Washington Permit Test Flash Cards / Actual
Questions & Verified Answers, 2025/ 2026.
If there is an injury, a death, or $700 or more in damage to any 1 person's property, you must
report an accident to law enforcement officials within: - Answer: 4 days.
On a freeway, you realize you missed your turn or exit. You should: - Answer: Go on to the next
turn, exit, or where you can safely turn around.
When driving on a road with 2 lanes traveling in opposite directions: - Answer: Use the right
lane except when you're legally passing another vehicle.
Always allow enough room to safely stop in emergencies by staying at least: - Answer: 4 seconds
behind the vehicle in front of you.
When seeing a car with headlights that are bright and blinding: - Answer: Look away and keep
your eyes towards the right side of the road.
If a bus has signaled and is going back into road you are currently in, you must: - Answer: Yield
and let it go into the road.
In Washington State, a person is legally drunk when their Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) level is: -
Answer: 0.08 percent.
When there are no signs or lane markings to control turning, you should: - Answer: Turn from
the lane that's closest to the direction you want to go.
,If you're going to turn left onto a 1-way street, you should complete the turn into: - Answer: The
lane closest to the one you came from.
On a road with 2 lanes traveling in opposite directions, slow-moving vehicles should pull over
when safe to let others pass if: - Answer: 5 or more cars are forming a line behind you and it's
not safe for them to pass.
At a school crossing sign, you should: - Answer: Watch for children and be ready to stop.
When you see a school bus on a road with 2 lanes traveling in opposite directions, you must
stop: - Answer: If the red warning lights on the bus are flashing.
When parking uphill with a curb, be sure to set the parking break and turn your steering wheel:
- Answer: Away from the curb.
When parking downhill with a curb, be sure to set the parking break and turn your steering
wheel: - Answer: Toward the curb.
To make a left turn when the traffic light is green, you should: - Answer: Yield to oncoming
traffic and turn when safe to do so.
If you do stop along the road at night: - Answer: Turn on your emergency flashers and leave
your low beams on.
If you have a tire blowout while driving, you should: - Answer: Hold onto your steering wheel
tightly to keep the wheels straight, and brake lightly.
To enter a freeway: - Answer: Signal, yield, and enter at the same speed that traffic is moving.
, When there's a shared center lane, you can: - Answer: Drive in this lane if you travel not more
than 300 feet.
At the collision scene, you should: - Answer: Stop your vehicle at or near the collision site. If you
can move your vehicle, get it off the road.
Generally, how many drinks of alcohol will the human body get rid of each hour? - Answer: 1
drink.
At an intersection, a signal showing a green arrow and a red light means: - Answer: You can
safely turn in the direction of the arrow.
If you change addresses, you must notify the Department of Licensing: - Answer: Within 10
days.
Before you change directions, you must keep your turn signals on for at least: - Answer: 100
feet.
Pedestrians and bicyclists have the right-of-way when: - Answer: At crosswalks and
intersections, regardless if the crosswalks are marked (painted) or not.
When driving at 55 mph, you will require ____ to pass another vehicle. - Answer: Ten seconds.
Adjust the rear view mirror so that you are able: - Answer: To see out the back window.
Adjust the side mirrors so that you are able: - Answer: To see a small amount of the side of your
vehicle when you lean forward.
Questions & Verified Answers, 2025/ 2026.
If there is an injury, a death, or $700 or more in damage to any 1 person's property, you must
report an accident to law enforcement officials within: - Answer: 4 days.
On a freeway, you realize you missed your turn or exit. You should: - Answer: Go on to the next
turn, exit, or where you can safely turn around.
When driving on a road with 2 lanes traveling in opposite directions: - Answer: Use the right
lane except when you're legally passing another vehicle.
Always allow enough room to safely stop in emergencies by staying at least: - Answer: 4 seconds
behind the vehicle in front of you.
When seeing a car with headlights that are bright and blinding: - Answer: Look away and keep
your eyes towards the right side of the road.
If a bus has signaled and is going back into road you are currently in, you must: - Answer: Yield
and let it go into the road.
In Washington State, a person is legally drunk when their Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) level is: -
Answer: 0.08 percent.
When there are no signs or lane markings to control turning, you should: - Answer: Turn from
the lane that's closest to the direction you want to go.
,If you're going to turn left onto a 1-way street, you should complete the turn into: - Answer: The
lane closest to the one you came from.
On a road with 2 lanes traveling in opposite directions, slow-moving vehicles should pull over
when safe to let others pass if: - Answer: 5 or more cars are forming a line behind you and it's
not safe for them to pass.
At a school crossing sign, you should: - Answer: Watch for children and be ready to stop.
When you see a school bus on a road with 2 lanes traveling in opposite directions, you must
stop: - Answer: If the red warning lights on the bus are flashing.
When parking uphill with a curb, be sure to set the parking break and turn your steering wheel:
- Answer: Away from the curb.
When parking downhill with a curb, be sure to set the parking break and turn your steering
wheel: - Answer: Toward the curb.
To make a left turn when the traffic light is green, you should: - Answer: Yield to oncoming
traffic and turn when safe to do so.
If you do stop along the road at night: - Answer: Turn on your emergency flashers and leave
your low beams on.
If you have a tire blowout while driving, you should: - Answer: Hold onto your steering wheel
tightly to keep the wheels straight, and brake lightly.
To enter a freeway: - Answer: Signal, yield, and enter at the same speed that traffic is moving.
, When there's a shared center lane, you can: - Answer: Drive in this lane if you travel not more
than 300 feet.
At the collision scene, you should: - Answer: Stop your vehicle at or near the collision site. If you
can move your vehicle, get it off the road.
Generally, how many drinks of alcohol will the human body get rid of each hour? - Answer: 1
drink.
At an intersection, a signal showing a green arrow and a red light means: - Answer: You can
safely turn in the direction of the arrow.
If you change addresses, you must notify the Department of Licensing: - Answer: Within 10
days.
Before you change directions, you must keep your turn signals on for at least: - Answer: 100
feet.
Pedestrians and bicyclists have the right-of-way when: - Answer: At crosswalks and
intersections, regardless if the crosswalks are marked (painted) or not.
When driving at 55 mph, you will require ____ to pass another vehicle. - Answer: Ten seconds.
Adjust the rear view mirror so that you are able: - Answer: To see out the back window.
Adjust the side mirrors so that you are able: - Answer: To see a small amount of the side of your
vehicle when you lean forward.
