Theory Exam - Meteoria

1. Is it obligatory to obey the directions and signals of a municipal inspector in uniform?

No. It is only obligatory to obey as regards to parking directions within city limits
No. It is only obligatory to obey as regards to the presentation of a driver’s license
Usually not
Yes, if the directions are related to traffic control.

2. What might be the cause of loss of control of a vehicle?

Driving too fast and not wearing seatbelts.
Driving too fast, lack of vigilance and being unfamiliar with the vehicle.
Driving too fast and having non-functional head rests.
Driving at a reasonable speed and being unfamiliar with the vehicle’s mechanisms only.

3. What is the meaning of the following traffic sign?

Dangerous ascent.
Steep ascent.
Dead-end roadway.
Steep descent.

4. What are we required to see in the outer side mirrors of the vehicle?

The tip of the vehicle’s side body and the road at the sides of the vehicle.
Any moving vehicle to the right of our vehicle.
Any vehicle to the left of our vehicle, including pedestrians.
The back wheel and the area in front of it.

5. Why is it prohibited to install stiff and protruding accessories inside the passenger compartment?

Because these accessories might injure the passengers and the driver during an accident.
To prevent any chance of damaging the vehicle’s tires.
To avoid undermining the passengers’ field of vision while driving backwards.
Because they disturb the vehicle’s reception of radio transmissions,

6. The law allows driving in summer:

All the answers are incorrect.
When the lights dont work.
With no windscreen wipers.
When the treads of the tires are less than 1 mm deep.

7. What are you required to do when a traffic light displays a flashing yellow light?

Ignore the traffic light and keep driving. Everything is ok.
Proceed carefully and drive according to the traffic signs placed at the intersection.
Stop inside the intersection and wait for the green light.
Stop at the customary stopping place and wait for the green light.

8. What is a vehicle’s “stopping distance”?

The distance covered by the vehicle as of the moment in which the driver reacts to the risk until he steps on the brake pedal.
The required distance for stopping at a certain speed.
The distance covered by the vehicle from the beginning of braking until the vehicle stops.
The distance covered by the vehicle from the time that the driver identifies the risk ahead of him until the vehicle stops.

9. What risks should be taken into account on the following roadway?

Vehicles are parked adjacently to each other and pedestrians cannot cross between them.
There is no risk in the following roadway.
Sudden appearance of pedestrians or children from between the parked cars.
Traffic policeman writes tickets to drivers who parked on the right of the roadway,

10. The auxiliary (parking/hand) brake is used by the driver:

To reinforce the braking force of the service (foot) brake.
Only new drivers use the auxiliary brake.
To assist the driver when he begins driving on a steep uphill climb only.
To secure his vehicle from any movement.

11. Is there any reference in the following road sign to the giving of right-of-way?

No. Only instruction signs refer to the giving of right-of-way.
No. The sign belongs to the instruction signs group and is not, as far as right-of-way rules are concerned, obligatory.
Yes. You should give right-of-way to vehicle traffic on the road ahead.
No. This is a warning sign which doesn’t come to replace any right-of-way sign.

12. What is the meaning of the following traffic sign?

No entry for vehicle carriers.
No entry for vehicles, including trolleys.
No entry for horse drawn vehicles and non-harnessed animals.
Entry is permitted for horsemen only.

13. What is the correct way of driving downhill?

By shifting to neutral gear, to save on fuel.
By shifting to one of the gears and continuously stepping on the clutch pedal.
By shifting to high gear and continuously stepping on the brake pedal.
By driving in one of the gears.

14. Is it obligatory to install wastebaskets in a private passenger car?

Yes, it is obligatory to install a wastebasket type that was approved by the Licensing Authority.
Yes, it is obligatory in a commercial vehicle only.
No, it is obligatory in a public vehicle only.
There is no such obligation.

15. What is the risk in braking while being forced to pull onto the “hard shoulder”?

The Vehicle may spin as a result of braking on different types of road surfaces that have different grades of friction.
Loss of steering ability as a result of excessive air pressure in the tires.
Loss of steering ability as a result of excessive brake use.
Vehicle spinning, because its front wheels become locked.

16. The following road sign remains valid until:

Until the nearest intersection or until an urban area entry sign.
An “end of urban road” sign.
A road sign that cancels it.
Until the nearest intersection with traffic lights.

17. How is it required to mark freight that sticks out from the vehicle’s rear side?

With a white flag tied to the tip of the oversize freight.
With a red light-reflecting triangle. The length of each triangle side should be 60cm.
With a white light-reflecting triangle. The length of each triangle side should be 60cm.
With a red flag tied to the tip of the oversize freight.

18. A cement mixer is:

There is no proper definition for cement mixers.
An off-road vehicle.
a commercial truck.
A special-purpose vehicle.

