CERAD Theory EXAM COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS ||
GUARANTEED PASS
1. What is centre of road called? - ANSWER ✅ crown
2. What is a limit point and what are they for? - ANSWER ✅ the furthest point
to which you have an uninterrupted view of the road surface
-they help us to judge the sharpness of bend - the closer the limit point the
slower we should go as we have less space to stop in
3. What colour are the studs on motorways? - ANSWER ✅ amber at central
reservation
-white between lanes
-green at slip road
-red hard shoulder
-studs will be red if you go the wrong way up the carriageway
4. What is a motorway and what does it consist of? - ANSWER ✅
Carriageway of two or more lanes to which certain regulations apply
Hard shoulder
Central reservation
Multiple lanes
5. What is advisory speed limit on a motorway on blue lights? - ANSWER ✅
90mph
,6. 3 ways to position vehicle at an RTC on motorway - ANSWER ✅ Fend off
- send traffic to other lanes/toward central reservation
Fend in - send traffic towards hard shoulder
In line - parking in line with RTC once police have arrived etc
7. What mnemonic can you use to remember blue light/emergency
exemptions? - ANSWER ✅ TRUSTMEE
8. Blue light exemptions - ANSWER ✅ Treating a red traffic light as a give
way
Rightful use of a bus lane
Use of sirens at night (11:30-07:00)
Stopping in a yellow box junction
Travelling on the incorrect side of a keep left/right sign
Motorway rules - using the hard shoulder, reversing down the motorway etc
Exceeding speed limits
Entering a pedestrian precinct
9. What motorway regulations can be broken? (6) - ANSWER ✅ Direction
Use of carriageway only
Stopping
Reversing
Hard shoulder
Use of central reservation
10.What mnemonic can you use to remember the exemptions of ambulances
with any category of patient? - ANSWER ✅ 6 P's LSD
11.Exemptions for ambulances with any category of patients - ANSWER ✅
Park on zig zag
Park on double lines
, Park on offside
Park on central reservation
Park in bus stop
Park in cycle lane
Leave engine on when not in vehicle
Stopping on clearway
Double park or park on dropped kerve
12.3 overtaking positions - ANSWER ✅ Following position
Overtaking position
Overtaking
13.3 types of tones - ANSWER ✅ Wail
Yelp
Phaser/machine gun
Bullhorn
14.Advisory speed limit in a 20 on an emergency response - ANSWER ✅ 30
15.Advisory speed limit in a 30 on an emergency response - ANSWER ✅ 45
16.4 rules of effective tones - ANSWER ✅ Tones on
Tones off
Long tone (wail)
Short tone (machine gun)
17.When to use tones on - ANSWER ✅ To ask others to stop and give way
18.When to use tones off - ANSWER ✅ To tell others to continue
, 19.When to use long tones - ANSWER ✅ On approach to hazard
20.When to use short tones - ANSWER ✅ Entering and negotiating hazards
21.What is acceleration sense? - ANSWER ✅ Ability to vary speed with
accelerator alone, meaning less use of braking
22.When would you depress an accelerator - ANSWER ✅ Increase road speed
Maintain road speed
23.What are retarders for and when are they used? - ANSWER ✅ Provide
additional engine braking
-Used for going down long hills
24.When going round corners, what should our acceleration be like? -
ANSWER ✅ Keep a steady, constant speed to keep weight evenly
distributed front and read and ensure maximum tyre grip
25.When you accelerate hard what happens to tyre grip? - ANSWER ✅
Reduces
26.Define brake fade - ANSWER ✅ Reduction in stopping power after
sustained or repeated braking
27.Stages of 3 pressure braking - ANSWER ✅ 1) take up free movement of
pedal
2) increase pressure progressively
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS ||
GUARANTEED PASS
1. What is centre of road called? - ANSWER ✅ crown
2. What is a limit point and what are they for? - ANSWER ✅ the furthest point
to which you have an uninterrupted view of the road surface
-they help us to judge the sharpness of bend - the closer the limit point the
slower we should go as we have less space to stop in
3. What colour are the studs on motorways? - ANSWER ✅ amber at central
reservation
-white between lanes
-green at slip road
-red hard shoulder
-studs will be red if you go the wrong way up the carriageway
4. What is a motorway and what does it consist of? - ANSWER ✅
Carriageway of two or more lanes to which certain regulations apply
Hard shoulder
Central reservation
Multiple lanes
5. What is advisory speed limit on a motorway on blue lights? - ANSWER ✅
90mph
,6. 3 ways to position vehicle at an RTC on motorway - ANSWER ✅ Fend off
- send traffic to other lanes/toward central reservation
Fend in - send traffic towards hard shoulder
In line - parking in line with RTC once police have arrived etc
7. What mnemonic can you use to remember blue light/emergency
exemptions? - ANSWER ✅ TRUSTMEE
8. Blue light exemptions - ANSWER ✅ Treating a red traffic light as a give
way
Rightful use of a bus lane
Use of sirens at night (11:30-07:00)
Stopping in a yellow box junction
Travelling on the incorrect side of a keep left/right sign
Motorway rules - using the hard shoulder, reversing down the motorway etc
Exceeding speed limits
Entering a pedestrian precinct
9. What motorway regulations can be broken? (6) - ANSWER ✅ Direction
Use of carriageway only
Stopping
Reversing
Hard shoulder
Use of central reservation
10.What mnemonic can you use to remember the exemptions of ambulances
with any category of patient? - ANSWER ✅ 6 P's LSD
11.Exemptions for ambulances with any category of patients - ANSWER ✅
Park on zig zag
Park on double lines
, Park on offside
Park on central reservation
Park in bus stop
Park in cycle lane
Leave engine on when not in vehicle
Stopping on clearway
Double park or park on dropped kerve
12.3 overtaking positions - ANSWER ✅ Following position
Overtaking position
Overtaking
13.3 types of tones - ANSWER ✅ Wail
Yelp
Phaser/machine gun
Bullhorn
14.Advisory speed limit in a 20 on an emergency response - ANSWER ✅ 30
15.Advisory speed limit in a 30 on an emergency response - ANSWER ✅ 45
16.4 rules of effective tones - ANSWER ✅ Tones on
Tones off
Long tone (wail)
Short tone (machine gun)
17.When to use tones on - ANSWER ✅ To ask others to stop and give way
18.When to use tones off - ANSWER ✅ To tell others to continue
, 19.When to use long tones - ANSWER ✅ On approach to hazard
20.When to use short tones - ANSWER ✅ Entering and negotiating hazards
21.What is acceleration sense? - ANSWER ✅ Ability to vary speed with
accelerator alone, meaning less use of braking
22.When would you depress an accelerator - ANSWER ✅ Increase road speed
Maintain road speed
23.What are retarders for and when are they used? - ANSWER ✅ Provide
additional engine braking
-Used for going down long hills
24.When going round corners, what should our acceleration be like? -
ANSWER ✅ Keep a steady, constant speed to keep weight evenly
distributed front and read and ensure maximum tyre grip
25.When you accelerate hard what happens to tyre grip? - ANSWER ✅
Reduces
26.Define brake fade - ANSWER ✅ Reduction in stopping power after
sustained or repeated braking
27.Stages of 3 pressure braking - ANSWER ✅ 1) take up free movement of
pedal
2) increase pressure progressively
