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

Chapter 4: Before driving a car or a general moped

Questions 21–30

21. A car with a poorly maintained exhaust that gives off harmful gas and noise may still be driven so long as it runs without trouble.
    マフラーが整備されておらず有害なガスや騒音を出す車でも、走行に支障がなければ運転してよい。
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    The ban is not limited to vehicles that create a danger in traffic. A vehicle liable to trouble other people with harmful gases or noise is prohibited just the same.

    Source: Rules for Road Use, Ch.4 Sec.3 "自動車の点検"

    「ハンドル、ブレーキ、マフラーその他の各装置が整備されていないため、交通の危険を生じさせたり、有害なガスや騒音を出してほかの人に迷惑を及ぼしたりするおそれのある車を運転してはいけません。」

22. The daily inspection is carried out by a professional garage, not by the user of the vehicle.
    日常点検は、整備工場などの専門の業者が行うものであり、自動車の使用者が自分で行うものではない。
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    The daily inspection is one the user, or the person about to operate the vehicle, performs on their own responsibility. Its items — how the brake pedal feels, the state of the tyres — are changes only someone who drives that car regularly would notice.

    Source: Rules for Road Use, Ch.4 Sec.3 "自動車の点検"

    「日常点検は、自動車の使用者や自動車を運行しようとする者が、日頃自動車を使用していく中で、自分自身の責任において行う点検です。」

23. The user or operator of a business-use vehicle such as a taxi must carry out the daily inspection once a day, before operating it.
    タクシーなどの事業用の自動車の使用者や運行しようとする者は、１日１回、運行する前に日常点検を行わなければならない。
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    ○ True

    As a rule the user chooses the appropriate timing from the mileage and how the vehicle has been running. Only for business-use vehicles, privately owned large and medium vehicles, goods vehicles, rental cars and the like is the timing fixed as "once a day, before operating".

    Source: Rules for Road Use, Ch.4 Sec.3 "自動車の点検"

    「なお、タクシー、ハイヤーなどの事業用の自動車や自家用の大型自動車及び中型自動車、準中型貨物自動車、普通貨物自動車、大型特殊自動車、レンタカーなどの使用者又はこれらの自動車を運行しようとする者は、１日１回、運行する前にこの点検を行わなければなりません。」

24. If, with the brake pedal pressed fully down, the gap to the floor has shrunk or the pedal feels soft, the brakes may not be working properly.
    ブレーキペダルをいっぱいに踏み込んだとき、床板とのすき間が少なくなっていたり、踏みごたえが柔らかく感じたりするときは、ブレーキの効きが悪くなっているおそれがある。
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    ○ True

    Both are signs of leaking brake fluid or air in the system. Finding out that the brakes have failed is too late, so this stage — when the symptom shows up as the feel of the pedal — is where it has to be caught.

    Source: Rules for Road Use, Ch.4 Sec.3 "自動車の点検"

    「なお、床板とのすき間が少なくなつているときや、踏みごたえが柔らかく感じるときは、ブレーキ液の液漏れ、空気の混入によるブレーキの効き不良のおそれがあります。」

25. Whether the tyre tread is deep enough is checked using the wear indicator (slip sign) and the like.
    タイヤの溝の深さが十分であるかは、ウェア・インジケータ（スリップ・サイン）などにより点検する。
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    ○ True

    You cannot judge tread depth by eye. The wear indicator is a raised bar in the bottom of the groove that becomes flush with the surface when the tread reaches its limit; once it shows across the contact face, the tyre is due for replacement.

    Source: Rules for Road Use, Ch.4 Sec.3 "自動車の点検"

    「溝の深さが十分であるかをウェア・インジケータ（スリップ・サイン）などにより点検します。」

26. The inspection points marked ◎ in the daily inspection table must be checked even on vehicles not fitted with air brakes.
    日常点検の表で◎の付いた点検箇所は、エアブレーキが装着されていない自動車でも点検しなければならない。
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    The ◎ points apply where air brakes are fitted. An air pressure gauge or an air tank simply does not exist on a vehicle without air brakes.

    Source: Rules for Road Use, Ch.4 Sec.3 "自動車の点検"

    「◎の点検箇所は、エアブレーキが装着されている場合に点検しなければなりません。」

27. You must have emergency signalling devices such as flares or red lamps in the vehicle before you drive.
    運転する前に、発炎筒や赤ランプなどの非常信号用具を車に備えていなければならない。
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    ○ True

    Emergency signalling devices announce your presence to following traffic when you stop at night or where sightlines are poor. In the same paragraph, stop-warning equipment for expressway driving is something to "try to carry", whereas these devices "must" be carried.

    Source: Rules for Road Use, Ch.4 Sec.3 "自動車の点検"

    「発炎筒、赤ランプなどの非常信号用具を備えなければなりません。」

28. Business-use vehicles such as taxis must undergo the periodic inspection every six months and be serviced as required.
    タクシーなどの事業用の自動車は、６箇月ごとに定期点検を行い、必要な整備をしなければならない。
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    For business-use vehicles the periodic inspection falls every three months. The six-month interval applies to privately owned quasi-medium and ordinary goods vehicles and to rental ordinary passenger cars, while privately owned ordinary passenger cars are on a yearly cycle. The more a vehicle runs, and the more people and goods it carries, the shorter the interval.

    Source: Rules for Road Use, Ch.4 Sec.3 "自動車の点検"

    「事業用の自動車、自家用の大型自動車及び中型自動車や準中型貨物自動車、普通貨物自動車などのレンタカーについては３箇月ごとに」

29. Privately owned ordinary passenger cars and the like must be inspected every year and serviced as required.
    自家用の普通乗用自動車などについては、１年ごとに点検し、必要な整備をしなければならない。
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    ○ True

    The periodic inspection is separate from the daily one and runs on a set interval. Privately owned ordinary passenger cars come round yearly, while the same kind of car used as a rental comes round every six months — the interval follows how the vehicle is used.

    Source: Rules for Road Use, Ch.4 Sec.3 "自動車の点検"

    「自家用の普通乗用自動車などについては１年ごとに点検し、必要な整備をしなければなりません。」

30. When counting against the seating capacity, the driver is not included in the number of people.
    乗車定員を数えるときは、運転者は人数に含めない。
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    The seating capacity includes the driver. In a car with a capacity of five, five is the total with the driver among them — not five passengers plus the driver.

    Source: Rules for Road Use, Ch.4 Sec.4 "乗車と積載"

    「定められた乗車定員（運転者を含みます。）や積載の制限を超えて、人を乗車させたり、物を積んだりしてはいけません。」