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:

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 get 35 correct to pass. Good luck!

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Category: Managing Risk

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

Drive at a slower speed than normal

Ensure that the load is properly restrained

Refuse to drive the vehicle

Drive the vehicle only if accompanied

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Category: Managing Risk

2. What should a driver do to assist a person who is unconscious following a collision?

Try and get the person to drink something warm

Raise the person?s head and hold it in that position

Move the person to the nearest hospital immediately

Try to keep the person warm with a blanket or overcoat

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Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

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

By allowing two vehicle lengths between the vehicles

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

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Category: Managing Risk

4. 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

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Category: Technical Matters

5. After changing a wheel on a vehicle, which of the following should be checked after a short distance?

The tyre tread depth

The tyre air valve

The wheel nut tightness

The brake pad clearance

6 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

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

All road users

Pedestrians only

Drivers only

School children only

7 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

7. What does this road marking and information plate together mean?

Parking not allowed at the times shown

Taxi rank at times shown

Loading bay at times shown

No parking at any time

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Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

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

Stop and proceed with great caution

Indicate and increase speed

Check that there are no oncoming vehicles and increase speed

Sound the horn and proceed ahead

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Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

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

A driver must never overtake on the left

When the vehicle in front is signalling to turn right

When there are three lanes available in fast moving traffic

Only when there is no cycle lane

10 / 40

Category: Managing Risk

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

The maximum load per axle

The maximum load of the vehicle

The maximum air pressure of the tyre

The maximum load a tyre can carry

11 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

11. At a railway level crossing with unattended gates, what should a car driver do?

Drive half way across and close the first gate before opening the second

Open both gates and after passing the first, stop and close it

Open both gates before proceeding to cross

Telephone the nearest railway station before opening a gate

12 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

12. Is a driver allowed to use rebated (green) diesel fuel in a car on a public road?

Green diesel may be used in a car only if the car is a taxis

Green diesel may be used in a car only in winter months

Green diesel may be used in a car only in summer months

Green diesel may never be used in a car

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Category: Managing Risk

13. If, when driving along, the driver notices that the engine power is lower than normal, what should they do?

Replace the engine oil filter

Have the vehicle checked by a competent person

Adjust the fuel mixture control mechanism

Switch to a different fuel

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Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

14. What does this sign mean?

Sharp corners ahead

Radio transmission mast ahead

Crosswinds ahead

Overhead electric cables

15 / 40

Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

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

A driver should always try to drive at the speed of other road users, regardless of the speed limit

The speed that will enable the driver to stop the vehicle within the distance ahead that they can see to be clear

A driver should always try to drive at the speed limit for the road that they are on

The speed of the slowest vehicle on the road

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Category: Managing Risk

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

Stop where safe and investigate the cause

Top up with anti-freeze immediately

Remove the filler cap from the coolant bottle

Increase speed to increase the air flow into the engine compartment

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Category: Managing Risk

17. How could towing an overloaded trailer affect a vehicle?

It could impair the vehicle?s steering and braking

It could improve the vehicle?s fuel consumption

It could improve braking ability when going downhill

It could improve road holding on bends

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Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

18. What should a driver do when driving in slippery road conditions?

Drive at lower speeds and use gentle acceleration and braking

Apply the brakes sharply from time to time to test the road surface

Drive at normal speed but allow extra stopping distance

Maintain a normal distance from the vehicle in front

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Category: Managing Risk

19. What should a driver do if the right-hand headlight bulb fails when driving at night?

Have the bulb replaced immediately

Drive with the hazard lights on

Replace it temporarily with the brake light bulb

Replace it temporarily with the left-hand headlight bulb

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Category: Managing Risk

20. When should tyre pressure be checked?

When the tyres are cold

When the tyres are part-worn

At service intervals only

When the tyres are hot

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Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

21. Which vehicle is exempt from speed limits when being used in an emergency?

Mountain rescue

Breakdown recovery

Doctor on call

Ambulance

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Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

