Theory Exam - Meteoria

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

No overtaking for buses
No overtaking of private vehicles.
No overtaking for commercial vehicles.
End of road section with an overtaking restriction.

2. A certain restriction is shown in the following picture. What is the reason for the restriction?

Overtaking is restricted due to limited field of vision.
Overtaking is restricted due to speed limit.
Overtaking is restricted for commercial vehicles only, due to traffic congestion.
The restriction is within the speed limit.

3. What is the maximum cargo height, from the road’s surface, that is allowed to be transported in a vehicle of an overall permissible weight of 8000kg – 15,000kg?

Four meters.
4.80 meters.
There is no height limit.
Three meters.

4. When does the law require a driver to “reduce the speed of a vehicle”?

When the driver approaches speed limit.
Before completing an overtaking maneuver in a two-way road.
Reduction of speed is required when there is imminent danger to life or property.
When the driver is tired.

5. Under what terms is it permitted to transport hazardous materials?

The transportation should be approved by the Ministry of Internal Security.
The driver must have an adequate permit, and the vehicle must be new (less than four years).
A vehicle transporting a hazardous material must have a gasoline engine only.
The driver and the vehicle must have adequate permits to transport hazardous materials from the Licensing Authority.

6. Which of the following traffic signs instructs to pass a given place from its left side only?

7. The shape of warning signs are:

Usually triangular with its top pointing upwards.
Almost always round.
Square or rectangle.
Usually triangular with its top pointing downwards.

8. How would you conduct yourself when approaching a place, as described in the picture?

Hoot to those standing by the vehicle, and make it clear that you intend on continuing driving without interruption.
Slow down and pull into the right “hard shoulder” until the opposite lane is cleared.
Stop at the right side of the road and wait for the rescue forces to arrive.
Slow down and stop if necessary, and give right of way to the traffic coming from the opposite direction.

9. What is the validity period of a “new driver” driver’s license?

Ten years.
Five years.
Only one year.
Two years.

10. Is it obligatory to use an appropriate lower gear on every steep descent?

No.
Only on steep descents of at least one kilometer.
Yes.
Only when a “descent ahead” sign is placed at the beginning of the descent.

11. 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.

12. “Alcohol slows down the driver’s ability to respond”: Correct or incorrect?

Correct.
Incorrect. There is no connection between the drinking alcohol and the driver’s ability to respond.
Incorrect. Alcohol improves the ability to concentrate.
Incorrect. Alcohol improves your mood.

13. What should you do when the traffic sign in the picture appears before you?

Drive faster to prevent the car from shaking.
Adjust your speed to the road’s conditions. Don't ignore an uneven road..
You are driving on a mountain road. Drive in low gear.
Obey the instructions of Public Works Department employees.

14. Is it permitted to transport cargo in a private vehicle?

Yes, inside the vehicle, in the trunk(boot) or on the roof-rack..
It is absolutely forbidden.
Yes, provided that the weight of the cargo is no more than 1,000 kg.
Yes, only on the rooftop cargo carrier.

15. 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.

16. The following picture contains several road elements. How should a driver respond when approaching these elements?

Slow down and keep to the right.
He should make a warning honk, continue driving in normal speed, glance at the mirrors and then drive faster to quickly cross the curve.
Approaching a curve in high speed is dangerous on a rough road only.
In the absence of a road sign warning about an incoming curve, there is no need to slow down. He should continue driving at normal speed.

17. What is the main problem a driver faces when he approaches an intersection?

Many tasks he needs to perform simultaneously, in a short period of time.
The speed limit changes in an intersection.
Part of the intersection is always designated for public transportation.
The driver’s main problem is how to cross the intersection quickly.

18. What are the side effects of using malfunctioning windshield wipers?

Damaging the vehicle’s engine.
Causing noises in the sound system within the driver’s compartment.
Impaired windshield visibility, as well as windshield damage.
Damaging the windshield’s sealing.

19. Is it permissible to stop a vehicle next to another vehicle that is parking at the side of the road?

Yes, in an urban road only.
It is absolutely forbidden.
Yes, during “light time” only.
Yes, when the lane’s width exceeds 2.5 meters.

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

Follow the direction of the white arrow. Traffic in the opposite direction is prohibited.
You have right of way over on-coming traffic
Driving backwards is prohibited.
Give right-of-way in a narrow road to incoming traffic from the opposite direction.

21. According to the traffic signs appearing in the picture, the road that turns to the left is:

A restricted non-urban road.
A freeway.
A inter-urban road.
Not a main road.

