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Drivers Education Exam

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. In order to obtain a learner's permit in VA - you must be at least
Field of vision
Reduces excessive steering - helps protect the driver from airbag injuries - improves vehicle stability
15 years and 6 months old
To reverse your direction

2. Safety experts recommend the use of headlights whenever the vehicle is moving
Go if the way is clear
True
3000-5000 miles
False

3. The use or cruise control is helpful on slippery roadways
False
True
Reduces excessive steering - helps protect the driver from airbag injuries - improves vehicle stability
True

4. A yellow line indicates
Look behind your vehicle - not just un the rearview mirror
Two way traffic
Reduces excessive steering - helps protect the driver from airbag injuries - improves vehicle stability
Allow each of the rear wheels to turn at a different speed when turning a corner

5. The first thing you should do in the event of brake failure is to
Whiplash injuries
Driver error
Pump the brake pedal rapidly
Depth perception

6. Changing lanes requires planning in advance and
Plan your move
Executing your maneuver
A point system
Can get better traction

7. A choice
Pump the brake pedal rapidly
Is the selection between two or more possible options
The same vehicle you have practiced in
Yield sign

8. Each year over _____ persons are killed in highway crashes
500
Forward
May proceed only if there is a median between you and the bus
The same vehicle you have practiced in

9. A certificate of title proves
Decreases braking effectiveness - can make you go into a skid - increases your stopping distance
Rest
Who owns a car
True

10. If you come to a stop sign and there is no white stop line
Human-perception time
About the same
Turn the wheels towards the curb
Stop even with the stop sign or just in front of it

11. Acceleration results in weight transfer
Implied consent
Deer move around to feed at dusk
Yaw
Backward

12. Steady Amber Light
Need a space as least 5 feet longer than your car
Right
False
Clear the intersection

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

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14. When backing - the driver should turn the steering wheel to the right in order to back to the left
Visibility - time - space
False
1
Give the alcohol time to wear off

15. When parking or turning beyond an instersection - you should signal left or right
Is the selection between two or more possible options
8 to 12 seconds
After you have entered the intersection
Rest

16. Flashing Red Light
Stop-go when the way is clear
Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court
True
Need a space as least 5 feet longer than your car

17. Most railroad crossing crashes are the result of
You will block the truck driver's vision of the road
Whiplash injuries
Driver error
Show anger

18. It is illegal to pass on the right in VA
True
25000/50000/20000
True
False

19. A banked curve is one that
Yield to all oncoming vehicles until you have the time and space to turn
Yaw
Executing your maneuver
Is higher on the outside of the curve than the inside

20. Green Arrow
Will not increase engine power
Causes the horn to blow and the lights to flash
Protected turn/go in direction of arrow
True

21. Gives 3-dimensional perspective to objects
Backward
8 to 11 seconds
Depth perception
Stop-go when the way is clear

22. When backing straight you should look over your right shoulder
Implied consent
True
On the licensee's birthday in ages divisible by 5
The lane furthest to the left

23. When parallel parking you
Look at the right edge of the traffic lane beyone the oncoming car
Visibility
Weekly
Need a space as least 5 feet longer than your car

24. The crossbuck is considered the same as a...
Will appear slower than it is
Yield sign
Push/pull/slide
Over the right and left shoulders

25. The correct method of steering through a turn is...
Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court
Push/pull/slide
Recorded on your driver's license and discussed with your family
Occur in urban areas

26. The side view mirrors should be adjusted so that while driving the driver can see
True
The vehicles in the lanes beside his/her vehicle
25
Orange

27. Using a gasoline that has a high octance rating
Two way traffic
Need a space as least 5 feet longer than your car
Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court
Will not increase engine power

28. Position one on the ignition switch allows you to use accessories with the engine off
Is the selection between two or more possible options
True
False
True

29. The friction point is...
Threshold braking
False
The point where - as you let up on the clutch pedal - the trnamission and engine engage
15

30. Red signs indicate
Backward
Stop - prohibitive
Clear the intersection
8 to 12 seconds

31. Preventative maintenance

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32. Braking just short of lockup is known as
False
Threshold braking
4 seconds
Driving around the block

33. If your engine stalls

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34. The uninsured motorist fee provides you with minimal insurance converage in the event of a crash.
100%
False
True
Across the hips

35. If your tire loses pressure while you are driving - you should
Look behind your vehicle - not just un the rearview mirror
Yield sign
100%
Keep a firm grip on the steering wheel with both hands - release the accelerator pedal slowly

36. While driving look at least _______ down the road
20 to 30 seconds
True
No
Visibility - time - space

37. When an oncoming vehicle's headlights are too bright - you should
Pressing the accelerator once to the floor and then releasing it
Allows a driver to select and travel as a set speed - works at apeeds above 25 mph - should not be used on slippery surfaces
Look at the right edge of the traffic lane beyone the oncoming car
True

38. When parking downhill with a curb
Smell gasoline
3000-5000 miles
8 to 12 seconds
Turn the wheels towards the curb

39. The total time needed for a person to determine his or her options and choose on is known as
True
You are hit by an uninsured driver or you are a victim of a hit-and-run driver
Human-perception time
Distance judgement

40. If your engine is flooded - you will probably
Recorded on your driver's license and discussed with your family
Rest
The rear wheels
Smell gasoline

41. Use of a lower gear may be helpful when going up or down steep grades
False
True
False
Stop-go when the way is clear

42. Blindspots are greatly reduced by using the contemporary mirror settings
True
False
Area of central vision
15 years and 6 months old

43. The wheels that receive the power from the engine are called
True
100%
The rear wheels
False

44. When pulling into traffic - the following is a crucial consideration
Yield
Visibility - time - space
False
500

45. When making a right turn into traffic - the gap in traffic approaching from your left should be
True
8 to 11 seconds
Look at the right edge of the traffic lane beyone the oncoming car
Go if the way is clear

46. To determine whether or not to suspend a driver's license - most states use
Precise steering - smooth acceleration - controlled braking
Field of vision
A point system
Depth perception

47. Tires should be checked
Occur in urban areas
Weekly
Yellow
100%

48. Steering input to the left will result in weight transfer
Yaw
After you have entered the intersection
Right
Proceed with caution

49. The function of an odometer is to
Keep track of the number of miles the vehicle has been driven
True
Right
Weekly

50. Weight transfer from side to side is known as
Zero tolerance
Roll
True
True