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

When there are no lights visible

When the barrier is fully up

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

When the red and amber lights stop flashing

23 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

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

15 metres

10 metres

20 metres

5 metres

24 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

24. When do temporary speed limits apply at roadworks?

During business hours only

Only when road workers are on site

For the duration of the roadworks

Only when there is oncoming traffic

25 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

25. What does this road marking mean?

Taxi parking only

Parking prohibited during business hours

Keep outside the yellow lines

Parking prohibited at all times

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Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

26. If a driver wishes to drive a vehicle but the tax disc is expired, what should they do?

They should contact the Gardaí for approval

They should tax it immediately

They should drive it only in case of an emergency

They should renew it within 10 days of expiry

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Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

27. What should the driver do when driving a vehicle they are not familiar with?

Drive at a normal speed as all vehicle?s features are the same.

Drive faster than normal in order to assess the vehicle's capability.

Initially drive with extra care and at a lower speed until fully familiar with the vehicle.

Only drive at night until familiar with the vehicle.

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Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

28. What does this sign mean?

Parking prohibited

Parking permitted

Private vehicles prohibited

Public service vehicles prohibited

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Category: Technical Matters

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

The exhaust system

Engine temperature

Braking ability

Climate control system

30 / 40

Category: Managing Risk

30. What effect can overloading a vehicle have on its road-holding?

The load can make the vehicle more difficult to control, but only when reversing

Provided the load is evenly distributed, it improves the stability of the vehicle

The load can make the vehicle more difficult to control

The load can make the vehicle more difficult to control, but only when going downhill

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Category: Managing Risk

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

Continue on and see if it goes out

Drive to the nearest garage and have it checked

Stop and investigate the cause

Continue on and listen for any unusual sounds

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Category: Managing Risk

32. A driver wishes to drive at night, but the off-side (right-hand side) headlight bulb is blown. What should the driver do?

Drive with the hazard lights on

Not drive until the bulb is replaced

Replace it temporarily with the brake-light bulb

Replace it temporarily with the near-side (left-hand side) bulb

33 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

33. Within what distance of a road junction is parking prohibited?

20 metres, unless parking spaces are clearly marked

15 metres, unless parking spaces are clearly marked

5 metres, unless parking spaces are clearly marked

10 metres, unless parking spaces are clearly marked

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Category: Managing Risk

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

It could make the vehicle unstable while turning

It could cause the clutch to slip while accelerating

It could cause the vehicle to overheat

It could cause the gear box to overheat

35 / 40

Category: Technical Matters

35. What should a driver do if the fuel system becomes air-locked?

Bleed the air out of the fuel system.

Drain the fuel filter

Loosen the fuel pump

Tighten the injector pipes

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Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

36. When should children be allowed to drive a tractor?

When it is being driven at very slow speeds and not towing a trailer

Children should never be allowed to drive a tractor

When it is being driven at very slow speeds and without a front loader

When accompanied by a fully licensed driver

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Category: Safe and Socially Responsible Driving

37. 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

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

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

Indicate and drive on enforcing your priority

38 / 40

Category: Managing Risk

38. If a driver is involved in a serious collision with an uninsured motorist, where nobody is injured, who should it be reported to?

The National Driver Licence Service (NDLS)

The Irish Insurance Federation

The driver's insurance company and the Gardaí

The local Motor Taxation Office

39 / 40

Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

39. Unless otherwise indicated, what is the maximum permissible speed for cars or motorcycles on national roads?

120 km/h

80 km/h

100 km/h

60 km/h

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Category: Legal Matters/Rules of the Road

40. Apart from cyclists and motorised wheelchairs, what other road users may use an unoccupied cycle lane accompanied by a broken white line?

All drivers may make temporary use

Only moped riders and motorcyclists

Only hackneys and taxis

Only buses and taxis

Your score is

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