Israel Driving Theory Test

Question:1

How are you required to overtake a traffic island on a two-way roadway?

Always from the side having more traffic.

Always from the side of least traffic.

Always from its left side.

From its right side, unless instructed otherwise by any traffic sign.

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Question:2

What is a lane?

A roadway designated for motor-vehicle traffic only.

Part of a road’s width, designed to accommodate one line of vehicles, not including two-wheelers.

Any marking of two parallel lines on the roadway.

A passage in a private road in which vehicle traffic is prohibited.

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Question:3

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.

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Question:4

At what distance from a pedestrian crossing is it prohibited to stand a vehicle?

Within twelve meters before the pedestrian crossing and twelve meters after the pedestrian crossing.

Within twenty meters before and after the pedestrian crossing.

On the pedestrian crossing and within twelve meters after it.

On the pedestrian crossing and within twelve meters before it.

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Question:5

How is the term “lighting up time” defined by law?

The night time or any other time when visibility is poor.

The night time or any other time in which visibility is normal.

The time period from sunset to sunrise only.

The time period from sunrise to sunset.

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Question:6

“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.

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Question:7

Who is exempt from paying taxi fare?

Every three children pay one ticket.

One child under 5 years that is accompanied by an adult.

Every child under 5 years.

No one. The exemption is only relevant to bus rides.

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Question:8

When is it obligatory to operate the vehicle’s different types of decelerators or retarders ?

When driving on a road section before which a “sharp curve” sign is placed.

When driving on a road section before which a “danger of slipping” sign is placed.

When driving on a road section before which a “hairpin curve” sign is placed.

When driving on a road section before which a “dangerous descent” sign is placed.

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Question:9

Who is legally responsible for the registration of a change of ownership?

The seller only.

The registered vehicle owner and the buyer of the vehicle.

The buyer of the vehicle only.

The owner of the vehicle testing facility.

Category : Rules and Regulations

Question:10

To whom should a holder of a driver’s license or vehicle registration report a change of address within 15 days?

The Ministry of the Interior.

The Ministry of transportation.

The Israel Police.

The court.

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Question:11

Vehicles of handicapped people (paraplegic handicap tag holders) are permitted to use a bus lane:

Only in order to get to the garage.

Even when the handicapped person is not in the vehicle.

Also when an escort is driving the vehicle for the handicapped person.

Only when the handicapped person is the driver.

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Question:12

According to the following picture, is it permitted to make a U-turn?

Yes, when the turn can be completed in one continuous movement.

Yes, from the left side of the road.

No.

Yes, provided that the turn is made carefully and without causing any traffic disturbance.

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Question:13

You are driving in vehicle no. 3. To which of the following vehicles are you required to give right-of-way?

To the blue vehicle (1).

To the red vehicle (2).

To the red vehicle (2) first and then to the blue vehicle (1).

To neither of them: You have right-of-way over all the rest (3).

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Question:14

When is it forbidden to overtake, or to try overtaking, another vehicle?

In a distance of 300 meters before a railway crossing.

When visibility is poor or when the field of vision is obstructed or limited.

During night time.

When driving uphill.

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Question:15

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.

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Question:16

What is required from a vehicle driver that passes the scene of a road accident with casualties?

He should stop at the side of the road and mark the site of the accident with a warning triangle to be seen to a distance of fifty meters.

If he was not involved in the accident, he should continue driving without stopping by.

He should stop at the side of the road, help to clear the vehicles away from the road and allow the traffic to flow freely and uninterruptedly. .

He should stop at the site of the accident, provide casualties with first-aid, to the best of his ability and training, and call the rescue forces.

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Question:17

Who is permitted to summon a vehicle to undergo a technical examination?

A Municipal Inspector, an employee of the Public Works Department, and a policeman carrying a policeman certificate.

An examiner of the Licensing Authority as well as a policeman carrying a traffic examiner certificate.

Any manager of a licensed garage.

The Director of the Standardization Department in the Israel Bureau of Standards.

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Question:18

The “hard shoulders” are not designed for vehicle traffic, except for:

Hand propelled vehicles, tractors and slow moving vehicles, which delay the traffic behind them.

Private vehicles and motorcycles, in order to give right of way to buses.

All vehicles are prohibited to drive on the “hard shoulders”.

Taxis, in order to overtake other vehicles.

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Question:19

Is it permitted to perform an emergency brake for any reason other than to prevent a road accident?

Yes, in a dirt road only, at a distance of 200 meters from buildings.

Yes, after signaling a distress sign to the vehicle behind you.

Yes, for brake-testing, provided that it does not disturb or endanger any other road user.

Yes, in a paved road only, at a distance of 200 meters from buildings.

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Question:20

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.

Category : Rules and Regulations

Question:21

Is a cyclist allowed to use a public transportation lane?

A cyclist may use a public transportation lane when it is the left lane only

Yes, when the lane is on the roadway’s right side

No, only motorcycles are allowed to use the public transportation lane

No, only public vehicles are allowed to use this lane

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Question:22

The following picture shows a pavement. Which of the following sentences is correct?

Motorcycles are permitted to use the pavement instead of the road.

The pavement is designed for pedestrians only.

Private passenger vehicles are always permitted to park temporarily on the pavement, when there is no parking space on the road.

Bicyclists are permitted to ride on the pavement as well.

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Question:23

Are explosives or any other inflammables allowed to be transported in a bus?

These elements can be consciously entered into the bus, provided that they comply with a safety standard.

Only gasoline containers that comply with a safety standard are permitted inside the bus.

Yes, but only at the expense of the people sitting in the back seats of the bus.

No.

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Question:24

When are we not obligated to drive in the right lane?

Whilst overtaking another vehicle.

When another vehicle overtakes us from the left on a two-lane roadway.

When we pass another vehicle from its right side.

When another vehicle in front of us signals about its intention to start driving on the roadway’s left side.

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Question:25

Where is a proper place to install plates with the details of the taxi owner and of the driver?

On the frame-head between the doors, on the right side only.

On the inner part of the taxi’s left and right door frame-heads.

Both of them should be installed to the right of the dashboard, in front of the glove compartment.

From both sides of the dashboard.

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Question:26

Is it permitted to load or unload passengers on a freeway (motorway)?

Only in day light.

Only for a public vehicle.

Yes, provided that the road edges are wide.

It is absolutely forbidden.

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Question:27

The vehicle’s headlights light the road with:

A uniform white or bright-yellow color.

Bright white or yellow color, not necessarily in a uniform manner.

A uniform blue or bright-yellow color.

A uniform red or bright-yellow color.

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Question:28

Which number marks the length of the “rear extension” of the bus in the picture?

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Question:29

Who is responsible for a vehicle emitting smoke above statutory levels?

The vehicle’s treating garage.

The driver and the vehicle’s manufacturer.

The vehicle’s driver.

The owner of the gas station that sold the fuel.

Category : Rules and Regulations

Question:30

Are you permitted to pass another vehicle on its right side?

Yes, when you drive in a bus lane.

Yes, when your driving speed is faster than that of the other vehicle.

Yes, when the other vehicle driving in front gives a right-turn signal.

Yes, when the other vehicle drives slowly.

Category : Rules and Regulations

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