Theory Exam - Meteoria

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

T- junction to the right and then T-junction to the left
Warning sign before a sharp right turn followed by a sharp left turn.
Left T-Intersection followed by right T-Intersection ahead.
Give right-of-way to vehicles from your right and then from your left.

2. Is it permitted to open the vehicle’s doors while driving?

Yes, provided that you drive slowly.
It is absolutely forbidden.
Yes, when carrying a long cargo.
Yes, when there are no passengers in the vehicle.

3. Who is obliged to check the proper function of the following bus systems: brakes, steering wheel, horn, windshield wipers, and the opening and closing of the bus doors?

The driver, before every ride.
The licensing facility during the annual test.
The security officer, once every half a year.
The check should be authorized by the dispatcher.

4. What would you do to achieve safe driving down a continuous steep slope?

Use the engine’s braking power by shifting to a lower gear and make only partial use of the brakes
It is not recommended to drive in a sharp descent for a long time.
You should rely solely on the engine’s braking power.
You should step on the brake pedal firmly and continuously to maintain the desirable speed.

5. Where are wastebaskets required to be installed in a taxi?

On both sides of the back seats.
Besides the driver’s seat and besides the back seat.
Besides all taxi windows.
Besides the left doors.

6. How would you (vehicle no. 3) conduct yourself in the following intersection?

Give right of way to the motorcycle only (2).
Give right of way to the motorcyclist (2) and to the yellow bus (1).
Give right of way to the yellow bus only (1).
Drive forward carefully. The other drivers (of vehicles 1 and 2) must yield.

7. Which of the following items should be placed on a school transport vehicle?

Only flashing lamps and signs; and a permit of the Licensing Authority should be indicated within the vehicle’s registration documents.
Waste belts and appropriate signs in the front and in the back only. Nothing else.
Only a “children transportation” sign in the front or in the back.
Only flashing lamps; and a permit of the Licensing Authority should be indicated within the vehicle’s registration documents.

8. What is the legal definition of a “road”

Any place that is open for public passage, except for city streets
Asphalt or concrete paved road ways only.
The term “road” has no legal definition
Any rail, street, alley, square, passage, bridge and any other open space in which the public has a right to pass through

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

Prepare to slow down, if necessary. Pay attention to traffic congestion and adjust your driving to the traffic and to the road’s conditions.
Continue driving and be alert about the conduct of other vehicles from your right.
Obey the instructions of road workers and proceed according to the markings.
Drive faster and overtake slow vehicles.

10. Explain the term “gross axle weight”:

The measured pressure at the tips of the chassis connected springs.
The own weight of each vehicle axle, including the wheels installed on it.
The overall weight of all the wheels installed on one axle against the road.
The own weight of the rear axle that includes the differential system.

11. Is a cyclist allowed to use a public transportation lane?

A cyclist may use a public transportation lane when it is the left lane only
Yes, when the lane is on the roadway’s right side
No, only motorcycles are allowed to use the public transportation lane
No, only public vehicles are allowed to use this lane

12. What is the maximum number of passengers permitted to ride a minibus?

As indicated in the vehicle’s registration documents.
As the number of seatbelts installed in the vehicle.
As the number of seats in the vehicle.
20 passengers besides the driver.

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

Careful, electric bus ahead.
Careful! Local train ( or tram) crosses in both direction on the road ahead.
Careful, railway crossing.
Passenger train station.

14. 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.

15. The danger of skidding on a wet road is greater:

The deeper are the grooves in the tires.
The more worn-out are the tires.
The higher is the tire air pressure.
The heavier is the vehicle.

16. A vehicle examiner or a policeman carrying a traffic examiner certificate who finds technical flaws in a vehicle, may:

Summon the vehicle owner for an inquiry at the Israel Garage Association.
Notify the driver that the vehicle is taken off the road and take away the vehicle’s registration documents.
He is not permitted to do anything. An examiner or a policeman is not authorized to examine a vehicle on the road.
Send the vehicle to a Licensing Facility to undergo an additional semiannual test.

17. It is prohibited to overtake before a pedestrian crossing:

Anywhere, neither in urban roads nor in inter-urban roads.
In any type of road, except in urban two-lane roads.
When a “pedestrian crossing” blue sign is at place.
Only when a “pedestrian crossing ahead” road sign is placed.

18. 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.

19. Is a taxi driver permitted to take an additional passenger during a taxi ride that was ordered by another passenger?

Only at night, according to the definition of tariff 2.
Yes, but only with the consent of the passenger that ordered the ride and without extra payment until the destination that was determined.
Yes, but without payment.
Yes, provided that the additional passenger pays half of the fare.

20. What are you required to do according to the following traffic sign?

Drive left and then right.
Turn right after the sign.
Drive right and turn before the sign.
Make a U-turn to the right in the next intersection.

