🔧 Know your vehicle – theory test questions and answers

110 official Israeli theory questions on Know your vehicle, with the correct answers. Read them all or practise them for free online.

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1. Wheels that are installed on the same axle must be:✓ Of the same size and in compliance with the manufacturer’s manual.
2. What is the main function of the auxiliary brake (hand/parking brake)?✓ To make sure that the vehicle doesn’t move while parked.
3. Which accessories reduce the severity of injury in a road accident?✓ Seat-belts, head-rests and air bags.
4. How would you shift to a lower gear while driving uphill in an automatic transmission vehicle, without moving the gear handle?✓ By a sharp and quick pressure (“kick down”) on the accelerator, or by applying a designated electric switch.
5. In order to shift gears from parking (P) to Drive (R or D) in an automatic transmission vehicle, you should:✓ Step on the brake pedal, press on the selector lock button, and apply the gear selector to Drive.
6. “Keeping a safe distance from the vehicle in front affects fuel consumption and vehicle wear and tear”. Correct or incorrect?✓ Correct: Keeping distance prevents brake wear and excessive fuel consumption due to frequent acceleration and braking.
7. What is a hybrid vehicle?✓ A vehicle which has an electric engine next to its regular engine.
8. In a hybrid vehicle:✓ Fuel consumption is lower than that of regular vehicles.
9. What are you required to do when the brake-check lamp lights up while driving?✓ Stop the vehicle and don’t resume driving.
10. How does the braking system of a vehicle work?✓ Through the friction between the brake disc and the brake pads.
11. What might be the consequence of excessive brake use?✓ Overheating of the brakes and decrease of braking efficiency.
12. What would you do to achieve safe driving down a continuous steep slope?✓ Use the engine’s braking power by shifting to a lower gear and make only partial use of the brakes
13. What might happen as a result of brake over- heating?✓ The brakes efficiency is significantly reduced.
14. How will you recognize brakes overheating?✓ By a lessening of braking efficiency and a smell of burned material.
15. How would you conduct yourself in case of brake overheating as a result of continuous braking?✓ Stop! Wait for the brakes to cool down and continue driving on very low gear.
16. What is the function of the ABS system?✓ To enable control and steering of the vehicle during braking.
17. What might happen to a vehicle when its wheels get locked?✓ The vehicle will lose its steering ability.
18. What is “wheel locking”?✓ The vehicle’s wheels stop turning as a result of strong and continuous braking.
19. What is the function of the vehicle’s starter?✓ To turn the engine and cause it to ignite..
20. How should a driver verify that the hydraulic brake system is properly functioning?✓ By checking the level of the brake fluid, checking the braking efficiency, and monitoring vibration and noise whilst braking.
21. Why is it necessary to use the handbrake for parking only?✓ Because the parking brake doesn’t work on all the wheels and it doesn’t have much power.
22. What are you required to do if you detect a malfunction in the braking system while driving?✓ Stop driving immediately and ensure that the vehicle is towed to a garage and checked there.
23. How should you use the gearbox while driving on a continuous descent?✓ The gearbox selector should be in a low gear.
24. What is the function of the ABS System?✓ To maintain the vehicle’s steering and maneuvering abilities during emergency braking.
25. What is the function of the vehicle’s Electronic Stability Program (ESP) System?✓ To reduce the danger of skidding.
26. How does the vehicle’s Electronic Stability Program (ESP) System function during dangerous driving conditions?✓ It activates the brakes on on all weels seperately and controls the engine’s power.
27. What system helps to stabilize the vehicle when it is skidding or in danger of rolling over?✓ The Electronic Stability Program (ESP) System
28. Why is it important for the vehicle to have intact bumpers (fenders)?✓ To reduce damage during accidents.
29. Why is it prohibited to install stiff and protruding accessories inside the passenger compartment?✓ Because these accessories might injure the passengers and the driver during an accident.
30. What is the relation between the vehicle’s air bags and safety belts during an accident?✓ If seat belts are not buckled, the passengers will be severely struck by the air bags.
31. When air bags are installed in a vehicle:✓ The seat belts must be fastened at all times when the vehicle is in motion.
32. What is the SRS (Supplemental Restraint System) airbag system?✓ It is a system designed to reduce passenger impact, through the inflation of airbags during collision.
33. What factor might undermine seat belt functioning and efficiency whilst driving?✓ Exaggerated backward tilting of the seat’.
34. What is the significance of the head rests on the vehicle’s seats during an accident from behind?✓ They reduce forward and backward head jolting (whiplash).
35. What part of the vehicle reduces whiplash during collision?✓ The head rests of the vehicle’s seats.
36. What are the side effects of using malfunctioning windshield wipers?✓ Impaired windshield visibility, as well as windshield damage.
37. Does the vehicle’s engine have an effect on safe driving?✓ Yes, especially for escaping emergency situations.
38. By driving correctly and moderately, and maintaining proper tire air pressure:✓ The tires’ life span is prolonged.
39. When is it recommended to check tire pressure?✓ Before driving, when the tires are cold.
40. What are you required to check when one of the vehicle’s lamps is not working?✓ The bulb and the fuse connected to it.
41. For what reason might the indicator warning light on the dashboard flash too quickly?✓ When one of the indicator bulbs is not working or malfunctioning.
42. Which type of bulb would you use when required to change a bulb in the vehicle?✓ A bulb, stipulated in the manufacturer’s manual.
43. What is the implication of driving a vehicle with a broken headlamp lens?✓ The light beam is not properly focused and other drivers are blinded by it.
44. What is the required air pressure of the vehicle’s spare tire?✓ The pressure stated by the manufacturer
45. What is the required air pressure of the vehicle’s tires?✓ The pressure should be according to the manufacturer’s manual.
46. What is the consequence of tyre pressure that is too low?✓ Accelerated wear and tear of the tyres and reduced vehicle stability.
47. What is the consequence of tyre pressure that is too high?✓ Uneven tire wear and shortened of tyre life.
48. Where can you find information about the vehicle’s required tyre pressure?✓ In the manufacturer’s manual.
49. When the tire air pressure is too low, it might cause:✓ Tire overheating.
50. What is the consequence of tyre pressure that is too low?✓ Increased fuel consumption and air pollution.