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Basic concepts questions — B licence
1768 exam-style Basic concepts questions for the B licence with correct answer and explanation. Practice free, no signup.
- When joining traffic from a parked position, how may a driver check, if necessary, that it is safe to do so?
- To continue straight ahead, where must you stop?
- A car with MAM no greater than 3,500 kg has a breakdown. It can continue safely but travels at an abnormally low speed on a motorway, seriously disrupting traffic. The right shoulder is usable and wide enough. What must it do?
- If your vehicle makes a noise above the established limits, is its circulation prohibited?
- A driver puts their left arm out and bends it upwards with the palm extended to signal a lateral movement. Which direction are they signalling?
- During ordinary car driving, may the driver use connected earphones to listen to music?
- If distraction prevents a driver from monitoring and correcting the vehicle’s path, which risk can directly increase?
- As a general rule, to turn left in a car, with no signs or markings requiring another position, approach the left edge of the carriageway on…
- When driving at night through a built-up section of an interurban road, may you use high-beam headlights continuously?
- In 2026, to signal a breakdown of a car registered in Spain, must you walk along the carriageway to place warning triangles 50 metres away?
- With no higher-priority instruction or signal indicating otherwise, what must you do at this STOP sign?
- What is the maximum permitted breath-alcohol concentration for an adult bus driver?
- On a one-way interurban road where parking is allowed, where should a vehicle be positioned outside an emergency?
- Which system can automatically apply emergency braking when it detects a collision risk?
- Is the circulation of vehicles whose noise emission level exceeds the established limits permitted?
- In Spain, does the General Vehicle Regulations’ ordinary mandatory equipment list require a first-aid kit in a privately used passenger car with up to nine seats?
- Is it advisable to smoke while driving?
- Does rain require the driver to take more precautions than usual?
- Outside built-up areas, after completing an overtake, with no traffic or road conditions justifying another lane, when must the driver return to the right lane?
- Of a bicycle, a motorcycle and a passenger car, which is barred by an R-114 sign: a red-bordered circle with a black bicycle symbol?
- An officer extends an arm and moves it up and down. You approach from that arm’s side, perpendicular to it. What are you instructed to do?
- When I take medication that affects the nervous system, what should I do before driving?
- On a carriageway, the left lane has been opened in the opposite direction to normal, leaving only the right lane for normal-direction traffic. With no lower restriction, what is the maximum speed for a car in the right lane?
- May a driver voluntarily stop in a dual-carriageway motorway median that is not designated for stopping?
- In a traffic queue, with no emergency or authorised instruction or opening of the shoulder, may a passenger car use the hard shoulder to bypass the queue?
- Must pedestrians walking on the hard shoulder at night be equipped with a luminous or retro-reflective element?
- After a positive alcohol test, may officers immobilise the vehicle if no properly licensed person fit to drive safely can take over?
- Can a GPS navigator be dangerous for driving?
- Cyclists have right of way over motor vehicles:
- As a general rule, may a motorcycle drive on the hard shoulder?
- As a general rule, which vehicle should remove and transport a broken-down passenger car, with no exceptional mass or dimension grounds?
- To increase traffic flow, a lane has been opened for traffic in the opposite direction to the usual one. Which vehicles may use this lane?
- If you have consumed narcotics or similar substances that alter the physical or mental state required to drive safely, you may not travel on public roads…
- On a road allowing pedestrian traffic, a wheelchair user with pedestrian status has no usable pedestrian area. If a usable left shoulder exists and no safety reason requires using the right, may they travel along that left shoulder?
- Where must mopeds travel on interurban roads when there is no exclusive lane for mopeds?
- What risk does smoking while driving a car involve?
- A lorry is more than 2.10 metres wide and is travelling at night. In addition to its position lights, which lights must be switched on to indicate its width?
- Which part of a cyclist’s body does a helmet primarily protect against impacts?
- On interurban roads and carriageways with more than one lane in the same direction of travel, which lane should a car normally use?
- With no officer’s instructions, traffic lights or other signs establishing otherwise, your car crosses a duly signposted cycle lane. Must you give way to cyclists using it?
- As a voluntary manoeuvre, may you stop or park on a signposted pedestrian crossing?
- Due to a breakdown, a vehicle is obstructing traffic on a dual carriageway. What must its driver do?
- As a general rule, outside built-up areas, which special vehicles must use the carriageway rather than the hard shoulder?
- A car without a trailer and a lorry enter a narrowing at the same time and cannot pass each other. There are no signs or instructions and the section is not steep. If one must reverse, what should the car do?
- After a breakdown prevents continuing on a motorway, there is a safe place outside the traffic platform and the occupants can leave safely. What should they do?
- In the event of rain, you must drive with caution because...
