Theory test questions: Traffic laws, page 7
901 official Israeli theory test questions on traffic laws, with the correct answer to each.
- Who is authorized to give permission for carrying oversize freight on a vehicle with an all up weight of more than 15,000 kg?
Correct answer: A police officer only.
- A registration document shall not be provided or renewed for a rescue and towing vehicle with an all up weight of up to 16,000 kg:
Correct answer: More than 19 years after its manufacture date.
- What is the maximum freight height (from the road’s surface) that may be carried by a commercial vehicle with an all up weight of up to 3,500kg?
Correct answer: 3.0 meters.
- What is the maximum freight height (from the road’s surface) that may be carried by a commercial vehicle with an all up weight of up to 8,000kg?
Correct answer: 3.50 meters.
- What should a driver verify (according to the law) before making a U-turn on a straight road section?
Correct answer: That the turn is not made before a hill on the road.
- When is it obligatory to operate a flashing yellow lamp above the driver’s compartment of a truck?
Correct answer: When the freight’s width is more than 3 meters.
- The “Overall height” of a vehicle is measured:
Correct answer: From the road’s surface until the vehicle’s highest point (including all its fixtures, and when it is not loaded).
- What is “all up weight”?
Correct answer: A vehicle’s own weight, plus the weight of the people and freight that the vehicle is permitted to drive or carry, as approved by the Licensing Authority.
- Define “own weight”:
Correct answer: The vehicle’s weight including all accessories plus fuel, water and oil, excluding driver and freight.
- What is a “desert vehicle”:
Correct answer: A public vehicle with front –wheel and rear-wheel drive and a standard chassis, which is indicated as a desert vehicle within its registration document.
- Define “commercial vehicle”:
Correct answer: A motor vehicle used or designed to carry goods.
- What is the maximum speed permitted for work vehicles and commercial vehicles with an all up weight that exceeds 12,000 kg?
Correct answer: 50 k.p.h on an urban road, and 80 k.p.h on any other type of road;
- The maximum speed limit on a freeway is 110 Kph What vehicles are forbidden to drive this speed?
Correct answer: A commercial vehicle with an all up weight that exceeds 12,000 kg, a work vehicle, a touring vehicle and a "slow moving" vehicle.
- Which class of license is required for driving a commercial motor vehicle with an all up weight of less than 12,000 kg?
Correct answer: C1.
- Which class of license is required for driving a commercial motor vehicle with an all up weight of more than 12,000 kg?
Correct answer: C.
- The grade of license required to drive a commercial vehicle weighing more than 3500 kilogram, attached to a trailer with weight of 4000 kilogram:
Correct answer: C+E.
- What is a “commercial vehicle”:
Correct answer: A vehicle used or designed to carry freight for hire or to serve for the purpose of the vehicle owner’s occupation.
- What is a “work vehicle”:
Correct answer: A vehicle that is installed with work equipment and that is not designed to carry freights or transport passengers.
- The law requires a trailer with an all up weight of more than 4,000 kg to have:
Correct answer: An "additional license plate" to be installed on the trailer's rear.
- For safety reasons, it is required to install light-reflecting plates on the rear wall of a trailer or a semi-trailer. Hence, which of the following sentences is correct?
Correct answer: It is obligatory to install 2 plates on a vehicle with a width of more than 150cm. The plates’ outside frame should be red and the rest yellow.
- How would you mark a commercial vehicle with an all up weight of more than 12,500 kg?
Correct answer: With two light-reflecting plates in the rear.
- On a semi-trailer, what is the required distance, , between the driver’s cab and the front wall of the trailer?
Correct answer: A distance in which both can move in all directions without touching each other, and that allows free movement of the connectors during maximal turn.
- What is the fifth wheel on a Semi-trailer?
Correct answer: A fixture (plate) that is designed to connect between the cab and the trailer.
- The vehicle’s headlights light the road with:
Correct answer: A uniform white or bright-yellow color.
- What is required from the chains that are installed between the towing vehicle and the trailer?
Correct answer: They should allow the trailer to make a 90 degree or more turn in relation to the towing vehicle.
