Ethiopian Driving License Exam in English

1. 1) Traffic signs that have a red triangular frame are classified as prohibitory signs.
A) False ✅
B) True
2) If Red & Yellow traffic lights work together they instruct the driver, who has entered the road
intersection, to pass the crossing immediately by increasing the speed.
A) True ✅
B) False
3) It is not allowed to change gear as long as the vehicle is within 6 meters of a railway crossing.
A) True ✅
B) False
4) The holder of the 2nd grade driving license is authorized to operate any private motor vehicle having
maximum eight seats.
A) True ✅
B) False
5) A flashing yellow traffic light indicates the driver to pass the road intersection fast by increasing the
vehicle's speed.
A) True
B) False ✅

2. 6) Brake lights are located in front of the vehicle and tell the other road users that the vehicle you are
driving has problems.
A) True
B) False ✅
7) What is the purpose of the traffic light?
A) To give light to the road in winter season
B) To reduce road traffic accident
C) To represent or replace the traffic police
D) To guide the road traffic
E) All of are answers except A ✅
8) Which is not included in preventive maintenance of automotive electrical system?
A) checking battery electrolight level
B) Starting vehicle with ignition key not staying more than 20 second during cranking.
C) checking generator belt tension
D) not leaving ignition key at on-position
E) none ✅
9) A fire caused by benzene is extinguished by?
A) Pressurized water.
B) Dry powder.
C) Foam.
D) Carbon dioxide
E) Foam,carbon dioxide & pressurized water. ✅

3. 10) If an automobile travel 10KM with on liter of fuel how far will it travel with 50 liter of Fuel?
A) 500 KM ✅
B) 550 KM
C) 40KM
D) 400KM
11) What is the main cause of car accident in Ethiopia?
A) Poor road condition
B) Technical condition of vehicles
C) Drivers problem ✅
D) Drivers problem
12) ________ part is pressed when we are shifting gears of a vehicle?
A) Clutch pedal ✅
B) brake pedal
C) accelerator pedal
D) accelerator and brake pedals
13) HIV AIDS is not transmitted with
A) Un protected sex
B) taking infected blood in a hospital
C) Kissing a person ✅
D) breast feeding

4. 14) If somebody wants to park automobile for a long time , which one of the folloing is not necessary
criteria?
A) The driver must turn off the ignition key
B) The driver must apply the parking brake
C) The driver must keep the vehicle in proper parking position
D) The driver must keep the vehicle above 40cm from the edge of the road ✅
15) One of the following is not the purpose of engine oil
A) lubricating engine
B) reducing friction
C) serves as brake fluid ✅
D) reduces heat of engine
16) The driver of a vehicle can overtake another moving vehicle
A) When approaching the top of hill
B) with in 30m of an intersection road
C) with in 30m of railway crossing
D) on the broken line of road marks ✅
17) Gross weight of vehicle up to 3500kg can be driven in city area
A) 40km/hr
B) 30km/hr
C) 60km/hr ✅
D) 90km/hr

5. 18) A speed limit in Ethiopia is based on according to
A) Total gross weight of a vehicle and grade of the road ✅
B) traffic sign traffic light and signal
C) pedestrian traffic light
D) road condition and vehicle weight
E) road mark traffic flow and traffic sign
19) Odometer on dashboard indicate
A) fuel remaining in the fuel tank
B) condition of a battery
C) the total distance the vehicle has been driven ✅
D) engine temperature
20) Which information is supplied by the automobile owner's manual?
A) Part number
B) period of replacement engine oil
C) fuel tank capacity in liter
D) 2 and 3 ✅
21) If your vehicle does NOT start when cranking what parts of an automobile are checked?
A) battery connection ✅
B) tire pressure
C) brake fluid
D) water in a radiator

6. 22) Which one of the folloing is not the behavior of a competent driver
A) applying OHS while driving
B) obeying traffic rules and regulation
C) kept and maintained a safe driving
D) driving beyond speed limit ✅
23) Occupational health & safety driving means
A) avoid driving while you feel ill or dizzy
B) apply safe driving at selected place
C) read and interpreted traffic signs correctly
D) A and C ✅
24) When do you use hazard light?
A) When the car I am driving is defective ✅
B) during wedding festivity
C) during traffic congestion
D) during holydays
25) where does overtaking is allowed?
A) at curved roads
B) In places where you can not see far enough ahead
C) at a bridge or hilly places
D) In the place where you can see free traffic ✅

