ROADCRAFT EXAMINATION with verified
questions and answers. (A+ results)
1. What should you do to prevent red mist?
• Concentrating on driving with the task in hand
2. Under policy, what is the minimum tread depth for a Staffordshire police tyre?
• 3.0mm
3. The system of car control is a way of?
• Preventing collisions by providing a systematic approach to hazards and negotiating
hazards leaving nothing to chance
4. Peripheral vision gives you?
• Your sense of speed and position on the road
5. When in certain slippery conditions such as snow, ice or mud, it is advisable to use?
• Higher gear
6. Following the information, the four phases of the system of car control are?
• Position, speed, gear, acceleration
7. The patch of tyre in contact with the road surface is about the same area as?
• A full hand
8. To maintain steering control and stability on bends, you should?
• Use the accelerator to maintain a constant speed through the bend
9. To avoid being dazzled at night by oncoming vehicles you should?
• Look at the near side
10. Roadcraft gives guidance when reading double warning signs, what order is correct?
• Top then bottom
11. The purpose of the plan is to put you in?
• Correct speed, gear, position at the correct time
12. Roadcraft provided guidance on how to manoeuvre at low speed safely, you should?
• Avoid reversing unnecessarily
, 13. Applying the system to a left or right hand turn, choose the appropriate point to
accelerate safely and smoothly away from the hazard, paying attention to?
• Nature of the road and road surface
14. Which of the following statements regarding the importance of information is true?
• Processing information is central to the system
15. Roadcraft advises on using hazard warning lights, what is this advice?
• Unrestricted and multi-lane carriageways and motorways
16. Under the heading emergency braking, which statement is true concerning ABS?
• Allows steering during harsh braking
17. To keep a safe distance between you and the vehicle in front, you should leave a gap of
at least 2 seconds. In wet weather, Roadcraft suggests you should?
• Double it and in snow x10
18. Microclimates can cause?
• Frost and wet patches to linger
19. When should you give a signal?
• When it benefits someone else
20. What is the most common cause of skidding?
• Driving too fast for the circumstances
21. In some circumstances, it may be helpful to overlap braking with gear changing, when
can you use this technique?
• Part of a planned approach to a hazard
22. Replaying the system to leave the roundabout. On leaving the road about, you should?
• Near side mirror signal if benefit someone else, check the blind spot
23. What is reaction time?
• Decision time and response time
24. You should always follow the safe stopping distance rule: you must always be able to?
• Stop on the distance seen to be clear on your side of the road
25. You need to consider three things when positioning your vehicle for cornering, what are
they?
questions and answers. (A+ results)
1. What should you do to prevent red mist?
• Concentrating on driving with the task in hand
2. Under policy, what is the minimum tread depth for a Staffordshire police tyre?
• 3.0mm
3. The system of car control is a way of?
• Preventing collisions by providing a systematic approach to hazards and negotiating
hazards leaving nothing to chance
4. Peripheral vision gives you?
• Your sense of speed and position on the road
5. When in certain slippery conditions such as snow, ice or mud, it is advisable to use?
• Higher gear
6. Following the information, the four phases of the system of car control are?
• Position, speed, gear, acceleration
7. The patch of tyre in contact with the road surface is about the same area as?
• A full hand
8. To maintain steering control and stability on bends, you should?
• Use the accelerator to maintain a constant speed through the bend
9. To avoid being dazzled at night by oncoming vehicles you should?
• Look at the near side
10. Roadcraft gives guidance when reading double warning signs, what order is correct?
• Top then bottom
11. The purpose of the plan is to put you in?
• Correct speed, gear, position at the correct time
12. Roadcraft provided guidance on how to manoeuvre at low speed safely, you should?
• Avoid reversing unnecessarily
, 13. Applying the system to a left or right hand turn, choose the appropriate point to
accelerate safely and smoothly away from the hazard, paying attention to?
• Nature of the road and road surface
14. Which of the following statements regarding the importance of information is true?
• Processing information is central to the system
15. Roadcraft advises on using hazard warning lights, what is this advice?
• Unrestricted and multi-lane carriageways and motorways
16. Under the heading emergency braking, which statement is true concerning ABS?
• Allows steering during harsh braking
17. To keep a safe distance between you and the vehicle in front, you should leave a gap of
at least 2 seconds. In wet weather, Roadcraft suggests you should?
• Double it and in snow x10
18. Microclimates can cause?
• Frost and wet patches to linger
19. When should you give a signal?
• When it benefits someone else
20. What is the most common cause of skidding?
• Driving too fast for the circumstances
21. In some circumstances, it may be helpful to overlap braking with gear changing, when
can you use this technique?
• Part of a planned approach to a hazard
22. Replaying the system to leave the roundabout. On leaving the road about, you should?
• Near side mirror signal if benefit someone else, check the blind spot
23. What is reaction time?
• Decision time and response time
24. You should always follow the safe stopping distance rule: you must always be able to?
• Stop on the distance seen to be clear on your side of the road
25. You need to consider three things when positioning your vehicle for cornering, what are
they?
