Dr. Ed. Chapter 4 quiz

The area far ahead in your path of travel, your 1st search range

• 4-6 second range
• target area
• 12-15 second range
• aim high in steering

Choosing only those clues and events which pertain to your driving task is

• your minimum sight distance
• selective seeing
• your field of vision
• an orderly visual search pattern

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

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

When you interpret the information you have identified, you

• identify
• execute
• decide
• predict

To compromise space means to

• Maximize hazards
• minimize hazards
• narrow space between vehicles
• speed up

How can you prepare yourself to deal with the worst possible actions of other HTS users

• assume others have predicted your actions
• assume others will not make mistakes
• assume others will adjust to your actions
• assume others will make mistakes