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Theory Test - What to Expect
Multiple-choice questions

You have 57 minutes to answer 50 multiple-choice questions.

A question and several possible answers appear on a screen. You have to select the right answer.

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Three of the questions are about a short video. It will show a normal driving situation, such as:

  • driving through a town centre

  • driving on a country road

The video is silent. You can watch it as many times as you like during the test.

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You can ‘flag’ questions that you want to come back to later.

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You can go back to any question to review and change your answer at any point.

Hazard perception test

Before you start the hazard perception test, you’ll be shown a video about how it works.

You’ll then watch 14 video clips. The clips:

  • feature everyday road scenes

  • contain at least one ‘developing hazard’ - but one of the clips features 2 developing hazards

You get points for spotting the developing hazards as soon as they start to happen.

What a ‘developing hazard’ is

A developing hazard is something that would cause you to take action, like changing speed or direction.

Example
A car is parked at the side of the road and is not doing anything. It would not cause you to take action, so it’s not a developing hazard.

When you get closer, the car’s right-hand indicator starts to flash and it starts to move away. You’d need to slow down, so it’s now a developing hazard.

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