- A driver has double-parked their vehicle. Have they acted correctly?
- When transporting a pet in a car, which requirement must its position and restraint meet?
- Which difficulty may an older pedestrian experience when crossing the road?
- At a preventive alcohol checkpoint, which drivers must take the test when required by officers?
- Is it permitted to drive over a broken longitudinal line if you are driving on a carriageway with lanes less than 3 metres wide?
- Sign R-401a is a blue circle showing a white arrow pointing diagonally down and right. What does it mean?
- A driver who has consumed cocaine...
- What do the signs in the photograph indicate?
- With no pedestrian crossing or officer directing them, should a pedestrian cross the carriageway diagonally rather than perpendicular to its axis?
- Under the rules in force from 1 October 2026, which of these circumstances exempts a cyclist from wearing a helmet on an interurban road?
- If you have to assist the victims of a road accident, the first thing you must consider is...
- On an interurban conventional road, where must a voluntary stop be made if it is permitted and is not an immobilisation due to traffic or an emergency?
- The principles of defensive driving are...
- In a petrol car with fuel injection and electronic engine management, how are the operating adjustments needed for a cold start normally controlled?
- When following a motorcycle on an urban road, must you keep a sufficient safety distance?
- Under the regulatory definition of a shared-use vehicle, how is its use requested within the defined service area?
- At this sign, entering the narrow section would force the oncoming vehicle to stop. Must you give way to it?
- May audible warning signals be used on a road outside a built-up area?
- The maximum speed of an adapted mixed vehicle on a road for motor vehicles shall be...
- On an ordinary urban road with a single shared surface for the carriageway and pavement and no specific speed signage, what is the general maximum limit?
- To anticipate danger and make safe decisions, the driver of a vehicle...
- These cyclists ride two abreast in daylight, with good visibility and without affecting traffic flow. The shoulder is insufficient and they occupy only the necessary part of the carriageway. Is this arrangement permitted?
- In which of these cases must you particularly moderate speed under Article 46?
- How far may an indivisible beam protrude from the front of a goods vehicle with a length exceeding 5 metres?
- A group of cyclists rides together and the first has already entered a roundabout in compliance with the signs. Under the specific group rule, who has priority over motor vehicles?
- What are direction indicators used for?
- A car with a MAM no greater than 3,500 kg travels abnormally slowly on a dual carriageway because of an emergency and seriously disrupts traffic. If the right shoulder is usable and sufficient, where must it travel?
- In general, are people over 65 more sensitive to the effects of alcohol?
- As a general rule, what is a vehicle’s maximum authorised height, including its load?
- The driver in the photograph is indicating that they are going to...
- In general, a driver under the influence of alcohol...
- For a car without special restrictions, what is the general speed limit on the pictured urban road with two unrestricted lanes per direction and no specific speed signs?
- Must a bus driver wear a high-visibility reflective vest when leaving the vehicle and standing on the carriageway or shoulder of an interurban road?
- Do priority vehicles have right of way over other road users?
- Must you facilitate the passage of priority vehicles on emergency calls?
- Which vehicles may use a lane temporarily opened against the normal traffic direction to improve traffic flow?
- At the junction shown, what does the white triangle painted on the road require?
- What does this sign require?
- At level crossings, is it permitted to overtake a car?
- Must you give way when turning to enter a road and there are pedestrians crossing where there is no pedestrian crossing?
- This sign obliges all drivers to...
- A traffic officer travelling ahead of us displays a yellow flag. What is this indicating?
- In a motorcycle crash, which of these behaviours particularly increases the risk of serious or fatal head injury?
- In which situation may the dipped headlights be used with short intermittent flashes?
- A herd travels on a conventional road with no available livestock route. On which side and at what pace must it proceed?
- Which of these actions is prohibited while driving because it involves manually operating a navigation device?
- When travelling beside a motorcycle in another lane, which recommendation reduces lateral-collision risk?
- You are driving a car with a single-axle trailer. Is this vertical sign applicable to you?
- Which of these, despite being fitted with an engine, is not considered a motor vehicle?
- Which option describes a control used to apply the brake, rather than a wheel-brake type classified by its friction element?
- Lack of driving experience...
- What is the first thing a driver must do upon reaching an acceleration lane?
- If you see this sign at the entrance to a road, you must know that…
- As a general rule, from which side of the vehicle should occupants enter and exit?
- If you foresee that animals near the road may enter it, how must you adapt your driving?
- On a two-way conventional road, may you voluntarily stop or park on the left relative to your direction of travel?
- In road safety, what characterises a vulnerable road user?
- When parking a vehicle with a manual gearbox on a downward slope, which gear should be left engaged?
