Ga Driver Safety Pt. 2 UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Ga Driver Safety Pt. 2 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
If your vehicle is very well designed, and you are very skillful at handling your vehicle,
natural forces have no affect on your vehicle. - CORRECT ANSWER- true
Can you undertake corrective actions to counter the undesired effe...
Ga Driver Safety Pt. 2 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
If your vehicle is very well designed, and you are very skillful at handling your vehicle,
natural forces have no affect on your vehicle. - CORRECT ANSWER- true
Can you undertake corrective actions to counter the undesired effects of natural forces? -
CORRECT ANSWER- yes
Laws are often made to help drivers deal with natural forces. For example, imposing of speed
limits to deal with the force of impact, ............., and friction.
a. inertia
b. centrifugal
c. gravity - CORRECT ANSWER- gravity
Seat belts and airbags do not help to minimize the impact of natural forces. - CORRECT
ANSWER- false
Not every thing around us, including our own bodies, is affected by the laws of nature. -
CORRECT ANSWER- false
Taking preventive actions (such as slowing down when approaching a hill crest, slowing
down before reaching the downgrade or entering a curve), in addition to wearing a safety
belt, will help you drive more safely by ........ the effects of the natural forces.
a. expanding
b. limiting
c. mitigating
d. cancelling - CORRECT ANSWER- limiting
When picking up speed while driving downhill, the pull of gravity combined with your
speeding can lead to ...............consequences.
a. disastrous
,b. no
c. minor
d. cascading - CORRECT ANSWER- disastrous
Cars are not built with features to mitigate or reduce the effects of the forces of nature. -
CORRECT ANSWER- false
If we were to roll a ball away from us and there are no opposing forces
a. it will stop at some distance from us
b. it will keep going in a straight line away from us forever
c. it will roll in a curve back to you
d. it will roll round and round - CORRECT ANSWER- b
Can the forces of nature be totally eliminated? - CORRECT ANSWER- no
When you leave a vehicle parked on an incline, which force is working to pull the vehicle
downhill?
a. inertia
b. gravity
c. kinetic energy
d, friction - CORRECT ANSWER- b
friction
When you drive downhill,gravity will cause you to go faster and increase your stopping
distance. You may need to shift to a .......... gear or smoothly apply your brakes to .....down to
a safe speed and control your vehicle.
a. lower, slow
b. higher, speed up
c. smooth, speed up - CORRECT ANSWER- a
,When you are driving uphill, the force of gravity is working against you to ...... and you may
need to .... or change to a higher gear to maintain your speed
a. speed you up, decelerate
b, slow you down, accelerate - CORRECT ANSWER- b
Is traction necessary for you to steer your car? - CORRECT ANSWER- yes
If the load of a truck is not balanced correctly along the length of the vehicle, there is the
possibility of a wheel lock-up during .........., and the vehicle losing steering control.
speeding
stops
braking
driving - CORRECT ANSWER- braking
If you are parking facing uphill and there is no curb, you should turn your wheels ...... the
side of the road, so the vehicle will roll away from the center of the road if the brakes fail. -
CORRECT ANSWER- towards
When your vehicle is parked facing uphill, and there is a curb, what should you do?
a. always turn the front wheels away from the middle of the road, towards the curb, and put a
block against the back tire of the car.
b. Park with the front wheels turned away from the curb and allow the vehicle to roll
backward against the curb. - CORRECT ANSWER- b
Gravity is a force that attracts everything towards the center of the earth. Gravity therefore
affects your .......... of travel when going uphill and downhill.
path
sense
speed - CORRECT ANSWER- speed
, Traction is the result of friction between the ....and your tires caused by the......of the car
pushing the tires against the road due to gravity.
a. brakes, kinetic energy
b. road, weight
c. steering wheel, speed, inertia - CORRECT ANSWER- b
Why are larger vehicles like trucks very unstable?
Because they are heavier
b. Because they have high center of gravity
Because they are harder to drive
because they are hard to maneuver - CORRECT ANSWER- b
Worn or over-inflated tires will reduce the friction between your tires and the road surface,
reducing the traction needed to stop quickly - CORRECT ANSWER- true
Friction on the tires of a vehicle is not affected by the material used to construct the road. -
CORRECT ANSWER- false
Friction results in the resistance of an object moving over a surface. - CORRECT ANSWER-
true
Friction on the tires is ________ by the weight of your vehicle. - CORRECT ANSWER-
increased
Road conditions due to weather, like rain or ice, could result in the loss of control of your
vehicle due to reduction in friction. - CORRECT ANSWER- true
When you are traveling down a steep hill and are using your brakes a lot, what may happen?
a.Your brakes may screech due to the friction caused by downward momentum causing
temporary brake failure.
b. Your brakes will catch fire.
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