Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

You are supposed to pull up to this stop with your bus to carry out a school transport. How should you behave?

When pulling into the stop, I watch through glances in the right mirrors that no children are endangered

I immediately pull into the stop, but honk while doing so

I honk to alert the children that I want to pull into the stop with the bus and give appropriate hand signals

I first stop at the stop in front of the children

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

You are driving a bus of vehicle class M3 at about 50 km/h. Why should you increase the distance to the station wagon driving ahead of you?

Because I must expect that my bus has a shorter braking distance than the station wagon

The driver of the station wagon is keeping only a small distance to the vehicles ahead. There is a danger of a rear-end collision

Because I must expect that my bus has a longer braking distance than the station wagon

If the station wagon should skid, there is a danger of a rear-end collision

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

You are driving a bus of vehicle class M3 occupied with 54 passengers. Why should you select a low gear and accelerate here?

So that the brakes of the bus do not overheat

Because a steep incline is announced

So that the bus operates as fuel-efficiently as possible when driving on the incline

So that the bus loses as little speed as possible when driving on the incline

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

You are driving a bus of vehicle class M3 at about 60 km/h. How should you behave?

I listen to traffic reports about road conditions on this motorway section

I change to the left lane and overtake the truck driving ahead of me

I must immediately stop on the breakdown lane and mount snow chains on the drive wheels

I maintain sufficient safety distance to the truck driving ahead of me

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

You are driving your bus on this motorway at 60 km/h. Why should you brake, increase the safety distance to the truck driving ahead of you, and switch on the hazard warning lights in this situation?

Since the vehicles in the queue next to me and the truck ahead of me are braking, I must expect congestion

Because then I can more safely form an emergency corridor

Because otherwise there is a danger of a rear-end collision

Because I cannot oversee the situation ahead of me due to the truck

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

You are supposed to pull up to this stop with your bus to carry out a school transport. Why must you pull into the stop with particular caution here?

Because I must expect that children do not pay attention to the bus

Because due to the large number of children, I can only very difficultly perceive dangerous behavior of individual children

Because I must not trust that children behave properly in traffic

Because individual children could run around and get onto the roadway

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

You are driving a bus of vehicle class M3 with an automated transmission. How should you behave after these traffic signs?

I use the retarder on the downhill

I brake and select a low gear

I accelerate

I select a higher gear

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

You are driving a bus of vehicle class M3 with a manually shifted transmission, occupied with 54 passengers. How should you behave after these traffic signs?

I accelerate when the RPM indication on the engine tachometer begins to drop

I use the retarder

I select a higher gear

I select a low gear when the RPM indication on the engine tachometer drops below the green range

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

You are driving a bus of vehicle class M3. Why should you select a low gear and use the retarder here?

Because a steep uphill is announced

So that the bus remains controllable

Because the steep downhill lasts 1,100 m

Because a steep downhill is announced

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

You are driving a bus. What effects can placing objects in your field of vision have?

I could overlook other road users, especially single-track vehicles

I could be blinded by light reflections

I could overlook traffic signs

I could overlook traffic lights

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

You are driving your bus on this motorway at 60 km/h. How should you behave in this situation?

I immediately steer right onto the breakdown lane

If necessary, I switch on the hazard warning lights

I brake

I increase the safety distance to the truck driving ahead of me

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

You are driving a bus of vehicle class M3 at about 50 km/h. How should you behave?

I drive all the way to the right up to the snow poles to give the oncoming truck enough space

I switch on the low beam or fog lights

I must immediately stop and mount snow chains on the drive wheels

I increase the distance to the station wagon driving ahead of me

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

During which driving maneuvers must you particularly consider the dangers from "blind spots" in the field of vision when driving a bus?

When turning right

When reversing

When overtaking

When turning left

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

What devices enable enlarging the field of vision in a bus?

Ramp mirrors

Wide-angle mirrors

Front mirrors

Reversing cameras

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Category: Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention - Level 2

You are driving a bus of vehicle class M3 at about 60 km/h. Why should you listen to traffic reports about road conditions on this motorway section?

So that I can take an alternative route in time if the motorway is blocked by stuck vehicles due to the snow situation

So that I do not obstruct road maintenance vehicles

So that I can mount snow chains in time if the snow situation worsens

So that I can take an alternative route in time if the snow situation worsens

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Class D -6- Hazard Awareness, Hazard Prevention – Level 2