7. 26) ________ type of traffic light at intersecting roads allows you to be ready for driving?
A) Yellow
B) red
C) green
D) red and yellow ✅
27) The driver shall keep a distance of maximum 40 cm from curbstone when parking along the road.
A) False
B) True ✅
28) Parking is not allowed at vicinity of hospitals or first aid clinics.
A) True
B) False ✅
29) No stopping is allowed within 20meters from a pedestrian crossing.
A) False ✅
B) True
30) A Green traffic light indicates the driver to cross the road intersection by giving priority to emergency
vehicles.
A) True ✅
B) Fasle

8. 31) Which of the following is not represented by road marks
A) lanes
B) direction
C) stop line
D) signals ✅
32) The traffic sign that are circle in shape and have a blue back ground shows
A) prohibitive sign
B) warning sign
C) cede priority sign
D) obligatory sign ✅
33) A stop line painted before the intersection edge of the road indicates
A) overtaking way
B) traffic light of a stop line ✅
C) parking area
D) pedestrian crossing
34) Traffic light for pedestrian are
A) red and yellow
B) Yellow and green
C) red and green ✅
D) red yellow and green

9. 35) Traffic signs are basically classified in to
A) Four
B) Two
C) Three ✅
D) many
36) Traffic signs that have a red triangular frame are classified as prohibitory signs.
A) Fasle ✅
B) True
37) The driver shall keep a distance of maximum 40 cm from curbstone when parking along the road.
A) Fasle
B) True ✅
38) Which of the following battery terminal shall be disconnected first, when dismounting a battery from
vehicle?
A) Negative(Ground) ✅
B) Postive
C) Either of the two
D) none

10. 39) The maximum allowable speed for small Vehicles, that shall be driven by 2nd grade driving license in
Addis Ababa would be
A) 60Km/hr ✅
B) 100Km/hr
C) 120Km/hr
D) 80Km/hr
40) Which of the following statement is true about international road marking?
A) Driving across broken lines is not allowed
B) It is possible to drive across broken lines ✅
C) Most often broken line makings are used at high hazardous locations
D) None of the above
41) Warning traffic signs are
A) rectangular in shape
B) blue and circle in shape
C) red and circle in shape
D) triangle in shape ✅
42) The center of the road lines marked single and double solid lines
A) must not be crossed ✅
B) line for pedestrian
C) turning to back is allowed
D) way of passing

11. 43) It is not allowed to park a vehicle within ____ meters from railway crossing.
A) 6 meters
B) 12 meters ✅
C) 30 meters
D) 50 meters
44) Parking within the distance of _____ meters from a road intersection is not allowed.
A) 6 meters
B) 10 meters
C) 12 meters ✅
D) 15 meters
45) What is the correct traffic lights lighting sequence?
A) Red, Red with Yellow, Green & Yellow ✅
B) Yellow, Green, Red with Yellow
C) Red with Yellow, Red, Yellow & Green
D) Green, Red with Yellow, Red and Yellow.
46) Which one of the following is true about overtaking?
A) Overtaking is not allowed in any kind of road
B) Overtaking is not allowed in zigzag road
C) The driver is supposed to show indicator light while overtaking
D) b and c are correct answers ✅

12. 47) If you have reached to a junction while yellow traffic light blinking continuously;
A) You have to stop the car until the next traffic light comes on.
B) You have to reduce your car speed, and pass the junction with extreme care. ✅
C) You can pass the junction with high speed.
D) No answer provided
48) Which of the following parts is to be checked regularly before journey?
A) Engine oil
B) Engine water
C) Fuel level
D) All of the above ✅
49) The regulatory traffic signs are divided into_______category
A) Two
B) three ✅
C) four
D) many
50) The traffic signs ordered you not to do?
A) obligatory sign
B) cede priority sign
C) prohibitive sign ✅
D) warning sign

