QYADATI Guidelines Program

1. Driver's Preparedness
2. Readiness of the Vehicle
3. Driving Within the City
4. Driving on Highways
5. Deadly Driving Habits
6. Overtaking
7. Driving in the Desert
8. Emergency and Unexpected Situations
9. Defensive Driving
10.Stopping Distance

1. Driver's Preparedness:
1. When you are suffering from frustration at home, go out in the car and get rid of
your anger on the road.
 True
 False
2. It is 0.K to increase the volume of the speakers to the maximum in order to
reduce the noise of other cars on the road.
 True
 False
3. You must request a taxi or ask a friend for help to go to work if you feel you are
unprepared to drive.
 True
 False
4. In which situations you should avoid driving? (More than one answer)
 If you have epilepsy
 When very ill
 If you have diabetes and are not able to control the disease
 When taking medicine that causes drowsiness
5. Why must the driver avoid driving a vehicle when he is under the influence of
alcohol or drugs?
 Because it helps to control the vehicle in the event of an emergency
 Because it causes lack of concentration and the inability to focus
 Because it helps to comply with traffic regulations
6. When can you drive a vehicle?
 If the weather conditions are not appropriate and your physical condition is
not good only
 If you are in good physical and mental condition only
 At any time and any place
7. You can drive a vehicle whilst it's raining only if you know how to deal with a
car when it slips. s')'
 True
 False
8. It is 0.K to drive a vehicle if you cannot see the instrument panel clearly.
 True
 False
9. Which abilities must be tested to check a driver's readiness before embarking on
a safe journey?
 Mental and physical ability
 Material Ability
 Physical Ability
 Mental Ability
10. The driver must not drive at night if he cannot see clearly.
 True
 False
11. You can drive a vehicle with an injured or broken arm.
 True
 False
2. Readiness of the Vehicle
1. The main aim of checking the underside of the vehicle is only to check for any
oil leakages or liquids.
 True
 False
2. When do you have to check the headlamps of the vehicle? (Choose the
appropriate answer)
 You must check them every time
 When you checked it last week
 During the day
 At night

3. Why must you clean the vehicle's windscreen before driving?

 There is no need to clean the windscreen
 In order to see clearly
 In order to avoid a violation being issued to you
 In order to hear sounds outside of the vehicle
4. Which safety items should be available in the vehicle? (Choose the most
appropriate answer)
 Safety triangles, tire change kit and a spare tyre
 Safety triangles, spare tire
 Safety triangles, tire change kit
5. You may drive the vehicle if you find damage to the windscreen wipers during
summer or check that it will not rain.
 True
 False
6. What items must be examined on the outside of the vehicle? (More than one
answer)
 Ensure that the body of the vehicle is free of any bumps or scratches
 Check the level of the tyre pressure
 Ensure the integrity and cleanliness of headlamps
 Ensure there are no obstacles in the way of the vehicle
7. You may use the vehicle if the rear brake lights do not work.
 True
 False
8. Who is responsible for the safety of the vehicle?
 Road users
 Driver of the vehicle
 Traffic police
 Insurance company
9. Failure to check the correct tire pressure may cause: (more than one answer)
 Burst tire
 Uneven wear of tires
 Easy vehicle control
 Poor vehicle control
10. What is the first step when examining the vehicle?
 Ensure there is a spare tire
 Check the fuel level
 Make a full 360-degree check around the vehicle
 Test the vehicle's motor
3. Driving within the city
1. Where is the most common place for accidents to occur with a city?
 Highways
 Parking
 Intersections
 Bridges
2. How do you deal with intersections not controlled by traffic lights or stop signs?
 Proceed quickly
 Check, reduce your speed, use your indicator then proceed
 Reduce your speed only
 Stop then proceed
3. Why are traffic signs used? (More than one answer)
 To warn of danger
 To clarify the road's landmarks
 To organize traffic
 To guide
4. What does a flashing yellow light mean?
 Give priority
 Prepare to stop
 Reduce speed
 Stop
5. Who has priority to cross a controlled intersection at a stop sign with four
directions?
 The owner of the strongest car
 The vehicle that reaches the intersection first
 The vehicle on the left '. Any vehicle
6. Which of the following is a warning sign?
 Hospitals
 Distances
 Cities and areas
 Give priority
7. Warning signs are:
 Circular
 Rectangular
 Triangular
 Hexagonal
8. Why are traffic signs used? (More than one answer)
 To guide
 To warn of danger
 To clarify the road's landmarks
 To organize traffic
9. What is the total speed of an accident of two vehicles, one travelling at 40kmph
and the other at 60kmph, when colliding straight on at an intersection?
 40
 100
 120
 60
10. What does an inverted triangle mean?
 You have priority
 Give priority to oncoming vehicles to the right
 You must stop in all cases
 Give priority to oncoming vehicles to the left
11. When a controlled intersection is free of any stop signs from four directions for
all other vehicles, it is 0.K not to stop before the stop line.
 True
 False
4. Driving on Highways
1. Why must you avoid driving at night? (More than one answer)
 The road is scary
 The road is not clearly defined
 Visibility is limited to the distance reached by the front headlamps
 Driving at night causes your eyes to be tired
2. What is the main cause of accidents in the Kingdom? '. Preoccupation of the
driver
 Overtaking on the shoulder
 Passing a signal
 Speeding
3. It is 0.K to exceed the speed limit whilst overtaking another vehicle.
 True
 False
4. How can you check the blind spot?
 Look over your shoulder
 Set the side mirrors correctly
 Lean forward and check the side mirrors
 Install small additional mirrors to the side mirrors
5. The greater the speed the shorter the distance is to stop at the same rate. False
True
 True
 False
6. When are you allowed to overtake on the shoulder?
 When there is an personal emergency such as being late for work
 When there is not enough room for you from the vehicle in front of you
 You are not allowed to overtake on the shoulder
7. Special child seat must be used when:
 Driving in rain
 At all times
 Driving on highways only
 Driving within cities only

