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Question - 50 / 1

Your insurer will issue you with an insurance certificate. When must you produce this document for inspection?

When making a SORN

When buying or selling a vehicle

When a police officer asks you for it

When your vehicle is having an MOT test

Question - 50 / 2

How should you use the lanes on a motorway?

Stay in one lane until you reach your exit

Overtake using the lane that's clearest

Keep to the left-hand lane unless you're overtaking

Use the lane that has the least traffic

Question - 50 / 3

What does this sign mean?

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 / 4

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

Question - 50 / 5

Which document may the police ask you to produce after you've been involved in a collision?

Your theory test certificate

Your driving licence

Your vehicle registration document

Your vehicle service record

Question - 50 / 6

What does this sign mean?

No through road

End of traffic-calming zone

Free-parking zone ends

End of controlled parking zone

Question - 50 / 7

Who has priority at an unmarked crossroads?

The larger vehicle

No-one has priority

The faster vehicle

The smaller vehicle

Question - 50 / 8

You're driving on a single carriageway road. Why should you keep well back while you're following a large vehicle?

To give yourself acceleration space if you decide to overtake

To get the best view of the road ahead

To leave a gap in case the vehicle stops and rolls back

To offer other drivers a safe gap if they want to overtake you

Question - 50 / 9

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 / 10

At an incident, it's important to look after any casualties. What should you do with them when the area is safe?

Give them something to eat

Ask them how it happened

Keep them where they are

Move them away from the vehicles

Question - 50 / 11

You see a horse rider as you approach a roundabout. What should you do if they're signalling right but keeping well to the left?

Proceed as normal

Cut in front of them

Stay well back

Keep close to them

Question - 50 / 12

How does drinking alcohol affect your driving behaviour?

It improves judgement skills

It increases confidence

It leads to faster reactions

It increases concentration

Question - 50 / 13

You've stopped at the zebra crossing. When may you move off?

When the oncoming car moves off

When the driver behind you sounds their horn

When the pedestrians have cleared your side of the road

When the pedestrians have completely crossed

Question - 50 / 14

You're at the scene of an incident. How could you help someone who's suffering from shock?

Give them a warm drink

Offer them some food

Offer them a cigarette

Reassure them confidently

Question - 50 / 15

You're travelling along a motorway. When are you allowed to overtake on the left?

When you can see well ahead that the hard shoulder is clear

When the traffic in the right-hand lane is signalling right

When you warn drivers behind by signalling left

When in queues and traffic to your right is moving more slowly than you are

Question - 50 / 16

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

Question - 50 / 17

After a collision, someone is unconscious in their vehicle. When should you call the emergency services?

After you've woken them up

Only as a last resort

After checking for broken bones

As soon as possible

Question - 50 / 18

What should you do before driving into a tunnel?

Switch off your radio

Take off your sunglasses

Switch on your windscreen wipers

Close your sunroof

Question - 50 / 19

You're on a motorway that isn't subject to smart motorway regulations. When should you use the hard shoulder?

When you're stopping in an emergency

When you're stopping for a rest

When you're joining the motorway

When you're leaving the motorway

Question - 50 / 20

What's the maximum fine for driving or riding without insurance?

Unlimited

£500

£1000

£5000

Question - 50 / 21

Do you need to plan rest stops when you're planning a long journey?

Yes, you should plan to stop every half an hour

Yes, regular stops help concentration

No, you'll be less tired if you get there as soon as possible

No, only fuel stops will be needed

Question - 50 / 22

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 / 23

You're waiting to come out of a side road. Why should you look carefully for motorcycles?

Police patrols often use motorcycles

Motorcycles are usually faster than cars

Motorcycles can easily be hidden behind obstructions

Motorcycles have right of way

Question - 50 / 24

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 / 25

Why should you switch your headlights on when it first starts to get dark?

So that you blend in with other drivers

To make your dials easier to see

So others can see you more easily

Because the street lights are lit

Question - 50 / 26

Your vehicle has stalled in the middle of a level crossing. What should you do if the warning bells start to ring while you're trying to restart the engine?

Carry on trying to restart the engine

Push the vehicle clear of the crossing

Run down the track to warn the signal operator

Get out of the car and clear of the crossing

Question - 50 / 27

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

Question - 50 / 28

You want to turn right from a main road into a side road. What should you do just before turning?

