Israel Driving Theory Test

Question:1

What is the most important principle when turning right in an intersection?

To start and to complete the turn close to the right edge of the road.

To stay away from the road’s right edge.

To turn as far as possible from the right sidewalk.

To enter and exit the intersection in a wide arc to the center of the roadway.

Category : Safety

Question:2

It is permitted to make a left U-turn:

Only from the farthest left lane in which you are permitted to drive.

From a left-turn lane or from any other lane which doesn’t have a prohibiting sign.

From every lane that is marked with left or right-turn arrows.

From a left-turn lane only.

Category : Rules and Regulations

Question:3

What is the meaning of the term “driving at a reasonable speed”?

Driving at a speed that allows the driver to perform other actions, which are not essential to driving.

Driving in a similar speed to that of the other drivers around you.

Taking account of road and traffic conditions, in a manner that the driver maintains absolute control of the vehicle and can stop safely at all times.

When the driving speed is determined at the driver’s own discretion, and provided that it doesn’t exceed the statutory speed limit.

Category : Safety

Question:4

Can unprescribed medications have a negative effect on driving?

Yes, but only in the summer.

Yes, but only in the winter.

Yes.

No.

Category : Safety

Question:5

Under what conditions is it obligatory to operate a “speed retarder” while driving downhill?

When a “warning sliding” sign is placed on the road.

When the slope rate of the decent exceeds 6% and the length of the decent is more than one kilometer.

When the vehicle is equipped with a speed retarder and a sign warning about a dangerous descent is placed on the road.

If a vehicle is equipped with a speed retarder, it should always be operated, also while driving on plane surfaces.

Category : Rules and Regulations

Question:6

What is the difference between the two signs?

Both signs belong to the group of obligatory signs and warn the driver of animals on the road.

Sign 146 warns of wild animals in the area. Sign 411 forbids the entry of animals harnessed or un-harnessed.

Both signs belong to the information group and warn the driver of animals on the road.

Sign 146 forbids the entry of animals harnessed or un-harnessed. 411 warns of wild animals on the road.

Category : Traffic Signs

Question:7

What are the characteristics of a mountain road?

Many pedestrians and animals.

Wide and unmarked roadways.

Mountain roads are never paved.

Narrow and winding roadway, sharp curves, bends and sudden slopes.

Category : Safety

Question:8

”When you drink alcohol, it will take you more time to recover from dazzling(blinding)”. Correct or incorrect?

Incorrect.

It is correct for young people only.

It is correct for people wearing eyeglasses only.

Correct.

Category : Safety

Question:9

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.

Category : Rules and Regulations

Question:10

When is a blue warning light displayed on the dashboard?

All answers are correct.

When the high beam is turned on.

When the low beam is turned on.

When the parking lights are turned on.

Category : Know Your Vehicle

Question:11

What is the function of the vehicle’s Electronic Stability Program (ESP) System?

To control the engine’s fuel consumption.

To prevent the wheels from locking.

To reduce the danger of skidding.

To reduce the emission of burnt gases from the engine.

Category : Know Your Vehicle

Question:12

The level of which types of fluids is a driver required to check in his vehicle?

Clutch oil and engine oil.

Steering wheel oil and clutch oil.

Brake fluid and air-condition gas.

Engine oil, coolant, brake fluid and windshield cleaning fluid.

Category : Know Your Vehicle

Question:13

Who is permitted to drive a “security vehicle” or a “rescue vehicle”?

Any person who received a permit from the Israel Fire and Rescue Commissioner.

Any person who received a permit to do so from the Licensing Authority.

Any person who received a permit from the Ministry of Health.

Any person who received a license from the Ministry of Defense.

Category : Rules and Regulations

Question:14

What are you required to do when approaching a railroad barrier in a “down position” (meaning: horizontal)?

Continue driving carefully around or under the barrier.

Stop and turn the vehicle’s engine off.

No parking and stopping. Pass the barrier from its right.

Stop before it and do not continue driving.

Category : Traffic Signs

Question:15

How should you behave on the road ahead of you?

Drive on the right lane only.

After the signposts, you may use all the lanes.

Use one of the two right hand lanes.

Stop under the green arrow.

