Theory test questions: Traffic laws, page 4

901 official Israeli theory test questions on traffic laws, with the correct answer to each.

1. What should a driver do when there’s a change in his health condition?

   Correct answer: Report it to the Licensing Authority.

2. When is it obligatory to place a warning triangle?

   Correct answer: Whenever it is necessary to abandon a vehicle on the road.

3. What is the validity period of a “new driver” driver’s license?

   Correct answer: Two years.

4. How do you mark an agricultural machine that has a width of more than 340 cm?

   Correct answer: A “caution! Wide vehicle” sign is hung on the front, and width warning lights are illuminated during lighting up time.

5. Under what conditions will the Licensing Authority approve change of ownership of a vehicle?

   Correct answer: After the Authority is satisfied that all fees and taxes are paid, that all foreclosures and liens are removed, and that there are no further restrictions.

6. Who is legally responsible for the registration of a change of ownership?

   Correct answer: The registered vehicle owner and the buyer of the vehicle.

7. What does the law state about the non-use of a vehicle for a period of more than one month?

   Correct answer: The Licensing Authority should be informed.

8. How many number plates should be installed on a private passenger car?

   Correct answer: Two standard plates, one in front and one at the vehicle’s rear.

9. Who is permitted to summon a vehicle to undergo a technical examination?

   Correct answer: An examiner of the Licensing Authority as well as a policeman carrying a traffic examiner certificate.

10. A vehicle examiner or a policeman carrying a traffic examiner certificate who finds technical flaws in a vehicle, may:

    Correct answer: Notify the driver that the vehicle is taken off the road and take away the vehicle’s registration documents.

11. Under what condition is it permissible to install additional lamps to those already installed in a vehicle?

    Correct answer: With the approval of the Licensing Authority only.

12. Is it obligatory for vehicles to have a properly functioning speedometer?

    Correct answer: Yes, always.

13. What is a one-way street?

    Correct answer: A street in which traffic movement is permitted in one direction only.

14. How is the term “lighting up time” defined by law?

    Correct answer: The night time or any other time when visibility is poor.

15. Which vehicle should be equipped with a fire extinguisher?

    Correct answer: All vehicles, except for private vehicles, tractors, motorcycles and tri-motorcycles.

16. Is it obligatory to install wastebaskets in a private passenger car?

    Correct answer: Yes, it is obligatory to install a wastebasket type that was approved by the Licensing Authority.

17. Is it permitted to use any means of visual display, which can be viewed by the driver, other than the vehicle’s G.P.S control and navigation display?

    Correct answer: It is prohibited for as long as the vehicle is moving..

18. How should one pass a structure or a post that obstructs a two-way road?

    Correct answer: Pass it on the right, unless otherwise indicated by a signpost.

19. The license of a “new driver” shall not be renewed as a regular driver's license if he is convicted of the following offence:

    Correct answer: Not obeying a red light or not giving right of way.

20. The correctional measures which may be imposed by the Licensing Authority, based on the point system:

    Correct answer: Are additional to any other sanction that is imposed on a driver by a court of law due to traffic offenses.

21. According to the law, what is the validity period of demerit points incurred by a driver?

    Correct answer: When the driver has up to 20 demerit points: Two years from the date of the offence.

22. “restricted (Calm) zone” is a zone:

    Correct answer: With a sign posted speed limit of 30 k.p.h.

23. Is it permitted to park a vehicle besides a pedestrian safety guardrail?

    Correct answer: No, unless there is a signpost indicating otherwise.

24. When a “stop” sign is placed before a level crossing, the driver should:

    Correct answer: Stop the vehicle, turn-off the radio, open the window besides him and listen and look along the tracks.

25. A license of a new driver shall be extended for two years as a new driver license, if the driver was convicted of the following offence:

    Correct answer: Not stopping before a level crossing, when stopping is imperative.

26. Is a driver permitted to send an S.M.S message from his phone while driving?

    Correct answer: It is absolutely prohibited, and dangerous.

27. Who is responsible for keeping the vehicle roadworthy at all times?

    Correct answer: The registered owner of the vehicle and the driver.

28. What should you do if a vehicle suddenly approaches you while you are being overtaken by another vehicle?

    Correct answer: Deviate as far as possible to the right and do not increase your speed.

29. How is a driver required to drive near a group of children?

    Correct answer: Slow down, be prepared to stop and even stop if necessary..

30. Who are obliged to act cautiously?

    Correct answer: All road users.

31. When you approach a pedestrian crossing that is marked on the road:

    Correct answer: Overtaking is prohibited.

32. According to the law, what is the maximum allowed length of the bus in the following picture?

    Correct answer: 13.5 meters.

33. It is permitted to make a left U-turn:

    Correct answer: From a left-turn lane or from any other lane which doesn’t have a prohibiting sign.

34. According to the law, what is the length limit of the bus in the following picture?

    Correct answer: 15 meters.

