Theory Exam - Meteoria

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Is it obligatory to turn-on the bus headlights during the day as well?

Yes, but only during winter, autumn and spring.
Yes, on city routes, when there are passengers on the vehicle.
No, except on intercity routes.
Yes, every year between November 1st and March 31st.

4. 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.

5. How is a driver required to drive near a group of children?

Stop completely for as long as the children are near the road.
Continue driving in normal speed, provided that the pavements are wide.
Slow down, be prepared to stop and even stop if necessary..
Continue driving in normal speed, provided that he uses the horn to warn the children.

6. Is the Licensing Authority allowed to revoke or suspend an existing driver’s license?

No, only the Israel Police is allowed to do so.
Yes, the Authority is allowed to do so, on the grounds of driving competence and medical fitness.
No, only a court of law is allowed to do so.
Yes, the Authority is allowed to revoke a driver’s license at its own discretion and for any reason.

7. Is it permitted to make changes in the vehicle’s design or type?

The Owner of the vehicle is permitted to make changes in it as he pleases.
Yes, but provided that the owner of the vehicle notifies about it in advance and in writing to the vehicle’s manufacturer or agency.
Yes, but only if the change is made by a licensed garage.
Yes, but only with a written pre-approval of the Licensing Authority.

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

No entry for non-motor vehicles only.
Entry is permitted for tractors and work vehicles.
Careful! road-works.
No entry for tractors and work vehicles.

9. How is a pedestrian crossing marked?

306, 811
135, 136
901, 707
413, 226

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

No entry for vehicles the width of which is less than the width indicated in the sign.
No entry for freight-carrying vehicles the width of which (vehicle and freight) exceeds the width indicated in the sign.
No entry only for commercial vehicles the width of which exceeds the width indicated in the sign.
No entry for non-motor vehicles only.

11. When a driver’s blood alcohol concentration exceeds lawful levels, will he be regarded as a drunk driver?

No, the term “drunk” was not defined by the law.
No, only someone behaving as a drunkard shall be regarded as a drunk driver.
Yes, he will be regarded as a drunk driver even if he has not committed any other violation.
No, a person who is not affected by a small quantity of alcohol shall not be regarded as a drunk driver, regardless of the amount of alcohol.

12. 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.

13. Which of the following vehicles must carry a rescue kit?

Busses on touring rides only.
Touring vehicles and busses on inter-urban route service lines only
Taxis and desert vehicles only.
Every touring vehicle and every bus must carry a rescue kit.

14. Can unprescribed medications have a negative effect on driving?

Yes, but only in the summer.
Yes, but only in the winter.
Yes.
No.

15. When you apply the brake pedal during an emergency braking:

The vehicle stops on the spot.
The vehicle continues to a certain distance until reaching a complete stop.
The vehicle stops on the spot only when you drive at 50 k.p.h or slower.
The vehicle’s braking distance is constant, regardless of your driving speed.

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

Traffic directions for the lanes of the next intersection.
One-way road ahead.
Public transportation is prohibited to proceed forward.
Vehicles on the right lane are prohibited to deviate to another lane.

17. At what speed are we required to drive in reverse?

Heavy vehicles – slow; light vehicles – fast.
During the day – fast; during the night – slow.
When driving downhill – slow, and when driving uphill – fast.
Always slow.

18. 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.

19. If a public bus driver runs out of tickets for a certain route – should he refuse driving a passenger who gets on the bus?

It is forbidden to let that passenger on the bus.
The driver must drive the passenger.
The driver must only drive the passenger in road sections he has tickets for.
The driver doesn’t have to drive that passenger.

20. What risk is a driver facing while making a right turn?

There is no risk because all road users are aware of the law and know that it is prohibited to be on the right side of a vehicle that makes a right turn.
There is no problem because pedestrians and two-wheeler drivers should not enter into a gap created on the right of a vehicle that makes a right turn.
There is no risk during the turn, because the law permits two-wheelers and other vehicles to turn at the same time.
Two-wheelers might enter the gap to his right during the turn.

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

Road works - drive in the direction of the appropriate arrow.
Lane is closed. No driving in the lane under the traffic sign.
Merge with the traffic in the adjacent lane, from either right or left.
A hairpin turn, either left or right.

22. At the junction marked and signposted as in the diagram, what is the correct way to turn right from road B to C?

From lane 7 to 6.
From lane 8 to 6.
From lane 7 to 6 or5.
From lane 7 or 8 to 6 or 5.

23. ?What road sign would be placed following sign 135 in the picture>

24. How are you required to conduct yourself according to the occurrence depicted in the picture?

Honk loudly to warn that you are approaching.
Slow down carefully and stop if needed, because a child might be chasing the ball.
Continue driving and make short and rhythmic honks.
Accelerate and pass quickly before any child gets to the roadway.

25. Explain the term “independent brake”:

A device which causes the braking system to operate each wheel independently.
It is a device operated by the driver during continuous and steep descents.
A device within the braking system that brakes each wheel independently when the vehicle is slipping.
A spring loaded device that operates the braking system independently, and that starts operating when the air pressure in the braking system drops below its required level.

26. What is a bus driver obliged to do once he reaches his final destination?

Once the destination stop is announced he is permitted to leave the bus immediately, .without waiting.
He should stay on the bus until the last passenger comes off.
He may leave the bus, provided that he leaves the air-conditioning on.
He should leave the bus straight after shutting off the engine.

27. What should you do when your driving lane is blocked by the double-parked silver vehicle (marked with a circle)?

Slow down, allow the vehicle coming from the opposite direction to pass undisturbed, and then overtake the parked vehicle.
Signal with your headlight to the vehicle coming from the opposite direction and swerve quickly to the opposite lane, before it arrives
Stop behind the silver vehicle and wait for a policeman or an inspector.
Overtake the silver vehicle through the gap between it and the vehicle coming from the opposite direction.

28. Do the driver and passengers of a public minibus need to wear seatbelts whilst driving?

Yes, but on interurban roads only.
Yes, but only on freeways.
Yes, but only on urban roads.
Yes, on every type of road.

29. Which of the following road signs marks a "freeway"?

Sign 218.
Sign 216.
Sign 217.
Sign 219.

30. What is the difference between the two signs?

Both signs belong to the group of obligatory signs and warn the driver of animals on the road.
Sign 146 warns of wild animals in the area. Sign 411 forbids the entry of animals harnessed or un-harnessed.
Both signs belong to the information group and warn the driver of animals on the road.
Sign 146 forbids the entry of animals harnessed or un-harnessed. 411 warns of wild animals on the road.

Theory Exam - Public Service Vehicles Exam (D)

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

2. What is a “desert vehicle”:

3. Is it obligatory to turn-on the bus headlights during the day as well?

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

5. How is a driver required to drive near a group of children?

6. Is the Licensing Authority allowed to revoke or suspend an existing driver’s license?

7. Is it permitted to make changes in the vehicle’s design or type?

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

9. How is a pedestrian crossing marked?

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

11. When a driver’s blood alcohol concentration exceeds lawful levels, will he be regarded as a drunk driver?

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

13. Which of the following vehicles must carry a rescue kit?

14. Can unprescribed medications have a negative effect on driving?

15. When you apply the brake pedal during an emergency braking:

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

17. At what speed are we required to drive in reverse?

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

19. If a public bus driver runs out of tickets for a certain route – should he refuse driving a passenger who gets on the bus?

20. What risk is a driver facing while making a right turn?

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

22. At the junction marked and signposted as in the diagram, what is the correct way to turn right from road B to C?

23. ?What road sign would be placed following sign 135 in the picture>

24. How are you required to conduct yourself according to the occurrence depicted in the picture?

25. Explain the term “independent brake”:

26. What is a bus driver obliged to do once he reaches his final destination?

27. What should you do when your driving lane is blocked by the double-parked silver vehicle (marked with a circle)?

28. Do the driver and passengers of a public minibus need to wear seatbelts whilst driving?

29. Which of the following road signs marks a "freeway"?

30. What is the difference between the two signs?