05 - FREE MOCK DRIVING THEORY TEST

The Highway Code - Test 05

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You are approaching a zebra crossing that has a traffic island in the middle. People have just started crossing over the right-hand lane. What should you do?

Stop immediately

Speed up to get through the crossing

Sound your horn to warn them you're there

Proceed as normal

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When parking your car you must...?

Apply the handbrake

Switch off the engine

Switch off the lights

Do all these things

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For normal motorway driving (i.e. when not overtaking) drivers should use...?

The left-hand lane

The middle lane

The right-hand lane

Whichever lane suits their speed

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When signalling, if necessary you should emphasise your manoeuvre by...?

Flashing your headlights

Making a hand signal

Sounding your horn

Revving your engine

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On leaving a motorway, it is always wise to...?

Test your steering

Check your lights

Check your speed

Test your brakes

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If a disabled person is using a powered vehicle on a dual carriageway with a speed limit exceeding 50 mph, they must have a flashing beacon of what colour?

Blue

Green

Amber

Red

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Before you overtake a large vehicle, what should you do?

Close up

Sound your horn

Flash your lights

Drop back

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At a level crossing without barriers, the train has passed but the red lights continue to flash. What should you do?

Cross immediately

Check for trains and cross if safe

Any of these depending on circumstances

Wait for the next train

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You may only overtake vehicles to the right of you on a motorway if...?

You are coming up to an exit

There is no space to overtake on the right

You are keeping up with the traffic speed in your lane

The driver you are overtaking is hogging the middle lane

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At a pelican crossing, a pedestrian is still crossing in front of you when the light changes to green. What should you do?

Wait patiently for them to cross

Rev your engine to let them know you're there

Sound your horn to hurry them up

If possible pull out and drive round them

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If you're involved with a crash on the motorway, you should...?

Make sure nobody smokes

Make sure all engines are switched off

Make sure your hazard lights on

Do all these things

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In snowy or icy conditions, stopping distances can be up to how much greater than on dry roads?

10 X

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The central reservation of a dual carriageway or motorway is marked with what colour studs?

Red

Green

Yellow

Amber

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Your speed and the size of your vehicle is causing traffic to tailback behind you. What should you do?

Pull over and let traffic pass

Maintain your speed

Turn on your hazard lights

Move out to block overtakers

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When parking facing downhill, you should always turn your steering wheel...?

Straight ahead

Any of these

Away from the kerb

Towards the kerb

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Who is entitled to pick up/drop off passengers on school entrance markings?

Schoolbus drivers

Nobody

Teachers at the school

Parents of pupils at the school

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The minimum period of disqualification for driving while over the alcohol limit is how long?

2 years

3 months

1 year

6 months

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On a motorway with short broken white lines dividing the carriageways, you should...?

Drive in the middle of the lines

Straddle the lines

Drive with your right tyre touching the right lines

Drive with your left tyre touching the left lines

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What is the maximum sentence for causing death by dangerous driving?

14 years imprisonment

8 years imprisonment

12 years imprisonment

10 years imprisonment

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A new licence holder will have their licence revoked and have to take their test again if they accumulate how many penalty points within two years of passing their driving test?

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If your vehicle breaks down, your first priority should be...?

Calling the police

Calling a breakdown service

Finding alternative transport

Getting it off the road if possible

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You must always have parking lights on when parked on the road or layby where the speed limit is greater than what?

50 mph

30 mph

40 mph

20 mph

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You are driving in fog and somebody is following close behind you. What should you do?

Deliberately slow down

Maintain the speed you have chosen

Tap your brake pedal to warn them

Accelerate away from them

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You can enter a box junction and stop in it if...?

You have been waiting more than five minutes

You are waiting to turn right

That there is no cross traffic

There is no oncoming traffic

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You are approaching a cyclist from behind and they look over their shoulder. You should assume this means...?

They are preparing to stop

They have seen you and you can pass

They are preparing to pull out

They will stay where they are

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The UK Highway Code theory test is an essential component in the process of obtaining a driving license. Prior to driving on UK roads, drivers must have a sound understanding of the rules and regulations that govern their use. The theory test is a comprehensive assessment that evaluates drivers’ knowledge of traffic signs, road markings, driving etiquette, and more.