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Drivers Education Exam

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Red Light
Stop-remained stopped
It is easier to drive
Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court
16 and 3 months old

2. You are required to dim your headlights when you are within ____ feet of an approaching vehicle
Pull over to allow a clear path for the emergency vehicle
Backward
Pump the brake pedal rapidly
500

3. When an oncoming vehicle's headlights are too bright - you should
Look at the right edge of the traffic lane beyone the oncoming car
False
500
Signal your speed

4. General warning signs are
Yellow
Stop-remained stopped
To reverse your direction
Lower humidity

5. There is a national network to coordinate organ distribution.
True
Decreases braking effectiveness - can make you go into a skid - increases your stopping distance
Proceed with caution
The rear wheels

6. Gives 3-dimensional perspective to objects
True
Depth perception
Human-perception time
Across the hips

7. Safety experts recommend the use of headlights whenever the vehicle is moving
3000-5000 miles
True
Pump the brake pedal rapidly
The rear wheels

8. Uninsured motorist insurance protects you if
False
Weekly
15
You are hit by an uninsured driver or you are a victim of a hit-and-run driver

9. When backing up - one of the points most likely to hit something is...
A point system
The front side of the vehicle opposite the direction in which you are turning
True
You are hit by an uninsured driver or you are a victim of a hit-and-run driver

10. The penalty for anyone less than 20 Who is convicted of a demerit violation is...
Recorded on your driver's license and discussed with your family
Over the right and left shoulders
A madatory driver improvement class
True

11. A driver turning right
Rest
Visibility - time - space
Must yield right of way to cross traffic
False

12. A vertical-rectangular sign is a...
500
Regulatory sign
True
Will not increase engine power

13. Using a gasoline that has a high octance rating
Show anger
Your dirver's permit - the vehicle's registration - the vehicle's insurance identification card
Will not increase engine power
Yellow

14. There are plenty of donated organs to meet the needs of all patients.
Human-perception time
8 to 11 seconds
150 feet before the turn
False

15. You should signal at least ______ before you turn or change position
Two way traffic
Yield
4 seconds
Push/pull/slide

16. When seated properly - the driver should be at least ____ inches from the steering wheel
10
True
Stop - prohibitive
On the licensee's birthday in ages divisible by 5

17. According to VA law - you must turn into
8 to 12 seconds
True
It is easier to drive
The first open lane going in your direction

18. The fine for speeding in a work zone may be up to
False
Proceed with caution
$500
Your power brakes and power steering won't work very well

19. When you approach a school bus with flashing red lights from either direction you
False
You are hit by an uninsured driver or you are a victim of a hit-and-run driver
May proceed only if there is a median between you and the bus
Allow each of the rear wheels to turn at a different speed when turning a corner

20. Your decision to become an organ donor should be

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21. Blind spots are areas you cannot see on either your mirrors or peripheral vision
Regulatory sign
True
Do not brake - look where you want the vehicle to gom steer in the direction you want to go
150 to 200 feet in advance of a turn in urban areas

22. Steady Green Light
3000-5000 miles
Go if the way is clear
Stop even with the stop sign or just in front of it
True

23. An advantage to selecting a car with an automatic transmission is...
15
It is easier to drive
True
The front side of the vehicle opposite the direction in which you are turning

24. You set your car's automatic choke by...
Pressing the accelerator once to the floor and then releasing it
True
Do not brake - look where you want the vehicle to gom steer in the direction you want to go
Rest

25. Assumptions are
Events you think might happen
15 years and 6 months old
Causes the horn to blow and the lights to flash
$500

26. The way to sober up a person Who has had too much to drink is to
Who owns a car
Give the alcohol time to wear off
No passing
Depending on the driver's height

27. The basic color for construction signs is...
True
Your dirver's permit - the vehicle's registration - the vehicle's insurance identification card
Orange
Who owns a car

28. After passing a truck - you should not pull in closely in front of it because...

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29. The side view mirrors should be adjusted so that while driving the driver can see
The vehicles in the lanes beside his/her vehicle
Gravity
150 to 200 feet in advance of a turn in urban areas
Is higher on the outside of the curve than the inside

30. There are two separate levers to open the hood
Driving around the block
Allows a driver to select and travel as a set speed - works at apeeds above 25 mph - should not be used on slippery surfaces
True
False

31. Each year over _____ persons are killed in highway crashes
500
15
Yaw
To reverse your direction

32. You must park at least ___ from a fire hydrant
Peripheral vision
1
False
15

33. The turn signal will always cancel after a turn
True
False
Protected turn/go in direction of arrow
Zero tolerance

34. The correct method of steering through a turn is...
Yield sign
Push/pull/slide
Everything
Plan your move

35. If your engine is flooded - you will probably
Smell gasoline
Stop-remained stopped
No
True

36. Position one on the ignition switch allows you to use accessories with the engine off
Decreases braking effectiveness - can make you go into a skid - increases your stopping distance
15 years and 6 months old
Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court
False

37. The steering wheel shoud be adjusted upward
Protected turn/go in direction of arrow
Keep a firm grip on the steering wheel with both hands - release the accelerator pedal slowly
False
Allow each of the rear wheels to turn at a different speed when turning a corner

38. At dusk - there is more danger of hitting a deer because...
Deer move around to feed at dusk
False
Go if the way is clear
25000/50000/20000

39. A triangular shaped sign indicates
True
Yield
Pitch
Is routine care you give your vehicle - is outlined in the owner's manual - includes checking fluids

40. In traditional mirror settings - there is a blind spot
After you have entered the intersection
Over the right and left shoulders
Give the alcohol time to wear off
Decreases braking effectiveness - can make you go into a skid - increases your stopping distance

41. When backing - the driver should turn the steering wheel to the right in order to back to the left
Yellow
The first open lane going in your direction
False
500

42. It takes a train going 50 mph approximately
False
Pressing the accelerator once to the floor and then releasing it
1 1/2 miles
Go if the way is clear

43. Braking results in weight transfer
8 to 11 seconds
10
True
Forward

44. When parallel parking you
In the bottom of the trunck
Check tire tread depth with a penny
Field of vision
Need a space as least 5 feet longer than your car

45. A banked curve is one that
Stop - prohibitive
A madatory driver improvement class
Is higher on the outside of the curve than the inside
True

46. The horn should only be used to communicate presence
In the bottom of the trunck
True
25
Everything

47. A solid line indicates
Pull over to allow a clear path for the emergency vehicle
No passing
True
Field of vision

48. A certificate of title proves
500
Who owns a car
You will block the truck driver's vision of the road
True

49. When parking or turning beyond an instersection - you should signal left or right
Implied consent
After you have entered the intersection
True
Do not brake - look where you want the vehicle to gom steer in the direction you want to go

50. Tires should be checked
Weekly
Area of central vision
False
Human-perception time