How to Pass: A Guide to Exam Preparation

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Tips to help you learn theory, practice successfully, and get your license right the first time.

I want to get a license. How to start preparing for the theory exam?

• Sign up for a driving school if you haven't already. In Russia, the exam can only be taken by those who have received a document confirming the completion of a driving school. The external exam was canceled in 2013.
• Study the exam regulations carefully. It will consist of a theory test, an exercise at the circuit, and a real-road driving test. Each part has its own requirements.
• Allow sufficient time to prepare. It is becoming more and more difficult to pass the exam on the first try, so preparation should be started 3–6 months before the exam. Before enrolling in a driving school, you can study traffic rules on your own through books and applications, watch experienced drivers or watch video tutorials on YouTube.
• Choose a convenient training format. In many driving schools, theory can be studied both internally and remotely via the Internet. You have to go to internal exams and driving lessons personally. Therefore, when choosing a driving school, consider not only reviews and prices, but also the location of classes and racetracks. Be sure to read the instructor reviews. A good instructor is key to successful training.
• Download the mobile application to study traffic rules. Before installing the app, be sure to make sure that its developers update tickets regularly. It is desirable that the program has a mode that simulates a real exam, the ability to solve tickets offline and detailed statistics.

How to quickly learn all 800 traffic rules questions?

Step 1. Learn the theory of traffic rules

Start by reading the rules thoughtfully on a specific topic. Pay attention to terms, points, signs that are referenced in the text.

As you study the course materials or listen to a lecture, take notes of key points. Record terms, significant details, exceptions to the rule, and unusual situations. Also write down the questions you have to ask your teacher or search the Internet for an answer.

Stage 2. Practice the theory of traffic rules

When you have studied the material, move on to working out the questions. Traffic tickets contain questions from all topics, so you do not need to disassemble tickets, but separate tasks. There is a tooltip in the ticket book that describes how question numbers and topic numbers relate. If you are preparing using an app or website, use the study questions by topic mode.

If you have any doubts about an answer or an error, read the comments to the question. Move from one topic to another in sequence. After each new topic, do not forget to repeat the questions of the previous ones.

Use this technique until you have learned all the rules.

Stage 3. Check knowledge and correct mistakes

When you've covered all the questions, check what's left in your memory. To do this, solve several tickets in a row or answer questions in the "Exam" mode if you are using the application. Strive to make mistakes as little as possible.

Have you tested your knowledge and identified weaknesses? See what the toughest questions have in common. We often make the same mistakes. Perhaps you are more often confused about the signs? Then study them again. Are you reading the question wrong? Then concentrate on training your attention.

Stage 4. Bring it to automatism

Your goal is to answer several questions in a row without mistakes. For this, the "Exam" or "Marathon" mode in applications is suitable.

Prefer a book? Set a timer for 20 minutes and answer the questions in no particular order.

How can you avoid stupid errors in your tests?

Often we make mistakes not because we don't know the topic, but because of carelessness, overconfidence or doubts. In order not to be mistaken:

• Study the image and question carefully. Tickets contain tasks with similar wording, similar or even the same images. Don't confuse them. Pay special attention to questions containing the particle "not" or the words "prohibited", "allowed".
• Take your time to choose the first answer that seems correct to you. Read all the options and skip them one at a time.
• If you use a hint, really read it, and don't just peep at the correct answer.
• Learn the rules, not the tickets. Then, under any conditions, you can find the correct answer to the question.

How many times do I have to repeat all tickets?

The main thing on the exam is attention, speed and accuracy of your answers. To fail, it is enough to make more than one mistake in the topic or two mistakes in the exam. You are given a minute for each question. The examination option is generated automatically from different tickets.

Your goal in preparation is to give at least three correct answers in a row to each of the 800 questions. At the same time, you need to spend no more than a minute on each question.

If you do not repeat the information, a significant part will be erased from memory. For example, after a break of a day, 30% of the information remains in the head. Therefore, repeat your tickets every day and always on the day of the exam. The repetition must be completed no later than one hour before the test.

I have learned all the questions. How do I prepare for my driving test?

Prepare mentally

More often than not, students make stupid mistakes because of their nerves and self-doubt. Therefore, your main task is to learn how to be calm while driving under any circumstances.

Does not work? Try to find the reason. If you have a poor understanding of the device of the car, watch a lecture on this topic or ask for help from an instructor. If you are intimidated by the manner of communication or behavior of the instructor, ask him to behave differently or replace him. Need a clear lesson plan? Write it down on a piece of paper.

Watch other drivers

Evaluate how your friend, husband or father behaves while driving, watch videos with instructors and their students.

