Name: _________________________
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Unit 4 Review
No: _______
The force of nature that slows a car going uphill is ________________________________.
A vehicle’s speed when going downhill tends to ___________________________.
The gripping action that keeps a tire from slipping on the roadway is called ________________________.
Total stopping distance consists of perception, reaction, and _______________________ distances.
The primary purpose of tire tread is to allow water to move through the tire’s ____________________
and away from the tire.
6. When you want to back a car in a straight line you should turn your body to the right and look through the
_____________ window.
7. To make a blind-spot check for a land change to the right, glance quickly over your right
______________________.
8. Turn your front wheels to the left when parking uphill with a _______________.
9. Just before beginning any lane-change maneuver check to see that the ______________________ ahead
has not obstructions.
10. To back to the left, you should pull the steering wheel to the ________________.
11. When backing to the left, the front wheels move far to the ________________________ of the rear
wheels
12. A turnabout maneuver is risky because you cross or back into one or more lanes of
_________________________.
13. A turnabout is a maneuver for turning our vehicle _______________________________ around.
14. Angle parking begins with your vehicle at least ______ _____________ from a row of parked vehicles.
15. Use perpendicular parking to park at a ________________________ angle to the curb.
16. When parallel parking on the right, turn the wheels sharply to the left when your ___________________
bumper is even with the front vehicle’s rear bumper.
17. After completing a parallel parking maneuver, your vehicle should be in the ________________ of the
parking space.
18. Regardless of the hill you park on, you should set the ___________________________ brake.
19. When parking uphill on the right side when there is a curb, steer left, shift to
____________________________, and roll back to the curb.
20. In a rear-wheel skid, the driver should release the brake and turn into the ________________________ of
the skid.
21. You should reduce your ____________________ to avoid hydroplaning.
22. When driving in the rain, you must have your headlights and windshield wipers on at all
_____________________.
23. When driving in fog you should use your low-beam __________________________________.
24. You can the inside of your windshield clean by using your ___________________________________ or
air conditioner.
25. When driving into sun glare you can reduce the glare and eyestrain by using
__________________________________ and the sun visor.
26. To help others see you during heavy rain, use your _________________________________________
headlights.
27. When driving in snow, you should use low-beam headlights and _________________________ your
speed.
28. Rain tends to make roadways the slickest as the rain _____________________________ to fall.
29. Hydroplaning occurs when your tires lose ________________________________ with the road.
30. The surface of a bridge will freeze before adjoining road surfaces because cold air
______________________________________ above and below the bridge road surface.
31. Black ice is sheets of _________________________________ ice.
32. NEVER remove a _______________________________ cap on a hot engine because the hot liquid will
scald you!!
33. If you must drive during foggy weather, you should turn on the low-beam headlights and drive at a speed
that will allow you to stop within your field of _________________________________.
34. Headlights are required from dusk to dawn, during periods of poor visibility, and when weather conditions
required the use of ___________________________________________ wipers.
35. When driving on a slippery road and the rear end of your vehicles starts to skid, you should turn your
front wheels in the _____________________________________ of the skid.
36. The road surface of a bridge may be dangerous in winter because there may be ice on bridges even when
other ____________________________________ are clear.
37. If your vehicle starts to skid on water you should take your foot off the
_________________________________ and let your vehicle slow down.
38. When headlights are required, bright lights (high-beams) should be dimmed at least ____________ feet
before meeting and 300 feet before overtaking another vehicle.
WORD BANK
Speed
Direction
Gravity
Curb
500
Direction
Friction
Accelerator
Vision
Increase
Roadway
Pavements
Windshield
Left
Rear
Traffic
Parking
Shoulder
Grooves
Braking
Center
Six Feet
Headlights
Times
Defroster
Begins
Low-Beam
Circulates
Right
Neutral
Right
Sunglasses
Reduce
Invisible
Engine
Front
Completely
Contact