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Expressway &Adverse Conditions
Review Quiz
1. A characteristic of expressways that helps to prevent head-on collisions is the
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a. Median or barrier between opposing lanes of traffic.
b. Higher number of roadside hazards.
c. Higher speed limits.d. Wide expressway
shoulders.
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2. Velocitation means
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a. The same as highway hypnosis
b. Thinking the car is traveling slower than it really is.
c. Reducing speed when exiting.
d. Using cruise control to maintain a steady speed.
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3. Stopping on an acceleration lane can cause
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a. A rear-end collision.b. A head-on collision.c. Expressway traffic to
stop.d. A side-swipe
collision.
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4. If you enter an expressway ramp that you do not want, you should
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a. Back up and leave the entrance ramp.
b. Turn around on the entrance ramp
c. Continue onto the expressway and use the next exit ramp.
d. Make a U-turn to leave the ramp.
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5. A wolf pack on an expressway is a
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a. Bunch of vehicles.b. Bunch of wild dogs.c. Widely scattered
group of cars.d. Driver alone in
traffic.
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6. The expressway is defined as a
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a. High-speed privately owned highway.
b. Road designed for express transport.
c. Form of improved rural highway.
d. Limited-access or controlled-access highway.
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7. If you miss the exit you want, you
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a. Should make a U-turn and return to the exit.
b. Can stop and back up to the exit.
c. Must go to the next exit.d. Should stop on the
shoulder or median and back up to the exit ramp.
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8. The acceleration lane is where you usually can
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a. Expect others to yield right of way.
b. Adjust your speed to the flow of traffic.
c. Maintain a steady speed.
d. Accelerate regardless of traffic flow.
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9. If there are signal lights on the entrance ramp, you
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a. Must wait for a green light.b. Can treat the red light as
an advisory traffic control.c. Do not have to stop for the
red light.d. Must stop if any light is on.
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10. Expressway collisions tend to be more serious than those on other types of roads
because
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a. Expressway speeds are higher.
b. A median strip is present.
c. Expressways have more hazards.
d. There are so many traffic conflicts.
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11. Assume that the common speed on the expressway is above the posted speed limit. You
should
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a. Drive at common speed.b. Drive at the posted
speed.c. Drive at a speed
between the posted speed and the common speed.
d. Drive at a speed so you force the others drivers to slow down.
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12. As you drive on an expressway, you may be lulled into
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a. A feeling of power.
b. Highway hypnosis.
c. Velocitation.d. A hallucinogenic
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13. A computer-controlled device that prevents your wheels from locking is
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a. An anti-lock braking system.
b. A radar-controlled braking system.
c. A four-wheel disk braking system.
d. A non-locking braking system.
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14. When driving in snow, you should use
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a. Low-beam headlights & drive at the posted speed.
b. High-beam headlights & reduce speed.
c. Low-beam headlights & reduce speed.
d. High-beam headlights & drive at the posted speed.
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15. Rain tends to make roadways the slickest
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a. When the road has a clean surface.
b. Just after the rain stops.
c. About 15 minutes after the rain starts.
d. As the rain begins to fall
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16. Hydroplaning occurs when your tires
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a. Roll on the sidewall during a turn.
b. Lose all air pressure.c. Lose contact with
the road.d. Have new treads
and normal air.
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17. When driving on slippery roads, you should
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a. Always use cruise control.
b. Not use cruise control.
c. Use cruise control with low speed.
d. Use cruise control only on highways.
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18. You can get a little better traction on wet roads by driving
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a. At or near the posted speed limit.
b. In the tire tracks of the vehicle ahead.
c. Toward the right edge of the roadway.
d. With reduced tire air pressure.
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19. Overdriving headlights means
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a. Using low-beam rather than high-beam lights.
b. Your stopping distance is greater than the distance lighted by your lights.
c. You are looking too far ahead.
d. Using overdrive gear when using high-beam headlights.
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20. If the rear of your vehicle skids to the right, you should
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a. Steer straight ahead.
b. Steer to the left.c. Swerve both left
and right.d. Steer to the right.
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21. Just before dawn and dusk, turn on your
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a. High-beam headlights.
b. Emergency flashers.c. Parking lights.d. Low-beam
headlights.
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22. When your headlights shine into fog,
a. b. c. d.
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a. Light is reflected forward by water particles.
b. Light is reflected back by water particles.
c. It is easier to see ahead of you.
d. Drive as you would normally.
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23. Black ice
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a. Is thin sheets of invisible ice.
b. Is well-traveled ice.c. Is easy to see.d. Provides more
traction than regular ice.
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24. If the oncoming driver at night fails to use low-beam headlights, you can attempt to reduce glare by
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a. Keeping your headlights on high-beam.
b. Constantly looking ahead in your lane.
c. Frequently looking ahead with quick glances.
d. Turning off your headlights.
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25. If you are driving into sun glare from bright sunlight, you can reduce glare and eyestrain by
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a. Applying dark tint to the windows.
b. Using sunglasses and the sun visor.
c. Keeping vehicle interior lights on.
d. Using the defroster or air conditioner.
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26. During the fall, wet leaves on the road can
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a. Make residential streets safer.
b. Increase traction at low speeds.
c. Present a serious vision hazard.
d. Reduce traction and car control.
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27. Why can a bridge surface freeze before adjoining road surfaces do?
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a. The roadway has warmth built into it.
b. The bridge has good shade cover.
c. Cold air circulates above and below the bridge road surface.
d. The bridge is exposed to sunlight
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