04 - PRACTICE DVLA DRIVING THEORY TEST

The Essential Skills - Test 04

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

Making a hand signal

Flashing your brake lights

Sounding your horn

Flashing your hazard lights

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

Have it checked within a week

Stop driving and have it checked immediately

Have it checked within 12 hours of driving

Have it checked at the next service

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

When fully stopped in a traffic jam

When safety parked with the engine on

When safely parked with the engine off

When fully stopped at traffic lights

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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...?

To get to a junction half a mile or less ahead

The alternative lane is blocked with stationary traffic

No exceptions

The lane is empty

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You should always adjust your mirrors...?

While travelling less than 5 mph

Before setting off

When you reach full speed

While travelling less than 15 mph

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

Well ahead

At the front of your vehicle

At your hands

A metre in front of your vehicle

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

You're travelling too fast

You're already skidding

You've braked too hard

You're travelling to slow

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

Tell you how to deal with the hazard

Tell you what gear you should be in

Do any of these things

Tell you what speed to choose

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Your driving mirrors should always be used...?

Before any reversing manoeuvre

Before any pulling out manoeuvre

Before every manoeuvre you make

Before any overtaking manoeuvre

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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...?

One week

24 hours

48 hours

36 hours

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

Release the brake

Pump the brake

Apply the handbrake

Apply the brake harder

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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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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

60 mph

50 mph

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

Steer to the right

Let go of the steering wheel

Steer to the left

Steer straight on

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

Speed up

Reduce speed

Cover the brakes

Grip the wheel more tightly

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

That the steering column is properly adjusted

That you can see the road clearly

That the parking brake is applied

That the seat is properly adjusted

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What colour are motorway signs?

Blue with green lettering

Green with blue lettering

Blue with white lettering

Green with white lettering

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The clutch can be found...?

In the middle of the pedal group

On the left of the pedal group

Any of these depending on manufacturer

On the right of the pedal group

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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

You have priority over traffic already on the road

Traffic already on the road has priority

Nobody has priority

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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 left tyre running over them

Drive with your right tyre running over them

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

Make a three-point turn as soon as possible

Stop and reverse if possible

Drive on to the next turn and work back

Make a U-turn as soon as possible

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

At about 9 o'clock

At about 6 o'clock

At about 3 o'clock

At about 12 o'clock

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

Arrest you

Order you to follow their directions

Impound your vehicle

Issue you with a fine

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Which of these does ABS do?

Removes any chance of skidding

Reduces the chance of skidding

Any of these depending on conditions

Increases the chance of skidding

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

Your acceleration

Your steering

Your brakes

Your mirrors

Your score is

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.