Guinea-Bissau Driving Theory study guide
Guinea-Bissau Driving Theory · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Guinea-Bissau driving theory examination - often searched as the Exame Teórico de Condução da Guiné-Bissau or Código da Estrada - is the knowledge test a candidate must pass before obtaining a driving licence in Guinea-Bissau. It is aimed at new drivers, riders of motorcycles and mopeds, and experienced drivers who need to convert or reinstate a licence. The Guinea-Bissau Driving Theory study guide has 10 sections and about 4,094 words.
01Road signs, signals and markings
The signs, signals and markings domain tests whether you can read the road before you read the traffic: recognising a sign by shape and colour before its text is legible, applying signals in the correct order of authority, and treating markings as binding rules rather than decoration. Guinea-Bissau's signing follows the Portuguese-inherited European model, so the outline of a faded sign usually tells you what it means.
472 words, about 2 min02Right-of-way, junctions and traffic rules
This domain tests whether you can decide, quickly and in the correct order, who goes first. Guinea-Bissau drives on the right and inherits the continental-European priority logic: at junctions with no signs the default is priority to the right, but that default is displaced the moment a sign, a marking, a signal or an officer says otherwise.
409 words, about 2 min03Speed limits, following distance and stopping
Speed is examined as a decision, not a number. The questions check whether you can choose a speed from which you can stop within the distance you can see to be clear, and whether you can estimate following and stopping distance in real conditions rather than reciting a table.
436 words, about 2 min04Overtaking, lane use and manoeuvres
This domain tests your judgement about when a manoeuvre is legal and when it is simply tempting. Overtaking questions are usually about restraint: recognising the markings, the junction, the crest or the crossing that forbids the move, and aborting in time.
397 words, about 2 min05Vulnerable road users and pedestrian crossings
This domain tests whether you drive for the people who will lose any collision: pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, children, older people and those carrying loads. In Guinea-Bissau many roads have no footpaths, markets spill onto the carriageway, and motorcycles and motorised tricycles carry passengers and goods, so vulnerable road users are not an exception to plan for but the normal condition of the road.
389 words, about 2 min06Vehicle safety, lights and equipment
This domain examines whether you can tell, before you move, that the vehicle is fit to be on the road, and whether you use lights and equipment legally. In a context of older vehicles, worn roads and long dry or dusty seasons, the checks that matter most are tyres, brakes, lights and load security.
378 words, about 2 min07Alcohol, drugs, fatigue and fitness to drive
This domain tests whether you understand how alcohol, drugs, medicines, fatigue and illness degrade the skills driving depends on, and whether you can apply the arithmetic of elimination rather than the folklore of sobering up. The legal limit in the region is low, commonly set at 0.5 g/l, with stricter or zero tolerance for novice and professional drivers.
376 words, about 2 min08Documents, insurance and administrative obligations
This domain tests the paperwork side of driving: what must be in the vehicle, who is covered by insurance, what must happen after a collision, and what changes when a vehicle is bought or sold. It is the easiest domain to lose marks in, because the rules are exact and the excuses do not exist.
428 words, about 2 min09Emergency response, accidents and first aid
This domain tests a sequence: protect, alert, then treat. Marks go to the candidate who secures the scene before touching a casualty, and who knows the few interventions that save lives without causing harm.
400 words, about 2 min10Environmental and defensive driving
This domain tests two related habits: driving so that you rarely need to react, and driving so that you waste as little fuel and cause as little damage as possible. The two overlap almost completely, because smooth anticipation is both safer and cheaper.
409 words, about 2 min