WASHINGTON STATE DRIVERS LICENSE 2026
EXAMINATION CORE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔At an intersection with a roundabout island (traffic circle):
1) Enter at any time, whether there is other traffic or pedestrians or not.
2) Always drive around the circle to the right.
3) You can drive to the left of the roundabout when turning left.
4) Stop in the intersection to yield to traffic on the right. - ✔✔2) Always drive around the
circle to the right.
✔✔On a freeway, you realize you missed your turn or exit. You should:
1) Stop and back up.
2) Make the turn quickly from your lane of travel.
3) Go on to the next turn, exit, or where you can safely turn around.
4) Signal other drivers to stop so you can turn. - ✔✔3) Go on to the next turn, exit, or
where you can safely turn around.
✔✔On a sidewalk or in a crosswalk, bicyclists should ride slowly and:
1) Don't need to do everything possible to avoid colliding with a pedestrian.
2) Don't need to give an audible signal before passing any pedestrian.
3) Yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian.
, 4) Take the right-of-way without yielding to pedestrians. - ✔✔3) Yield the right-of-way to
any pedestrian.
✔✔To check your blind spot before changing lanes:
1) Look over your shoulder in the direction you plan to move.
2) Look into the left side mirror.
3) Look into the right side mirror.
4) Look into the rearview mirror. - ✔✔1) Look over your shoulder in the direction you
plan to move
✔✔To enter a freeway:
1) Signal, yield, and enter at the same speed that traffic is moving.
2) Signal and enter the freeway. Freeway traffic must yield.
3) Drive slowly so you can check traffic.
4) Make a complete stop before entering the freeway. - ✔✔1) Signal, yield, and enter at
the same speed that traffic is moving.
✔✔On a roadway with 3 or more lanes, you must stop for a school bus with flashing red
lights:
1) Only if children are crossing the road.
2) If you're traveling in either direction.
3) Only if you're traveling in the same direction as the bus.
4) If you're traveling in the opposite direction as the bus. - ✔✔3) Only if you're traveling
in the same direction as the bus.
✔✔When in a motor vehicle on a highway, it is:
1) Illegal to drink from, but all right to transport, open containers of alcohol in the
passenger compartment.
2) Illegal to either drink from or possess open containers of alcohol in the passenger
compartment.
3) All right to drink if you're not driving.
4) All right to drink if you're driving but not drunk. - ✔✔2) Illegal to either drink from or
possess open containers of alcohol in the passenger compartment.
✔✔Bicyclists have the choice to ride on:
1) Freeways and highways where signs say it is illegal.
2) A left turn only lane, without turning, because there is no traffic.
3) None of these.
4) The roadway, on the shoulder of a road, or in a bicycle lane. - ✔✔4) The roadway, on
the shoulder of a road, or in a bicycle lane.
✔✔If the collision involves a parked vehicle, you need to:
1) try to find the owner, or leave a note with the time and date telling the owner how to
reach you.
2) Stay at the scene until the owner returns.
EXAMINATION CORE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔At an intersection with a roundabout island (traffic circle):
1) Enter at any time, whether there is other traffic or pedestrians or not.
2) Always drive around the circle to the right.
3) You can drive to the left of the roundabout when turning left.
4) Stop in the intersection to yield to traffic on the right. - ✔✔2) Always drive around the
circle to the right.
✔✔On a freeway, you realize you missed your turn or exit. You should:
1) Stop and back up.
2) Make the turn quickly from your lane of travel.
3) Go on to the next turn, exit, or where you can safely turn around.
4) Signal other drivers to stop so you can turn. - ✔✔3) Go on to the next turn, exit, or
where you can safely turn around.
✔✔On a sidewalk or in a crosswalk, bicyclists should ride slowly and:
1) Don't need to do everything possible to avoid colliding with a pedestrian.
2) Don't need to give an audible signal before passing any pedestrian.
3) Yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian.
, 4) Take the right-of-way without yielding to pedestrians. - ✔✔3) Yield the right-of-way to
any pedestrian.
✔✔To check your blind spot before changing lanes:
1) Look over your shoulder in the direction you plan to move.
2) Look into the left side mirror.
3) Look into the right side mirror.
4) Look into the rearview mirror. - ✔✔1) Look over your shoulder in the direction you
plan to move
✔✔To enter a freeway:
1) Signal, yield, and enter at the same speed that traffic is moving.
2) Signal and enter the freeway. Freeway traffic must yield.
3) Drive slowly so you can check traffic.
4) Make a complete stop before entering the freeway. - ✔✔1) Signal, yield, and enter at
the same speed that traffic is moving.
✔✔On a roadway with 3 or more lanes, you must stop for a school bus with flashing red
lights:
1) Only if children are crossing the road.
2) If you're traveling in either direction.
3) Only if you're traveling in the same direction as the bus.
4) If you're traveling in the opposite direction as the bus. - ✔✔3) Only if you're traveling
in the same direction as the bus.
✔✔When in a motor vehicle on a highway, it is:
1) Illegal to drink from, but all right to transport, open containers of alcohol in the
passenger compartment.
2) Illegal to either drink from or possess open containers of alcohol in the passenger
compartment.
3) All right to drink if you're not driving.
4) All right to drink if you're driving but not drunk. - ✔✔2) Illegal to either drink from or
possess open containers of alcohol in the passenger compartment.
✔✔Bicyclists have the choice to ride on:
1) Freeways and highways where signs say it is illegal.
2) A left turn only lane, without turning, because there is no traffic.
3) None of these.
4) The roadway, on the shoulder of a road, or in a bicycle lane. - ✔✔4) The roadway, on
the shoulder of a road, or in a bicycle lane.
✔✔If the collision involves a parked vehicle, you need to:
1) try to find the owner, or leave a note with the time and date telling the owner how to
reach you.
2) Stay at the scene until the owner returns.
