ALBERTA NOVICE DRIVERS TRAINING EXAM (ACTUAL
2025/2026) QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
Parking uphill with a curb - ---Answers-----Turn front
wheels left and make sure that your wheel touches the curb
Parking downhill with a curb - ---Answers-----Turn front
wheels right
Parking uphill without a curb - ---Answers-----Turn wheels
to the right
Parking downhill without a curb - ---Answers-----Turn front
wheels right
Preventable collision - ---Answers-----one in which you
failed to do everything that you reasonably could have done to
prevent collision
defensive driving - ---Answers-----Driving to prevent
collisions in spite of the incorrect actions of others and
adverse conditions
SAFER system of defensive driving - ---Answers-----Space,
attitude, foresight, eyesight, responsibility
,Space - ---Answers-----1 second for every 3m of length of
your vehicle +2 seconds (drive with the intention of space)
basic speed law - ---Answers-----Never drive at a speed
unsafe for existing conditions even if the law permits a higher
speed
Attitude - ---Answers-----The most important aspect of
driving
Zone you want to be in when driving - ---Answers-----Active
proactive
Foresight - ---Answers-----The ability to anticipate
Situational awareness - ---Answers-----Knowledge and
understanding of your surroundings and situation and the risk
they potentially pose to your safety or the safety of the EMS
team.
Horizon method - ---Answers-----Search back and forth
within a specified sector at a constant elevation angle of no
more than 5 degrees above the horizon
Seeing zone - ---Answers-----Where you recognize the
hazard area (you going to enter this zone in 30-120 seconds)
, Planning zone - ---Answers-----Where you can analyze the
hazard (in which obstacles or hazards can be found in 15-18
seconds)
Action zone - ---Answers-----Where you can avoid the
hazard (4-6 seconds)
Inattention blindness - ---Answers-----failure to detect
stimuli that are in plain sight when our attention is focused
elsewhere
Triple look system - ---Answers------1/3 of the way check
left centre right left
-1/2 of the way check right centre left right
-at the red zone check left centre right left
responsibility - ---Answers-----Ask: will this decision get me
home safe? And would my loved ones agree with this decision?
Headlights - ---Answers-----Required to be turned on one
hour after sunset and ending one hour before the following
sunrise
overdriving headlights - ---Answers-----driving at a speed
that makes your stopping distance longer than the distance
lighted by your headlights
2025/2026) QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
Parking uphill with a curb - ---Answers-----Turn front
wheels left and make sure that your wheel touches the curb
Parking downhill with a curb - ---Answers-----Turn front
wheels right
Parking uphill without a curb - ---Answers-----Turn wheels
to the right
Parking downhill without a curb - ---Answers-----Turn front
wheels right
Preventable collision - ---Answers-----one in which you
failed to do everything that you reasonably could have done to
prevent collision
defensive driving - ---Answers-----Driving to prevent
collisions in spite of the incorrect actions of others and
adverse conditions
SAFER system of defensive driving - ---Answers-----Space,
attitude, foresight, eyesight, responsibility
,Space - ---Answers-----1 second for every 3m of length of
your vehicle +2 seconds (drive with the intention of space)
basic speed law - ---Answers-----Never drive at a speed
unsafe for existing conditions even if the law permits a higher
speed
Attitude - ---Answers-----The most important aspect of
driving
Zone you want to be in when driving - ---Answers-----Active
proactive
Foresight - ---Answers-----The ability to anticipate
Situational awareness - ---Answers-----Knowledge and
understanding of your surroundings and situation and the risk
they potentially pose to your safety or the safety of the EMS
team.
Horizon method - ---Answers-----Search back and forth
within a specified sector at a constant elevation angle of no
more than 5 degrees above the horizon
Seeing zone - ---Answers-----Where you recognize the
hazard area (you going to enter this zone in 30-120 seconds)
, Planning zone - ---Answers-----Where you can analyze the
hazard (in which obstacles or hazards can be found in 15-18
seconds)
Action zone - ---Answers-----Where you can avoid the
hazard (4-6 seconds)
Inattention blindness - ---Answers-----failure to detect
stimuli that are in plain sight when our attention is focused
elsewhere
Triple look system - ---Answers------1/3 of the way check
left centre right left
-1/2 of the way check right centre left right
-at the red zone check left centre right left
responsibility - ---Answers-----Ask: will this decision get me
home safe? And would my loved ones agree with this decision?
Headlights - ---Answers-----Required to be turned on one
hour after sunset and ending one hour before the following
sunrise
overdriving headlights - ---Answers-----driving at a speed
that makes your stopping distance longer than the distance
lighted by your headlights
