Before you can take Your Practical Driving Test, you must pass your Theory Test. You will be given a computer based test containing 35 multiple choice questions which you have to complete using the touch screen within 40 minutes. IN ORDER TO PASS YOU MUST GET AT LEAST 30 CORRECT OUT OF 35.
If you have the time at the end of the test, please take the opportunity to review your answers. People often make careless mistakes and find that they have, totally inadvertently, marked the wrong answer.
You’ll take your Driving Theory Test using a touch screen computer located at your local Driving Standards Agency Theory Test Centre. You must bring along your provisional driving licence and some other acceptable proof of identity that bears your name, photograph and signature.
As from 14th November 2002 the Hazard perception Test will be added to the Theory Test. For this test you are shown 14 short film clips on the computer from which you will have to identify 15 scoreable hazards. One film clip only, may contain 2 hazards so you must concentrate on each clip.
Each Hazard will require you to take some form of action, such as a change of speed or direction. This is done by clicking the left or right mouse button, you will only be able to see the film clip once, there is no going back.
You will be marked on the number of hazards that you correctly identify, each hazard is marked from one to five, the sooner you spot the hazard, the higher you score. If you randomly click the mouse button then you will receive a zero score. To pass the Hazard Test you must score 44 out of a possible 75
Further details regarding the Theory Test can be obtained by clicking on the following link:
Theory Test
