Theory test questions: Road safety, page 3
400 official Israeli theory test questions on road safety, with the correct answer to each.
- How are you required to conduct yourself according to the following road signs?
Correct answer: Slow down and keep to the right before entering the curve.
- How are you required to conduct yourself in the following road section?
Correct answer: Slow down before entering the curve and accelerate when coming out of it.
- How are you required to conduct yourself in the following road section?
Correct answer: Slow down and keep to the right of the road, due to the limited field of vision.
- What is the problem in the following picture?
Correct answer: The bus cannot enter the bay and will disturb traffic when stopping.
- What in the conduct of the blue vehicle is improper?
Correct answer: The driver of the blue vehicle is not driving in the right-hand lane.
- Upon parking your vehicle on the right of the road in an urban:
Correct answer: you must make sure that alighting from the vehicle will not cause a disturbance to any other road user
- What are the tedious driving conditions described in the following picture?
Correct answer: Wet road, poor visibility and heavy traffic.
- How should you behave in the situation described in the following picture?
Correct answer: Dip the lights, keep to the right and slow down to enable stopping if necessary.
- How would you conduct yourself according to the following picture?
Correct answer: The cyclist is not stable and is affected by the fast vehicles passing by. Slow down when approaching him.
- Traffic changes are taking place ahead, how would you prepare for these changes?
Correct answer: You are driving in the right lane, pay attention to the vehicles merging into your lane, from left and right.
- How would you behave on the road ahead?
Correct answer: The number of lanes is decreasing; move to the right lane and keep to your right.
- What limitations occur on the road ahead of you?
Correct answer: (1) Road works ahead (2) a speed limit and (3) no overtaking.
- How would you conduct yourself when approaching a vehicle standing on the “hard shoulder”?
Correct answer: Slow down.
- The white vehicle’s driver is merging into traffic. how would you behave?
Correct answer: Slow down
- Driving behind the heavy vehicle in the given road conditions, obligate you to:
Correct answer: Keep your distance, drive slowly and patiently.
- How are you required to conduct yourself in the following road conditions?
Correct answer: Stay in low gear while keeping to the right.
- In your opinion, why was a continuous line marked on the roadway?
Correct answer: Because of the limited field of vision ahead.
- The white vehicle (1) and the silver vehicle (2) at the intersection, intend to enter the same road. Which of them is obliged to give right of way?
Correct answer: The silver vehicle (2) at the intersection.
- The traffic light in your direction of driving is green. To what are you required to pay attention when approaching it?
Correct answer: The sudden appearance of pedestrians emerging from between the parked vehicles.
- How would you conduct yourself when approaching a place, as described in the picture?
Correct answer: Slow down and stop if necessary, and give right of way to the traffic coming from the opposite direction.
- How would you conduct yourself on the following road section?
Correct answer: The close garbage container obstructs your field of vision; hence you have to slow down.
- According to the picture, how should drivers before the traffic light behave?
Correct answer: Stop and get ready to start driving.
- Are the vehicles within the sharp curve positioned correctly?
Correct answer: Yes, all vehicles are keeping to the right as required in this sort of situation.
- In your opinion, is the white vehicle within the curve positioned correctly?
Correct answer: No, the vehicle is close to the middle of the roadway and it endangers vehicles coming from the opposite direction.
- In your opinion, is the truck positioned correctly within the curve?
Correct answer: No, the truck driver is not keeping to the right of the road and his position presents a risk to any vehicle coming from the opposite direction.
- Which of the following sentences is the most correct, as regards to the following picture?
Correct answer: The driver is not keeping to the extreme right of the road.
- How would you conduct yourself according to the content of the following traffic sign?
Correct answer: The road is narrow and has no “hard shoulders” used for escape in case of danger; slow down and stay alert to what occurs on the road.
- How should you behave when approaching the road section described in the following picture?
Correct answer: Keep to the right of the road and enter the curve with cautions.
- What is the correct sentence according to the following picture?
Correct answer: The road tanker driver doesn’t keep to the right of the roadway, even though he can not see the vehicles coming from the opposite direction.
- How should one drive on a flooded road?
Correct answer: Drive slowly in low gear.
- What is the danger caused by fueling the vehicle while its engine is running?
Correct answer: Combustion of fuel fumes by a spark.
- What should the driver verify before starting-up the engine?
Correct answer: That the hand (parking) brake is on.
- What is the driver required to check before starting to drive?