Category : Rules and Regulations

Question:16

You are driving in a two-lane one-way street and try to overtake the vehicle driving in front of you. The main risk in deviating to the left is:

The crossing of an unbroken separation line.

An incoming vehicle driving in your opposite direction might appear on the lane to your left.

Disturbing a vehicle driving in the left lane.

Disturbing a vehicle driving behind you on your lane.

Category : Safety

Question:17

What are the permitted driving directions according to the traffic signs in the following intersection?

Straight and left for busses only.

Straight in the direction of the arrow only for non-public vehicles.

All vehicles approaching will continue in the direction of the arrow.

Straight, for public transport only.

Category : Traffic Signs

Question:18

How would you conduct yourself in a vehicle with automatic transmission, when driving down a continuous steep road?

Apply the brake pedal intermittently to slow the vehicle down and shift into a lower gear, depending on the slope.

Shift into high gear according to the slope and step continuously on the brake pedal to slow down.

On a steep and continuous downhill road, use the brake system only, without shifting into an adjusted gear.

On a steep and continuous downhill road, shift into an appropriate gear and continue driving.

Category : Safety

Question:19

When are you forbidden to overtake another vehicle?

In a two-way interurban road.

When driving in a left-turn lane.

When the vehicle on your right drives slow.

When the other vehicle stops before an intersection or before a pedestrian crossing or before a railway crossing.

Category : Rules and Regulations

Question:20

What should a driver do when he detects a safety failure in the steering wheel or brakes while driving?

Continue driving carefully until the nearest garage.

He should stop driving only if the failure is in the ignition or fuel system.

Stop driving immediately.

Identify the source of the problem and try to overcome it.

Category : Know Your Vehicle

Question:21

What should a driver verify (according to the law) before making a U-turn on a straight road section?

That the vehicle doesnt carry any hazardous material.

That he starts turning from the farthest right lane.

That the turn is not made before a hill on the road.

That he starts turning from the farthest left lane.

Category : Rules and Regulations

Question:22

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.

Category : Rules and Regulations

Question:23

Is it permitted to transport cargo in a private vehicle?

Yes, inside the vehicle, in the trunk(boot) or on the roof-rack..

It is absolutely forbidden.

Yes, provided that the weight of the cargo is no more than 1,000 kg.

Yes, only on the rooftop cargo carrier.

Category : Rules and Regulations

Question:24

What is the meaning of the light appearing in the following traffic light?

Continue driving only when the light starts blinking.

Wait and don’t cross until yellow light appears.

Start driving when yellow light appears.

You may keep driving if the intersection is clear and safe.

Category : Traffic Signs

Question:25

The “Overall height” of a vehicle is measured:

From the floor of the box until the highest point of the truck.

From the road’s surface until the vehicle’s highest point (including all its fixtures, and when it is loaded)..

From the road’s surface until the vehicle’s highest point (including all its fixtures, and when it is not loaded).

From the road’s surface until the roof of the drivers compartment.

Category : Rules and Regulations

Question:26

Is there a connection between the driver’s judgment and the use of drugs and alcohol?

Alcohol undermines the driver’s judgment, unlike drugs.

They both have no impact on the driver’s judgment.

Drugs undermine the driver’s judgment, unlike alcohol.

They both impair the driver’s judgment.

Category : Safety

Question:27

A panoramic mirror:

Causes the objects that reflect in it to look smaller and farther.

Is very expensive and therefore used only in buses.

Increases the size of reflecting objects.

Precisely reflects the objects mirrored in it (without increasing or decreasing their size).

Category : Safety

Question:28

What is the statutory speed limit (in k.p.h) of a private minibus on a freeway (unless indicated otherwise by another road sign)?

110

100

Category : Rules and Regulations

Question:29

What is a one-way street?

A street in which traffic movement is permitted in one direction only.

A road with only one lane.

A roadway in which one direction of traffic is open for all vehicles while the opposite direction is limited to public vehicles only.

A dead-end road.

Category : Rules and Regulations

Question:30

Why is it required to drive in low gear on a steep descent?

To save fuel and to reduce engine wear.

To use the engines compression in order to maintain a slow and constant driving speed without overusing the brakes.

To prevent tire wear.

To prevent overheating of the vehicle’s engine.

Category : Safety

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