- May you stop to pick up someone asking for a lift on a motorway toll-station plaza?
- This sign indicates the end of...
- Which of these elements of the surroundings is a physical installation that normally remains in the same place?
- What are position lights intended for?
- From 1 January 2026, which approved hazard-warning device must a Spanish-registered car immobilised by a breakdown on a Spanish road use?
- Is it permitted to throw objects onto the carriageway or in its immediate vicinity that could cause a fire?
- In normal driving, without an emergency or special authorisation, may you drive a car continuously on the right-hand carriageway edge line or along the shoulder?
- How should you return to the right-hand lane after overtaking?
- Outside a built-up area, a pedestrian walks alone without pushing or pulling a vehicle, and there is no usable pedestrian area. May they walk on their right?
- A reserved-lane start marking appears on the carriageway, accompanied by the inscription BUS. What does it indicate?
- On a two-way road, overtaking the vehicle ahead requires entering the opposing lane in a bend with restricted visibility. Is it permitted?
- When suffering from respiratory allergies and experiencing a sneezing fit...
- Which of the following vehicles can particularly lose their balance in a crosswind gust because they travel on two wheels?
- On an urban street, you perceive the warning signals of an approaching ambulance on an urgent call. What must you do?
- What should we do if we are overcome by sleepiness while driving at night?
- On a two-way road, a car wants to overtake another car on the left at a junction that is not a roundabout. Its road has no signed priority and the manoeuvre requires entering opposing traffic. The car ahead is going straight on. Is it permitted?
- If a pedestrian approaches a crossing while looking at a phone, what should the driver do to reduce the risk of hitting them?
- Can the load carried on a motorcycle with a width of less than 1 metre protrude from the front or rear?
- A right-pointing green arrow lights up on a circular black background. You are in a lane that traffic following that arrow must use. How must you proceed?
- What maximum breath-alcohol concentration applies to the driver of a bus intended to carry passengers with more than nine seats?
- A motorcycle less than one metre wide carries a load projecting at the rear within Article 15(4)’s limit. Must it mark the load with a V-20 panel under Article 15(6)?
- Where instructions conflict, which takes precedence among a circular vehicle traffic light, a vertical sign and a road marking, with no officers or temporary signage?
- If you cannot reach the minimum speed required on the road you are travelling on with your vehicle, and there is a risk of a rear-end collision, what should you do?
- If people are carrying out work on the road, how must the driver act to avoid endangering them?
- On a two-way road where overtaking is allowed, may you overtake several vehicles in one manoeuvre?
- What is the function of the heated rear window of the vehicle?
- What is a private mixed adaptable vehicle used for?
- With no other grounds for removing the other vehicles, which may be removed from the public road under traffic law?
- An S-64a sign identifies the right-hand lane of a one-way carriageway as a reserved and compulsory route for cycles. What does it indicate about that lane?
- An adaptable mixed vehicle, without a trailer and not carrying schoolchildren or dangerous goods, overtakes on a motorway outside a built-up area. With no lower applicable limit, what maximum speed may it reach?
- Among these ordinary vehicles without historic classification, which is not subject to periodic ITV inspection?
- What colour are the stripes of pedestrian crossings?
- A vehicle supporting and following cyclists has no road or part of one specifically designated for it. If the right-hand shoulder is usable and sufficient, where must it travel under Article 36?
- On a road open to pedestrians, must drivers also respect pedestrians’ right to use it under the rules?
- What is the maximum width permitted for the superstructures of temperature-controlled vehicles?
- A cyclist uses the indispensable part of the right-hand side of a conventional road with no shoulder or specially designated cycle route. Is that position correct?
- May you drive your vehicle if it emits noise that exceeds the authorised limits?
- At a narrow section with no signs or instructions regulating priority, which is not a steep-gradient section, it is known which vehicle entered first. If two vehicles cannot pass each other, which has priority?
- A motorcycle without a trailer overtakes a car on a paved conventional road outside a built-up area, without physical separation of directions. With no lower applicable limit, what is the maximum permitted speed during overtaking?
- A child under 135 cm tall uses an appropriate child restraint. May the child travel in the front seat of a five-seat car?
- Can loud noise make it harder for an older person to perceive an approaching vehicle?
- Can older people have problems as pedestrians?
- A route is marked with S-35, “Route reserved for cycles”. May a pedestrian walk along it solely because there is free space?
- With no officer’s order or traffic light indicating otherwise, in which of these cases do bicycles have priority over a motor vehicle?
- A car of up to 3,500 kg suffers a breakdown on a dual carriageway and can still move safely, but at an abnormally low speed. Where must it leave the road?
- To avoid running over pedestrians, drivers must...
- The intention to perform a manoeuvre must be indicated...
