Most of the Gibraltar theory bank is common sense. A handful of questions are not, because the answer the paper marks is not the one most people would reach on their own.
These are worth knowing before you sit it, because in the exam room the mark goes to the published answer, not to the reasonable one.
1. Going straight on at a roundabout
The paper asks what you should do when going straight ahead at a roundabout. The answer it marks is not to indicate at any time. Many drivers are taught to signal left on the exit. The bank does not.
2. Freezing conditions are five, not ten
Ice or snow can increase braking distance ten times. But the separate question about freezing conditions marks five times. Two similar questions, two different numbers, and mixing them up costs you both.
3. The wet weather gap is three seconds
Plenty of guidance says double the two second rule to four. The paper marks three seconds for following on a wet road.
4. Studs between a motorway and its slip road
Green is the answer people reach for, because green studs mark slip roads and lay bys. The paper marks amber.
5. Saving fuel means using every gear
Asked how to save fuel, the instinct is to skip gears and get into a high one early. The bank marks using each gear in turn.
6. Signal at the second marker, not the first
Leaving a motorway, the paper marks signalling at the second count down marker, 200 metres to go, not the first at 300.
7. The most environmental damage
Given a list including short journeys and harsh driving, the answer marked is accelerating as quickly as possible.
8. Leaving a broken down vehicle on the hard shoulder
The answer marked is to get out by the right hand door, the side away from passing traffic. Remember that Gibraltar drives on the right, so the live lane is on your left.
9. Single track roads
On a road wide enough for one vehicle, the paper marks pulling into a passing place on your right. Again, this follows from driving on the right, and it catches out anyone who has learned from British material.
10. A question with no answer at all
Question 138 asks what braking distances on ice can be. In the published paper, no option is marked. It is the only question in all 368 the Department leaves blank. Everywhere else in the bank ice is ten times the normal distance, so that is the answer to give, but it is worth knowing the source is silent on it.
Why this happens
The Gibraltar bank is closely based on the British DVSA material, and a few answers have not moved with changing guidance, while others were adapted for driving on the right and a few were not. That is not a reason to argue with the paper. It is a reason to learn what it marks.
Every one of these questions is here to practise, with the published answer and a note where the bank and current practice differ.