22. A driver of a commercial vehicle that transports more then eight passengers and who is obliged to wear glasses or contact lenses must:

Hold an extra pair of the optical instrument, besides the pair he’s wearing.
Hold in the vehicle a spare pair of glasses or lenses apart from the pair he’s wearing.
Verify before driving the regularity and cleanliness of the optical instrument.
Perform a visual acuity test once every six months, according to requirements.

23. How are you required to conduct yourself according to the event that is depicted in the following picture?

Drive faster and move to the left lane.
Stop next to the pedestrian and explain to him that pedestrians should use the pedestrian crossing behind him.
Stop before the pedestrian and signal to him in whatever way that there is a pedestrian crossing behind him.
Slow down, show extreme caution, and don’t do anything that might endanger or scare the pedestrian.

24. When the oil pressure check lamp lights-up while driving, you should:

Continue driving, provided that there is enough oil in the oil sump.
Continue driving in low gear until the garage (provided that it doesn’t take more than half an hour)
Stop the vehicle immediately and shut-off the engine.
Continue driving if the engine’s thermometer indicates normal engine temperature.

25. Before you is traffic sign 303. Which traffic sign is sometimes placed before it?

26. What is the minimum distance that it is permitted to park near a fire hydrant?

Two meters in any direction from the fire hydrant.
Six meters from either side of the fire hydrant.
Twelve meters from either side of the fire hydrant.
Twenty meters from either side of the fire hydrant.

27. Where would you stop when the traffic light in the intersection ahead displays a red light?

After the pedestrian crossing, and if there isn’t one - wherever you have the best field of view.
Before the stop line, and if there is a pedestrian crossing – stop before the crossing.
Always wherever you have the best field of view.
After the stop line, and if there is no stop line - before the intersection line.

28. What are you required to do when the brake-check lamp lights up while driving?

Continue driving normally until the vehicle’s periodic treatment.
Stop the vehicle and don’t resume driving.
Continue driving slowly until the garage.
Continue driving normally until the garage.

29. How should we behave whilst driving downhill?

Shift into a high gear and keep the clutch pedal pressed for greater safety.
Shift into neutral gear, in order to save fuel.
Shift into one of the drive gears and keep the clutch pedal pressed.
Whilst driving down hill we must make sure that one of the gears is engaged.

30. When a vehicle is disqualified from use on the road:

It is forbidden to be on the road without authorization from the licensing authority.
It is forbidden to get back on the road without authorization of the insurance company
It is allowed to stay on the road for a period of up to seven days after being taken off the road.
It is allowed to stay on the road unlimitedly, as long as it doesn’t pose any traffic safety risk

Theory Exam - Trucks Exam (C1)

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

2. A certain restriction is shown in the following picture. What is the reason for the restriction?

3. What is the maximum cargo height, from the road’s surface, that is allowed to be transported in a vehicle of an overall permissible weight of 8000kg – 15,000kg?

4. When does the law require a driver to “reduce the speed of a vehicle”?

5. Under what terms is it permitted to transport hazardous materials?

6. Which of the following traffic signs instructs to pass a given place from its left side only?

7. The shape of warning signs are:

8. How would you conduct yourself when approaching a place, as described in the picture?

9. What is the validity period of a “new driver” driver’s license?

10. Is it obligatory to use an appropriate lower gear on every steep descent?

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

12. “Alcohol slows down the driver’s ability to respond”: Correct or incorrect?

13. What should you do when the traffic sign in the picture appears before you?

14. Is it permitted to transport cargo in a private vehicle?

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

16. The following picture contains several road elements. How should a driver respond when approaching these elements?

17. What is the main problem a driver faces when he approaches an intersection?

18. What are the side effects of using malfunctioning windshield wipers?

19. Is it permissible to stop a vehicle next to another vehicle that is parking at the side of the road?

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

21. According to the traffic signs appearing in the picture, the road that turns to the left is:

22. A driver of a commercial vehicle that transports more then eight passengers and who is obliged to wear glasses or contact lenses must:

23. How are you required to conduct yourself according to the event that is depicted in the following picture?

24. When the oil pressure check lamp lights-up while driving, you should:

25. Before you is traffic sign 303. Which traffic sign is sometimes placed before it?

26. What is the minimum distance that it is permitted to park near a fire hydrant?

27. Where would you stop when the traffic light in the intersection ahead displays a red light?

28. What are you required to do when the brake-check lamp lights up while driving?

29. How should we behave whilst driving downhill?

30. When a vehicle is disqualified from use on the road: