Theory Exam - Meteoria

1. What are you required to do when during a night drive you are confronted with a vehicle that doesn’t dip its lights and blinds you?

Slow down and keep as much as possible to the right.
Turn on the high beam to overcome the blinding effect of the other vehicle.
Drive faster to shorten the duration of being blinded.
Keep driving with a low beam at your current course and speed

2. How should an additional passenger sit on a motorcycle?

The passenger should sit with both legs on the right side of the motorcycle.
The passenger should sit with both legs on the left side of the motorcycle.
The passenger should sit astride the motorcycle with his feet supported by the foot pedals..
The passenger can sit on the motorcycle however he chooses to.

3. 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. .

4. Is a policeman permitted to demand of a vehicle driver to perform a “Breathalyzer test”?

No. A policeman is not entitled to require a vehicle driver to perform an “alcohol test”, except under a court order.
Yes, a policeman may ask a driver to perform a "Breathalyzer test" at any time.
No. A policeman is not entitled to require a vehicle driver to perform any type of tests, except for an alcohol breath test.
Yes, but only if the policeman reasonably suspects that the vehicle driver’s health condition is not well.

5. What is the penalty for driving whilst disqualified?

A fine of 80,000 NIS
6 yrs in jail and 2 yrs on probation.
None, if the driver presents a valid driver’s license within 7 days
Up to 3 years in jail, plus other penalties.

6. How does road-marking paint affect the motorcycle?

The paint might be smoother than the roadway itself and might cause skidding.
The motorcycle tires spoil the roadway-marking paint.
The white color on the roadway might blind and mislead the motorcyclist.
The paint significantly impairs the life span of the motorcycle’s tires.

7. What is a “breathalyzer test”?

A test of exhaled air by means of a device that provides information about a person’s blood alcohol level.
A stress test measuring the air quantity that enters the driver’s lungs while driving.
A test in which a person exhales into a device that gives information about his lung volume.
A test performed for new-driver applicants by a family doctor, at the requirement of the Licensing Authority.

8. What is the risk of riding a motorcycle in the dark?

The low temperatures to which the motorcycle is exposed.
The difficulty to assess the nature of the road and to detect obstacles in time.
The difficulty to see other vehicles that drive behind him only.
The low temperatures to which the rider is exposed.

9. What law is applied to a driver of a hand propelled vehicle?

Only two-wheelers are allowed to be powered by persons who don’t have a driver’s license.
Same as that applying to a vehicle driver.
Only private passenger vehicles are allowed to be powered by persons who don’t have a driver’s license.
Only all-terrain vehicles are allowed to be powered by persons who don’t have a driver’s license.

10. What is the required air pressure of the vehicle’s tires?

The tire air pressure is not so important.
According to the instructions of the garage or licensing facility.
A pressure that provides for the most comfortable driving.
The pressure should be according to the manufacturer’s manual.

11. After parking your car besides the pavement, on the right side of an urban road:

You should verify that the passenger sitting in the left back seat gets out very carefully from the car to the road.
You should verify that the maximal distance between the car and the pavement is one meter.
Before getting out of the car, you should verify that this will not disturb any road user.
If the street is not lit, you should turn on the parking lights.

12. Can a short refreshment break whilst driving lessen the driver’s tiredness?

Yes, after a break of a few minutes you can drive continuously for many hours.
Yes, a short break would drive the tiredness away completely.
No, a short break is an ineffective way to fight tiredness.
Yes, for a short time.

13. A round shaped traffic-sign is:

An instruction sign.
A direction sign.
A warning sign.
An information sign.

14. 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

15. Which of the following road sign prohibits making a left U-turn?

16. When you approach a railway crossing and an approaching train is seen, heard or sounds a warning signal:

You should stop before the railway crossing until the train passes.
If the train is far, you should quickly cross the rails.
You should accelerate and cross the rails before the train arrives, in a careful and watchful manner.
You should carefully cross the rails, in any fitting speed.

17. When you are driving inside a tunnel which is marked with traffic sign 633:

You should turn on the front lights.
You should turn on the fog lights.
You are permitted to change lanes.
You are permitted to overtake other vehicles.