35. A vehicle that is approved for transporting children is:

    Correct answer: A private bus or a public vehicle that has been licensed by the Ministry of transport .

36. Children should get on and off a student bus:

    Correct answer: From the front right door only.

37. What is “pupil transport” by bus?

    Correct answer: Transporting of children to school or on an organized activity in an authorised vehicle.

38. In a school bus, it is prohibited to:

    Correct answer: Carry children standing up.

39. What type of driving license is a driver of a “tour vehicle” required to have?

    Correct answer: D or D1.

40. Driver of a “tour vehicle” must be:

    Correct answer: A certified tour guide approved by the Ministry of Tourism, and holder of type D or D1 driving license.

41. A “new driver” that has not yet completed 2years or has not yet turned 21 years will not carry in a private passenger car:

    Correct answer: More than two passengers apart from himself, unless sitting beside him is a qualified escort.

42. The rear fog lamp:

    Correct answer: the rear fog lights can only be turned on if the front lights are on.

43. You are driving in vehicle no. 3. To which of the following vehicles are you required to give right-of-way?

    Correct answer: To the blue vehicle (1).

44. Are you required to give right-of-way to the cyclist?

    Correct answer: Yes, because the cyclist approaches from the right (1).

45. You are driving vehicle no. 3. To which of the following vehicles would you give right-of-way?

    Correct answer: To the motorcyclist (1) and to the cyclist (2).

46. There are no traffic signs placed in the following intersection, According to the rules of giving right-of-way, in what order should vehicles that arrived at the same time enter the intersection?

    Correct answer: The green vehicle (1) first, then you (3), and the red vehicle will enter last (2).

47. You are driving vehicle no. 3 before an intersection without traffic signs. According to the rules of giving right-of-way, in what order should vehicles that arrived at the same time enter the intersection?

    Correct answer: The garbage truck enters first (1), second is the private vehicle (2), and you go last (3).

48. You are driving vehicle no. 3 before an intersection without traffic signs. According to the rules of giving right of way, who should enter the intersection first?

    Correct answer: The cyclist (1).

49. You are driving vehicle no. 3. According to the rules of giving right-of-way, in what order should the vehicles enter the intersection?

    Correct answer: The cyclist enters first (2), and the red private vehicle will follow (1).

50. You are driving vehicle no. 3. According to the rules of giving right-of-way, in what order should the vehicles enter the intersection?

    Correct answer: The cyclist (2), the blue vehicle (1), the vehicle you are driving (3).

51. You are driving vehicle no. 3. According to the rules of giving right of way, in what order should the vehicles enter the intersection which you approach (the red vehicle is not an emergency vehicle)?

    Correct answer: The vehicle I am driving (3), the red vehicle (2), the cyclist (1).

52. Do you (vehicle no. 3) have to give right-of-way to the cyclist (2) in the roundabout?

    Correct answer: Yes, always

53. How would you (vehicle no. 3) conduct yourself in the following turn?

    Correct answer: Give right of way to the green vehicle (1).

54. What are you (vehicle no. 3) required to do when approaching the following intersection (the red vehicle is not an emergency vehicle)?

    Correct answer: Give right of way to the crossing tractor (1) and truck (2).

55. How would you (vehicle no. 3) conduct yourself in the following intersection?

    Correct answer: Give right of way to the motorcyclist (2) and to the yellow bus (1).

56. How would you (vehicle no. 3) conduct yourself in the following intersection?

    Correct answer: Give right of way to the motorcyclist (1)

57. You are driving vehicle no.3. to whom will you give the right of way?

    Correct answer: To the Motor-cyclist (1) and the Bus (2).

58. Which of the following vehicles may enter the intersection first?

    Correct answer: The cyclist (2).

59. You are driving vehicle no. 2. What should you do in the following situation?

    Correct answer: Give right of way to the red vehicle (1).

60. How would you (vehicle no. 2) conduct yourself in the following intersection?

    Correct answer: Continue driving carefully, while keeping eye contact with the yellow vehicle (1) which should yield.

61. According to the law, in what order should vehicles enter the following intersection?

    Correct answer: You, as the vehicle making a left turn (3), followed by the tractor (2), and then the blue vehicle (1).

62. According to the law, in what order should vehicles enter the following intersection?

    Correct answer: The red vehicle (1), the motorcycle (2), your vehicle (3).

63. How should you behave at the following intersection (the red vehicle is not an emergency vehicle)?

    Correct answer: Give right of way to the private vehicle (1).

64. According to the law, how should you (vehicle no. 3) behave at the following intersection?

    Correct answer: Cross carefully. The two other drivers should yield (3).

65. How should you behave at the following intersection?

    Correct answer: Give right of way to the motorcyclist

66. In the following picture:

    Correct answer: You should give right of way to the red vehicle (1) in the roundabout.

67. When a vehicle is forced to stop on an inter-urban road and the driver or one of the passengers is about to exit the vehicle:

    Correct answer: The first person to get out of the vehicle must wear a standard fluorescent vest when exiting the vehicle or stepping out of it.