13. 51) If the center of the road is marked by the solid line, the driver is
A) allowed to cross the line and overtake other vehicle
B) permitted to cross to the left side
C) allowed to turn to the left is forbidden ✅
D) A and C
52) Traffic lights based on the service they give are divided in to
A) Two
B) Four
C) three ✅
D) one
53) Which one of the following is true about left side signal
A) It is used to turn to the right side
B) used to permit other vehicles to overtake
C) used to turn back ✅
D) used to park
54) If the red traffic light blinks on and off repeatedly, what is expected from the driver?
A) drives pass with speed
B) stops and observes at all direction and drive ✅
C) stops and wait until the green light comes on
D) shows closed road

14. 55) Psychology studies
A) Human thinking process
B) Animal thinking process
C) Mental thinking process
D) A&B are answers
E) All are answers ✅
56) Which is not the expected behavior from drivers?
A) Restlessness.
B) Selfish ness.
C) Careless mass.
D) All ✅
57) The process of receiving changing & Shedding Information to human mind is?
A) Looking.
B) Sensation. ✅
C) Watching.
D) All are answers

15. 58) Which is not expected from drivers?
A) being for other vehicles.
B) not respecting traffic rules.
C) no considering accident as great problem.
D) Driving with high speed.
E) All ✅
59) Which is the common result of maturity
A) capacity and education? ✅
B) Readiness
C) Encouragement
D) Inspiration
E) B&C are answers
60) Which is not included in drivers ethics?
A) Keeping transport mobility peaceful.
B) Keeping personal life only.
C) Keeping public safety.
D) Preventing accident due to vehicle failure.
E) None ✅

16. 70) The Influence of alcohol drinking on drivers performance does not Include?
A) mental depression.
B) deciding ability reduction.
C) increasing physical activity. ✅
D) Reducing understanding and concentrating ability.
E) All
71) Which of the following is not included communication skill on which drivers should develop?
A) Being polite to passengers.
B) Respecting pedestrian’s interest.
C) Considering passengers as family.
D) Respecting rules of the road.
E) No answer is given. ✅
72) Healthy driver
A) can watch clearly
B) Delay to decide
C) Physically fit
D) Shows less readiness to drive ✅
E) All are answers

17. 73) Which one of the following criteria should not be the requirement for driver?
A) good vision
B) physical fitness
C) nationality ✅
D) level of education
74) How do you avoid air in hydrolic brake system?
A) using pressure
B) bleeding air in the system ✅
C) added additional fluid
D) by pouring
75) To equalize tyre wear and help extend its life it is recommended that
A) changing the inner tube each time
B) rotating the tyres on the different wheels of the vehicle ✅
C) buying a new tyre
D) disposing the worn tyre
76) Fuel storage of Vehicle part is?
A) tanker ✅
B) cleaner
C) carburetor
D) cooler
E) lubricant

18. 77) In gasoline fuel system air & full are mixed?
A) ignition
B) carburetor ✅
C) starter motor
D) starter motor
78) Which is included in preventive maintenance of fuel system?
A) Checking fuel amount with fuel guage.
B) Controlling fuel amount in the tank not to be below half.
C) Using the right fuel for right vehicle.
D) All ✅
79) Engine is cooled by?
A) air
B) coolant
C) oil
D) All ✅
80) cooling system water boiling point is controlled by?
A) water pump
B) expansion tanker
C) radiator cap ✅
D) radiator
E) All

19. 81) Which is not included in preventive maintenance of lubrication system?
A) checking the amount of oil before starting engine
B) using the right viscosity oil
C) checking oil leakage
D) following oil pressure gauge during driving
E) None ✅
82) which is the cause of vehicle tire central part wear?
A) less air pressure
B) high air pressure ✅
C) medium air pressure
D) none
83) If your vehicle engine is over heated what is the probable causes?
A) discharging of a battery
B) loose water pump drive belt ✅
C) no brake fluid
D) Faults of steering system

20. 84) If the oil pressure warning light comes while the engine is on operation, it indicates
A) high oil pressure in the engine
B) over filling of the engine oil
C) low oil pressure in the engine ✅
D) engine over heated
85) Negative terminal of an automobile battery cable is connected to____
A) accessory terminal
B) ignition switch terminal
C) lighting system terminal
D) chassis /body/ ✅