Check for traffic overtaking on your right

Select first gear

Cancel your right-turn signal

Stop and set the parking brake

Question - 50 / 29

You're about to overtake a cyclist. Why should you leave them as much room as you would give to a car?

The cyclist might be unsettled if you pass too near them

The cyclist might get off their bicycle

The cyclist might speed up

The cyclist might have to make a left turn

Question - 50 / 30

How can drinking alcohol affect your ability to drive or ride?

Your ability to judge speed will be reduced

Your confidence will be reduced

Your reactions will be faster

Your awareness of danger will be improved

Question - 50 / 31

What does this sign mean?

Route for trams only

Route for buses only

Parking for buses only

Parking for trams only

Question - 50 / 32

You've been involved in an argument that's made you feel angry. What should you do before starting your journey?

Open a window

Turn on your radio

Have an alcoholic drink

Calm down

Question - 50 / 33

When may you overtake another vehicle on their left?

When you're in a one-way street

When approaching a motorway slip road where you'll be turning off

When the vehicle in front is signalling to turn left

When a slower vehicle is travelling in the right-hand lane of a dual carriageway

Question - 50 / 34

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 / 35

Where would you expect to see these markers?

On a motorway sign

On a railway bridge

On a large goods vehicle

On a diversion sign

Question - 50 / 36

What advice should you give to a driver who has had a few alcoholic drinks at a party?

Have a strong cup of coffee and then drive home

Drive home carefully and slowly

Go home by public transport

Wait a short while and then drive home

Question - 50 / 37

Why should you use your mirrors when you see a hazard ahead?

Because you'll need to brake sharply and stop

Because you'll need to accelerate out of danger

To assess how your actions will affect the traffic behind

To check what's happening on the road ahead

Question - 50 / 38

Who may use toucan crossings?

Motorcyclists and pedestrians

Only cyclists

Motorcyclists and cyclists

Cyclists and pedestrians

Question - 50 / 39

You're driving on the motorway. What should you do if luggage falls from your vehicle?

Walk back up the motorway to pick it up

Pull up on the hard shoulder and wave traffic down

Stop at the next emergency telephone and report the incident

Stop on the motorway and switch on hazard warning lights while you pick it up

Question - 50 / 40

What type of vehicle could you expect to meet in the middle of the road?

Lorry

Bicycle

Car

Motorcycle

Question - 50 / 41

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 / 42

Which road users benefit from toucan crossings?

Car drivers and motorcvclists

Cyclists and pedestrians

Bus and lorry drivers

Tram and train drivers

Question - 50 / 43

What does this sign mean?

A route for pedestrians and cyclists

A route for cyclists only

A route for pedestrians only

No route for pedestrians and cyclists

Question - 50 / 44

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

Give a 'slowing down' arm signal

Change down to first gear

Look for motorcyclists filtering through the traffic

Question - 50 / 45

Why should you reduce your speed here?

A staggered junction is ahead

A low bridge is ahead

The road surface changes ahead

The road narrows ahead

Question - 50 / 46

You want to turn right at a box junction. What should you do if there's oncoming traffic?

Wait in the box junction if your exit is clear

Wait before the junction until it's clear of all traffic

Drive on; you can't turn right at a box junction

Drive slowly into the box junction when signalled by oncoming traffic

Question - 50 / 47

How should a load be carried on your roof rack?

Visible in your exterior mirror

Covered with plastic sheeting

Securely fastened with suitable restraints

Loaded towards the rear of the vehicle

Question - 50 / 48

You've just passed your driving test. What's the maximum authorised mass (MAM) of any trailer that you can tow?

4,500kg

3,500kg

5,500kg

6,500kg

Question - 50 / 49

You're about to start a journey towing a trailer. What should you do if you notice that a light on your trailer is not working?

Book the trailer in for repair before continuing with your journey

Disconnect the trailer electrical coupling before continuing with your journey

Continue with your journey because the lights on your car are working

Repair the fault before continuing with your journey

Question - 50 / 50

You're following a large vehicle as it approaches a crossroads. What should you do if the driver signals to turn left?

Overtake if you can leave plenty of room

Overtake if there are no oncoming vehicles

Wait for the driver to cancel his signal

Wait for the vehicle to finish turning