Hi there smart drivers. Rick with
Smart Drive Test talking to you today
about the theory test that you have to
take regardless of class of license -
whether you're taking a passenger
vehicle license or you're taking a
commercial vehicle license - whether
that's a truck or a bus. You have to
write a theory test. And the tagline for
the channel here is: pick the best answer
not necessarily the right answer. So the
reason I'm doing the live stream right
now is Paul sent me an email and he is
working towards his tractor-trailer
license. He had a couple of questions
that he wanted some clarification on, so
I thought that this was a good
opportunity for not just answering
Paul's question by sending him back an
email, but by doing a live stream and
answering those questions and giving all
of the smart drivers here the
information and showing you how to pick
the best answer on a theory test for a
driver's license, regardless of class.
Because all theory tests are going to be
multiple choice questions. And there is a
specific skill set and a specific way to
read the questions and pick the best
answer. So I've taken the two questions
and put them onto a PowerPoint. And we're
just going to slip over there and we'll
look at those two. [LOOKING AT YOUTUBE COMMENTS]. Thanks
sadiSierraMist that is awesome. So I'm
just going to go over these two
questions. One of the questions is a
commercial driver's license question. The
other question is a relevant to cars as
well but it can be applicable to
commercial drivers but as I said I'll
just slip over here and we'll look at
the two questions here so slide one
question one so this is a hazardous
materials question and CDL drivers have
to transport hazardous materials for
most companies some companies may not
but they may have to so the way that you
go about answering this question so
plaque arting plaque rd means the signs
on the side of the trailer that indicate
that there is hazardous material inside
of the trader so plaque guarding the use
of hazardous material placards and
labels in a signal
an example of and the first thing that
you do when you're answering a
multiple-choice question is read all of
the choices make sure you read all of
the choices so choice a is containment B
is controlling that hazardous material
risk C is communication and D is all of
the above so we look at the first answer
so plaque arting the signs on the side
of the trailer that tell you what's in
the trailer those signs are they
containment obviously not there cannot
containment because they don't hold the
hazardous product containment the root
word of containment is contained
so what contains the hazardous product
what are the containers that the
hazardous product is in it's not the
signs so therefore if a is not true then
D is also not true because all of the
above so because a is not true then D is
also not true so you're left with B and
C as a as options for the answer that
you could potentially pick for this
answer of what is plac what is plac
artim what is an example of so
controlling the hazardous materials risk
yes in a way it does control the risk
because it communicates information that
can be looked up in relation to the
plaque guarding on the side of the
vehicle but one of the things you may or
may not know about hazardous materials
is that if you have a group of hazardous
materials and they're under a certain
amount you could put a danger placard on
the side of the transporting vehicle
whether that's a ship a plane or a truck
so therefore the signs on the side of
the vehicle don't necessarily control
the hazardous materials because it won't
tell you exactly from the placards
what's in the vehicle so the only answer
that is the decent answer the best
answer the best answer not necessarily
the right answer is communication the
placards on the side of the transporting
vehicle indicate to emergency crews if
there is a crash and there are hazardous
materials involved what they are
potentially dealing with on that
they know that they're dealing with
hazardous materials so the only answer
in those theory questions is
communication so the answer for this one
is see the next question here and this
question is not necessarily a commercial
driver's license question is which of
the following should you not do now it's
important to read the question carefully
because the key word in this question is
which of the following should you not do
so then we go through and we read all of
the questions a turn your headlights on
during the day of visibility is reduced
due to bad weather
ie fog rain cloudy conditions those
types of things
be flash your brake lights to warn
vehicles behind you that you were
slowing down see flash your brake lights
when entering a construction zone if
vehicles are closed behind you and then
D is flash your brake lights if someone
is following too close C and D are one
in the same possible option C in D both
are people that are potentially
tailgating you this is the way that you
deal with tailgaters now I'm just going
to pause you for a moment I'm just going
to click back to see if anybody's got
any questions because if anybody's
getting questions I'll be more than
happy to help those okay so we'll just
flip back now and I'll continue so C and
D are the same answer if you're being
tailgated flashing your brake lights is
one way that you can indicate to people
behind you that you are slowing and I'll
put a card up in the corner about
defensive driving in the event of being
rear-ended and oftentimes you're being
rear-ended because people behind you are
following too close the other thing that
you need to know about C and D is that
drivers eyes are eyes as human beings
are is attracted to light and movement
that's why we flash our brake lights to
get the attention of the person behind
you that you are slowing and that gets
their attention so C and D are both
things that you should do now be flash
your brake lights to warn vehicles
behind you that are slowing down no
you're not going to flash your brake
lights every time you're slowing down so
B is probably the answer that you're
looking for
a turn your headlights on during the day
if visibility is reduced due to bad
weather so other vehicles can see you
yes you're going to do that so be is the
answer that you're looking for in the
second question here and that's the way
that you go through and you begin to
eliminate the incorrect answers and you
pick the best answer and that's the
process that I do so first of all you go
through the question you read the
question carefully you pick out the key
words and then one by one you read all
of the potential options for the
question and then you begin to narrow
them down oftentimes when you're looking
and reading the options in the question
oftentimes one or more one or two of the
options will be readily can easily be
dismissed because it's true that they're
just not even possible options so just
coming back here so read the questions
carefully read all of the potential
answers that are presented for you and
then begin to eliminate them through the
knowledge that you know and this second
question you know which of the fine
should you not do the two options are
essentially the same so it's easily to
get rid of those two options because
they're essentially the same thing it
doesn't matter like the construction
zone when you're slowing to enter into a
construction zone this is just a it's
just something to distract you so it's
not really a different thing from
slowing down so that's the ways that you
can look at multiple choice questions
because if you're doing a theory test
and for regardless of license you're
going to have to do a theory test and
you're going to have to do multiple
choice questions and as I say again
again it's my tagline on the channel
here pick the best answer not
necessarily the right answer so that's
for Paul who sent me an email and I'm
sure that other smart drivers here are
going to find this beneficial if you
have any questions at all leave me a
comment I'm more than happy to help you
out in your move to get your license and
be successful in passing your road test
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I'll get back to you and good luck on
your road test and remember pick the
best answer not necessarily the right
answer have a great night bye now