Dr Ed Chapter 4 quiz 2

What is happening in your zones, what could happen and if it does happen, how the change could affect you are involved in

• identifying in the IPDE process 
• searching in the IPDE process
• judging in the IPDE process
• predicting in the IPDE process

An advantage you should gain as you increase driving experience is that

• your identification and prediction skills become more accurate
• your luck in avoiding conflicts improves
• you always assume what people will do
• your physical skills decrease and you can drive out of conflicts slowly

When you use the predict step in the IPDE process, you

• ignore the actions of other HTS (highway transportation system) users
• interpret meaningless clues in the driving environment
• judge where possible points of conflict may occur
• forget about what might happen on the roadway ahead

when you apply the IPDE process, you may decide to

• apply gentle persuasion to other drivers
• always slow down to avoid conflicts
• speed up your ability to process information
• change speed, change direction, or communicate with others

What is the Smith System?

• a method of organizing space zones around your vehicle
• a method of reading traffic situations
• an organized method to help drivers develop good seeing habits
• the same as the IPDE process

When predicting a point of conflict, you predict

• when one lane opens into two lanes
• where your path might cross with another
• how often another driver will stop
• the point beyond which you cannot see

Executing in the IPDE process primarily involves

• commentary driving
• mental skills
• judgement skills
• physical skills

When you interpret the information you have identified, you

• identify
• execute
• decide
• predict

The IPDE process is an organized system of 

• random behaviors
• sensing and anticipating
• automatic responses
• seeing, thinking, and responding

To aim high in steering means

• you look ahead 12-15 seconds into your target area as you drive
• your headlights are aimed up so other drivers can see you
• you check the area in the immediate vicinity so you do not hit a deer
• you keep your eyes moving constantly