8. The main aim of the two-second rule is to leave a safe distance between your
vehicle and the vehicle behind you.
 True
 False
09. What is the main cause of death in the Kingdom?
 Car accidents
 Drugs
 Cancer
 Air accidents
10. What is the maximum speed for heavy vehicles on motorways?
 80
 100
 90
 120
5. Deadly Driving Habits
1. What is the blind spot?
 The area that you cannot see in the side and rearview mirrors
 The area that you cannot see in the side mirror
 The area that you cannot see even if you look over your shoulder
 The area beneath the vehicle
2. Newborn babies must not sit in child seats as it may harm them.
 True
 False
3. Choose the deadly habits whilst driving from the following: (More than one
answer)
 Using a mobile phone
 Not using your seatbelt
 Eating and drinking whilst driving
 Not overtaking on the shoulder
4. When must you wear your seatbelt? (Choose the most appropriate answer)
 When parked only
 When driving in the city only
 Before moving the vehicle (seatbelt must always be fastened)
 When driving on the motorway only
5. Why must the child seat be tested from time to time?
 To change its place in the vehicle
 To check that the color is not fading
 To check that it is the appropriate size for the child
 You do not have to test the seat from time to time
6. What is the correct way to know if the distance between you and the vehicle in
front of you is safe whilst driving? (Choose the most appropriate answer)
 Able to read the number plate
 Seeing the rear tires of the vehicle in front of you
 The separating distance is equal to two seconds
 Equal to the length of four vehicles
7. It is O.K to discuss subjects and problems and try to solve them whilst driving.
 True
 False
8. Overtaking on the shoulder places you and the car you are overtaking in danger
of having an accident.
 True
 False
9. It is O.K to accelerate in an emergency.
 True
 False
10. What must you do when you are a passenger?
 Do not interfere in the driver's driving style even if it is dangerous
Help the driver change CDs
 Help the driver by answering phone calls in order not to distract the driver
 Ensure that that the driver is paying attention to the road

11. The greater the speed the higher the likelihood of death in an accident.
 True
 False
6. Overtaking

1. Why is it prohibited to overtake before the top of a hill?

 You can overtake on a hill with any problems
 Because your vehicle may be decelerate going up the hill
 There is no clear reason
 Because you cannot see oncoming vehicles
2. Which of the following places are you allowed to overtake?
 Staggered lines
 Solid lines
3. What must you do when another car overtakes you?
 Use the breaks suddenly
 Accelerate and head to the left
 Do not do anything
 Reduce your speed until the vehicle overtakes you