Study the roads and driving behavior. Try to assess who is following the rules and who is making mistakes. Pay attention to signs and markings on your way home or work.

If you have a question or doubt about a traffic situation, take a picture of it or just write it down, and then check with the teacher.

Start driving

Stage 1. Introductory skills

The ability to use the controls of a car - the steering wheel, gear stick, pedals - is the first thing you have to master. Your goal is not just to try 1-2 times, but to bring the skill to automatism, so that while driving, you look at the road, and not at the steering wheel or pedals.

Also, you have to master several techniques for braking, turning, rebuilding. Consider them first in theory, and then practice them in practice. If you can, start with a dedicated machine. After that, you need to work out the skill while driving.

Then learn to estimate the size of the car and follow simple paths. Before driving, draw the dimensions of the car along with the location of the seats and steering wheel on the asphalt. Get in the driver's seat and look around.

It is better to start practicing driving skills on an autodrome, an empty suburban highway or a spacious area, for example, a deserted hypermarket parking lot.

After that, learn to see and react in a timely manner to traffic signs, markings and potentially dangerous objects: pedestrians, bumps, overtaking cars, signs. In Europe and the United States, special films (Hazard Perception Test) are popular, which help to develop the skill of responding to dangerous situations. If you are fluent in English, you can watch these videos on YouTube.

Stage 2. Basic driving skills

When you have learned how to navigate well in driving and have memorized the basic signs and markings, it's time to master the basic skills:

• Changing lanes in heavy traffic, overtaking, stopping, making a U-turn. The rules for maneuvering are described in detail in the traffic rules. Read the rules before you start practicing them. Search the Internet for ready-made lane changes and reversals. Try each one in practice on a circuit or desert roads. After that, move on to more busy tracks.
• Passage of intersections. Ask your instructor to make a list of the most popular types of intersections in your city and explain them on paper. Only then can you start practicing. Separately disassemble the examination routes and the routes you travel most often.
• Parking. First, complete all the basic exercises and parking types at the circuit. Then work out first in the city in free parking lots, and then during rush hour, when it is difficult to find a place and park.

Stage 3. Preparation for the exam

After mastering all the skills, proceed to working out exam tasks on the autodrome and routes in the city. Study the penalty points table in advance. Then ask the instructor to rate your driving level. Correct any mistakes and try to take the exam with the instructor again.

Stage 4. Additional training

If you have the opportunity or your curriculum provides for it, do some more:

• Driving at increased speed.
• Emergency braking and emergency driving.
• Driving in the dark.
• Driving on wet and / or icy roads.
• Skills for driving at level crossings, as well as driving on highways.

Are there any general rules for exam preparation?

Of course. Here they are:

• Don't try to master all skills at the same time. This will only lengthen the preparation time and complicate your life.
• Do not be lazy to repeat the rules on the topic of the lesson. There is a theoretical explanation for any practical skill.
• Practice each skill, gradually increasing the difficulty: off the road; in a city in a safe area; in an active traffic flow.
• Don't move on to the next difficulty level until you've mastered the previous one.
• Try not only to memorize the training route, but also to sort out different traffic situations with the instructor.
• Do not yell at the instructor or make scenes. An angry or resentful teacher will not teach you anything useful.
• Feel free to change your instructor if you feel like you don't get along well.

What are the most common mistakes in driving exams?

• Departure into the oncoming lane or tram tracks.
• Failure to give priority to pedestrians or other road users.
• Passage to the redirecting traffic light.
• Rules for making turns and turns.
• Traveling at too slow speed unnecessarily.
• Abrupt stops, stalled at the start, tremors when driving.
• Turn signal not included in time.

What should I do on the day of the exam?

1. Try to calm down. Tune in to a successful outcome.
2. Give yourself time to review. This applies to both theory and practice. Ask the instructor to ride with you around the circuit or city on the day of the exam.
3. If you decide to take a sedative, make sure it doesn't slow down your reaction and is allowed while driving.
4. Assess the environment before the practice exam. The track may have a slight slope, the car may be larger or smaller than the one you were on, and there may be puddles or snow on the road. All of these factors should be considered when completing assignments.
5. Concentrate as much as possible. Drive confidently, answer the inspector's questions without hesitation and trembling in your voice. Calm and confident people evoke the affection of those around them.

Maybe there are some useful applications and sites that will help me?

Yes. These applications will help you study traffic rules and road signs.

Official tickets are presented on the traffic police website for categories "A", "B", "M" and "C", "D". You can work out tickets on this site. You can also watch video tutorials on traffic rules.

These resources will help you find and find an instructor:

• Profi.ru →
• "Spokoino.ru" →
• Gazu.ru →

The brain trainer "Wikium" is useful for training memory and attention.