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Defensive Driving Test Actual Questions & Answers
1. On a road with two lanes traveling in opposite directions, slow-moving vehicles
should pull over when safe to let others pass when
Answer When 5 or morevehicles are behind you.
2. Which of the following is something you can use to stay calm when driving?-
Answer Think positively, Talk yourself through the situation, Try to see the other driver as a
person, calming music
3. If you perceive your decisions when you're driving differently from theactions of
other drivers on the road, it's called
Answer Self-serving bias
4. What is Defensive Driving?
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Answer Common Sense Driving; Its aim is to reduce the risk of collision by anticipating
dangerous situations, despite adverse conditions orthe mistakes of others.
5. over 90% of collisions are due to driver error and can be avoided
Answer True
6. Asking yourself "What if?" means that if someone cuts in front of you on the road
Answer You left enough room to go to the next lane & You're ready to press thebrake.
7. S.P.I.D.E.R. Method
Answer Scan the road, Predict what others may do in a given situation, Identify potential
problems, Decide what maneuver or maneuvers you willact on to have a safe outcome, Execute
your plan, Reflect on your decision and adjust to changing driving situations. (Reward yourself
for reporting an incident)
8. Being involved in an automobile crash is
Answer 1 in 25
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9. Being involved in a crash where someone is injured or killed is
Answer 1 in 75
10. Avoid the "NO ZONE"; a trucker's blind spot
Answer In one year, over 4,000 peopleare killed in crashes with large trucks. Trucks have larger
blind spots than cars because they're four times longer. If you can't see a truck's mirrors
(specifically
thedriver's face) from where you are, odds are the driver can't see you.They need morestopping
space. Because of their weight and size, trucks take much longer to stop than cars and even
SUVs. Do not proceed until it has completed the turn.Trucks andcommercial vehicles make very
wide turns
11. Use a Safety Cushion
Answer Avoid another drivers blind spot by looking ahead or directly behind another driver,
Avoid letting another driver into your blind spot (speedup, slow down, or change lanes to let
them pass), avoid side-by-side driving, avoiddriving in bunches,
12. Right of way
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Defensive Driving Test Actual Questions & Answers
1. On a road with two lanes traveling in opposite directions, slow-moving vehicles
should pull over when safe to let others pass when
Answer When 5 or morevehicles are behind you.
2. Which of the following is something you can use to stay calm when driving?-
Answer Think positively, Talk yourself through the situation, Try to see the other driver as a
person, calming music
3. If you perceive your decisions when you're driving differently from theactions of
other drivers on the road, it's called
Answer Self-serving bias
4. What is Defensive Driving?
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Answer Common Sense Driving; Its aim is to reduce the risk of collision by anticipating
dangerous situations, despite adverse conditions orthe mistakes of others.
5. over 90% of collisions are due to driver error and can be avoided
Answer True
6. Asking yourself "What if?" means that if someone cuts in front of you on the road
Answer You left enough room to go to the next lane & You're ready to press thebrake.
7. S.P.I.D.E.R. Method
Answer Scan the road, Predict what others may do in a given situation, Identify potential
problems, Decide what maneuver or maneuvers you willact on to have a safe outcome, Execute
your plan, Reflect on your decision and adjust to changing driving situations. (Reward yourself
for reporting an incident)
8. Being involved in an automobile crash is
Answer 1 in 25
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9. Being involved in a crash where someone is injured or killed is
Answer 1 in 75
10. Avoid the "NO ZONE"; a trucker's blind spot
Answer In one year, over 4,000 peopleare killed in crashes with large trucks. Trucks have larger
blind spots than cars because they're four times longer. If you can't see a truck's mirrors
(specifically
thedriver's face) from where you are, odds are the driver can't see you.They need morestopping
space. Because of their weight and size, trucks take much longer to stop than cars and even
SUVs. Do not proceed until it has completed the turn.Trucks andcommercial vehicles make very
wide turns
11. Use a Safety Cushion
Answer Avoid another drivers blind spot by looking ahead or directly behind another driver,
Avoid letting another driver into your blind spot (speedup, slow down, or change lanes to let
them pass), avoid side-by-side driving, avoiddriving in bunches,
12. Right of way
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