04 - PRACTICE DVLA DRIVING THEORY TEST

The Essential Skills - Test 04

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When reversing, your right hand should hold the steering wheel...?

At about 9 o'clock

At about 3 o'clock

At about 12 o'clock

At about 6 o'clock

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If you're on the motorway and you see serious congestion ahead, you can warn other drivers by doing what?

Flashing your hazard lights

Making a hand signal

Flashing your brake lights

Sounding your horn

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You should always adjust your mirrors...?

While travelling less than 5 mph

Before setting off

While travelling less than 15 mph

When you reach full speed

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Unless signs tell you otherwise, if you are towing a caravan or trailer you should not exceed what speed on single carriageways?

40 mph

30 mph

50 mph

60 mph

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When you've driven through deep water, what's the first thing you should check?

Your mirrors

Your brakes

Your steering

Your acceleration

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If an oil pressure warning light is showing on your vehicle, you should...?

Have it checked within a week

Have it checked at the next service

Have it checked within 12 hours of driving

Stop driving and have it checked immediately

7 / 25

What colour are motorway signs?

Blue with white lettering

Green with blue lettering

Green with white lettering

Blue with green lettering

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Traffic officers on motorways have the legal power to do what?

Order you to follow their directions

Issue you with a fine

Impound your vehicle

Arrest you

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Electronic stability control can't help you if...?

You're travelling to slow

You're travelling too fast

You've braked too hard

You're already skidding

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Your driving mirrors should always be used...?

Before any overtaking manoeuvre

Before any reversing manoeuvre

Before any pulling out manoeuvre

Before every manoeuvre you make

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Which of these does ABS do?

Removes any chance of skidding

Any of these depending on conditions

Increases the chance of skidding

Reduces the chance of skidding

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Where there are chevrons painted on the carriageway on a motorway, you should leave at least how many between yourself and the vehicle in front?

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The fog is so thick that you only have reflective road studs to guide yourself. You should...?

Stay between them

Straddle them

Drive with your right tyre running over them

Drive with your left tyre running over them

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If the rear of your vehicle is skidding out to the right, you should do what?

Steer straight on

Let go of the steering wheel

Steer to the left

Steer to the right

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The clutch can be found...?

On the left of the pedal group

On the right of the pedal group

Any of these depending on manufacturer

In the middle of the pedal group

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Hazard signs warn you of the oncoming hazard, but they do not...?

Do any of these things

Tell you what gear you should be in

Tell you what speed to choose

Tell you how to deal with the hazard

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The first thing to do when entering the driver's seat in a new vehicle is to check...?

That you can see the road clearly

That the steering column is properly adjusted

That the parking brake is applied

That the seat is properly adjusted

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Double broken white lines across your half of the road when you want to enter another road show that...?

None of the above

Nobody has priority

You have priority over traffic already on the road

Traffic already on the road has priority

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When you suspect that a road is slippery, you should...?

Grip the wheel more tightly

Speed up

Cover the brakes

Reduce speed

20 / 25

You can use a mobile phone in your vehicle...?

When safely parked with the engine off

When fully stopped in a traffic jam

When fully stopped at traffic lights

When safety parked with the engine on

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You may drive in a high occupancy vehicle lane if your vehicle contains the minimum number of people indicated on the sign or...?

The lane is empty

No exceptions

To get to a junction half a mile or less ahead

The alternative lane is blocked with stationary traffic

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When you have missed a turning, the best thing to do is...?

Stop and reverse if possible

Make a U-turn as soon as possible

Drive on to the next turn and work back

Make a three-point turn as soon as possible

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If you can't provide your details at the scene of an accident involving another person, an animal or damage to another vehicle or property, you must report the incident to the police within...?

24 hours

48 hours

One week

36 hours

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When you're steering, you should be looking...?

At the front of your vehicle

At your hands

Well ahead

A metre in front of your vehicle

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As soon as you start to skid in a non-ABS equipped car you should do what?

Pump the brake

Apply the brake harder

Apply the handbrake

Release the brake

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Driving is an essential part of modern life, and having a driving license is a necessary requirement for many jobs and daily activities. In order to obtain a driving license, drivers must pass a theory test before taking their practical driving exam.