Mock Theory Test

Practice Your RSA Theory Test

Our mock theory test allows you to practice your category 'B' (Car) theory test. We cover the five core areas that you will be tested on:

  1. Control of the Vehicle
  2. Legal Matters / Rules of the Road
  3. Managing Risk
  4. Safe and Socially Responsible Driving
  5. Technical Matters

You have forty five minutes to answer forty questions and must get 35 correct to pass. Good luck!

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Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

1. Where are the blind spots that a driver needs to be aware of when towing a loaded trailer?

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Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

2. Which roads are learner permit holders not allowed to drive on?

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Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

3. When is parking permitted on a footpath?

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Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

4. When is it permissible to overtake another vehicle on the nearside (left-hand side)?

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Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

5. When may a trailer be towed on a public road without a rear number plate?

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Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

6. What does this sign mean?

Start of central reserve or obstruction

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Category: Technical Matters

7. What can be affected by driving on under-inflated tyres?

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Category: Technical Matters

8. In general, above what gross vehicle weight must a trailer have brakes fitted?

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Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

9. What distance before a zebra crossing is parking prohibited?

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Category: Managing Risk

10. What can be affected by driving on under-inflated tyres?

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Category: Managing Risk

11. While driving, the driver notices the vehicle temperature gauge showing red. What should they do?

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Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

12. When meeting oncoming traffic on a national road, is it permitted to move into the hard shoulder to allow following traffic to overtake?

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Category: Managing Risk

13. When changing a wheel on a public road, what should a person do to ensure their own safety?

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Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

14. When driving along and wishing to use a hand-held mobile phone, what should a driver do?

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Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

15. What would happen if a driver cuts in too soon when overtaking another vehicle?

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Category: Managing Risk

16. Generally what lighting must a car, tractor or works vehicle have when driving?

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Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

17. What effect does patches of oil or diesel have on a road surface?

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Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

18. When driving on a national road is it permitted to drive on the hard shoulder in order to allow faster-moving traffic to overtake?

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Category: Technical Matters

19. On a motorway, when should a driver use the hazard warning lights?

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Category: Managing Risk

20. When should tyre pressure be checked?

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Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

21. What should a driver do when approaching traffic lights stuck on red?

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Category: Managing Risk

22. What should a driver do if they notice steam rising from the engine compartment?

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Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

23. What does this sign mean?

Uneven surface ahead

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Category: Technical Matters

24. Under what circumstances could both cross-ply and radial tyres be fitted to a vehicle?

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Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

25. What should a driver do in a queue of traffic controlled by traffic lights?

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Category: Control of Vehicle

26. What may indicate a problem with the vehicle's braking system?

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Category: Technical Matters

27. When driving, where should a driver rest their left foot?

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Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

28. What does this road marking indicate?

Zebra crossing

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Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

29. Subject to the speed limit, what is the 'safest' speed to drive at?

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Category: Managing Risk

30. How does the driver know the vehicle's total load-carrying capacity?

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Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

31. What lights should a driver use when driving in dense fog?

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Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

32. What effect does alcohol have on driver behaviour?

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Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

33. What does this Garda signal mean?

The Garda is beckoning on traffic approaching from either side

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Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

34. Unless otherwise indicated, what is the maximum permissible speed of a car towing a caravan on national roads?

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Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

35. If driving from A to B, what do these road markings mean?

A driver may not cross the lines to overtake

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Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

36. What road users must comply with traffic lights (including pedestrian lights)?

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Category: Technical Matters

37. What effect can a worn shock absorber have on a vehicle?

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Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

38. When is parking permitted on the brow of a hill?

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Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

39. What is the maximum gross weight of a vehicle that may be driven by the holder of a Category B driving licence?

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Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

40. What colour traffic light comes on after a non-flashing amber light?

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This is completely free to use as often as you like. We try to ensure all the questions' accuracy and validity and keep them updated with the official RSA theory test questions. The tests try to simulate the real experience as much as possible. Like the actual test, you are given 45 minutes to complete the test. At the end of each test, you are given your result and can review your incorrect answers to see where you went wrong. If you see any errors or omissions, please get in touch with us.

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