- In a vehicle, towing a trailer the distance between the rear part of the towing vehicle and the front part of the trailer should not be more than:
Correct answer: 150 cm.
- Which of the following commercial vehicles must have a towing permit for towing a trailer?
Correct answer: A vehicle with an all up weight of more than 10,000 kg.
- Which vehicles must be equipped with chains or cables and lamps during lighting up time?
Correct answer: A more than 120cm wide trailer or semi-trailer, without floor and walls, which is designed to carry long freights.
- Safety shoes are obligatory:
Correct answer: In every motor vehicle with an all up weight of more than 5,000 kg, except for buses.
- Which types of vehicles must operate distress lights, or place a flashing yellow lamp, if forced to stand on a non-urban road during “light time”?
Correct answer: All motor vehicles with an all up weight of more than 3,500 kg, buses and working vehicles.
- During “lighting up time”, when weather conditions are good – from which distance is the yellow flashing light of the portable lamp supposed to be seen?
Correct answer: 150 meters.
- Which of the following commercial vehicles must be equipped with a speed “Governor”?
Correct answer: Vehicles with an all up weight of more than 12,000 kg, truck tractors and work vehicles.
- Which of the following commercial vehicles must be equipped with mud protectors?
Correct answer: Every vehicle that its rear wheels are not protected by wings, except for tractors and speed restricted vehicles.
- Which of the following types of vehicles must have a low rear collision protection bumper?
Correct answer: Commercial vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers, and work vehicles with an all up weight of more than 3,500 kg.
- What is the legal definition of a “public service vehicle”?
Correct answer: A vehicle used or designed to be used for transporting passengers for hire.
- The law requires to install a third license plates in these types of vehicles:
Correct answer: Trucks with reclining trailers.
- Which of the following vehicles must be equipped with a reverse-drive buzzer?
Correct answer: Commercial vehicles and work vehicles with an all up weight of more than 15,000 kg, tractors and buses.
- It is obligatory to fit Extremity (width) side lights:
Correct answer: On a 210cm-or-more wide vehicle.
- Is it obligatory to install parking lights on a vehicle that also has Extremity (width) side lights?
Correct answer: No.
- On which of the following trailers and semi-trailers is it obligatory to install an independent brake?
Correct answer: Trailers and semi-trailers with an all up weight of 8,000 kg or more.
- On which of the following commercial vehicles is it obligatory to install an ABS wheel-locking prevention system?
Correct answer: Commercial vehicles with an all up weight of 12,000 kg or more.
- On which of the following commercial vehicles and work vehicles is it obligatory to have a compression brake (retarder)?
Correct answer: On a vehicle weighing at 8,000 kg or more.
- Explain the term “service brakes”:
Correct answer: A braking system that acts on all the wheels of a vehicle and allows slowing the vehicle down or stopping it in all road conditions.
- Explain the term “independent brake”:
Correct answer: A spring loaded device that operates the braking system independently, and that starts operating when the air pressure in the braking system drops below its required level.
- What is a “speed retarder”?
Correct answer: An electric or hydraulic mechanism, independent of the vehicle’s braking system, which decelerates the vehicle when operated.
- What is a “pedestrian crossing”:
Correct answer: A roadway section that is designated, by marking or by traffic sign, to permit pedestrian to cross the road. .
- Is the Licensing Authority authorized to permit the use of a vehicle with size and weight which exceed regulations?
Correct answer: Yes, under special conditions.
- A driver wishing to park his vehicle downhill shall:
Correct answer: Turn the front wheels towards the sidewalk and shift to reverse gear (in automatic vehicles – P).
- When a driver is approaching a high point or a place in which his field of vision is obstructed, he should:
Correct answer: Slow down and drive at a reasonable speed, which corresponds with his field of vision.
- As of November 1st each year, every commercial vehicle with an all up weight exceeding 10,000 kg should carry:
Correct answer: A certificate that it had passed a winter check or an annual test that was conducted on August or afterwards.
- What is the all up weight of a vehicle that is required to have a braking system check at least once every half a year?