19. Which of the following commercial vehicles must be equipped with mud protectors?

Every vehicle that its rear wheels are not protected by wings, except for tractors and speed restricted vehicles.
Only commercial vehicles with an all up weight of more than 4,000 kg.
Only freight carrying vehicles.
Every vehicle that is used for transportation in bulk.

20. What are the vehicle's “emergency lights”?

The simultaneous flashing of all the vehicle’s indicators.
Warning light placed on the vehicle’s roof.
Warning triangle with lights on it.
Additional brake light at the height of the window.

21. When is it recommended to check the tire air pressure?

When the tires are hot.
When the tires are cold.
Once a year.
Before every periodic treatment.

22. What is the maximum permitted height - above the road’s surface -for a loaded commercial vehicle with an all up weight of between 3,501 and 8,000 kg?

3.50 meters.
4.00 meters.
3.00 meters.
2.50 meters.

23. When is it permitted to pass more than one vehicle during one overtaking maneuver?

It is permitted in a straight and level roadway only, and prohibited in any other type of road.
Never: You are lawfully obliged to overtake only one vehicle during an overtaking maneuver, and to return to the right lane.
When overtaking is not restricted, and there is enough space in the overtaking lane for safe completion of the overtaking maneuver.
It is permitted when you overtake small vehicles only, and prohibited when you overtake big vehicles.

24. When is it obligatory to operate the speed retarder while driving downhill?

Only when the slope rate is indicated in the “steep descent” sign.
In every downhill road section.
When the slope rate of the descent exceeds 6% and the length of the descent exceeds one kilometer.
When a “dangerous descent” sign is posted.

25. The length of a commercial vehicles shall not exceed:

12.5 meters.
10 meters.
12 meters.
11 meters.

26. During “light time”, when are you permitted to use the vehicle’s high beam?

Only on a freeway.
On a non-urban road, when driving within a row of vehicles.
On an urban road with street lights and on a non-urban road.
On an inter-urban roadway, when allowed by traffic conditions and there is no vehicle ahead of you.

27. How should a driver of a vehicle that was involved in a road accident with casualties conduct himself?

Drive to the police station and provide his Identifying details.
Inform the police about the accident within 72 hours.
Exchange identifying details with the rest of the people involved in the accident, and then there is no need to inform the police about the accident.
Provide casualties with first-aid to the best of his ability and training, call the rescue forces and wait in place until they arrive.

28. When is it lawfully required to perform a vehicle license test?

Every two years, for all vehicle types.
Every two years for commercial vehicles and every year for motorcycles.
Every two years for all types of private passenger vehicles, without any restriction on the vehicle’s age.
Every year or any other lawfully defined period.

29. The distance covered by a vehicle from the moment we step on the brake pedal until the vehicle stops becomes bigger:

The faster we drive.
The longer is the response time.
The slower we drive.
The newer is the vehicle.

30. It is obligatory to fit Extremity (width) side lights:

On a 210cm-or-more wide vehicle.
Only on connected vehicles or semi-trailers.
On all commercial vehicles.
On vehicles with an all up width of 180cm or less.

Theory Exam - Trucks Exam (C1)

1. Is it obligatory to obey the directions and signals of a municipal inspector in uniform?

2. What might be the cause of loss of control of a vehicle?

3. What is the meaning of the following traffic sign?

4. What are we required to see in the outer side mirrors of the vehicle?

5. Why is it prohibited to install stiff and protruding accessories inside the passenger compartment?

6. The law allows driving in summer:

7. What are you required to do when a traffic light displays a flashing yellow light?

8. What is a vehicle’s “stopping distance”?

9. What risks should be taken into account on the following roadway?

10. The auxiliary (parking/hand) brake is used by the driver:

11. Is there any reference in the following road sign to the giving of right-of-way?

12. What is the meaning of the following traffic sign?

13. What is the correct way of driving downhill?

14. Is it obligatory to install wastebaskets in a private passenger car?

15. What is the risk in braking while being forced to pull onto the “hard shoulder”?

16. The following road sign remains valid until:

17. How is it required to mark freight that sticks out from the vehicle’s rear side?

18. A cement mixer is:

19. Which of the following commercial vehicles must be equipped with mud protectors?

20. What are the vehicle's “emergency lights”?

21. When is it recommended to check the tire air pressure?

22. What is the maximum permitted height - above the road’s surface -for a loaded commercial vehicle with an all up weight of between 3,501 and 8,000 kg?

23. When is it permitted to pass more than one vehicle during one overtaking maneuver?

24. When is it obligatory to operate the speed retarder while driving downhill?

25. The length of a commercial vehicles shall not exceed:

26. During “light time”, when are you permitted to use the vehicle’s high beam?

27. How should a driver of a vehicle that was involved in a road accident with casualties conduct himself?

28. When is it lawfully required to perform a vehicle license test?

29. The distance covered by a vehicle from the moment we step on the brake pedal until the vehicle stops becomes bigger:

30. It is obligatory to fit Extremity (width) side lights: