Test your basic knowledge |

Drivers Education Exam

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. Steady Amber Light
Clear the intersection
No
True
Distance judgement

2. When making a left turn - must yeild the right-of-way to
Everything
Pull over to allow a clear path for the emergency vehicle
Recorded on your driver's license and discussed with your family
A point system

3. What isn't a necessary step when approaching a vehicle?
16 and 3 months old
Check tire tread depth with a penny
In the bottom of the trunck
Occur in urban areas

4. Ability to see clearly
Visual activity
Your dirver's permit - the vehicle's registration - the vehicle's insurance identification card
Is the selection between two or more possible options
To reverse your direction

5. Red signs indicate
Regulatory sign
21 or 18 if immediate family member
Stop - prohibitive
Allows a driver to select and travel as a set speed - works at apeeds above 25 mph - should not be used on slippery surfaces

6. A choice
Is the selection between two or more possible options
4 seconds
Across the hips
True

7. The fine for speeding in a work zone may be up to
Keep track of the number of miles the vehicle has been driven
Your power brakes and power steering won't work very well
$500
Two way traffic

8. When backing - the driver should turn the steering wheel to the right in order to back to the left
False
Field of vision
Yield sign
True

9. At dusk - there is more danger of hitting a deer because...
Deer move around to feed at dusk
Allows a driver to select and travel as a set speed - works at apeeds above 25 mph - should not be used on slippery surfaces
Everything
Pump the brake pedal rapidly

10. The minimum age to receive a driver's license in VA is...
Do not brake - look where you want the vehicle to gom steer in the direction you want to go
16 and 3 months old
Yield
A point system

11. A certificate of title proves
Causes the horn to blow and the lights to flash
Allows a driver to select and travel as a set speed - works at apeeds above 25 mph - should not be used on slippery surfaces
Is the selection between two or more possible options
Who owns a car

12. The correct method of steering through a turn is...
Pitch
No passing
Do not brake - look where you want the vehicle to gom steer in the direction you want to go
Push/pull/slide

13. The function of the differential is to
Is routine care you give your vehicle - is outlined in the owner's manual - includes checking fluids
Threshold braking
Proceed with caution
Allow each of the rear wheels to turn at a different speed when turning a corner

14. The vision requirement in VA for obtaining a driver's license is...
20/40 in one or both eyes
Pitch
About the same
Your power brakes and power steering won't work very well

15. Flashing Amber Light
It is easier to drive
Proceed with caution
Two way traffic
True

16. A driver turning right
Clear the intersection
True
Reduces excessive steering - helps protect the driver from airbag injuries - improves vehicle stability
Must yield right of way to cross traffic

17. When pulling into traffic - the following is a crucial consideration
About the same
Area of central vision
Visibility - time - space
Everything

18. A vertical-rectangular sign is a...
True
Regulatory sign
Distance judgement
Allow each of the rear wheels to turn at a different speed when turning a corner

19. The use or cruise control is helpful on slippery roadways
Stop-go when the way is clear
False
Once a year
Push/pull/slide

20. Gives 3-dimensional perspective to objects
Across the hips
Visibility
False
Depth perception

21. Red Light
Protected turn/go in direction of arrow
Pitch
Stop-remained stopped
8 to 12 seconds

22. A 2-point turn is when you use a driveway
Yield
True
15
To reverse your direction

23. When backing up - one of the points most likely to hit something is...
Give the alcohol time to wear off
Allow each of the rear wheels to turn at a different speed when turning a corner
The front side of the vehicle opposite the direction in which you are turning
Rest

24. A train's speed
Will appear slower than it is
True
Need a space as least 5 feet longer than your car
Across the hips

25. Most railroad crossing crashes are the result of
Zero tolerance
Backward
Allows a driver to select and travel as a set speed - works at apeeds above 25 mph - should not be used on slippery surfaces
Driver error

26. To make sure no one is about to enter your driving path - you should always look to the sides at
True
150 feet before the turn
False
Crosswalks

27. Reference points are the same for all drivers
After you have entered the intersection
True
Peripheral vision
False

28. A solid line indicates
Human-perception time
Is higher on the outside of the curve than the inside
No passing
Smell gasoline

29. A banked curve is one that
The vehicles in the lanes beside his/her vehicle
False
The rear wheels
Is higher on the outside of the curve than the inside

30. Normally - the correct lane to make a left turn is...
Pitch
Push/pull/slide
Clear the intersection
The lane furthest to the left

31. For the test - your state may require you to present

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183

32. If the foot brake fails - the parking brake may be used to stop the vehicle
You will block the truck driver's vision of the road
Plan your move
True
Visual activity

33. While driving look at least _______ down the road
Do not brake - look where you want the vehicle to gom steer in the direction you want to go
Orange
20 to 30 seconds
150 feet before the turn

34. The crossbuck is considered the same as a...
False
False
True
Yield sign

35. In a snowfall - you should drive in the tacks of the vehicle ahead of you so you
Backward
Rest
Human-perception time
Can get better traction

36. The function of an odometer is to
Keep track of the number of miles the vehicle has been driven
True
Will not increase engine power
False

37. Flashing Red Light
The point where - as you let up on the clutch pedal - the trnamission and engine engage
Stop-go when the way is clear
True
True

38. The side view mirrors should be adjusted so that while driving the driver can see
False
False
The vehicles in the lanes beside his/her vehicle
Look behind your vehicle - not just un the rearview mirror

39. The air conditioner is used to
True
Forward
Push/pull/slide
Lower humidity

40. Locking the door ensures that they will not fly open during a crash
The rear wheels
After you have entered the intersection
Visual activity
True

41. Weight transfer forward or backward is known as
150 to 200 feet in advance of a turn in urban areas
Orange
Pitch
Need a space as least 5 feet longer than your car

42. There are two separate levers to open the hood
The first open lane going in your direction
Signal your speed
It is easier to drive
True

43. Vision clearest in a narrow cone-shaped area directly in front of you
Is higher on the outside of the curve than the inside
True
16 and 3 months old
Area of central vision

44. Vehicle balance is maintained through
Precise steering - smooth acceleration - controlled braking
16 and 3 months old
True
The lane furthest to the left

45. You should signal for a turn at least
Stop-remained stopped
False
False
150 feet before the turn

46. When you pack your car for a long trip - the heaviest items should be
20 to 30 seconds
In the bottom of the trunck
4 seconds
Look at the right edge of the traffic lane beyone the oncoming car

47. When the daytime running lights are in use - the tail lights are not on
Roll
4 seconds
True
Pull over to allow a clear path for the emergency vehicle

48. The vision that enables you to detect movement to the side is...
Signal your speed
Over the right and left shoulders
True
Peripheral vision

49. When turning left at an intersection
Depending on the driver's height
Yield to all oncoming vehicles until you have the time and space to turn
Allows a driver to select and travel as a set speed - works at apeeds above 25 mph - should not be used on slippery surfaces
Threshold braking

50. Each year over _____ persons are killed in highway crashes
You will block the truck driver's vision of the road
1
500
True