03 - DVLA DRIVING TEST PRACTICE: FREE MOCK THEORY EXAM

The Essential Skills - Test 03

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Tyre pressures should be checked...?

When cold

After driving a mile

After driving 5 miles

At the end of a long journey

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You are driving at speed and you suffer a tyre blowout. What is the first thing you should do?

Apply the brakes hard

Release the accelerator

Do all these things simultaneously

Steer to the side of the road

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The best time to switch on your headlights for night driving is...?

At lighting up time

Just before lighting up time

Well after sunset

Just after lighting up time

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The indicators on your car must flash what colour?

Red

Amber

Any of these

White

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Convex mirrors often found as wing mirrors make vehicles behind seem...?

Faster

Smaller

Larger

Slower

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If you're involved in traffic incident, under what circumstances is it permissible not to stop?

If damage is only superficial

None

If nobody is injured

If it wasn't your fault

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If you break down on the motorway and have to park on the hard shoulder, turn your wheels...?

To the right

Any of these

To the left

To the centre

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Driving without insurance can incur which of these penalties?

Vehicle confiscation and destruction

Eight penalty points

An unlimited fine

All of them

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On a road which has an unbroken white line and dashed white lines next to each other down the centre, you may not...?

Make a U-turn

Park except for loading and unloading

Turn into driveways on the opposite side of the road

Overtake going in either direction

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Cruise control can help you do what?

Avoid accidents

Reach your destination faster

Concentrate better

Save fuel

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Anyone supervising a learner driver must have held a full licence for the vehicle being driven for at least...?

4 years

3 years

2 years

1 year

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When can you stop on a double red line ('red route')?

For loading

To take on passengers

Never

Between 7 PM and 7 AM

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When there is a hazard ahead for which there is not a specific warning sign, you will see...?

A solid red circle

A blank red triangle

A red triangle with an upraised hand in it

A red triangle with an exclamation mark in it

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If an oncoming driver's full beam headlights dazzle you at night, what should you do?

Sound your horn repeatedly

Turn your lights off

Keep your headlights on dipped

Turn on your full beams

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An ambulance may have to travel slowly even with flashing lights on for the comfort of its patient. If it is doing so...?

You may overtake it

You must still pull out of its way

You may follow close behind it

You may drive ahead of it

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For maximum protection, head restraints should be adjusted so that the rigid part is level with...?

The back of the neck

The chin

The eyes

The top of the head

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When waiting to make a right turn, you should position yourself...?

With your right hand wheels on the lane dividing line

In the centre of your lane

As far to the right in your lane as is safe

Straddling the lane dividing line

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If you are towing a caravan or trailer, Unless road signs tell you otherwise, you mustn't exceed ______ on dual carriageways or motorways.

50 mph

65 mph

60 mph

55 mph

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On a very slippery surface, stopping distances can be increased by how much?

Five times

Eight times

Ten times

Three times

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If a motorcyclist has been involved in an incident and appears injured, you should remove their helmet...?

Only if absolutely necessary

Provided they are conscious

Immediately

As long as they can sit up

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At an unmarked junction, you should...?

Slow down but keep driving through

Any of these depending on traffic

Assume you have priority

Act as if there is a stop sign

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The MSM routine stands for...?

Mirror-signal-manoeuvre

Mirror-signal-mirror

Manoeuvre-signal-mirror

Manoeuvre-signal-manoeuvre

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If you're towing a separate caravan, nobody should be inside the caravan...?

During the hours of darkness

In urban areas

At any time

On motorways

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Before you start a vehicle, you should make sure that the gear lever is in...?

Neutral

First gear

Second gear

Reverse

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The best thing to do with your mobile phone before you set out is what?

Fix it in a dashboard holder

Switch it to vibrate only

Place it where you can see the screen

Turn it off

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Driving is a complex task that requires not only practical skills, but also theoretical knowledge. To ensure that drivers are competent and knowledgeable enough to operate a vehicle safely, most countries have implemented a driving theory test called The Essential Skills.