Israel Driving Theory Test

Question:1

How does the braking system of a vehicle work?

Through the braking of the front wheels only.

Through the pressure created between the engine and the clutch.

By turning the engine opposite to its normal direction of turning.

Through the friction between the brake disc and the brake pads.

Category : Know Your Vehicle

Question:2

Define “private Autobus”:

An Autobus not for the general use of the public.

A public minibus.

Any vehicle driving passengers privately for hire.

A private vehicle which is a bus.

Category : Rules and Regulations

Question:3

How should a driver conduct himself after hitting a parked vehicle in the absence of its owners?

Leave a note on the vehicle he hit with his personal details, the details of his vehicle and his insurance policy, and report to the police within 24 hours.

Wait until a representative of his insurance company arrives and report to the police within 48 hours.

Inform about the accident to the police station within 7 days.

Wait at the place until the owner of the vehicle arrives.

Category : Rules and Regulations

Question:4

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.

Category : Rules and Regulations

Question:5

The manufacure date of a vehicle’s tire is:

Noted in the vehicle book.

Marked on the tire.

Noted in the vehicle’s registration document.

Noted in the vehicle’s insurance policy.

Category : Know Your Vehicle

Question:6

Which traffic sign should be placed at an intersection, after passing traffic sign 139 that is displayed in the following picture?

303

307

302

301

Category : Traffic Signs

Question:7

Where inside a vehicle should the reflective traffic vest be placed?

In the trunk.

The law doesn’t refer to the vest’s holding place.

In the driver’s compartment, except for motorcycles.

Only on the driver’s seat rest.

Category : Rules and Regulations

Question:8

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.

Category : Rules and Regulations

Question:9

Driving at dark with the high beam turned on might:

Waste electricity.

Blind (dazzle) other drivers.

Spoil the battery.

Impair the driver’s vision.

Category : Safety

Question:10

When is a bus driver obliged to display an identifying document?

At the request of a policeman only.

Only when a municipal inspector files a complaint against him.

When an income tax clerk requests to see his stock of tickets.

Whenever required to do so by any bus passenger.

Category : Rules and Regulations

Question:11

Which driver related ability is impaired during fog?

Vehicle acceleration.

Braking.

Steering.

Vision

Category : Safety

Question:12

What is the distance we are required to keep from the vehicle in front of us while driving?

Any distance that allows us to see the back wheels of the vehicle in front of us while driving.

Any distance that always allows us to see well what’s happening ahead of the vehicle that is driving in front of us.

The required statutory distance in which accident may always be prevented, while taking all the relevant elements into consideration.

A distance which prevents entry of other vehicles in it.

Category : Safety

Question:13

What are the elements that contribute to vehicle skidding?

The old age of the vehicle.

Road visibility conditions.

Every element that prevents direct contact between the tire and the roadway, such as: water, oil, mud, gravel, etc.

Any element which affects the drivers alertness.

Category : Safety

Question:14

To whom should you hand lost-and-found objects found in public vehicles?

Nobody. You should locate the owner and return the lost object to him.

To the dispatcher at the taxi station of the same route service.

To the police, or according to any pre-determined arrangements with the owner of the route service.

To the dispatcher at the bus station of the same route service.

Category : Rules and Regulations

Question:15

Why should we avoid running the vehicle’s engine in a closed placed?

Because the emitted burnt gases (exhaust)are toxic.

To avoid engine over-heating due to poor ventilation.

There is no need to avoid it, because it is not important whether or not the engine is running in a closed or open place.

Because the engine cannot be operated in a closed place.

Category : Safety

Question:16

What is a hybrid vehicle?

A vehicle which had two regular engines.

A vehicle which has an electric engine next to its regular engine.

A vehicle which has two electric engines instead of the regular engine.

A vehicle which has a solar engine (powered by the suns energy) besides its regular engine.

