Theory Exam - Meteoria

1. What is a driver required to do when approaching the following traffic sign?

Slow down before the intersection and proceed in the directions indicated by the Chevrons in the sign only.
Slow down in the place where road works take place and continue driving.
Stop before the sign and turn right or left.
Overtake the sign from left or right and continue driving.

2. “You are allowed to drive under the influence of alcohol, as long as you do not mix different types of drinks”: Correct or incorrect?

Incorrect. The determining factor is the level of alcohol in the blood in relation to the legally allowed level.
Correct. You can drink quite a lot of one type of intoxicating drink without becoming drunk.
Correct. Alcohol affects driving only when different drinks are mixed.
Correct. You should not mix different types of drinks before driving.

3. How can we reduce air pollution caused by the vehicle’s gas emissions?

By washing the vehicle’s fuel tank once a month.
By keeping the engine and its surroundings clean.
It is impossible to reduce air pollution. It is a constant factor in the vehicle.
By regular maintenance of the vehicle’s engine and other systems.

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

No overtaking or passing of a restricted vehicle only.
No overtaking or passing of a motor vehicle with more than 2 wheels.
No overtaking or bypassing of a public vehicle only.
No overtaking or passing of a non-motor vehicle with more than six wheels.

5. What are you required to do when you see that the overtaking silver vehicle intends to return to the right lane?

Deviate to the left lane and overtake the vehicle in front.
Allow it to return safely and without disturbance.
Drive faster in the right lane and overtake the driver before he deviates to the right.
Honk to warn and deter the driver who deviates to the right.

6. What are we required to ensure before starting to drive?

That the fuel and oil types are those required for the proper operation of the vehicle.
That we can operate and use the vehicle proficiently.
That the vehicle has spare bulbs and fuses.
That the vehicle received all the treatment necessary for its current maintenance.

7. What should you do after seeing the following traffic sign?

You should give right of way to incoming traffic.
Note that the road system ahead becomes a two-way traffic system, and keep to the right of the road.
You are not allowed to drive backwards in the road section ahead.
You have right-of-you over incoming traffic.

8. Which class of license is required for driving a commercial motor vehicle with an all up weight of less than 12,000 kg?

9. What are you required to do according to the following road sign?

Honk continuously to warn the tractor drivers.
Give right-of-way to an agricultural vehicle on a freeway.
Turn-on the lights and stay on the right of the road.
Slow down as you may encounter a heavy and slow agricultural vehicle.

10. What effect does keeping distance have on the driver’s field of vision?

Keeping distance has no connection to the driver’s field of vision.
Keeping distance affects the driver’s field of vision while driving in high speeds and during stormy weather conditions only.
The greater is the distance we keep from the vehicle in front, the better is our field of vision.
Keeping distance affects the driver’s field of vision during traffic congestion only (“traffic jams”).

11. Where should vehicles drive in a road divided by a Central divider?

In case of a three-lane roadway – on the left lane
In case of a two-way roadway – on the roadway’s left side
On the right of the Central divider - unless otherwise marked
On the left of the Central Divider.

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

In the intersection ahead only left U-turn is permitted.
Give right-of-way to traffic crossing your path within the roundabout and pass the roundabout from its right side.
You have right-of-way in the roundabout, and pass the roundabout from its right.
Pass the place that is marked in the signpost from its left only.

13. Define an “axle” of a vehicle:

The vehicle’s back beam to which the vehicle’s spare wheel is connected.
A shaft which transmits the rotary motion from the gearbox to the engine.
Shaft or system of shafts running the width of the vehicle attached to the wheels.
The vehicle’s front part, designed to absorb the impact of low-speed collisions

14. Up to which height is it permitted to load loose materials?

Up to the height of the rear door of the freight trunk.
Up to the height of the walls of the truck, including the vehicle’s ladders.
Up to the height of the rear window of the driver’s compartment.
Up to the height of the walls of the freight trunk, excluding the vehicle’s ladders.

15. How should you behave when leaving a private yard a petrol station or an entrance to a properity or a house ?

The rule “first to come, first to go” should be exercised at an exit from a premises or from a gas station. The pedestrians will wait.
Slow down and even stop if required, in order to allow the pedestrians to cross safely.
Stop and give right-of-way to the pedestrians that are crossing the intersection.
Stop and give right-of-way to the vehicles that are coming from the left and approaching the exit.

16. The following illustration shows an intersection with traffic signs. What is the correct manner of making a turn from street A to street C?

From lane 2 to lane 3.
From lane 2 or from lane 1 to lane 3.
From lane 2 to lane 3 or to lane 4.
From lane 2 or from lane 1 to lane 3 or to lane 4.

17. When the following traffic sign is placed at the intersection:

You are only permitted to drive straight ahead from the left lane only.
The road after the intersection is a one-way road.
You are only permitted to drive straight ahead.
Steep ascent ahead.

18. Under what condition is it permissible to install additional lamps to those already installed in a vehicle?

With the approval of the Licensing Authority only.
It is allowed to install additional symmetric lamps.
Provided that they comply with the new European standard.
Provided that they are installed by a certified electrician.

