle to warn oncoming drivers
Switch on hazard warning lights, then go and call & for help
Stay in your vehicle and wait for the police
Stand in the lane behind your vehicle to warn others
Question - 50 / 17
Hump bridge
Traffic-calming hump
Low bridge
Uneven road
Question - 50 / 18
You're waiting to emerge at a junction. Your view is restricted by parked vehicles. What can help you to see traffic on the road you're joining?
Looking for traffic behind you
Reflections of traffic in windows
Making eye contact with other road users
Checking for traffic in your interior mirror
Question - 50 / 19
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
Question - 50 / 20
You're being overtaken by a long, heavily laden lorry. What should you do if it's taking a long time for it to overtake?
Speed up
Slow down
Hold your speed
Change direction
Question - 50 / 21
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
Question - 50 / 22
How would age affect an older person's driving ability?
They won't be able to obtain car insurance
They'll need glasses to read road signs
They'll take longer to react to hazards
They won't signal at junctions
Question - 50 / 23
You're approaching an unmarked crossroads. How should you deal with the junction?
Accelerate and keep to the middle
Slow down and keep to the right
Accelerate and look to the left
Slow down and look both ways
Question - 50 / 24
What's the reason for traffic-calming measures?
To stop road rage
To make overtaking easier
To slow traffic down
To make parking easier
Question - 50 / 25
Why do motorcyclists wear bright clothing?
The colours are popular
To make them more visible
It helps keep them cool in summer
They must do so by law
Question - 50 / 26
Which type of glasses would make driving at night more difficult?
Half-moon
Round
Bifocal
Tinted
Question - 50 / 27
Why is it bad technique to coast when you're driving downhill?
The fuel consumption will increase
The engine will overheat
The tyres will wear more quickly
The vehicle will gain speed more quickly
Question - 50 / 28
Direction to park-and-ride car park
No parking for buses or coaches
Direction to bus and coach park
Parking area for cars and coaches
Question - 50 / 29
What must you do if poor health affects your driving?
Inform your local police
Avoid using motorways
Always drive accompanied
Inform the licensing authority
Question - 50 / 30
How should you give an arm signal to turn left?
A
B
C
D
Question - 50 / 31
What's the legal minimum tread depth for tyres on your trailer or caravan?
1mm
1.6mm
2mm
2.6mm
Question - 50 / 32
Which sign shows that a tanker is carrying dangerous goods?
Question - 50 / 33
When are you allowed to park in a parking bay for disabled drivers?
When you have a Blue Badge
When you have a wheelchair
When you have an advanced driver certificate
When you have an adapted vehicle
Question - 50 / 34
What colour are the reflective studs between a motorway and a slip road?
White
Red
Amber
Green
Question - 50 / 35
What should you do if you begin to feel drowsy while you're driving?
Stop and rest as soon as possible
Turn the heater up to keep you warm and comfortable
Close the car windows to help you concentrate
Continue with your journey but drive more slowly
Question - 50 / 36
When may you stop on an urban clearway?
To set down and pick up passengers
To use a mobile telephone
To ask for directions
To load or unload goods
Question - 50 / 37
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 / 38
You're on a road that's only wide enough for one vehicle. What should you do if a car is coming towards you?
Pull into a passing place on your right
Force the other driver to reverse
Pull into a passing place if your vehicle is wider
Pull into a passing place on your left
Question - 50 / 39
How would under-inflated tyres affect your vehicle?
The vehicle's stopping distance would increase
The flash rate of the vehicle's indicators would increase
The vehicle's gear change mechanism would become stiff
The vehicle's headlights would aim high
Question - 50 / 40
What should you do if you can't see clearly behind when you're reversing?
Ask someone to guide you
Open the door to look behind
Look in the nearside mirror
Open the window to look behind
Question - 50 / 41
What should you do if a vehicle pulls out in front of you at a junction?
Swerve past it and sound your horn
Flash your headlights and drive up close behind
Slow down and be ready to stop
Accelerate past it immediately
Question - 50 / 42
Cyclists must dismount
Cycles aren't allowed
Cycle route ahead
Cycle in single file
Question - 50 / 43
Which sign means that there may be people walking along the road?
Question - 50 / 44
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 / 45
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 / 46
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
Question - 50 / 47
When may you stop on a clearway?
Never
When it's busy
In the rush hour
During daylight hours
Question - 50 / 48
What might you expect to happen in this situation?
Traffic will move into the right-hand lane
Traffic speed will increase
Traffic will move into the left-hand lane
Traffic won't need to change position
Question - 50 / 49
This junction, controlled by traffic lights, has a marked area between two stop lines. What's this for?
To allow taxis to position in front of other traffic
To allow cyclists and pedestrians to cross the road together
To allow cyclists to position in front of other traffic
To allow people with disabilities to cross the road
Question - 50 / 50
What should you do if your mobile phone rings while you're driving or riding?
Answer it immediately
Pull up at the nearest kerb
Leave it until you have stopped in a safe place
Stop immediately