Gaimen Kirikae written test practice questions (50-question format)

Chapter 1: Rules common to pedestrians and drivers

Questions 11–20

11. An instruction sign is a sign used to prohibit a particular way of travelling.
    指示標識は、特定の交通方法を禁止するための標識である。
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    × False

    Prohibiting a way of travelling, or designating one that must be followed, is the job of a regulatory sign. An instruction sign indicates what may be done or where a designated place is — for example a sign showing that parking is allowed, or one marking a pedestrian crossing or a safety zone.

    Source: Rules for Road Use, Ch.1 Sec.2 "信号、標識・標示に従うこと"

    「指示標識は、特定の交通方法ができることや道路交通上決められた場所などを指示するものです。」

12. Road markings are the lines, symbols and characters shown on the road surface by paint, road studs and the like, and there are two kinds: regulatory markings and instruction markings.
    標示とは、ペイントや道路びょうなどによって路面に示された線、記号や文字のことをいい、規制標示と指示標示の２種類がある。
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    ○ True

    A sign is a board placed at the roadside or overhead, whereas a marking is put on the road surface itself. Main signs come in four kinds, but markings come in only two: regulatory and instruction.

    Source: Rules for Road Use, Ch.1 Sec.2 "信号、標識・標示に従うこと"

    「標示とは、ペイントや道路びようなどによつて路面に示された線、記号や文字のことをいい、規制標示と指示標示の２種類があります。」

13. When a police officer or traffic control officer is directing traffic and their hand signal differs from the traffic light, you must follow the officer's signal.
    警察官や交通巡視員が交通整理を行っているとき、その手信号が信号機の信号と違っていれば、警察官や交通巡視員の信号に従わなければならない。
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    ○ True

    When an officer is directing traffic, their hand or light signal takes precedence over the traffic light. The officer is on the spot precisely because following the lights would be dangerous or unworkable — after a crash, a disaster, or a signal failure.

    Source: Rules for Road Use, Ch.1 Sec.3 "警察官などの指示に従うこと"

    「この場合、手信号や灯火による信号が信号機の信号と違つていても、その警察官や交通巡視員の信号の方が優先します。」

14. When a police officer's instruction differs from the regulation shown by a sign or road marking, the sign or marking takes precedence.
    警察官の指示が標識・標示による交通の規制と違っているときは、標識・標示の方が優先する。
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    In fact the officer's instruction prevails. Signs and markings were installed in advance, whereas the officer is responding to what is happening in front of them right now.

    Source: Rules for Road Use, Ch.1 Sec.3 "警察官などの指示に従うこと"

    「警察官が行う指示が標識・標示によつて示された交通の規制と違つていても、指示の方が優先します。」

15. You must not display goods on the road, or leave things that obstruct traffic such as earth, sand or timber.
    道路上に商品などを陳列したり、土砂や材木など交通の妨げになる物を置いたりしてはいけない。
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    ○ True

    The road exists for people and vehicles to travel on. Goods laid out or materials left there push pedestrians into the carriageway and block sightlines, and that is what causes crashes.

    Source: Rules for Road Use, Ch.1 Sec.4 "道路でしてはいけないことなど"

    「道路上に商品などを陳列したり、土砂、材木など交通の妨げになる物を置いたりしてはいけません。」

16. It is acceptable to put up a neon sign in a colour resembling a traffic light near a traffic signal.
    信号機の近くに、信号と似た色のネオンサインを設けてもよい。
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    It is extremely dangerous if signals, signs or markings are hard to make out, so such neon signs are prohibited near a signal — as is putting an advertising board near a sign, or operating, moving or damaging signals, signs and markings without authority.

    Source: Rules for Road Use, Ch.1 Sec.4 "道路でしてはいけないことなど"

    「信号機の近くに信号と似た色のネオンサインを設けたり、標識の近くに広告看板を設けたり、また、信号機や標識・標示を勝手に操作したり、移したり、壊したりしてはいけません。」

17. As long as the person holds a driving licence, you may ask them to drive even if they have been drinking.
    相手が運転免許を持っていれば、酒気を帯びていても運転を頼んでよい。
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    Asking an unlicensed person to drive and asking someone who has been drinking to drive are both prohibited. The ban falls not only on the one who drives but on the one who asks.

    Source: Rules for Road Use, Ch.1 Sec.4 "道路でしてはいけないことなど"

    「免許を持たない人や酒気を帯びた人に運転を頼んだりしてはいけません。」

18. You must not ask a driver to drive with a load exceeding the weight limit for the load.
    運転者に対して、積載物の重量の制限を超えて物を積んで運転するよう求めてはいけない。
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    ○ True

    Asking a driver to drive overloaded is prohibited, and so is selling or handing over goods that would cause an overload. Responsibility falls not only on the driver but on the shipper or whoever makes the request.

    Source: Rules for Road Use, Ch.1 Sec.4 "道路でしてはいけないことなど"

    「運転者に、過積載（積載物の重量の制限を超えて物を積むことをいいます。）をして車を運転することを求めたり、過積載となるような物を売り渡したり、引き渡したりしてはいけません。」

19. In this rulebook, “vehicle” includes light vehicles such as bicycles and handcarts.
    この教則でいう「車」には、自転車や荷車などの軽車両も含まれる。
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    ○ True

    Note 1 of the rulebook defines a vehicle as a motor vehicle, a moped, a light vehicle such as a bicycle or handcart, or a trolleybus. A bicycle is therefore a “vehicle”, and rules written for vehicles apply to it too.

    Source: Rules for Road Use, Ch.1 Sec.4 "道路でしてはいけないことなど"

    「車………自動車、原動機付自転車、自転車や荷車などの軽車両、トロリーバスをいいます。」

20. On a green light a bicycle may turn right by cutting straight across the intersection.
    青色の灯火の信号のとき、自転車は、交差点をそのまま右折することができる。
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    × False

    On a green light, a light vehicle such as a bicycle may only go straight or turn left. To turn right it must go straight as far as the turning point and change direction there; it may not cut diagonally across the intersection in one movement.

    Source: Rules for Road Use, Appendix 1 (1) "信号機の信号" — 青色の灯火

    「特定小型原動機付自転車と軽車両（自転車、荷車など）は、直進し、左折することができます。右折するときは、右折する地点まで直進し、その地点で向きを変えることまでできます。」