Traffic School, Drivers Ed Answers ★ How Alcohol affects your Vision while driving

Question: Vision can be affected by drugs and alcohol making __________ especially difficult to distinguish.
A.) Lights
B.) Shapes
C.) Colors
D.) Distance

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Colors

EXPLANATION: 1. When the sensitivity of these cones is decreased by alcohol, it becomes more difficult to distinguish colors.
2. Vision can be affected by drugs and alcohol making Colors especially difficult to distinguish.

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Question: Alcohol reduces the sensitivity of the cones in the eyes, making it more difficult to distinguish red from green.
A.) TRUE
B.) FALSE

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TRUE

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Question: Alcohol reduces the ability of the eyes to distinguish ___________.
A.) black from white
B.) green from red
C.) red from green
D.) white from black

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red from green

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Question: Alcohol increases your ability to see at night.
A.) TRUE
B.) FALSE

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FALSE

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Question: ___________ affects your vision because your eye muscles are tired, along with the rest of your body, and it is difficult to focus.
A.) Anger
B.) Fear
C.) Fatigue
D.) Stress

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Fatigue

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Question: __________ in addition to the effects of alcohol greatly reduces a driver's vision.
A.) Headlights
B.) Traffic
C.) Speed
D.) Fatigue

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Speed

EXPLANATION: When you add the effects of alcohol to the decrease in field of vision caused by speed, a driver’s field of vision is greatly reduced. Speed in addition to the effects of alcohol greatly reduces a driver's vision.

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Question: Vision is not the second factor affected by alcohol.
A.) TRUE
B.) FALSE

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TRUE

EXPLANATION: first - judgment
second - reaction time.
third - vision.

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Question: The third thing alcohol affects is _____
A.) reaction time.
B.) vision.
C.) judgment.

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vision.

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Question: About _____ percent of the information a driver needs to operate a motor vehicle comes from their vision
ANS: 90

Question: As alcohol use increase, your vision will have decreased _______.
A.) peripheral vision
B.) ability to tell red from green
C.) ability for your eye to move
D.) all of the above.

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all of the above.

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Question: An impaired driver’s decision-making and hand-eye coordination are slowed by alcohol and other drugs.
A.) TRUE
B.) FALSE

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TRUE

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Question: An impaired driver’s decision-making and hand-eye coordination are not slowed by alcohol and other drugs.
A.) TRUE
B.) FALSE

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FALSE

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Question: Hand-eye coordination, walking, and balance, also known as ________________, are adversely affected by alcohol.
A.) Chronic conditions
B.) Reaction time
C.) Visual acuity
D.) Coordination

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Coordination

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Question: Alcohol increases ___________ especially if the eyes are closed.
A.) euphoria
B.) loss of judgment
C.) loss of balance

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loss of judgment (swaying)

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Question: As alcohol use increases, the effect on your vision increases.
A.) TRUE
B.) FALSE

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TRUE

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Question: Alcohol, or any other drug which reduces the supply of oxygen in the bloodstream, can impair the sensitivity of the cones which, in turn____________.
A.) Compensates for the lack of street lights on country roads
B.) Makes parking more difficult
C.) Makes oncoming headlights seem especially dull
D.) Reduces the visual acuity or sharpness

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Reduces the visual acuity or sharpness

EXPLANATION: Alcohol, or any other drug which reduces the supply of oxygen in the bloodstream, can impair the sensitivity of the cones which, in turn Reduces the visual acuity or sharpness.

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Question: Alcohol's effect on on a person's vision causes ___________
A.) their eye muscles to relax to the point that they can't focus.
B.) their pupils take longer to adjust to changes in light, allowing them to be blinded by the glare of headlights.
C.) Both of the above

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Both of the above

EXPLANATION: Alcohol's effect on on a person's vision causes their eye muscles to relax to the point that they can't focus and their pupils take longer to adjust to changes in light, allowing them to be blinded by the glare of headlights.

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Question: As alcohol use increase, your vision will have decreased _______.
A.) peripheral vision
B.) ability to tell red from green
C.) ability for your eye to move
D.) all of the above.

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all of the above.

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Question: For some people, alcohol can cause an uncontrolled __________ of the eyes, making good vision almost impossible.
A.) Vibration
B.) Blinking
C.) Pain
D.) Heaviness

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Vibration (rapid oscillation)

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Question: As you use alcohol, you vision center of the brain becomes impaired.
➜ When you use alcohol, the vision center of the brain is damaged.
A.) TRUE
B.) FALSE

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TRUE

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Question: As you use alcohol you will experience multiple vision, blurry vision, dizziness and night vision impairment.
A.) TRUE
B.) FALSE

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TRUE

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Question: As you use alcohol, your peripheral vision_______.
A.) increases
B.) stay the same
C.) decreases

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decreases EXPLANATION: As you use alcohol, your sensitivity of peripheral vision decreases.

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Question: Alcohol is implicated in a very large number of collisions because alcohol leads to slowed reflexes, problems with vision and a loss of self-control.
➜ Alcohol is implicated in a very large number of road collisions because it leads to slow reflexes, problems with vision and a loss of self-control.
A.) TRUE
B.) FALSE

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TRUE

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Question: The delayed reflex action of the eye can temporarily blind the alcohol-impaired driver.
A.) TRUE
B.) FALSE

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True

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Question: Which muscles in your body are affected by alcohol first
A.) eye muscles
B.) hand muscles
C.) leg muscles

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Eye Muscles

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Question: What factor has the greatest impact on driving skills?
A.) hearing loss
B.) muscle weakness
C.) joint pain
D.) vision loss
E.) impatience

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vision loss

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Question: Double vision can be the result of _________________.
A.) Rapid eye blinking
B.) Eye muscles relaxed from fatigue, drugs, or alcohol
C.) Wearing glasses that are too strong
D.) Looking directly into bright headlights Passing other cars

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Eye muscles relaxed from fatigue, drugs, or alcohol

EXPLANATION: When these muscles are relaxed by fatigue, drugs, or alcohol, the two eyes may not be focused on the same point. The result is double vision.

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Question: Blurred and double vision is caused because alcohol impairs:
A.) The muscles in your eyes
B.) The signals in your brain
C.) Your concentration skills

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The muscles in your eyes

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Question: Alcohol affects a person's vision there is a ___ reduction of peripheral vision
ANS: 30%

Question: Alcohol affects a person's _______ and reduces _________. There is a _____% reduction of peripheral vision.
ANS: Alcohol affects a person's vision and reduces alertness. There is a 30% reduction of peripheral vision.

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Question: Alcohol's effects on the pupil make it more difficult to __________.
Alcohol's effects on the muscles of the eye make it more difficult to _________
Alcohol's effects on the cornea and lens of the eye make it more difficult to ________.
A.) let in an appropriate amount of light
B.) scan your field of vision
C.) bring objects into clear focus
D.) None of the above

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bring objects into clear focus