DE: Chapter 6 study guide

When a person has a field of vision of _______ degrees or less, they are said to have tunnel vision

140

What is the minimum visual acuity in most states to get a driver's license? (20/20 Visual Acuity,20/40 Visual Acuity,20/200 Visual Acuity, 40/20 Visual Acuity)

20/40 visual acuity

Click all that apply: Which of the following would need more time to use the IPDE process? (A person experiencing the side effects of an allergy medicine, A person talking on a cell phone while driving, An overly sad individual, A fatigued individual)

All

Avoid running engine inside an enclosed area. * (Emotions//Carbon Monoxide//Chronic illness//medicine)

Carbon Monoxide

What poisonous gas is released from the exhaust pipe of gasoline operated vehicles? *

Carbon Monoxide

The part of your vision that you use to focus and to direct attention toward your target is called (Fringe Vision//Peripheral Vision//Field of Vision//Central Vision)

Central Vision

Must provide medical proof the condition is under control before receiving drivers license. (Emotions//Carbon Monoxide//Chronic illness//medicine)

Chronic Illness

If a driver of a vehicle is constantly braking late in traffic, it is most likely they have a problem with their (Field of Vision//Depth Perception//Peripheral Vision//Contact Lenses)

Depth Perception

Avoid eye contact with an angry driver. * (Emotions//Carbon Monoxide//Chronic illness//medicine)

Emotions

Causes a person to focus on a single event. * (Emotions//Carbon Monoxide//Chronic illness//medicine)

Emotions

Excitement and happiness can prevent you from fully concentrating on the driving task. (Chronic Illness//Medicine//Physical Senses//Emotions//Carbon Monoxide)

Emotions

May increase the amount of risk a driver is willing to take. * (Emotions//Carbon Monoxide//Chronic illness//medicine)

Emotions

What is the best way for a driver to minimize sun glare? (Speed up and change lanes//Turn on high beam headlights//Close their eyes//Glance away from the light and use the right edge of the road as a guide)

Glance away from the light and use the right edge of the road as a guide

Read the label before taking and before deciding to drive. * (Emotions//Carbon Monoxide//Chronic illness//medicine)

Medecine

You hear a horn, emergency vehicle siren, or engine noise. *

Physical senses

What is the order of the colors from top to bottom to fill in the traffic light above? *

Red, Yellow, Green

The most common type of color blindness is red-green. What can a person with red/green color blindness do to compensate for this? (Wearing specially designed color vision goggles//Remembering the order of the traffic lights//Unfortunately there is nothing that can be done.)

Remembering the order of the traffic lights

A person must be closer to an object to see it refers to which part of their vision? (Color Blindness//Depth Perception//Visual Acuity//Peripheral Vision)

Visual Acuity

_______________ _____________ is driving without regard for others' safety. *

aggressive driving

__________ _______________ is a poisonous, colorless, and odorless gas that is present in engine exhaust fumes. *

carbon monoxide

The 10 degree straight ahead, clearest part of your field of vision is called your _____________ ___________________. *

central vision

A _____________ ____________ is an ailment that lasts over a period of years. *

chronic illness

Not being able to distinguish colors is called __________ ________________. *

color blindness

The ability to judge distance between yourself and other objects is called _____________ ________________. *

depth perception

The area to the left and right that surrounds your central vision is called your ___________________ _______________. *

peripheral vision

What group of drivers most likely has the worst physical senses and the highest use of medicine, yet are statistically in the fewest collisions? (Teenagers//Elderly//Infants//Parents with young children)

elderly

All the area that you can see around you while you are looking straight ahead is called your _________ ____ _______________. *

field of vision

The part of your peripheral vision closest to your central vision is called ______________ ____________. *

fringe vision

The time your eyes need to regain clear vision after being affected by glare is called __________ _______________ __________. *

glare recovery time

Many medicines have side effects that (increase your visual acuity.//interfere with your driving ability//increase your driving ability//cause night blindness)

interfere with your driving ability

__________ ________________ is the inability to see well at night. *

night blindness

Smoking inside a closed vehicle (affects only the passengers who smoke//affects the driver only//decreases the amount of carbon monoxide in your blood//raises the carbon monoxide level in the blood of the vehicle's occupants)

raises the carbon monoxide level in the blood of the vehicle's occupants.

Driving with intent to harm others is called ___________ __________. *

road rage

When driving, a person's field of vision narrows as their _________ increases. *

speed

__________ ___________ refers to the objects the your sides becoming blurred as your speed increases. *

speed smear

A narrow field of vision, 140 degrees or less, is called _____________ _____________. *

tunnel vision

The ability to see things clearly is called __________ _____________. *

visual acuity

Seeing is very important to driving because (other senses are not used in driving//all driving information is perceived through your eyes//you cannot depend on other senses sending accurate information to your brain//your eyes receive most of the driving information.)

your eyes receive most of the driving information.