Theory Exam - Meteoria

1. How many passengers is a bus driver allowed to carry?

Up to 50 passengers sitting and 10 standing.
Up to 70 passengers.
According to the number indicated in the bus registration documents (if such a number is indeed indicated).
Up to 70 children.

2. Is it permitted, in an urban road, to stop, stand or park a vehicle on the roadway or on the hard shoulder?

It is prohibited in any case to park on the hard shoulder.
Yes, provided that the vehicle remains under supervision.
Yes, when it is not prohibited by law or by any road sign, and when traffic is not disturbed.
Yes, always.

3. What should a driver do after parking his vehicle?

Turn off the engine, place a warning triangle and lock the vehicle’s doors.
Engage the parking brake,Turn off the engine, and remove the key from the ignition switch. .
Remove the key from the ignition switch, place a warning triangle and pull the handbrake.
Place the parking tag on the left side of the windshield, in a place that is clearly visible to the municipal inspector.

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

When you approach railway tracks – honk, open a window and listen to the train’s noise.
Always stop before railway tracks, look to the right and to the left and continue driving.
Slow down and prepare to stop if necessary before the railway tracks.
Cross the railway tracks quickly.

5. Accidents that are a result of driver fatigue might occur:

On narrow and winding roads only, and not in straight, wide and comfortable road sections.
On roads with long and steep descents only.
When the driver’s level of alertness decreases.
On roads with long and steep uphill sections only.

6. When are we required to keep a more-than-customary distance from the vehicle driving in front of us?

When driving in low speed on an urban road.
When trucks or other heavy vehicles are in front of us.
Never: A distance of two seconds is always sufficient.
When visibility is poor, when driving on a slippery road or when we are tired.

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

If you see the train’s lights, stop 20 meters before the crossing.
Slow down and prepare to stop before the crossing, if necessary.
Drive faster and cross the railway tracks.
Stop at a distance of 12 meters from the railway tracks to check if a train is approaching.

8. When traffic signs or road marking have an orange color:

They mark that you are in a road works site.
These are traffic signs or markings on hazardous road sections for which no specific traffic sign was determined.
These are temporary traffic signs on a non-urban road only, which are valid for a maximum period of three months.
They are painted with special colors, designed to emphasize the signs during special weather conditions.

9. What do the two following traffic signs have in common?

They both belong to the information-signs group and alert about the road’s condition.
They both advise the driver to slow down and be more alert.
Traffic sign 101 is always placed before traffic sign 144.
Traffic sign 144 is always placed before traffic sign 101.

10. Which seats are reserved for security personnel on a route service bus?

When driving on a non urban road - the two front seats on either side of the passageway.
The double seat behind the driver partition.
The seat after the front door and the seat after the rear door.
In a city bus, across from the rear door.

11. When visibility on the road is poor, the driver should:

Slow down, adjust his speed to the visibility conditions and turn-on his dipped beam.
On a two-way road – slow down; and on a one-way road – continue driving normally.
Accelerate and turn-on the rear lights, to prevent collision with the vehicle driving behind.
Turn-on the high beam to extend the field of vision and warn the incoming traffic from your opposite direction.

12. What does the following marking, along the width of the road, indicate?

Stop line before an intersection.
White broken line: A one-way road.
Crossing for cyclists.
Bus lane.

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

Give right-of-way in a narrow road.
Continue driving normally. You have right-of-way over opposing traffic.
Give a left signal and carefully cross to the left lane while glancing in the mirrors.
Slow down, keep to the right, and stay alert for oncoming traffic.

14. 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.

15. What do the following traffic signs have in common?

They are posted in freeways only.
They are posted in work sites only.
They are posted in inter-urban roads only.
They are posted in urban roads only.

16. When is it forbidden to overtake, or to try overtaking, another vehicle?

In a distance of 300 meters before a railway crossing.
When visibility is poor or when the field of vision is obstructed or limited.
During night time.
When driving uphill.

17. 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

18. Which body authorizes and performs taxi license change of ownership?

The Licensing Authority.
The Controller of Road Transport.
The Public Transportation and Railway Authority.
There is no need for a license-conveyance permit, as it contradicts the freedom of occupation choice.

19. How would you respond to the situation depicted in the following picture?

Drive faster and pass the children before they start crossing the roadway.
Slow down, follow the children movement and prepare to stop.
Continue driving. The children would not cross the road when noticing an approaching vehicle.
Honk to the children and warn them that you are approaching and that they should not get on the roadway.

20. What is a “pedestrian crossing”:

A suspended bridge or a tunnel designated for roadway crossing by pedestrians.
Every place on the roadway in which pedestrians usually cross.
A place in which school children cross.
A roadway section that is designated, by marking or by traffic sign, to permit pedestrian to cross the road. .

21. Upon parking your vehicle on the right of the road in an urban:

you must make sure that alighting from the vehicle will not cause a disturbance to any other road user
you must make sure that your rear seat passenger alights carefully
you must make sure that you distance from the kerb isnot more that 1 mtr.
you must put on your parking lights if there is no street lighting

22. Is it permitted to solicit a passenger to get on a taxi at the Ben Gurion Airport?

Only during daytime.
Only at night, by calling.
No.
Only by signaling.

23. Is it permitted to drive a vehicle while one of the doors is open?

No, unless the air-conditioning is out of order.
Yes, when there are no passengers in the vehicle.
Yes, when carrying oversized cargo.
It is absolutely forbidden.

24. While braking and slowing down, what force of nature is applied on the vehicle?

No force of nature affects the vehicle while it is braking or slowing down.
The force of inertia, i.e. the force which causes the vehicle to continue moving.
The centrifugal force, i.e. the force applied on the vehicle when it is turning.
The lift force, i.e. the force that pulls the vehicle upwards.

25. What is a “desert vehicle”:

A front-wheel drive commercial vehicle, which is indicated as a desert vehicle within the driving license.
A public vehicle with front –wheel and rear-wheel drive and a standard chassis, which is indicated as a desert vehicle within its registration document.
Any private vehicle with front-wheel and rear-wheel drive which is indicated as a desert vehicle within its registration document.
A commercial vehicle which is indicated as a desert vehicle within its registration document.

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

Approx. 100 meters to railway crossing.
Approx. 300 meters to railway crossing.
Approx. 30 meters to railway crossing.
Approx. 150 meters to railway crossing.

27. When driving in reverse:

You must use another person to guide you.
You must use another person to guide you on highways..
You must use another person to guide you during "lighting up time".
You are permitted to use another person to guide you.

28. What is the meaning of the following traffic signs?

No left turn for public vehicles only.
A turn at the nearest left or nearest right turn is not permitted.
No left or U-turn.
No left U-turn only.

29. It is prohibited to overtake on a steep hill:

Only when there is a “danger” road sign.
When your field of vision is limited or obstructed.
Only when there is a “no overtaking” road sign.
Overtaking is permitted, provided that the weight of your car exceeds 4 tons.

30. 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

Theory Exam - Public Service Vehicles Exam (D)

1. How many passengers is a bus driver allowed to carry?

2. Is it permitted, in an urban road, to stop, stand or park a vehicle on the roadway or on the hard shoulder?

3. What should a driver do after parking his vehicle?

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

5. Accidents that are a result of driver fatigue might occur:

6. When are we required to keep a more-than-customary distance from the vehicle driving in front of us?

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

8. When traffic signs or road marking have an orange color:

9. What do the two following traffic signs have in common?

10. Which seats are reserved for security personnel on a route service bus?

11. When visibility on the road is poor, the driver should:

12. What does the following marking, along the width of the road, indicate?

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

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

15. What do the following traffic signs have in common?

16. When is it forbidden to overtake, or to try overtaking, another vehicle?

17. Define an “axle” of a vehicle:

18. Which body authorizes and performs taxi license change of ownership?

19. How would you respond to the situation depicted in the following picture?

20. What is a “pedestrian crossing”:

21. Upon parking your vehicle on the right of the road in an urban:

22. Is it permitted to solicit a passenger to get on a taxi at the Ben Gurion Airport?

23. Is it permitted to drive a vehicle while one of the doors is open?

24. While braking and slowing down, what force of nature is applied on the vehicle?

25. What is a “desert vehicle”:

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

27. When driving in reverse:

28. What is the meaning of the following traffic signs?

29. It is prohibited to overtake on a steep hill:

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