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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. With regard to tyres, what should a driver do before starting a long journey?

Reduce front tyre air pressure and increase rear tyre air pressure

Check the tyres are inflated to normal air pressure

Reduce the air pressure in the tyres

Increase the air pressure in the tyres

2 / 40

Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

2. In wet weather how might a driver judge what is a safe following distance from the vehicle in front?

By allowing at least four seconds to elapse between the vehicle in front and the driver's own vehicle passing a fixed point

By allowing four vehicle lengths between the vehicles

By allowing at least two seconds to elapse between the vehicle in front and the driver's own vehicle passing a fixed point

By allowing two vehicle lengths between the vehicles

3 / 40

Category: Managing Risk

3. On a 2-lane motorway, what procedure should a driver adopt when wishing to overtake another vehicle safely?

Use their mirrors, signal and overtake in the right-hand lane when it is safe to do so.

Check for following traffic and overtake in either lane.

Signal, use their mirrors and overtake in any available lane when it is safe to do so.

Use their mirrors, signal and overtake in the left-hand lane only.

4 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

4. What traffic may use a cycle lane accompanied by a continuous white line?

Buses and cyclists

Cyclists and motorised wheelchairs

Cyclists and taxis

Cyclists and motorcyclists

5 / 40

Category: Managing Risk

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

Remove the filler cap from the coolant bottle

Stop where safe and investigate the cause

Top up with anti-freeze immediately

Increase speed to increase the air flow into the engine compartment

6 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

6. What does this hand signal mean?

The driver intends to turn right

The driver intends to slow down

The driver intends to turn left

The driver will begin to reverse

7 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

7. What does this hand signal mean?

The cyclist intends to turn left

The cyclist intends to cross the road

The cyclist intends to stop

The cyclist is signalling the driver to stop

8 / 40

Category: Managing Risk

8. After changing a wheel on a vehicle, which of the following should be checked soon afterwards?

The tyre tread depth

The air valve

The wheel nuts

The brake pad clearance

9 / 40

Category: Technical Matters

9. What effect does automatic transmission have on engine braking power?

It reduces it

It increases it

It transfers the braking ability to the handbrake

Its transfers the braking ability to all the wheels

10 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

10. What does this sign mean?

Road passing under a bridge ahead.

Crossroads with dual carriageway ahead.

T-junction ahead with roads of major importance.

Crossroads with major road ahead.

11 / 40

Category: Managing Risk

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

Ensure the vehicle is in first gear and the wheels are facing the roadway

Ensure the vehicle is in reverse gear and front wheels are facing the roadway

Wear reflective clothing and switch on the vehicle hazard warning lights

Ask a bystander to warn traffic by beckoning them from the middle of the road

12 / 40

Category: Managing Risk

12. What is the most common cause of heavy steering?

Under-inflated tyres

Poorly oiled steering

Badly worn brakes

Over-inflated tyres

13 / 40

Category: Managing Risk

13. When a driver wants to turn left into a property and there is a bus lane on the left, what should the driver do?

Give way to cyclists, taxis and buses which may be using the bus lane.

A driver should never turn left across a bus lane.

A driver should give way to buses only

Give way to cyclists and taxis which may be using the bus lane.

14 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

14. If a vehicle is being driven by someone who is not the owner but has the owner's consent, who should ensure that the driver is properly insured?

The driver and the vehicle owner

The insurance company

The vehicle owner only

The driver only

15 / 40

Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

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

No, it is never permitted to drive on a hard shoulder except in the case of an emergency

Yes, temporarily when the hard shoulder is clear and it is safe to drive there

Yes, when a truck or bus is oncoming

No, except on 2-plus-1 roads?

16 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

16. Who is entitled to see a driver's vehicle registration document?

Any fire brigade or ambulance personnel at the scene of a collision the driver has been involved in

A Garda may ask you to produce the vehicles registration document at a named Garda station

A member of the car recovery company or anyone assisting in the recovery

Any person with whom the driver is involved in a collision

17 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

17. What does this road marking mean?

Taxi parking only

Parking prohibited during business hours

Parking prohibited at all times

Keep outside the yellow lines

18 / 40

Category: Managing Risk

18. What should a driver do if a system warning light lights up on the dashboard of their vehicle whilst driving?

Continue to drive and listen for any unusual sounds

Continue for a distance to see if the light goes out

Carry on and check the problem later

Stop and check the problem

19 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

19. What does this sign mean?

T-junction ahead with dual carriageway.

T-junction ahead with merging traffic.

T-junction ahead with road of less importance.

T-junction ahead with roads of equal importance.