Category : Know Your Vehicle

Question:17

How is it possible to reduce the centrifugal force applied to the vehicle whilst driving?

The effect of these force cannot be reduced – it depends on the vehicle’s size only.

By driving faster.

By driving lawfully and always giving right of way.

By reducing speed.on corners and curves

Category : Safety

Question:18

“Alcohol slows down the driver’s ability to respond”: Correct or incorrect?

Correct.

Incorrect. There is no connection between the drinking alcohol and the driver’s ability to respond.

Incorrect. Alcohol improves the ability to concentrate.

Incorrect. Alcohol improves your mood.

Category : Safety

Question:19

When is it forbidden for a person to drive any type of vehicle?

When he did not rest at least 8 hours before driving

When his physical or mental state might endanger other road-users

Before taking a medication and during the following 24 consecutive hours

As long as the driver holds a valid driver’s license, there is no law that prohibits him from driving

Category : Rules and Regulations

Question:20

What is the meaning of the following traffic sign?

Camping spot.

Hotel ahead.

Restaurant.

Refreshment station.

Category : Traffic Signs

Question:21

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.

Category : Rules and Regulations

Question:22

It is obligatory to fit Extremity (width) side lights:

On a 210cm-or-more wide vehicle.

Only on connected vehicles or semi-trailers.

On all commercial vehicles.

On vehicles with an all up width of 180cm or less.

Category : Rules and Regulations

Question:23

“Student transport” in a bus is:

Any transportation of children on a bus, including on a route service.

Student transport to school or to a schools organized activity, other than on a route service.

Any transportation of children or the transportation of students.

The transportation of children under 16 yrs.

Category : Rules and Regulations

Question:24

Do traffic light instructions have priority over “right-of-way giving” signs?

No, In legal terms, the instructions of a traffic light and the instructions of traffic signs are of equal effect

No, but a stop sign has priority over a green light for traffic moving in the same direction

Yes, traffic light instructions have priority over any type of traffic sign, except for a flashing yellow light

Sometimes. Traffic light instructions have priority in an urban way only

Category : Rules and Regulations

Question:25

Is it permitted to put chairs into a bus or a taxi, other than the vehicle’s fixed seats?

Yes, but only if the chairs are padded.

Yes, but only on beach rides.

No.

Yes, but only if they are screwed into the vehicle’s body.

Category : Rules and Regulations

Question:26

Is it enough to signal only when you begin to drive?

Yes, when starting to drive we can make do with just signaling. Then, when we need to merge with traffic, we will have time to look around.

No, signaling doesn’t give you any right. You need to make sure that you look around correctly in addition to signaling.

Yes, unnecessary actions, besides the required signaling, waste precious time and create unnecessary tensions.

Yes, when we start to drive we are lawfully obliged to signal. It is the responsibility of other road users to be careful.

Category : Safety

Question:27

What is the meaning of the traffic sign in the following picture?

It is a speed restriction that is intended for private vehicles only.

The vehicle’s driving speed should not be lesser than 40 KPH.

It is a speed restriction that is intended for two-wheelers and trolleys.

The vehicle’s driving speed should not exceed 40 KPH.

Category : Traffic Signs

Question:28

How can you reduce the effect of being blinded by a vehicle approaching from your opposite direction?

By properly adjusting the headlights beam, and flickering to the driver in front.

By not looking into the blinding light, and by slowing down and driving on the right of the road.

By turning on the windshield wipers.

By adjusting the inside mirror to "night" position.

Category : Safety

Question:29

Where would you stand your vehicle after being required to pull onto the “hard shoulder”?

Across the canal that is adjacent to the road’s edge.

No more than 40cm from the road’s edge.

With its two left wheels on the road.

As far as possible from the edge of the road.

Category : Safety

Question:30

In a school bus, it is prohibited to:

Carry students without an escorting adult.

Carry students without at least one escorting adult.

Carry adults standing up.

Carry children standing up.

Category : Rules and Regulations

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