19. Driver of a commercial vehicle with an all up weight exceeding 6,000 kg, shall have a rest without working of at least 25 consecutive hours during every period of:

6 days.
12 days.
8 days.
10 days.

20. What are you required to do when the signal in the picture displays a flashing red light?

Always stop before the level crossing, and don’t continue driving until the flashing stops.
You may continue driving straight carefully after stopping first.
Proceed – it is permitted to drive straight when the road is clear.
Drive slowly while passing the crossing.

21. What is the function of a vehicle’s retarder?

Serve as an alternative to the service brakes (foot brake), in order to stop the vehicle when it is under imminent danger during an emergency.
Assist the parking brake (hand brake) while parking on a steep descent.
Balance the engine’s function and regulate the motor rotations,
To reduce the vehicle speed, without using the vehicle’s braking system, e.g. during a long descent.

22. Traffic sign 424 remains valid until the following sign is posted:

23. Which traffic sign should appear after traffic sign 705?

24. What is the meaning of the traffic sign in the following picture?

It is a speed restriction that is intended for private vehicles only.
The vehicle’s driving speed should not be lesser than 40 KPH.
It is a speed restriction that is intended for two-wheelers and trolleys.
The vehicle’s driving speed should not exceed 40 KPH.

25. How should a driver conduct himself after hitting a parked vehicle in the absence of its owners?

Leave a note on the vehicle he hit with his personal details, the details of his vehicle and his insurance policy, and report to the police within 24 hours.
Wait until a representative of his insurance company arrives and report to the police within 48 hours.
Inform about the accident to the police station within 7 days.
Wait at the place until the owner of the vehicle arrives.

26. How would you seat a child less than three years of age inside a vehicle?

Wearing a three-point safety belt.
In a safety seat that fits his height and weight.
Wearing any of the vehicle’s safety belts.
Wearing a waist belt.

27. How should oversize freight be marked from the vehicle’s front or rear sides?

It is not obligatory to mark oversize freight from the vehicle’s front, and the oversize freight from the rear shall be marked with a glittering red triangle.
Oversize freight from the vehicle’s front or rear that exceeds by more than 150cm should be marked with 2 glittering red triangles from each side.
The freight shall be marked from its front with a red triangle, and from its rear with a white triangle.
The freight shall be marked from its front with white light reflecting triangle, and from its rear with a white triangle with red light-reflecting margins.

28. 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.

29. What is the meaning of the following traffic light (intermittently flashing red light)?

Prepare to stop before the intersection with the traffic lights.
It is a special traffic light before a level crossing. Stop before the crossing and don’t proceed for as long as the light is flashing.
Stop before the intersection with the traffic lights.
Drive faster before the crossing.

30. Upon completion of the two year “new driver” period, a regular driver’s license will not be given to a “new driver” who was convicted of:

Not placing a “new driver” sign on the vehicle’s rear windshield.
Driving a motor vehicle without valid insurance.
Driving without an escort.
Not stopping next to a “falling rocks” sign.

Theory Exam - Trucks Exam (C1)

1. What is a driver required to do when approaching the following traffic sign?

2. “You are allowed to drive under the influence of alcohol, as long as you do not mix different types of drinks”: Correct or incorrect?

3. How can we reduce air pollution caused by the vehicle’s gas emissions?

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

5. What are you required to do when you see that the overtaking silver vehicle intends to return to the right lane?

6. What are we required to ensure before starting to drive?

7. What should you do after seeing the following traffic sign?

8. Which class of license is required for driving a commercial motor vehicle with an all up weight of less than 12,000 kg?

9. What are you required to do according to the following road sign?

10. What effect does keeping distance have on the driver’s field of vision?

11. Where should vehicles drive in a road divided by a Central divider?

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

13. Define an “axle” of a vehicle:

14. Up to which height is it permitted to load loose materials?

15. How should you behave when leaving a private yard a petrol station or an entrance to a properity or a house ?

16. The following illustration shows an intersection with traffic signs. What is the correct manner of making a turn from street A to street C?

17. When the following traffic sign is placed at the intersection:

18. Under what condition is it permissible to install additional lamps to those already installed in a vehicle?

19. Driver of a commercial vehicle with an all up weight exceeding 6,000 kg, shall have a rest without working of at least 25 consecutive hours during every period of:

20. What are you required to do when the signal in the picture displays a flashing red light?

21. What is the function of a vehicle’s retarder?

22. Traffic sign 424 remains valid until the following sign is posted:

23. Which traffic sign should appear after traffic sign 705?

24. What is the meaning of the traffic sign in the following picture?

25. How should a driver conduct himself after hitting a parked vehicle in the absence of its owners?

26. How would you seat a child less than three years of age inside a vehicle?

27. How should oversize freight be marked from the vehicle’s front or rear sides?

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

29. What is the meaning of the following traffic light (intermittently flashing red light)?

30. Upon completion of the two year “new driver” period, a regular driver’s license will not be given to a “new driver” who was convicted of: