Theory test questions: Know your vehicle
110 official Israeli theory test questions on know your vehicle, with the correct answer to each.
- Wheels that are installed on the same axle must be:
Correct answer: Of the same size and in compliance with the manufacturer’s manual.
- What is the main function of the auxiliary brake (hand/parking brake)?
Correct answer: To make sure that the vehicle doesn’t move while parked.
- Which accessories reduce the severity of injury in a road accident?
Correct answer: Seat-belts, head-rests and air bags.
- How would you shift to a lower gear while driving uphill in an automatic transmission vehicle, without moving the gear handle?
Correct answer: By a sharp and quick pressure (“kick down”) on the accelerator, or by applying a designated electric switch.
- In order to shift gears from parking (P) to Drive (R or D) in an automatic transmission vehicle, you should:
Correct answer: Step on the brake pedal, press on the selector lock button, and apply the gear selector to Drive.
- “Keeping a safe distance from the vehicle in front affects fuel consumption and vehicle wear and tear”. Correct or incorrect?
Correct answer: Correct: Keeping distance prevents brake wear and excessive fuel consumption due to frequent acceleration and braking.
- What is a hybrid vehicle?
Correct answer: A vehicle which has an electric engine next to its regular engine.
- In a hybrid vehicle:
Correct answer: Fuel consumption is lower than that of regular vehicles.
- What are you required to do when the brake-check lamp lights up while driving?
Correct answer: Stop the vehicle and don’t resume driving.
- How does the braking system of a vehicle work?
Correct answer: Through the friction between the brake disc and the brake pads.
- What might be the consequence of excessive brake use?
Correct answer: Overheating of the brakes and decrease of braking efficiency.
- What would you do to achieve safe driving down a continuous steep slope?
Correct answer: Use the engine’s braking power by shifting to a lower gear and make only partial use of the brakes
- What might happen as a result of brake over- heating?
Correct answer: The brakes efficiency is significantly reduced.
- How will you recognize brakes overheating?
Correct answer: By a lessening of braking efficiency and a smell of burned material.
- How would you conduct yourself in case of brake overheating as a result of continuous braking?
Correct answer: Stop! Wait for the brakes to cool down and continue driving on very low gear.
- What is the function of the ABS system?
Correct answer: To enable control and steering of the vehicle during braking.
- What might happen to a vehicle when its wheels get locked?
Correct answer: The vehicle will lose its steering ability.
- What is “wheel locking”?
Correct answer: The vehicle’s wheels stop turning as a result of strong and continuous braking.
- What is the function of the vehicle’s starter?
Correct answer: To turn the engine and cause it to ignite..
- How should a driver verify that the hydraulic brake system is properly functioning?
Correct answer: By checking the level of the brake fluid, checking the braking efficiency, and monitoring vibration and noise whilst braking.
- Why is it necessary to use the handbrake for parking only?
Correct answer: Because the parking brake doesn’t work on all the wheels and it doesn’t have much power.
- What are you required to do if you detect a malfunction in the braking system while driving?
Correct answer: Stop driving immediately and ensure that the vehicle is towed to a garage and checked there.
- How should you use the gearbox while driving on a continuous descent?
Correct answer: The gearbox selector should be in a low gear.
- What is the function of the ABS System?
Correct answer: To maintain the vehicle’s steering and maneuvering abilities during emergency braking.
- What is the function of the vehicle’s Electronic Stability Program (ESP) System?
Correct answer: To reduce the danger of skidding.
- How does the vehicle’s Electronic Stability Program (ESP) System function during dangerous driving conditions?
Correct answer: It activates the brakes on on all weels seperately and controls the engine’s power.
- What system helps to stabilize the vehicle when it is skidding or in danger of rolling over?
Correct answer: The Electronic Stability Program (ESP) System
- Why is it important for the vehicle to have intact bumpers (fenders)?
Correct answer: To reduce damage during accidents.
- Why is it prohibited to install stiff and protruding accessories inside the passenger compartment?
Correct answer: Because these accessories might injure the passengers and the driver during an accident.
- What is the relation between the vehicle’s air bags and safety belts during an accident?
Correct answer: If seat belts are not buckled, the passengers will be severely struck by the air bags.
- When air bags are installed in a vehicle:
Correct answer: The seat belts must be fastened at all times when the vehicle is in motion.
- What is the SRS (Supplemental Restraint System) airbag system?
Correct answer: It is a system designed to reduce passenger impact, through the inflation of airbags during collision.
- What factor might undermine seat belt functioning and efficiency whilst driving?
Correct answer: Exaggerated backward tilting of the seat’.
- What is the significance of the head rests on the vehicle’s seats during an accident from behind?
Correct answer: They reduce forward and backward head jolting (whiplash).
- What part of the vehicle reduces whiplash during collision?
Correct answer: The head rests of the vehicle’s seats.
- What are the side effects of using malfunctioning windshield wipers?
Correct answer: Impaired windshield visibility, as well as windshield damage.
- Does the vehicle’s engine have an effect on safe driving?
Correct answer: Yes, especially for escaping emergency situations.
- By driving correctly and moderately, and maintaining proper tire air pressure:
Correct answer: The tires’ life span is prolonged.
- When is it recommended to check tire pressure?
Correct answer: Before driving, when the tires are cold.
- What are you required to check when one of the vehicle’s lamps is not working?
Correct answer: The bulb and the fuse connected to it.
- For what reason might the indicator warning light on the dashboard flash too quickly?
Correct answer: When one of the indicator bulbs is not working or malfunctioning.
- Which type of bulb would you use when required to change a bulb in the vehicle?
Correct answer: A bulb, stipulated in the manufacturer’s manual.
- What is the implication of driving a vehicle with a broken headlamp lens?
Correct answer: The light beam is not properly focused and other drivers are blinded by it.
- What is the required air pressure of the vehicle’s spare tire?
Correct answer: The pressure stated by the manufacturer
- What is the required air pressure of the vehicle’s tires?
Correct answer: The pressure should be according to the manufacturer’s manual.
- What is the consequence of tyre pressure that is too low?
Correct answer: Accelerated wear and tear of the tyres and reduced vehicle stability.
- What is the consequence of tyre pressure that is too high?
Correct answer: Uneven tire wear and shortened of tyre life.
- Where can you find information about the vehicle’s required tyre pressure?
Correct answer: In the manufacturer’s manual.
- When the tire air pressure is too low, it might cause:
Correct answer: Tire overheating.
- What is the consequence of tyre pressure that is too low?
Correct answer: Increased fuel consumption and air pollution.
- The correct vehicle tire size is:
Correct answer: The size that was determined by the vehicle’s manufacturer.
- What is the permitted tyre size for a vehicle?
Correct answer: As determined by the manufacturer and noted in the vehicle’s registration document.
- What are you required to do after changing a wheel?
Correct answer: Tighten the wheel’s retaining nuts after removing the jack stand, and repeat this procedure after driving 50km.
- What is the proper way of checking engine oil level?
Correct answer: By using the engine’s dipstick, when the engine is cold and turned off.
- Is it permitted to change the size of tires on a vehicle?
Correct answer: Only if it is approved in advance by the Licensing Authority in the Ministry of Transportation.
- When is it required to exchange the vehicle’s fire extinguisher?
Correct answer: When it was fully or partially used, or when its pressure gauge indicates low internal pressure.
- When is it recommended to check the tire air pressure?
Correct answer: When the tires are cold.
- What are the risks of driving a vehicle with a leaking engine exhaust system?
Correct answer: The penetration of burnt gases to the passenger compartment, which might cause loss of consciousness.
- What should you pay attention to whilst parking in a closed parking lgarage?
Correct answer: The engine should not be left running for a long time, since the parking garaget is poorly ventilated.
- How can we lower the vehicle’s fuel consumption?
Correct answer: Change gear according to the correct speed and road conditions and avoid high engine revolutions.
- How can we reduce air pollution caused by the vehicle’s gas emissions?
Correct answer: By regular maintenance of the vehicle’s engine and other systems.
- What is the function of the vehicle’s auxiliary (parking/hand) brake?
Correct answer: To secure the vehicle from moving or going downhill..
- When is it required to check the vehicle’s air polluting emissions?
Correct answer: In the vehicle’s annual test at a licensing facility.
- What danger might be caused due to low air pressure in one of the front wheels?
Correct answer: The steering wheel might be pulled to the direction of the wheel with the lower air pressure.
- Which of the vehicle’s systems might cause an uneven wear of the front tires?
Correct answer: The steering system.
- What might be causing the steering wheel to be pulled, in a non voluntary manner, to either side whilst driving?
Correct answer: Low air pressure in one of the front wheels.
- What is the correct order of actions while changing a wheel?
Correct answer: Loosen the retaining/screw nuts, lift the vehicle with the jack stand, and then completely release all the nuts.
- The required air pressure in the vehicle’s tires:
Correct answer: Is written on a sticker inside the vehicle.
- What is the function of the vehicle’s dashboard( Control panel)
Correct answer: To control and receive information from the vehicle’s different systems.
- What should a driver do when he detects a safety failure in the steering wheel or brakes while driving?
Correct answer: Stop driving immediately.
- Who is permitted to repair vehicle safety part failures?
Correct answer: A qualified mechanic at a licensed garage only.
- What is “preventive maintenance” of a vehicle?
Correct answer: Regular and planned maintenance to ensure the proper function of the vehicle and its systems.
- What is considered as a proper vehicle maintenance frequency?
Correct answer: The maintenance frequency recommended by the vehicle’s manufacturer.
- What will be the result of moderate driving, without performing heavy engine accelerations?
Correct answer: Engine fuel consumption savings.
- Which vehicle component (part) engages or disengages the rotational movement from the engine to the gear box?
Correct answer: The clutch.
- What is the risk of using the GPS navigation system while driving?
Correct answer: Driver distraction.
- What is a vehicle GPS navigation system?
Correct answer: A system providing information about vehicle location and assisting the driver to reach his destination.
- Where would you place the jack stand while changing a wheel?
Correct answer: In the place that was marked by the manufacturer, or in another strong and safe place, close to the wheel you want to replace.
- The auxiliary (parking/hand) brake may also be used:
Correct answer: As an emergency brake .
- When we want to verify that the vehicle’s tire air pressure is correct:
Correct answer: We check the air pressure with a tire pressure gauge.
- Which of the following warning indicators does not require the driver to stop driving when it lights-up?
Correct answer: The fuel level indicator.
- What safety measures should be taken before lifting the vehicle with a jack stand?
Correct answer: You should prevent vehicle movement (by putting on the hand brake and placing blocks under the wheels) and loosen wheel retaining/screw nuts.
- What are you required to do when the engine temperature lamp indicates engine overheating?
Correct answer: Stop the vehicle and leave the engine working on medium RPM in order to cool down. If it doesn’t cool down, shut-off the engine.
- What regular vehicle maintenance check-ups should be performed by the driver?
Correct answer: Fluid and oil check, tire air pressure check, and functional check of the lamps and wipers.
- The level of which types of fluids is a driver required to check in his vehicle?
Correct answer: Engine oil, coolant, brake fluid and windshield cleaning fluid.
- How would you ensure economic fuel consumption?
Correct answer: By shifting to the appropriate gear and maintaining a moderate driving speed of up to 90 k.p.h.
- You may reduce your vehicle’s fuel consumption by:
Correct answer: Driving calmly within the speed limit and making sure that the tire pressure is correct.
- Regular vehicle maintenance, in accordance with the manufacturer’s manual, will:
Correct answer: Reduce fuel consumption as well as wear and tear of vehicle parts.
- One of the differences between manual and automatic transmission vehicles is that:
Correct answer: Fuel consumption is usually lower for manual transmission vehicles.
- The manufacure date of a vehicle’s tire is:
Correct answer: Marked on the tire.
- What are the vehicle's “emergency lights”?
Correct answer: The simultaneous flashing of all the vehicle’s indicators.
- To disconnect the engine from the wheels, you should:
Correct answer: Press the clutch pedal.
- What should a driver verify before lifting his car to change a wheel?
Correct answer: He must ensure, in all possible ways that the vehicle cannot move.
- When the hand (parking) brake light on the dashboard is turned on while driving:
Correct answer: It means that the handbrake is operated and should be released, because it activates the brakes.
- What are the vehicle’s control systems?
Correct answer: Brakes, steering and accelerator.
- What maintenance work is required on a motorcycle?
Correct answer: A periodic service according to the manufacturer’s manual.
- If a rider feels that the motorcycle foot brake,does not work efficently he should:
Correct answer: Stop the motorcycle and immediately repair the fault.
- What should you check when purchasing a new tire for your vehicle?
Correct answer: The tire’s manufacture date, to ensure it is not too old (over 6 years).
- How can you know that the brake pads are worn out and needs to be replaced?
Correct answer: There is a mark on the brake pad that indicates that it is worn out.
- What should you carefully check while purchasing a used tire for your vehicle?
Correct answer: The tire’s manufacture date, to ensure it is not too old (over 2 years).