Correct answer: That none of the dashboard’s (control panel)warning lights are turned on.
- What is a driver required to do after driving through a puddle and dampening the brakes?
Correct answer: Drive very slowly until the brakes dry out and resume normal functioning.
- Why should we avoid running the vehicle’s engine in a closed placed?
Correct answer: Because the emitted burnt gases (exhaust)are toxic.
- When is it required to operate the parking (hand) brake whilst parking?
Correct answer: Always.
- Why is a driver required to adjust his sitting position before starting to drive?
Correct answer: To have good control of the vehicle’s operation, instruments and field of vision.
- What vehicle features should be adjusted in order to ensure a comfortable and safe sitting position?
Correct answer: The seat’s position, the angle of the back rest, and the steering wheel position.
- When there is fog, a part from fog lights.
Correct answer: preferble to drive slowly according to field of vision.
- How do dirty mirrors affect vehicle safety?
Correct answer: They impair the driver’s vision.
- A panoramic mirror:
Correct answer: Does not correctly reflect the distance of the objects seen in it.
- Which of the following accessories reduces passenger impact severity during an accident?
Correct answer: Seat belts, airbags and head rests.
- On which axle do the tractor’s service brakes act?
Correct answer: The rear axle.
- Which additional system, absent in other types of vehicles, is found in tractors?
Correct answer: A hydraulic system for lifting and operating attachments.
- What is the purpose of the level (balanced) movement of the tractor’s front axle?
Correct answer: To improve the tractor’s stability while driving on a surface that is not level.
- How is a driver of a tractor equipped with a shuvelloader required to conduct while parking?
Correct answer: Lower the loader to the ground.
- What determines the maximum weight that can be lifted by the tractor’s hydraulic lift arms?
Correct answer: The manufacturer’s table, which indicates weight restrictions according to the distance of its center of gravity from the tractor.
- What would happen if the weight exerted on the tractor’s rear hydraulic arms is too high or far away from the tractor?
Correct answer: The front wheels would lift in the air.
- How should you do in the event that the tractor rolls over?
Correct answer: Hold the steering wheel tightly and stay as close as possible to it.
- Why are tractor wheels being filled with water?
Correct answer: To increase its weight and thus improve the wheels’ traction on the road.
- For what reason are weights installed on the tractor’s front?
Correct answer: To improve the front wheels’ surface grip.
- For what reason are weights installed on the tractor’s front?
Correct answer: To prevent its front part from elevating while lifting loads from its rear side.
- What is the function of the tractor’s differential lock?
Correct answer: To assist when one of the tractor’s wheels sinks or skids.
- Is it possible to brake only one wheel in a tractor?
Correct answer: Only on the rear axle.
- When is it required to brake only one wheel in a tractor (brake separation)?
Correct answer: When the tractor driver wants to make a sharp turn on the spot while driving at a very slow speed.
- Is it permitted to drive a tractor with brakes that are permanently separated?
Correct answer: No. It might cause the tractor to roll-over while braking.
- What is the function of the tractor’s PTO (“Power Take Off”) power transfer?
Correct answer: To move attachments and additional equipment operated by the tractor.
- What RPM (Rounds per Minute) level should be determined to operate the tractor’s PTO (“Power Take Off”) power transfer?
Correct answer: Standard RPM, unless otherwise indicated on the operated equipment.
- What is the most important safety rule while operating a PTO power transfer?
Correct answer: Stay away from the moving parts of the tractor and of the attachment.
- What is the meaning of the PTO power transfer “standard operating speed’?
Correct answer: It is the RPM of the power transfer exit and of its drive shaft.
- When should the tractor’s differential be locked?
Correct answer: When one wheel skids on the ground and the tractor cannot proceed.
- What is forbidden to do after the differential is locked?
Correct answer: To turn the steering wheel and the wheels from side to side.
- Which tractor-derived pressure is used to operate attachments and additional equipment?
Correct answer: Hydraulic oil pressure.
- What should be ensured before disengaging the hydraulic oil pipe connectors from the tractor’s attachment or from the tractor’s additional equipment?
Correct answer: That there is no oil pressure in them.
- How would you release the hydraulic oil pressure before disconnecting the supply piping from the tractor’s attachment or additional equipment?
Correct answer: Move the operation lever in all directions when the engine is off.
- When is it obligatory to install a spark protector on a tractor?
Correct answer: When the tractor has a lower exhaust pipe.
- Where is the permitted to untie tools or a trailer from the tractor?
