This part involves home study of ‘The Official DSA Theory Test’ for approved driving instructors. The question bank contains approximately 1000 questions which are grouped into the following 4 bands

• Road Procedure
• Traffic Signs and Signals, Car Control, Pedestrians and Mechanical Knowledge
• Driving Test, Disabilities and The Law
• Publications and Instructional Techniques

You will sit the exam at your chosen driving test centre, (you will be asked when you book which is your nearest test centre). You will be required to answer 100 multiple choice questions. The pass score is 85% but you must reach a minimum of 20 correct answers in each of the 4 bands.

At the same time you will be required to sit and pass your Hazard Perception Test (HPT). The pass score is 57 out of a possible 75 marks.

Before you take the Part 1 exam you should be scoring well into the 90% area on your theory and close to or above 70 in the Hazard Perception test.

Please note that although you have unlimited attempts at passing your ADI Part 1 exam, both the Theory and the HPT must be passed at the same time.

The ADI part 1 exam is the beginning of your road to success and you will need to build on this knowledge and use it throughout the whole of YOUR course.

n.b. From the date of your ADI Part 1 exam pass, you have 2 years to complete Parts 2 and 3. Failure to do so will result in having to restart the course from Part 1.