Correct answer: 16,000 kg or more.
- Explain the term “axle” in a vehicle:
Correct answer: Shaft or system of drive shafts running the width of the vehicle, on which the wheels are installed.
- Explain the term “gross axle weight”:
Correct answer: The overall weight of all the wheels installed on one axle against the road.
- Which number marks the “wheelbase” of this vehicle?
Correct answer: 14
- What is a “commercial vehicle”?
Correct answer: A motor vehicle used or designed to transport goods.
- According to the driving work hours’ regulation, can freight-handling be accounted as driving?
Correct answer: Yes. Freight handling, arranging, loading and unloading is lawfully accounted as driving hours.
- What is the responsibility of the controller of the vehicle as regards to the work and rest hours of the vehicle’s driver?
Correct answer: The controller of the vehicle must not permit the vehicle’s driver to exceed statutory work hours.
- What is the correct way of driving downhill?
Correct answer: By driving in one of the gears.
- When is it obligatory to operate the speed retarder while driving downhill?
Correct answer: When a “dangerous descent” sign is posted.
- Is it permitted to stop a vehicle on a freeway?
Correct answer: No, except for stopping on the “hard shoulder” when the vehicle malfunctions and it is impossible to continue driving,
- What is a “path”?
Correct answer: part of a road that is not a roadway and designated for specific users.
- While driving during “lighting up time” in a vehicle with an overall width of 220 cm, is it obligatory to turn-on the “Extremity“ side lights?
Correct answer: Yes.
- Is it permitted to drive a vehicle when one of the wheels of its trailer or semi-trailer is not in contact with the road (due to the way in which it was connected or loaded to the vehicle)?
Correct answer: No.
- Is it permitted to tow more than one trailer?
Correct answer: Yes, but only with a permit of the Licensing Authority.
- You are driving a private vehicle with an all up weight of 1520kilos. What is the maximum trailer weight you are permitted to tow?
Correct answer: 750 kg.
- Can the details specified in the bill of lading serve as proof of the freight’s weight?
Correct answer: Yes.
- When a policeman instructs a driver to bring his vehicle for weighing – who is required to pay the weighing expenses if an irregular weight is found?
Correct answer: The driver.
- Is a policeman permitted to instruct the driver of a freight carrying vehicle to bring the vehicle to a weighing station?
Correct answer: Yes, a policeman is permitted to instruct the driver of a freight carrying vehicle to bring the vehicle for weighing at the closest possible place.
- Is a policeman permitted to stop a vehicle that carries freight in an unlawful manner?
Correct answer: Yes, a policeman is permitted to stop the vehicle until the freight is unloaded or until the matter is lawfully settled.
- Is it obligatory to mark oversize freight on a vehicle?
Correct answer: Yes, it is always obligatory to mark oversize freight.
- Is it obligatory to mark oversize freight on a moving vehicle at all times?
Correct answer: Yes, it is always obligatory to mark oversize freight.
- How should oversize freight be marked from the vehicle’s front or rear sides?
Correct answer: The freight shall be marked from its front with white light reflecting triangle, and from its rear with a white triangle with red light-reflecting margins.
- Is a company that was not approved to operate as a haulage contractor, allowed to transport hazardous materials?
Correct answer: No.
- In which vehicle is it permitted to transport loose ash and bulk cement?
Correct answer: Only in a vehicle specially designed for this work
- How should cargo be transported in a vehicle that has no separate driver’s compartment?
Correct answer: The vehicle must have a partition that separates and protects the passengers from being hit by the cargo.
- What is an “interchangeable crate?
Correct answer: crate, box or any other means for carrying goods, designed to be loaded on or off the vehicle with a permanent crane
- A “permanent crane” is:
Correct answer: A fixture that is permanently installed in the vehicle and designed to lift or lower interchangeable crates..
- What is a “freight container”?
Correct answer: Shipment tank or box used for transporting goods, equipped with a twist anchor bolt and of a maximum width of 250 cm.
- On which vehicles is it permitted to carry a freight container longer than 610 cm?