21. What is the correct way for changing lanes?

Lane change should be done in two stages: First deviating and then signaling with the hand.
Lane change should be done in two stages: First deviating and then communicating with the other drivers.
You should pass to the other lane through the shortest diagonal distance and as quickly as possible.
First perform a check and glance at the mirrors, then check the lane you want to pass to, verify that you can pass to it and then deviate moderately (diagonally) to the other lane.

22. How is a driver required to conduct himself when approaching schools or playgrounds?

Avoid entering the street, except at night time.
Continue driving normally and pay attention to the pedestrian crossings only.
Honk continuously to warn children not to jump to the road.
Slow down and become more alert.

23. How would you conduct yourself under the situation that is depicted in the following picture?

You should not obey the traffic light signals. Follow the road signs only.
Stop before the junction and do not enter into it.
Stop before the junction and then drive through uninterruptedly.
Give right-of-way to the traffic on the crossing road.

24. A warning triangle must be carried by:

Commercial vehicles only.
All motor vehicles, including trailers and semi-trailers, but excluding motorcycles.
Buses only.
Two-wheelers only.

25. What is a lane?

A roadway designated for motor-vehicle traffic only.
Part of a road’s width, designed to accommodate one line of vehicles, not including two-wheelers.
Any marking of two parallel lines on the roadway.
A passage in a private road in which vehicle traffic is prohibited.

26. Is a driver obliged to show a policeman the vehicle’s original documents?

Yes, at a time and place to be determined by the policeman
No, a certified photocopy is sufficient
No, a photocopy signed by the vehicle’s owner is sufficient
Yes, at the time determined by the vehicle’s driver

27. How would you (vehicle no. 2) conduct yourself in the following intersection?

Continue driving carefully, while keeping eye contact with the yellow vehicle (1) which should yield.
Wait and allow the yellow vehicle (1) to cross before you.
Stop (2) before entering the intersection and observe the condition of the traffic and of the traffic signs.
Give right of way to the yellow vehicle (1), because it is coming from your right.

28. If a vehicle stops on a road without a pavement when is there an obligation to wear a reflective traffic vest?

If one of the passengers wore a vest and stepped out of the vehicle before the driver, then the driver is not required to wear a vest.
When the driver or a passenger alights from a vehicle on an inter-urban road.
If the vehicle has two vests, two persons are permitted to step out of the vehicle wearing vests.
The driver must wear a reflective vest upon stepping out of the vehicle.

29. Under which conditions is it permitted to make a U-turn?

Making a U-turn is only allowed in a roadway that has at least three lanes.
It is permitted everywhere, but the turn must be made without any maneuvering.
When no traffic disturbance is caused and no passerby is at risk, provided that there is no road sign that prohibits making a U-turn.
A U-turn is permitted in an intersection only.

30. Within which distance from a tunnel is it prohibited to overtake?

Fifty meters before the entry to the tunnel and up to fifty meters after the exit from the tunnel.
There is no overtaking restriction around a tunnel.
100 meters before the entry to the tunnel and up to 100 meters after the exit from the tunnel.
From the entry until the exit of the tunnel.

Theory Exam - Public Service Vehicles Exam (D)

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

2. Is it permitted to open the vehicle’s doors while driving?

3. Who is obliged to check the proper function of the following bus systems: brakes, steering wheel, horn, windshield wipers, and the opening and closing of the bus doors?

4. What would you do to achieve safe driving down a continuous steep slope?

5. Where are wastebaskets required to be installed in a taxi?

6. How would you (vehicle no. 3) conduct yourself in the following intersection?

7. Which of the following items should be placed on a school transport vehicle?

8. What is the legal definition of a “road”

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

10. Explain the term “gross axle weight”:

11. Is a cyclist allowed to use a public transportation lane?

12. What is the maximum number of passengers permitted to ride a minibus?

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

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

15. The danger of skidding on a wet road is greater:

16. A vehicle examiner or a policeman carrying a traffic examiner certificate who finds technical flaws in a vehicle, may:

17. It is prohibited to overtake before a pedestrian crossing:

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

19. Is a taxi driver permitted to take an additional passenger during a taxi ride that was ordered by another passenger?

20. What are you required to do according to the following traffic sign?

21. What is the correct way for changing lanes?

22. How is a driver required to conduct himself when approaching schools or playgrounds?

23. How would you conduct yourself under the situation that is depicted in the following picture?

24. A warning triangle must be carried by:

25. What is a lane?

26. Is a driver obliged to show a policeman the vehicle’s original documents?

27. How would you (vehicle no. 2) conduct yourself in the following intersection?

28. If a vehicle stops on a road without a pavement when is there an obligation to wear a reflective traffic vest?

29. Under which conditions is it permitted to make a U-turn?

30. Within which distance from a tunnel is it prohibited to overtake?