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

Careful, speed bumps ahead.
Careful, falling rocks.
Road works ahead.
Archeological works ahead.

19. A police officer may revoke a driver’s license for a period of thirty days:

When the driver endangers the life of a person on a pedestrian crossing
An arrest warrant was issued against the vehicle’s owner
When the driver committed an offence of holding a driver’s license that has been expired for more than ten days
When the passenger on the driver’s side did not wear a seatbelt

20. According to the following traffic sign, which of the vehicles should give right of way?

The first vehicle that arrives at the bridge.
The close vehicle
The vehicle arriving first at the narrow section of the road.
The distant vehicle coming from the opposite direction.

21. 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.

22. Driving downhill in neutral gear:

Is permitted and not dangerous.
Is permitted but dangerous.
Is forbidden and very dangerous.
There is no legal reference to it.

23. Which of the roads in the following illustration is a one-way road?

Street A and street C.
Street B and street C.
Only street C.
Street A.

24. Where should vehicles drive in a road divided by a continuous white line?

On the right side of the line only
On the right side of the line, but it is permitted to drive on the left side of the line for overtaking.
On the left side of the separation line
The greater part of the vehicle should be on the right side of the line

25. Within what distance of a bus stop is it forbidden to stop a vehicle?

Within a distance of twelve meters before the station’s signpost and twelve meters after the signpost, unless otherwise marked.
Within a distance of twenty meters after the bus station’s signpost only.
Within twenty meters before and twenty meters after the bus stop’s sign, unless otherwise marked.
Within a distance of twenty meters before the bus station’s signpost only.

26. How should you continue driving according to the following marking?

You are permitted to drive straight (ahead) or left.
You are permitted to drive left only.
You are permitted to turn left from all lanes.
You are permitted to drive right only.

27. 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.

28. In the following illustration you can see a wide road. Which of the numbers within the illustration marks a road way?

29. You are driving vehicle no. 3. In what order will vehicles enter the following intersection?

The vehicle on the left will go first (2), the vehicle on the right will go next (1), and you will go last (3).
You go first (3), the vehicle on the left is next (2), and the vehicle on the right is last (1).
The vehicle on the right (1), you go next (3), and the vehicle on the left is last (2).
You go first (3), the vehicle on the right is next (1), and the vehicle on the left is last (2).

30. 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.

Theory Exam - Motorcycles Exam (A)

1. What are you required to do when during a night drive you are confronted with a vehicle that doesn’t dip its lights and blinds you?

2. How should an additional passenger sit on a motorcycle?

3. What is a “pedestrian crossing”:

4. Is a policeman permitted to demand of a vehicle driver to perform a “Breathalyzer test”?

5. What is the penalty for driving whilst disqualified?

6. How does road-marking paint affect the motorcycle?

7. What is a “breathalyzer test”?

8. What is the risk of riding a motorcycle in the dark?

9. What law is applied to a driver of a hand propelled vehicle?

10. What is the required air pressure of the vehicle’s tires?

11. After parking your car besides the pavement, on the right side of an urban road:

12. Can a short refreshment break whilst driving lessen the driver’s tiredness?

13. A round shaped traffic-sign is:

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

15. Which of the following road sign prohibits making a left U-turn?

16. When you approach a railway crossing and an approaching train is seen, heard or sounds a warning signal:

17. When you are driving inside a tunnel which is marked with traffic sign 633:

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

19. A police officer may revoke a driver’s license for a period of thirty days:

20. According to the following traffic sign, which of the vehicles should give right of way?

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

22. Driving downhill in neutral gear:

23. Which of the roads in the following illustration is a one-way road?

24. Where should vehicles drive in a road divided by a continuous white line?

25. Within what distance of a bus stop is it forbidden to stop a vehicle?

26. How should you continue driving according to the following marking?

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

28. In the following illustration you can see a wide road. Which of the numbers within the illustration marks a road way?

29. You are driving vehicle no. 3. In what order will vehicles enter the following intersection?

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