- With no emergency or special traffic regulation, a special vehicle with a MAM of 4,000 kg travels outside a built-up area on a carriageway with three lanes in its direction. Must it use the carriageway or shoulder?
- The driver of a car must wear a high-visibility reflective vest when leaving the vehicle and occupying...
- On a motorway, with no breakdown or other emergency, may you make a voluntary stop on the usable part of the shoulder?
- On a two-way road, parts of both shoulders are used to provide temporarily two lanes in one direction and one in the other. What has been established?
- At a STOP-controlled junction without a stop line, where must the initial stop be made?
- What colour are the lights generally seen on the front of a vehicle?
- Within a built-up area, a carriageway has two or more marked lanes in the same direction. If it can be done safely and in compliance with other rules, is overtaking on the right permitted?
- A broken yellow line on the kerb or beside the carriageway edge is used, by itself, to prohibit or restrict...
- From 1 January 2026, which device must a car registered in Spain use in Spain to give advance warning of an immobilisation when required?
- Vehicles travelling on the hard shoulder are prohibited from travelling in parallel, except...
- As pedestrians, which groups require particular care from drivers because of their vulnerability?
- Must drivers on a motorway facilitate the entry of those joining via the acceleration lane?
- Of the following advanced driver assistance systems or ADAS, which one is known as 'Cross Traffic Alert'?
- A bus travels on an ordinary urban road with at least two lanes in each direction, excluding reserved lanes, and no signs reducing the limit. What is its generic maximum speed?
- On a roadworks section, an authorised worker controls vehicle passage with a prescribed sign paddle, in the absence of officers or to assist them. Must you obey their traffic directions?
- On a moped less than one metre wide, how far may the load protrude beyond the front end?
- At a marked pedestrian crossing, with no express authorisation for a U-turn, is a U-turn permitted?
- What is the general maximum breath alcohol concentration for an adult cyclist in Spain?
- When preparing a left turn in a car on a two-way carriageway with two lanes and no signs requiring a different position, what is the purpose of moving close to the centre line without entering opposing traffic?
- What does a full-face helmet protect?
- Is it advisable to smoke while driving?
- Outside a built-up area, a special vehicle with a MAM not exceeding 3,500 kg has neither a reserved route nor a shoulder. Where must it travel?
- What does a square V-20 panel with diagonal red and white stripes at the rear of a vehicle indicate?
- From 1 October 2026, is a delivery driver exempt from wearing a seatbelt because they make short urban trips with successive loading and unloading stops?
- Why may a short child have difficulty seeing traffic between parked vehicles?
- When you see this road marking, what should you do?
- At night, a pedestrian walks on the shoulder of an interurban road. What must they use to be visible under Article 123?
- Because of an emergency, a vehicle justifiably travels below the minimum speed and there is a risk of a rear-end collision. If hazard warning lights are fitted, is it correct to switch them on as a warning?
- You drive a car on a two-way carriageway with three lanes in total separated by broken lines. If overtaking is permitted and safe, which lane do you use for the manoeuvre?
- A child pedestrian’s short stature can cause a vehicle impact to reach particularly serious areas, such as...
- A traffic officer displays a red flag from their vehicle. What does it indicate from the moment that vehicle passes?
- What specific term describes a vehicle striking a pedestrian?
- Vehicles for people with reduced mobility, if there is no lane or part of it especially designated for them...
- Does this 2 t R-112 itself prohibit entry by a car towing a single-axle trailer?
- Where is a yellow zigzag line that bans parking usually used?
- This sign indicates the proximity of a hazard due to...
- On a two-way road with one lane in each direction, before overtaking on the left using the oncoming lane, you must check that...
- During daylight, which of these lane types requires a car to use dipped beam because of that lane condition?
- Which of these groups is subject to compulsory third-party liability insurance?
- In the event of a load falling onto the road, the driver, as far as possible, must...
- When riding a two-wheeled motorcycle, what difference compared with a car should you particularly consider?
- Which drivers does this R-404 require to use the carriageway at whose entrance it is placed?
- Which of these parking situations is expressly listed in Article 91(2) as dangerous or seriously obstructive?
- A pedestrian intends to cross a properly signposted pedestrian crossing. When should they step onto the road?
- Is a driver obliged to cooperate in tests for detecting polluting gas emissions from their vehicle?
- A car with MAM not exceeding 3,500 kg is travelling abnormally slowly on a motorway because of an emergency and seriously disrupting traffic. When must it use the right shoulder?
- For an adult cyclist, what is the general maximum permitted breath alcohol level?
- Which factor includes risks such as driver distraction, fatigue or inappropriate decisions?
- On reaching a level crossing with its barrier or half-barrier still moving, what must you do?
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