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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:

Control of the Vehicle
Legal Matters / Rules of the Road
Managing Risk
Safe and Socially Responsible Driving
Technical Matters

You have forty-five minutes to answer forty questions and must answer at least thirty-five correctly to pass.

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1 / 40

Category: Managing Risk

1. What should a driver do when involved in an incident where nobody is injured but the vehicles are causing a danger or obstruction on the road?

Take care when moving damaged vehicles and make every effort to warn other traffic

Wait for the Gardaí to arrive before moving the vehicles

Move all passengers and put a red warning triangle on the road

Halt all traffic until it has been established who is at fault

2 / 40

Category: Managing Risk

2. What is the minimum legal tread depth for tyres on cars?

1 millimetre

1.6 millimetres

2.6 millimetres

0.6 millimetres

3 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

3. What does this sign mean?

Uneven surface ahead

Industrial estate ahead

Pipe laying ahead

Series of steep hills ahead

4 / 40

Category: Managing Risk

4. What should a driver do when joining a motorway from a slip road?

Try to match the vehicle speed to that of traffic already on the motorway and merge into it in a suitable gap.

Drive directly onto the motorway as the driver on the acceleration lane has right of way.

Always stop at the end of the acceleration lane and yield to traffic on the motorway.

Drive along the hard shoulder until a suitable gap appears in the motorway traffic to allow the driver to merge into it.

5 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

5. Is a driver permitted to park at an entrance to a property?

Yes, with the property owner?s consent

Yes, for 1 hour between 07.00 hrs to 23.30 hrs

Yes, outside business hours

Yes, for 1 hour between 23.30 hrs to 07.00 hrs

6 / 40

Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

6. What is the recommended minimum stopping distance for a car travelling at 100 km/h on a dry road?

30 metres

90 metres

70 metres

120 metres

7 / 40

Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

7. What should a driver do if they see horse riders on the road ahead?

The driver should reduce speed and sound the horn

The driver should turn on hazard warning lights and continue at normal speed

The driver should increase speed and allow extra clearance

The driver should reduce speed, allow extra clearance and pass with care

8 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

8. What does this sign mean?

Double-decker buses only.

With-flow bus lane.

Contra-flow bus lane.

Two-way traffic system.

9 / 40

Category: Control of Vehicle

9. The parking brake (hand brake) generally works on which wheels?

The rear right-hand wheel

The front wheels

The rear wheels

All the wheels

10 / 40

Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

10. What should a driver do if they are not travelling as fast as the vehicle in front?

The driver should keep their position and not allow following vehicles to overtake

The driver should keep to the left and allow vehicles to overtake if they wish

The driver should switch on hazard warning lights and keep to the left

The driver should invite traffic to overtake them by giving a hand signal

11 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

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

When carrying a load that overhangs the trailer

Never, a number plate must always be displayed

When the tailboard is removed

When being towed by an agricultural tractor

12 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

12. When is parking permitted on a footpath?

When no more than half of the vehicle is on the footpath

When cars are parked on both sides of the road

It is never permitted to park on a footpath

When at least half of the footpath remains free for pedestrians

13 / 40

Category: Managing Risk

13. Is it permissible to drive a vehicle on a public road when the brake lights are not working?

No, it is never permitted to be driven

Yes, outside of lighting-up times

No, unless driving in a built-up area

Yes, during lighting-up times

14 / 40

Category: Managing Risk

14. What should a driver do when requested to drive a vehicle that they feel is overloaded?

Drive the vehicle only if accompanied

Drive at a slower speed than normal

Refuse to drive the vehicle

Ensure that the load is properly restrained

15 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

15. What does this hand signal mean?

The cyclist intends to cross the road

The cyclist intends to stop

The cyclist intends to turn left

The cyclist is signalling the driver to stop

16 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

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

Dual carriageway ahead

A driver may overtake if it is safe to do so

A driver may not overtake

Road narrows ahead

17 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

17. What does this sign mean?

Traffic merging/diverging ahead.

Road narrows briefly ahead.

Yield to merging/diverging traffic ahead.

Diversion at junction ahead.

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Category: Managing Risk

18. When attaching a trailer to their vehicle, what must a driver check?

That the trailer coupling is attached securely.

That the load is positioned to the front of the trailer.

That the trailer has a spare wheel.

That the trailer springs are well greased.

19 / 40

Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

19. What should a driver do when overtaking parked vehicles in a residential area?

Move as far to the right as possible

Increase speed to overtake the vehicles as quickly as possible

Keep close to the parked vehicles allowing maximum room for oncoming traffic

Allow sufficient clearance when passing

20 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

20. What does this sign mean?

Sharp corners ahead

Radio transmission mast ahead

Crosswinds ahead

Overhead electric cables

21 / 40

Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

21. What phrase is recommended for drivers to help them determine a safe distance from the vehicle in front on a dry road?

