UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
True (T/F 1) - CORRECT ANSWER - True or False? Dirt on the lens of headlights can
reduce light by up to 90 percent. (T/F 1)
Use the reflection when parked behind a car or in front of a garage door - CORRECT
ANSWER - How can you check to see if the lights are working properly?
250 feet - CORRECT ANSWER - How far do high beams let us see?
We have to be able to stop in the distance we can see - CORRECT ANSWER - What is
the sight distance rule?
True (T/F 2) - CORRECT ANSWER - When driving at night, drivers need to leave more
space than they would in the daytime. (T/F 2)
500 feet - CORRECT ANSWER - High Beam Headlights should be used at night unless
an oncoming vehicle is within ____ feet
Low beams - CORRECT ANSWER - -light the roadway 300 to 500 feet
-should be used when following a vehicle within 200 feet, or meeting oncoming traffic
-should be used when driving in fog, heavy rain, sleet, snow, or dust.
What type of head light is being described here? Low beams or high beams?
Understeer - CORRECT ANSWER - front tire traction loss; plowing
Oversteer - CORRECT ANSWER - rear tire traction loss; fishtailing
, 6 - CORRECT ANSWER - To determine if you are overdriving your headlights, select an
object illuminated by your headlights and count off __ seconds.
If you have not passed the object, you are driving at a safe speed.
If you have passed the object, you are driving too fast
-from sunset to sunrise
-During inclement weather
-Whenever windshield wipers are in use - CORRECT ANSWER - When does Virginia
law require you to use your headlights? (Pick 3 things)
high; low - CORRECT ANSWER - When two vehicles are side by side, the passing driver
may switch to ______ beams and the driver being passed should switch to ____ beams.
False (T/F 1) - CORRECT ANSWER - A safety tip for driving at night is not to look at
oncoming headlights, instead look to the center line of the road. (T/F 1)
True (T/F 3) - CORRECT ANSWER - Low beam headlights should be used when driving
in fog, heavy rain, sleet, snow or dust? (T/F 3)
True (T/F 4) - CORRECT ANSWER - Over driving your headlights means not being able
to stop in the distance illuminated by the area in front of your vehicle.
(T/F 4)
90 - CORRECT ANSWER - Dirt on lens of headlight can reduce light by ____________
percent?
500'-1800' - CORRECT ANSWER - High beam headlights light above the roadway:
-Reduce speed