Correct answer: On a leveled surface, to prevent accidental movements.
- What is the function of the tractor’s middle lift arm (“the third point”)?
Correct answer: To prevent sideways freedom of movement of the arms and to prevent the tractor turning.
- Which action should be taken after the tool is harnessed to the hydraulic lift arms?
Correct answer: Preventing horizontal freedom of movement of the arms and of the tool.
- How would a tractor and its trailer maintain low speed during a long and steep descent?
Correct answer: By driving in low gear and relying on the engine’s compression braking .
- It is prohibited to drive too close to the vehicle in front of you:
Correct answer: Because it might brake suddenly.
- What is a bus driver required to check before moving the bus?
Correct answer: Whether there are road users in his blind spots.
- What risks are expected when the bus driver makes a sudden brake?
Correct answer: Injuring the bus passengers.
- The ability to control the vehicle in order to prevent accidents:
Correct answer: Is higher the slower you drive.
- What should a driver do when he approaches a road section on which oil was spilled?
Correct answer: Slow down as moderately as possible, and avoid heavy l braking.
- What should a driver do when the road has bumps and cracks?
Correct answer: Slow down and adjust his drving speed to the road’s conditions.
- Under which conditions is it advised to turn on the lights during the day?
Correct answer: When the sun is behind the driver.
- Non adjusted headlights:
Correct answer: Do not iluminate the road as required by law.
- On which part of the semi trailer is a 6.10 meter long freight container loaded?
Correct answer: On the rear part – and only when appropriate twist locks are used.
- When you apply the brake pedal during an emergency braking:
Correct answer: The vehicle continues to a certain distance until reaching a complete stop.
- Which vehicles must be equipped with a fire extinguisher?
Correct answer: All motor vehicles, except for private passenger cars, tractors and motorcycles.
- Can unprescribed medications have a negative effect on driving?
Correct answer: Yes.
- Is it obligatory to use an appropriate lower gear on every steep descent?
Correct answer: Yes.
- What is a driver required to do after crossing a flooded road section?
Correct answer: Drive slowly and press gently and intermittently on the brake pedal, to ensure that the brakes function properly.
- You are driving a heavy truck down a steep and long descent. When should you shift to an appropriate low gear?
Correct answer: You should shift to low gear at the beginning of the descent.
- What is the risk in shifting gears while driving a heavy vehicle down a steep descent?
Correct answer: There is a risk that the gear would not shift and the vehicle would stay in neutral gear.
- After connecting a trailer to a towing vehicle or to a truck, is it required to check brake response?
Correct answer: Yes, the connection of a trailer or a semi-trailer requires the performance of a brake response check when starting to drive.
- When you are driving a truck down a steep descent:
Correct answer: Drive in an appropriate low gear and make sure that the vehicle’s special deceleration mechanisms are operating.
- What factors affect the stability of a freight-carrying commercial vehicle while driving in a curve?
Correct answer: The vehicle’s speed, the radius of the curve and the height of the vehicle’s center of gravity.
- The higher is the vehicle’s center of gravity:
Correct answer: The lesser is the vehicle’s stability in turns and curves.
- How would you connect the truck cabin to the semi-trailer?
Correct answer: By driving backwards when both of them are aligned in a straight line.
- What risk is a rigid vehicle with trailer or a semi-trailer truck expected to face while driving on a slippery roadway?
Correct answer: The vehicle can skid into a “jack-knife” position, in which a large angle is formed between the trailer and the towing vehicle,
- What might be the effect of sand scattered on the road?
Correct answer: Vehicle skidding, due to reduced friction between the tires and the road.
- When is a vehicle affected by centrifugal force?
Correct answer: While driving around curves and turns.
- How is it possible to reduce the centrifugal force applied to the vehicle whilst driving?
Correct answer: By reducing speed.on corners and curves
- Why is it required to drive in low gear on a steep descent?
Correct answer: To use the engines compression in order to maintain a slow and constant driving speed without overusing the brakes.
- The reaction distance depends on:
Correct answer: The driver’s reaction time and the vehicle’s speed.
- The reaction distance is the distance covered by the vehicle:
Correct answer: From the moment the driver notices the danger until he starts to apply the action he decided to take.
- What is the correct sentence?
Correct answer: The stopping distance is always longer than the braking distance.
- You are driving on a two-way road and in front of you drives a vehicle that signals with its left indicator:
Correct answer: You should take into consideration that the vehicle before you might deviate to the left and you should allow it to do so.