4. When can you return to your previous lane after overtaking?

 When you see the vehicle that you overtook in the side mirror
 You do not need to return to your previous lane after overtaking
 After two seconds
5. You are driving on a road in one direction and beside you is a solid line; you can
overtake:
 If your vision is clear
 If there are no oncoming vehicles
 You cannot overtake at all
 If the vehicle in front of you is slow
6. Road shoulders are allocated for overtaking in emergency situations for any
driver or vehicle.
 True
 False
7. It is O.K to overtake on a hill once you have checked that the opposite side of
the road is free of oncoming cars.
True
 True
 False
8. What things prohibit overtaking? (More than one answer)
 Before a railway
 Two solid lines
 One solid line with staggered lines whilst you are on the side of the solid
line
 One solid line
9. It is O.K to exceed the permitted speed limit whilst overtaking.
 True
 False
10. What is the maximum number of cars that you may overtake on a two-way
road?
 Three
 Two
 One only
 Any number of cars

11. Who is responsible for the safety of the vehicle?

 Driver of the vehicle
 Traffic police ‫܀‬
 Road users
 Insurance company

12. What is the correct pressure for a tire?

 30 psi per square inch
 Each vehicle is different
 35 psi per square inch
 32 psi per square inch
13. What does a flashing yellow light mean?
 Stop
 Prepare to stop
 Reduce speed
 Give priority
7. Driving in the Desert

1. If you lose the correct direction in the desert:

 Take with you enough water and try to get out of the desert on foot
 Sit facing the sun
 Stay with your vehicle
 Go and search for rescue
2. Which methods can indicate your location in the desert? (More than one answer)
 Use a mirror to reflect the light
 Use a coloured cover to draw attention
 Writing SOS in the sand in large letters in order for aeroplanes to see you
 Light a fire and add oil to it
3. Which is the suitable place to put heavy equipment and bags?
 Inside the vehicle.
 Secure them so that they do not move whilst driving
 In the back in the steel compartment
 In an exterior cart
4. Which things must you test in the vehicle before embarking on a desert journey?
(More than one answer)
 Check the integrity and pressure of the tyres
 Check the audio system
 Check the oil and make sure there are no leakages
 Check the cooling system
5. What is the increased fuel consumption of driving in the desert compared to
paved roads?
 20%
 80%
 15%
 65%
6. You must not inform a friend or relative of your intention to go on a desert
journey.
 True
 False
7. It is safe to go to the desert without being accompanied.
 True
 False
8. The appropriate path in the desert is: (More than one answer)
 Follow soft sand in order not to affect the vehicle
 Follow ground where there is lots of water
 Follow ground where many trees grow
 To follow the tracks of previous vehicles as this means the vehicle crossed
the path and did not get stuck
9. It is O.K to drive in the desert if you do not have a spare tire.
 True
 False

10. It is O.K to drive in the desert if your vehicle does not have four-wheel drive.
 True
 False

11. How many litres of drinking water is enough for one day in the desert?
 12L
 4L
 25L
 100L

12. Why is driving in the desert dangerous? (Choose the most appropriate)
 Because it needs special equipment, previous experience and any simple
issue could mean death
 Because is needs special equipment
 Because it needs previous experience
 Because it is fun
13. You must reduce the pressure of the tires before driving in the desert to:
 20lbs (psi)
 30lbs (psi)
 You do not have to reduce the tyre pressure
 10lbs (psi)
8. Emergency and Unexpected Situations

1. What is the true benefit of using sunglasses?

 There is no benefit
 In order to protect your eyes from the sun's rays and help you see clearly
when driving
 In order to look stylish
 In order to help other drivers to see you better
2. Which is the most dangerous poor weather condition?
 Dawn and dusk
 Dust
 Fog
 Rain
3. What must you do when driving on a wet road?
 Reduce your speed and leave a space of two seconds between you and the
vehicle in front of you
 Increase your speed with your increase level of concentration
 Drive at the same speed you would in good weather
 Reduce your speed and increase the

4. When must you reduce the speed of the vehicle? (More than one answer)
 Road repairs
 Slippery roads
 Holes and bumps
 Stones and sand
5. What must you do when driving in poor weather conditions and there is no
visibility?
 Increase speed
 Reduce speed
 Drive on the side of the road
 Take an accompanier with you on the journey
6. What must you do when driving at dawn and dusk? (Most appropriate answer)

