WorksheetsDriver Education Core Unit 5 Study Guide (new)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
How can you keep the inside of your vehicle’s windows clear in heavy rainy conditions?
Wipe the windows with a cloth.
Increase your speed to heat the windows.
Use the windshield wipers.
Use the defroster or air conditioner.
If you are driving into sun glare from bright sunlight, you can reduce glare and eyestrain by
applying dark tint to the windows.
using sunglasses and the sun visor.
keeping your interior lights on.
using the defroster or air conditioner.
When driving at night with no other vehicles present, use the
parking lights.
emergency flashers.
low-beam headlights.
high-beam headlights.
If an oncoming driver leaves their bright headlights on, to avoid being blinded by their headlights, you can
Slow down and glance at the right lane line (on the right edge of the roadway).
Look through the oncoming headlights.
Use your sun visor.
Look at the oncoming headlights.
When driving in snow, you should use
low-beam headlights and slow down.
low-beam headlights and drive at normal speeds.
high-beam headlights and slow down.
high-beam headlights and drive at normal speeds.
Hydroplaning occurs when your tires
Lose contact with the road.
Roll on the sidewall during a turn.
Lose all air pressure.
Have new treads and normal air.
In general, how does driving in adverse weather affect your speed when driving?
Adverse weather does not have any effect on your driving speed.
Adverse weather requires that you drive slower.
Adverse weather requires that you drive faster.
Adverse weather requires that you drive in neutral.
You can get better traction on wet roads by driving
At or near the posted speed limit.
In the tire tracks of the vehicle in front of you.
Toward the right edge of the road.
With reduced tire pressure.
How do you correct a skid?
Steer out of the skid.
Grip the wheel firmly, take your foot off the accelerator and steer in the direction you are skidding.
Press the brake pedal firmly.
Shift into Park.
If your vehicle wheels are stuck in deep snow, mud or sand, you usually can free the wheels by doing what?
Rocking the vehicle.
Using gentle accelerator and brake pedal pressure at the same time.
Spinning the tires.
Turning your front wheels sharply to one side.
When you have a tire blowout, what should you do first?
Grip the steering wheel firmly.
Apply hard pressure to the brake.
Quickly pull off the road.
Quickly remove your foot from the accelerator.
As you press the foot brake pedal the pedal goes to the floor. What should you try first?
Turn off the ignition.
Shift to a lower gear.
Apply the parking brake.
Pump the brake pedal three or four times.
If the accelerator pedal sticks and there is no traffic present, what might you try to do first?
Shift to low.
Pull up the accelerator pedal with your toes.
Shift to neutral.
Drive to the nearest mechanic.
You are driving in traffic. The engine of your automatic transmission stalls. You should
Shift to a lower gear and restart.
Leave the selector in DRIVE and restart.
Shift to PARK and restart.
Shift to NEUTRAL.
When total steering failure occurs, you first should
Brake immediately.
Shift to a lower gear.
Apply the parking (hand) brake.
Communicate your emergency to other drivers by honking your horn and using your emergency flashers.
When jumping a car battery, what do the colors represent?
Red is positive, black is negative.
Black is positive, red is negative.
Yellow is positive, black is negative.
Black is positive, yellow is negative.
Your vehicle stalls on railroad tracks and cannot be restarted immediately. What should you do next?
Turn on the emergency flashers.
Set the parking (hand) brake.
Get any passengers out of the vehicle and away from the tracks.
Shift to park and push the vehicle off the tracks.
A spare tire can be used to drive under normal expressway speeds and distances.
True
False
When a front wheel drops off the roadway, you should avoid
Slowly getting off the roadway.
Braking and returning suddenly to the roadway.
Checking for traffic.
Holding the steering wheel firmly.
Your brakes stop working. You pump the brakes 3 or 4 times. The brakes still do not work. What should you do next?
Turn off the ignition.
Pump the brakes more rapidly.
Downshift to the lowest gear.
Scan for a safe place to slow down.
