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Are you ready to sit the Driving Standards Agency Theory Test? You will be asked 35 questions and the time allowed to complete the paper is 40 minutes. The pass mark is 30 out of 35. Always check your answers before you submit your paper.

Click on "How did I do?" (at bottom of form) to find out how well you did. Wrong answers will be checked on the left, and the number of correct answers with percentages will be given.


1 You are driving a lorry with a maximum authorised mass of 7 tonnes. What is the maximum speed limit on single carriageway?


2 Which of these lorries may normally use the right hand lane of a three lane motorway?


3 What is the minimum height of an unmarked bridge?


4 Goods vehicle drivers' hours of work are controlled for three reasons. They are (Which is correct).

 


5 Who is responsible for the issue of tachograph charts to a bus/lorry driver?


6 Tachograph records must be available for inspection. An enforcement officer keeps one of your charts. Who should sign the back of the REPLACEMENT chart?


7 Under EC rules a tachograph must be re-calibrated every


8 Under EC rules what is the normal weekly rest that must be taken

 


9 The emergency line is common to both two- and three-line braking systems. What is its colour?

 


10 Your lorry does not have an anti-lock braking system fitted. You may prevent the wheels from locking under heavy braking by

 


11 At 50 mph (80 kph) what gap should a lorry driver leave from the vehicle in front on a wet road?

 


12 When should you check the wheel nuts on your vehicle?

 


13. A long, heavy-laden lorry is taking a long time to overtake you. What should you do?


14 How does alcohol affect your driving?


15 You take some cough medicine given to you by a friend. What must you do before driving


16 A driver pulls out of a side road in front of you. You have to brake hard. You should

 


17 Large vehicles have many blind spots. What does "blind spot" mean?


18 You have a mobile telephone fitted in your vehicle. It should only be used when you are

 


19 A pelican crossing that crosses the road in a STRAIGHT line and has a island MUST be treated as


20 At a puffin crossing which light will not show to a driver?

 


21 Following a large goods vehicle too closely is dangerous because


22 What type of emergency vehicle is fitted with a green flashing beacon?


23 You should never wave people across at pedestrian crossings because

 


24 You should use rear fog lights when visibility is poor. At other times they can dazzle other drivers. This is most likely to happen


25 You have broken down on a two-way road. How far behind your vehicle should you place a warning triangle?


26 You arrive at the scene of an accident where someone is suffering from severe burns. Which of the following would help?

 

27 You arrive at an accident. A motorist is unconscious. Your first priority is the casualty's

28 Which of the following should you not do at the scene of an accident?

 

29 At an accident a casualty is unconscious but still breathing. You should only move them if

 

  30 You should look at the rear wheels before leaving a building site to check that

31 What should you do if the brake pedal becomes "hard"?

 

  32 When pulling up on the left in a busy places you should be careful that

33 Who is responsible for making sure that a lorry's load is secure during a journey?

 

34 You are approaching a roundabout. You see a cyclist signal right.Why is the cyclist keeping to the left?

  35 You have just overtaken another vehicle on a motorway. When moving back to the left you should avoid

 

   


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