Quiz Ch.4 2/18/15

Question 1

Risk factors contributed by the roadway and environment may include what?

Answer 1

Construction, sharp curve, snow, and ice.

Question 2

What kind of task is the driving task?

Answer 2

Thinking task

Question 3

When you apply the IPDE process you may decide to do what?

Answer 3

Change speed, change direction, and communicate w/others.

Question 4

What is the Smith System?

Answer 4

An organized system to help drivers require good seeing habits.

Question 5

How many zones of space surround your vehicle?

Answer 5

Six

Question 6

A closed zone means what?

Answer 6

A restriction in your line of sight.

Question 7

How many searching ranges need to be elevated in your path of travel?

Answer 7

Three

Question 8

What is the process of searching critical areas of the traffic environment in a regular sequence called?

Answer 8

Orderly Visual search pattern.

Question 9

How should you practice your orderly visual search pattern?

Answer 9

As a passenger in a vehicle.

Question 10

What are you doing when you look far ahead as you drive?

Answer 10

Aiming high in steering

Question 11

What does scanning mean?

Answer 11

To glance quickly and continually.

Question 12

Searching for specific driving related clues is what?

Answer 12

Is different in different environments.

Question 13

You spot a parked vehicle w/turned wheels and a person sitting in the drivers seat, what should you do?

Answer 13

Predict that the vehicle may enter your path.

Question 14

When you identify that a road is narrowing from a multi lane to a single lane, what should you do?

Answer 14

Move into the through lane a soon as possible.

Question 15

When you use the “predict” step in the IPDE process, what are you doing?

Answer 15

Judging where possible conflicts may occur.

Question 16

What does making driving judgments involve?

Answer 16

Measuring and comparing driving situations in a traffic situation.

Question 17

What should you do when changing direction?

Answer 17

You should leave yourself an out.

Question 18

How can you prepare yourself to deal w/the worst possible actions of other HTS users?

Answer 18

Predict others will make mistakes.

Question 19

What do you do when you compromise space?

Answer 19

You give up space.

Question 20

To compromise space means to what?

Answer 20

Give as much space as possible to the greater hazard.

Question 21

When you must handle several hazards at a time the best tactic is to do what?

Answer 21

Adjust your speed and slow down.