Learners- Chapter 5

Highway Vocabulary

100

Define Caution?

Be careful, aware of surroundings.

200

Define: Merging

blend or cause to blend gradually into something else

300

Where is the emergency stopping lane?

The portion of the highway that lies between the edge of the roadway and the first lane of travel, sometimes referred to the shoulder.

400

Where is the shoulder of the highway?

the edge of the road.

500

What are roadway interchanges/ weave zone?

places where is highway entrance and exit use the same lane.

Synonyms/Defintions

100

Reverse

go backwards

200

shoulder checking

o look backwards over one's shoulder while driving or biking, before changing lanes or making a turn, to see if any vehicles are in one's blind spots.

300

acceleration

speed-up

400

abruptly

quickly, sudden

500

Deceleration

slow down

Practice test Questions

100

1. What is the shoulder on a highway intended for? (section between the white line and the edge of the road)

   • 1. Passing
   • 2. Emergency parking
   • 3. Motorcycles
   • 4. Bicycles

• 2. Emergency parking

200

1. On a multi-lane highway, slow-moving traffic should travel on

   • 1. The far right lane
   • 2. The far left lane
   • 3. The center lane
   • 4. Any lane

• 1. The far right lane

300

1. When merging two roadways, which vehicle has the right of way

   • 1. The vehicle in the front
   • 2. Neither Vehicle
   • 3. The merging vehicle
   • 4. The vehicle already on the highway

• 2. Neither Vehicle

400

1. What is a weave zone?

   • 1. Right hand turn lanes at an intersection
   • 2. Places where the highway entrance and exit use the same lane
   • 3. Places where you park
   • 4. Places where you are not allowed to park

2. Places where the highway entrance and exit use the same lane

500

1. 
   

   • What should you do if you are entering a curve and starts to skid?

     
     

     • 1. If you skid in a curve, stay off the brake and the accelerator. Continue to look in the direction you want to go, and make small steering adjustments to come out of the skid.
     • 2. Pump the brakes
     • 3. Switch to neutral and pull the parking brake
     • 4. Press hard on your brakes

• 1. If you skid in a curve, stay off the brake and the accelerator. Continue to look in the direction you want to go, and make small steering