 Switch on the vehicle's headlamps and drive carefully as visibility will be

poor
 Check the blind spot
 Leave space equal to four seconds
 Increase speed
7. How does the road condition affect driving? (More than one answer)
 Your ability to turn
 Your ability to stop
 Your ability to overtake on the road shoulder
 Your ability to drive faster than the allowed limit
8. What is the main cause of accidents?
 Driver of the vehicle
 Road conditions
 Other drivers on the road
 Weather conditions
9. Hazard lights must be used whilst driving in poor weather (rain, dust, fog)?
 True
 False
10. The more vehicles there are on the road the more likely it is to have an
accident.
 True
 False
11. A defensive driver is a person who expects danger and avoids others mistakes.
 True
 False
12. What must you do when you cannot see at all whilst driving due to fog?
 Turn on the fog lights and continue driving
 Stop in a safe place off the road until the fog improves
 Turn on the hazard lights and continue driving
 Speed up in order to arrive more quickly
9. Defensive Driving
1. A defensive driver does not use his mobile phone or navigation system whilst
driving.
 True
 False
2. A defensive driver anticipates an accident before it occurs and focuses only on
the road.
 True
 False
3. Choose the correct sentence:
 Defensive driving is driving skills regardless of other drivers' actions
 Defensive driving is the driving culture and skills to control a vehicle and
taking responsibility whilst driving to avoid accidents and offenses
 Defensive driving is driving slowly at all times
 Defensive driving is only avoiding accidents and not abiding by regulations
4. Who is a defensive driver?
 A person who drives at 70kmph on motorways
 A person who arrives in the fastest possible time
 A person who drives without causing accidents or committing offenses
despite the mistakes of other drivers
5. A defensive driver does not overtake unless:
 Upon solid lines
 Upon turning
 On hills
 Regulations allow for such
6. Saher traffic control system in the Kingdom issues penalties in the following
cases: (More than one answer)
 Eating and drinking in the car
 Exceeding the speed limit
 Skipping a red light
 Failure to stop or follow the correct regulations at a pedestrian crossing
7. A defensive driver is a person who takes care of his life and the lives of others
whilst driving.
 True
 False
8. A defensive driver always follows correct driving techniques within a city, even
if others do not.
 True
 False
9. Saher System in Saudi Arabia to limit speeding only
 True
 False
9. A defensive driver always behaves properly whilst driving on motorways and
overtakes on the shoulder.
 True
 False
10. A defensive driver does not use his mobile phone or navigation system whilst
driving.
 True
 False
10. Stopping Distance
1. The distance between you and the car behind you is too close. What must you do
to avoid collision between the two vehicles?
 Switch on your hazard lights
 Check the side and rear mirrors as well as the blind spot - indicate to turn to
the right and give way
 Reduce your speed gradually and do not change your lane
 Press the brakes suddenly
2. If the ground is wet or visibility is poor e.g. due to fog, what is the safe distance
to leave between you and the vehicle in front of you?
 A distance equal to two seconds
 A distance equal to more than two seconds
 A distance equal to one second
 There is no need for a safe distance
3. Keeping a safe distance is easy to apply and use: (Choose the most appropriate
answer)
 On motorways
 Within the city
4. What does it mean if your vehicle passes the fixed reference point after two
seconds after the vehicle in front passes the same point?
 You are driving slowly
 The distance is safe and appropriate for normal weather conditions
 The situation is normal
 You are leaving an unsafe distance between you and the car in front of you
5. In all circumstances you must not violate the speed limit.
 True
 False
6. To avoid an accident when driving in suitable weather conditions and without
exceeding the speed limit, what is the distance you must leave between you and the
car in front of you? (Choose the most appropriate answer)
 Two seconds
  Ten seconds
 Any of the above
 One second
7. If you pass the fixed point between you and the vehicle in front of you but you
did not complete counting "one thousand and one, one thousand and two": (More
than one answer)
 The distance between the two vehicles is too close
 You are very slow
 You are very fast
 The distance between the two vehicles is safe
8. Being too close to the vehicle in front of you is: (More than one answer)
 Reckless
 Dangerous
 Fun
 Safe
9. No matter the speed of the vehicle, a distance equal to two seconds in all
weather conditions is safe.
 True
 False
10. You are driving at 112kmph, what is the distance you should leave between
you and the vehicle in front of you?
 Equivalent of the average length of three cars or more
 Equivalent of the average length of seven cars or more
 Equivalent of the average length of five cars or more
 Equivalent of the average length of nine cars or more