Only a fool breaks the one second rule

Only a fool breaks the two second rule

Only a fool breaks the three second rule

Only a fool breaks the four second rule

22 / 40

Category: Technical Matters

22. When a driver operates the indicator switch and hears a more rapid clicking noise than normal, what could this mean?

The hazard warning lights are on

The hazard warning light switch is faulty

The voltage regulator is not functioning properly

An indicator bulb may have blown

23 / 40

Category: Managing Risk

23. What lighting must be on a two-axle car-trailer?

Flashing rear tail lights.

Indicators, brake lights, rear number plate light, red reflectors and rear tail lights.

Indicators and rear number plate lights only.

24 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

24. When do temporary speed limits apply at roadworks?

For the duration of the roadworks

Only when road workers are on site

Only when there is oncoming traffic

During business hours only

25 / 40

Category: Control of Vehicle

25. What is the recommended method of driving a car with automatic transmission?

Use the handbrake to bring the vehicle to a halt

Operate the accelerator with the right foot and the brake with the left foot

Operate the accelerator and brake with the right foot

Operate the accelerator and brake with the left foot

26 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

26. What does this sign mean?

Flooding up ahead on left

Uneven surface on left

Loose chippings on road

Vehicle broken down ahead on right

27 / 40

Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

27. When being overtaken and there is oncoming traffic, what should a driver do?

Allow the overtaking vehicle to pass and return safely to the left side of the road

Maintain position because other drivers should not have attempted to overtake

Speed up so the following vehicle cannot overtake

Maintain position and flash the headlights to warn the oncoming traffic

28 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

28. What does this sign mean?

With-flow bus lane to right.

Buses emerging from right.

Contra-flow bus lane on the right.

Cycle track may be crossed by buses.

29 / 40

Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

29. What should a driver do if they meet a vehicle with flashing amber beacons?

Flash their headlights to acknowledge the beacons

Stop because it is an emergency vehicle

Increase speed while keeping left

Slow down and prepare to stop

30 / 40

Category: Managing Risk

30. What should a driver do if involved in a collision with another vehicle where nobody is injured?

Submit a written report to the Insurance Bureau of Ireland

Give their name and address only to the other person

Exchange no details but report the incident to the Gardaí

Exchange all relevant details with the other driver

31 / 40

Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

31. When driving into a narrow gap between oncoming vehicles and vehicles parked on the left. What should a driver do?

Indicate right, stopping if necessary until oncoming traffic has passed by

Always slow down, stop and wait to be beckoned forward

Indicate and drive on enforcing your priority

Signal to oncoming traffic to stop, and then move to the right and drive as normal

32 / 40

Category: Technical Matters

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

750 kg

900 kg

500 kg

850 kg

33 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

33. What roads are learner permit holders allowed to drive on?

All roads except motorways

All roads except motorways and dual-carriageways

All roads except national roads

All roads except dual-carriageways

34 / 40

Category: Control of Vehicle

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

The vehicle's stopping distance is affected

The vehicle's parking brake is more effective

The vehicle's suspension is affected

The vehicles fuel consumption is reduced

35 / 40

Category: Managing Risk

35. What effect could an unevenly distributed load have on a vehicle?

It could cause the vehicle to overheat

It could make the vehicle unstable while turning

It could cause the gear box to overheat

It could cause the clutch to slip while accelerating

36 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

36. When must drivers stop at an automated railway level crossing with barriers and red flashing lights?

Stop safely when the amber light shows, or when red lights start to flash

When there are no lights visible

When the red and amber lights stop flashing

When the barrier is fully up

37 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

37. When a vehicle is being driven by a person who is not the owner, who is responsible for ensuring that the vehicle is taxed and that a current tax disc is displayed?

The Gardaí have total responsibility in this area

The driver and/or the owner of the vehicle are responsible

The driver is the only one responsible

The owner is the only one responsible

38 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

38. What does this sign mean?

Parking in loading area is not allowed.

Parking of vehicles exceeding the weight shown is not allowed.

Passing other traffic that exceeds the weight shown is not allowed.

Parking of vehicles under the weight shown is not allowed.

39 / 40

Category: Managing Risk

39. When driving on a motorway, what should a driver do if they miss their exit?

Wait on the hard shoulder until a suitable gap appears in traffic from both directions and then cross to the opposite side of the motorway.

Cross to the opposite side of the motorway when there is a suitable gap in the oncoming traffic.

Leave the motorway at the next exit and cross to the other side using the fly-over (or underpass).

Stop on the hard shoulder, switch on their hazard lights and reverse back to the desired exit.

40 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

40. What should a driver do when approaching traffic lights that change from green to amber?

Stop, unless it is unsafe to do so.

Stop the vehicle immediately.

Sound the horn while proceeding through the junction.

Accelerate to clear the junction.

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