20 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

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

80 km/h

60 km/h

120 km/h

100 km/h

21 / 40

Category: Managing Risk

21. Apart from the risk of skidding, what should the driver be aware of when driving in snow?

The brake fluid may freeze, causing the brakes to fail.

The air in the tyres may freeze, causing them to burst.

The power steering fluid may freeze causing the steering to fail.

Road signs and road markings may become obscured.

22 / 40

Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

22. Why does it take longer to stop the vehicle on a wet road?

The suspension of the vehicle is lighter in wet weather

The tyres have more grip than in dry weather

The brake fluid is less effective in wet weather

The tyres have less road grip than in dry weather

23 / 40

Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

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

Always slow down, stop and wait to be beckoned forward

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

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

Indicate and drive on enforcing your priority

24 / 40

Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

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

Speed up so the following vehicle cannot overtake

Maintain position because other drivers should not have attempted to overtake

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

Maintain position and flash the headlights to warn the oncoming traffic

25 / 40

Category: Managing Risk

25. If a driver notices that structural parts of their vehicle's body have been affected by rust, what should they do?

Have it sandpapered and keep the affected area dry

Treat the area with grease and paint over it

Have paint sprayed over it of the same colour

Have it repaired by a competent repair shop

26 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

26. What does this sign mean?

Maximum permitted weight is 3 tonnes.

Minimum permitted weight is 3 tonnes.

3-axled vehicles are not permitted.

Only 3-axled vehicles are permitted.

27 / 40

Category: Managing Risk

27. Under what circumstances would a driver increase the air pressure in the tyres?

When taking a journey with additional passengers

When the tread depth on the tyres is below 2 mm

When higher speeds are anticipated on motorway driving

When the journey exceeds 200 km

28 / 40

Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

28. When driving at night and blinded by the lights of an oncoming vehicle, what should a driver do?

Reduce speed and switch on the full headlights

Drive well to the left and maintain normal speed

Look towards the verge and slow down and stop if necessary

Repeatedly flash the headlights to warn the offending driver

29 / 40

Category: Managing Risk

29. What should a driver do if a red system warning light lights up on the dashboard of their vehicle?

Drive to the nearest garage and have it checked

Stop and investigate the cause

Continue on and see if it goes out

Continue on and listen for any unusual sounds

30 / 40

Category: Managing Risk

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

Fuel consumption

The exhaust system

Oil pressure

The coolant system

31 / 40

Category: Managing Risk

31. What is the immediate effect of a head-on collision between two cars at speed?

Only front seatbelts will activate.

Only rear seatbelts will activate.

All persons in each vehicle are thrown violently backwards only.

All persons in each vehicle are thrown violently forward.

32 / 40

Category: Managing Risk

32. What does the load index of a tyre indicate?

The maximum air pressure of the tyre

The maximum load per axle

The maximum load of the vehicle

The maximum load a tyre can carry

33 / 40

Category: Managing Risk

33. What would be the effect of overloading a vehicle with passengers or goods?

It would reduce the driver's ability to control the vehicle.

It would improve the vehicle's road-holding ability

It would not have any effect provided speed is reduced

Overloading will not reduce the ability to control the vehicle

34 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

34. What does this sign mean?

Double parking not allowed.

End of dual carriageway.

No stopping/parking on the right.

No overtaking

35 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

35. 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 is the only one responsible

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

The owner is the only one responsible

36 / 40

Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

36. When driving behind a heavy goods vehicle that is signalling to turn right, what should a driver do?

Sound the horn and overtake the heavy goods vehicle on the right

See if the vehicle can complete the turn without stopping, and if not, overtake it yourself

Overtake it slowly on the inside by driving partly on the footpath if necessary

Stay behind until there is sufficient space to overtake it on the inside or until it has completed the turn

37 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

37. When can the holder of a Category W learner permit carry a passenger?

Only when the passenger holds a Category AM driving licence and the vehicle is designed to carry a passenger

Only when the passenger also holds a Category W driving licence

Only when the passenger holds a Category AM driving licence

Only when the passenger also holds a Category W driving licence and the vehicle is designed to carry a passenger

38 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

38. What restriction applies to a driver's full licence if they have passed their test on a vehicle with automatic transmission?

They may not drive at speeds of more that 80 km/h

They may not drive on motorways

They may not drive vehicles with manual transmission

They must continue to display L-plates

39 / 40

Category: Control of Vehicle

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

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

Operate the accelerator and brake with the left foot

Use the handbrake to bring the vehicle to a halt

Operate the accelerator and brake with the right foot

40 / 40

Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

40. What lights should a driver have on when driving behind other traffic at night?

Main Beam headlights.

Front Fog lights.

Dipped headlights.

Side lights.

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