Correct answer: On a semi-trailer only and according to the provisions of the vehicle’s registration document.
- Is it permitted to transport a freight container that sticks out from the vehicle’s rear?
Correct answer: No, the freight container should never stick out from the vehicle’s rear.
- Is it permitted to transport a freight container on a vehicle that is not equipped with twist locks?
Correct answer: No.
- What is “perimeter lighting” according to traffic regulations?
Correct answer: A yellow lighting system arranged around an oversize freight. The distance between lamps should not exceed 100 cm.
- How would we mark a vehicle that escorts a vehicle carrying oversize freight?
Correct answer: With “caution oversize freight” signs on the escorting vehicle’s front and on the back of the freight-carrying vehicle, and by mounting a flashing yellow light above the driver’s compartment.
- What is the required driving distance between the escorting vehicle and the vehicle carrying oversize freight?
Correct answer: A distance in which the two vehicles can maintain eye contact at all times.
- What should be the road positioning of a vehicle that escorts a vehicle carrying oversize freight?
Correct answer: On a two-way roadway he should drive before the freight carrying vehicle, and on a one-way roadway he should drive behind him.
- Does every tractor have to install a reverse buzzer?
Correct answer: Yes.
- What is the maximum permitted freight height during bulk transportation?
Correct answer: The freight or any part of it should not be higher than the sides of the vehicle or ladders that were legally installed.
- What is the maximum permitted height (together with freight) of a vehicle with an all up weight of 15,000 kg or less?
Correct answer: 4 meters.
- According to the law, is there any significance to the manner in which the freight is arranged on the vehicle?
Correct answer: Yes,it should be ensured that the freight is arranged and anchored to the vehicle so it doesn’t fall off.
- How would we mark a commercial vehicle with an all up weight of more than 3,500 kg that transports at least 11 passengers?
Correct answer: By placing a “passengers” sign in the front and back.
- What is the maximum number of passengers permitted on a commercial vehicle with an all up weight exceeding 3,500 kg, which has no standard chassis for passenger transportation?
Correct answer: Six passengers, besides the passengers that sit next to the driver.
- At what minimal distance from a residential building or a public structure is it permitted to park a vehicle transporting hazardous materials?
Correct answer: 400 meters.
- On a roadway with curbstones, how should we park uphill a commercial vehicle with an all up weight of more than 5,000kg?
Correct answer: Turn the front wheels towards the center of the road, shift to forward drive gear and place safety shoes behind the rear wheels.
- During the night, where is it prohibited to park a commercial vehicle with an all up weight of more than 10,000 kg?
Correct answer: Wherever the local traffic sign authority placed a sign prohibiting this type of vehicle from parking or waiting.
- What is the duty of a driver of a vehicle with an all up weight of more than 3,500 kg, while standing his vehicle on a inter-urban road during lighting-up time?
Correct answer: He must always place a warning triangle, and also place a portable light or turn on the four winkers (distress lights).
- It is prohibited to stand or park a vehicle on a road, if the vehicle’s width is more than:
Correct answer: 2.50 meters.
- Which type of vehicle is it prohibited to stand or be left standing on a road?
Correct answer: A trailer that was disconnected from a Semi-trailer or a trailer that was disconnected from a towing vehicle.
- Which of the following commercial vehicles is prohibited from driving faster than 80 k.p.h on an inter-urban road?
Correct answer: Commercial vehicles with an all up weight of 12,000 kg or more.
- A traffic sign forbidding vehicles to drive faster than 70 k.p.h is placed on an urban road. Which of the following vehicles is forbidden to drive according to the sign’s speed indication?
Correct answer: Commercial vehicles or work vehicles with an all up weight of 12,000 kg. Their speed limit is 50 k.p.h.
- When is a driver required to drive on the “hard shoulder” - where the “shoulder” is asphalt-paved and free of traffic - in order to allow another vehicle to overtake him?
Correct answer: When a driver of a motor vehicle is forced to drive very slowly due to the freight he’s carrying or to the steepness of the road, and he delays the traffic behind him.