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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. The crossbuck is considered the same as a...
True
Reduces excessive steering - helps protect the driver from airbag injuries - improves vehicle stability
Yield sign
Signal your speed

2. When backing up - you must
A point system
Look behind your vehicle - not just un the rearview mirror
Clear the intersection
Yield sign

3. Tires should be checked
Across the hips
Weekly
True
1

4. If the foot brake fails - the parking brake may be used to stop the vehicle
Over the right and left shoulders
Is routine care you give your vehicle - is outlined in the owner's manual - includes checking fluids
Visibility - time - space
True

5. An important point to remember in skid control is...
500
Executing your maneuver
After you have entered the intersection
Do not brake - look where you want the vehicle to gom steer in the direction you want to go

6. In a snowfall - you should drive in the tacks of the vehicle ahead of you so you
True
Implied consent
Can get better traction
Reduces excessive steering - helps protect the driver from airbag injuries - improves vehicle stability

7. If your engine stalls

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8. When parallel parking you
Need a space as least 5 feet longer than your car
Stop-go when the way is clear
21 or 18 if immediate family member
Events you think might happen

9. A vertical-rectangular sign is a...
Regulatory sign
Go if the way is clear
Turn the wheels towards the curb
Two way traffic

10. An applicant for a learner's permit must score ____ on signs test
Backward
Visual activity
Smell gasoline
100%

11. The panic button on a wireless remote door control
Causes the horn to blow and the lights to flash
In the bottom of the trunck
False
Area of central vision

12. Ideally - the in-vehicle test should be taken in
True
Over the right and left shoulders
False
The same vehicle you have practiced in

13. What you see looking straight ahead and at an angle to the left and right
Field of vision
Two way traffic
True
A point system

14. Assumptions are
Events you think might happen
True
Peripheral vision
21 or 18 if immediate family member

15. When you approach a school bus with flashing red lights from either direction you
May proceed only if there is a median between you and the bus
In the bottom of the trunck
4 seconds
Look at the right edge of the traffic lane beyone the oncoming car

16. The correct method of steering through a turn is...
Push/pull/slide
150 feet before the turn
About the same
Keep track of the number of miles the vehicle has been driven

17. Your decision to become an organ donor should be

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18. The basic color for construction signs is...
8 to 12 seconds
Orange
150 feet before the turn
Roll

19. You should signal for a turn at least
Keep track of the number of miles the vehicle has been driven
150 feet before the turn
False
4 seconds

20. Position one on the ignition switch allows you to use accessories with the engine off
Roll
Signal your speed
You are hit by an uninsured driver or you are a victim of a hit-and-run driver
False

21. The lap belt should be adjusted to fit snugly
500
Push/pull/slide
Across the hips
Zero tolerance

22. There is a national network to coordinate organ distribution.
Is higher on the outside of the curve than the inside
True
Protected turn/go in direction of arrow
Zero tolerance

23. Pedal extensions are available to allow short drivers to maintain a safe distance from the steering wheel
20/40 in one or both eyes
Backward
True
500

24. Most railroad crossing crashes are the result of
Must yield right of way to cross traffic
Depending on the driver's height
It is easier to drive
Driver error

25. When seated properly - the driver's chin should be above the steering wheel
On the licensee's birthday in ages divisible by 5
10
Gravity
True

26. The total time needed for a person to determine his or her options and choose on is known as
Human-perception time
True
True
Can get better traction

27. Locking the door ensures that they will not fly open during a crash
You will block the truck driver's vision of the road
15 years and 6 months old
True
Weekly

28. Vision clearest in a narrow cone-shaped area directly in front of you
Crosswalks
Area of central vision
4 seconds
Allows a driver to select and travel as a set speed - works at apeeds above 25 mph - should not be used on slippery surfaces

29. In VA - you can get a motorcycle license without a driver's license.
You are hit by an uninsured driver or you are a victim of a hit-and-run driver
True
The rear wheels
4 seconds

30. According to VA law - you must turn into
The first open lane going in your direction
Driver error
Is routine care you give your vehicle - is outlined in the owner's manual - includes checking fluids
Need a space as least 5 feet longer than your car

31. The lane position for a right turn is...
500
It is easier to drive
Once a year
5

32. You are covered by your parents' insurance policy while driving with a learner's permit.
25000/50000/20000
True
Is higher on the outside of the curve than the inside
15 years and 6 months old

33. When an emergency vehicle approaches you using a siren - you should
Threshold braking
Forward
Pull over to allow a clear path for the emergency vehicle
False

34. Gears below drive - provide more engine power
Orange
Push/pull/slide
Smell gasoline
True

35. A triangular shaped sign indicates
Yield
Regulatory sign
Driver error
Whiplash injuries

36. In traditional mirror settings - there is a blind spot
Over the right and left shoulders
False
Field of vision
Check tire tread depth with a penny

37. The rearview mirror should be adjusted to frame to back windshield
Driver error
Rest
The first open lane going in your direction
True

38. Vehicle registered in VA must be inspected
No passing
Once a year
Signal your speed
False

39. A banked curve is one that
Pull over to allow a clear path for the emergency vehicle
Is higher on the outside of the curve than the inside
True
Backward

40. There are two separate levers to open the hood
150 to 200 feet in advance of a turn in urban areas
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
Allow each of the rear wheels to turn at a different speed when turning a corner

41. A solid line indicates
Forward
True
Threshold braking
No passing

42. If you come to a stop sign and there is no white stop line
Weekly
Pull over to allow a clear path for the emergency vehicle
20/40 in one or both eyes
Stop even with the stop sign or just in front of it

43. The steering wheel shoud be adjusted upward
Executing your maneuver
After you have entered the intersection
False
True

44. Using a gasoline that has a high octance rating
Will not increase engine power
Stop-go when the way is clear
Stop - prohibitive
Once a year

45. It is illegal to pass on the right in VA
Distance judgement
8 to 12 seconds
False
True

46. When you are making a left or right turn - it is correct to turn your wheels
20/40 in one or both eyes
When you actually begin the turn
Lower humidity
True

47. Normally - the correct lane to make a left turn is...
The lane furthest to the left
4 seconds
500
True

48. A driver with a learner's permit is limited to ___ passengers under the age of 18
15
Driving around the block
Check tire tread depth with a penny
1

49. Of all the collisions between cars and pedestrians - most
No passing
Turn the wheels towards the curb
A madatory driver improvement class
Occur in urban areas

50. A 2-point turn is when you use a driveway
Distance judgement
False
To reverse your direction
Push/pull/slide