Module 1 practice exam

Article 5 of the Road Traffic Act is the general safety provision.

What is this safety article also called?

How long are you considered a novice driver as a truck driver?

Who is prohibited from driving under the influence of alcohol?

How often must a truck undergo its roadworthiness test?

A driver is stopped by the police.

Which is correct?

1. The driver does not have to comply with the police officer's instructions.
2. A driver may drive with a photocopy of their driving licence.

Which insurance is the minimum required for a truck?

The driver arrives at an accident and wants to help.

What should the driver do first?

You need a driving licence to drive a truck and a bus.

Which is correct?

1. To drive a truck, you need a Category C driving licence.
2. You need a category D driving licence to drive a bus.

A driver only has a copy of their driving licence with them.

May the driver drive with this?

We consider young children and older people to be “vulnerable” road users.

Do cyclists also fall into this category?

A cyclist has attached the sign shown to the back of their bicycle.

What does this sign mean?

A driver has just loaded and unloaded and wants to drive off straight away.

Who must the driver give way to?

A driver is leaving a driveway.

Who must the driver give way to?

A driver is driving on a motorway with three lanes. The driver is in the middle lane and wants to move back to the right lane, and signals.

Do the drivers in the right-hand lane have to give way to this driver?

What is the correct order in which to give way?

A driver turns right. On the same road alongside him are a cyclist and a pedestrian, both of whom want to go straight ahead.

Who must the driver give way to?

How may traffic controllers give instructions?

A driver approaches a red traffic light, and the traffic controller signals that he should proceed.

What should the driver do?

What is the traffic controller indicating here?

What is the traffic controller indicating here?

A driver approaches a stationary queue of traffic.

What actions should the driver take?

A blind road user with a distinctive white cane with red rings wants to cross.

When must you give this person the right of way?

What colour flag does the last vehicle in a military convoy have?

A bus is pulling away from the bus stop within a built-up area.

Which road users are not required to give the bus driver right of way?

Which part of the road do we call the lane?

Which driver may use all available lanes?

A driver is driving on a motorway.

Which is correct?

1. A truck driver is not allowed to use the far-left lane.
2. A bus may use the left-hand lane (if necessary).

Who is required to use this sign?

A driver is driving through a tunnel and sees a car on fire here.

What should the driver do now?

A driver wants to leave the motorway.

How many metres in advance must the driver indicate before leaving the motorway?

There is a risk of centrifugal force.

Which is correct?

1. Centrifugal force cannot occur when driving fast over speed bumps.
2. If you reduce your speed in a bend, you reduce the risk of overturning.

What is the main cause of a vehicle overturning?

There is a risk of rollover when cornering.

Which type of road camber increases this risk?

One of the actions to prevent rollovers is to anticipate in good time.

What does it mean to anticipate in good time?

What does this sign mean?

A driver is driving within a built-up area?

What is the speed limit here?

A driver wants to overtake. In which situations may the driver overtake on both the left and the right?

Select the three correct answers.

Which is correct?

1. A driver may park at a distance of 5 metres from an intersection.
2. A driver may not let someone get in or out at a bus stop.

A driver is driving at night within a built-up area.

Which lights may the driver use?

A driver wants to park on the carriageway outside a built-up area.

Which lights must the driver use here?

The driver has back pain.

Who is responsible for ensuring that the occupant has a proper seat?

Which sign indicates the end of or narrowing of the hard shoulder?

How long is your C and/or D driving licence valid?

Your driving licence is confiscated on Friday while you are driving a car.

May the driver still drive a truck on Monday?

For how many hours at most can you be given a driving ban?

What can a driver do to get alcohol out of their blood faster?

Can medicines with a yellow sticker affect your ability to drive?

It starts snowing very heavily.

The driver adjusts their driving behaviour accordingly.

What do we call this driving behaviour?

What is the maximum length of a bus with a trailer?

What is the maximum height of a truck, including its load?

How far may the load protrude from the sides of a truck?

What is the correct order of the four-stroke cycle?

What is the function of the drivetrain?

What are the functions of engine oil?

Which is correct?

1. If tyre pressure is low, the sides of the tyre will wear more.
2. With excessively high tyre pressure, the centre of the tyre will wear more.

What is a characteristic of a tubeless tyre?

Which suspension systems does a truck have?

Is using cruise control good for your fuel consumption?

This red warning symbol is visible.

What does this mean?

A driver wants to load the truck.

Where can the driver see the maximum load capacity?

When you pull away quickly, forces act on your load.

What effect does accelerating quickly have on your load?

Does every truck driver need code 95 on their driving licence?

Is the requirement to use a tachograph regulated by the Goods Transport Act (WWG)?

What is regulated by the Goods Transport by Road Act and the Working Conditions Act (ARBO Act)?

A driver collects goods from the consignor.

Who must sign the consignment note?