68. What is the obligation of a driver transporting children, whilst children are disembarking from the school bus?

    Correct answer: Wait and make sure that all the students that have got off and have stepped away from the vehicle.

69. You are driving vehicle no. 3. In what order will vehicles enter the following intersection?

    Correct answer: The vehicle on the right (1), you go next (3), and the vehicle on the left is last (2).

70. How should you (vehicle no. 3) behave while you turn right in the following intersection?

    Correct answer: Allow the cyclist to continue riding and turn right behind him.

71. How should you behave on the road ahead of you?

    Correct answer: Use one of the two right hand lanes.

72. Which is the correct lane for turning left?

    Correct answer: The left hand lane.

73. Which of the following three vehicles is not in the correct lane, according to the traffic sign?

    Correct answer: The light (private) vehicle (1).

74. How should you conduct yourself on the road ahead?

    Correct answer: Pass to the adjacent right lane.

75. Where in the vehicle should the fluorescent vest be kept (except for motor-cycles)?

    Correct answer: In the driver compartment.

76. What is the first thing a driver should verify before driving an unfamiliar vehicle?

    Correct answer: That he is proficient in operating and using the controls of the vehicle.

77. When driving on a narrow downhill road, you should give right of way to vehicles driving uphill in the following instances:

    Correct answer: When the road section is too narrow to allow both vehicles to pass each other at the same time.

78. When you are standing with your vehicle before an intersection while the red light is on, and you notice a security vehicle behind you, with its siren on and its lights flashing:

    Correct answer: You are not allowed to enter the intersection while the red light is on.

79. You are approaching a tunnel with a road sign displayed in front of you and want to overtake a slow vehicle driving ahead of you:

    Correct answer: It is forbidden to overtake,inside the tunnel or to try overtaking, within a distance of 50 meters before or after the tunnell

80. When are we not obligated to drive on the right hand side of the road?

    Correct answer: When overtaking.

81. When are we not obligated to drive on the far right side of the right lane?

    Correct answer: When turning left from a single-lane, two-way road.

82. When are we not obligated to drive in the right lane?

    Correct answer: Whilst overtaking another vehicle.

83. When are we not obligated to drive a private passenger car in the right lane?

    Correct answer: When the right lane is designated for another type of road users (e.g. public transportation lane).

84. While driving on a road with two lanes in your direction of driving:

    Correct answer: You are obliged to drive in the right lane, unless you are overtaking or turning left.

85. Is it permitted to park, in an urban area, vehicles transporting hazardous materials with an all up weight of more than 3,500 kg?

    Correct answer: Yes, but only at a distance of more than 400 meters from public or residential buildings.

86. What is a lane?

    Correct answer: Part of a road’s width, designed to accommodate one line of vehicles, not including two-wheelers.

87. When is it permitted to park on the left side of the road?

    Correct answer: Only in a one-way roadway which is not part of a road that has a separation area.

88. What is a driver obliged to do when an emergency vehicle on duty appears behind him?

    Correct answer: Stop on the right side of the road, away from the intersection, and allow the emergency vehicle to pass.

89. When are you obliged to signal before moving out of your lane for the purpose of overtaking?

    Correct answer: You should signal at a reasonable distance before you begin to move out.

90. Four parking spaces for handicapped drivers are marked, one next to the other, in Herzel Street. All four spaces are currently free:

    Correct answer: Drivers that do not display the handicap card showing the same sign as The road sign, even if they are free at the moment cannot use the parking spaces

91. Which of the following vehicles are permitted to drive on the road’s “hard shoulders”?

    Correct answer: Non-motor vehicles, tractors and speed-restricted vehicles.

92. A paraplegic is driving it the city and is in a hurry to a scheduled medical examination :

    Correct answer: He is permitted to use the bus lane, but is prohibited from exceeing the speed limit.

93. When are private passenger cars permitted to turn right from a lane other than the right lane?

    Correct answer: In a road where more than one lane is marked for turning right.

94. How should a driver turn left from a two-way road (A) to a one-way road (B)?

    Correct answer: From lane 2 to lane 5.

95. According to the law what is the maximum permitted length of the bus?

    Correct answer: 18.75 met.

96. A policeman wrote you a traffic report due to “deviation from your lane”, and there are no lanes marked on the roadway. Is it justified?

    Correct answer: Yes, a lane can be either marked or unmarked.

97. When is it permitted to turn left, from a lane other than the left lane?

    Correct answer: It is permitted when two or more left turn lanes are marked on the roadway.

98. Is a driver permitted to cross an unbroken separation line in order to make a U-turn?

    Correct answer: No.

99. What is a “U-turn”?

    Correct answer: A turn in which the driver turns back to the direction he came from (turns and drives to the opposite direction)

100. Which of the following sentences is correct: The law prohibit drivers from making a left U-turn:

     Correct answer: All the answers are correct.