Newfoundland Permit test Exam
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
A flashing amber (yellow) light at an intersection means:
1. Come to a full stop
2. Slow down and drive with increased caution
3. Danger, dead end highway
4. Signal out of order - CORRECT ANSWER 2. Slow down and drive with increased
caution
A traffic control signal containing the word "STOP" held out by a person at a school cross-
walk means:
1. Stop if there are any pedestrians crossing
2. Stop before entering the cross-walk and do not proceed until the signal is no longer in
position
3. Ignore the signal.
4. Slow down and proceed with caution - CORRECT ANSWER Stop before entering
the cross-walk and do not proceed until the signal is no longer in position
A school bus with a visual signal operating, is taking on or discharging passengers. What
does the law require you to do before overtaking the bus?
1. Reduce speed and pass with care
2. Wait for approaching vehicles to pass
3. Stop until the bus proceeds or the signal device is no longer operating
4. Sound horn and pass at reduced speed - CORRECT ANSWER Stop until the bus
proceeds or the signal device is no longer operating
Which of the following classes of vehicles only, may carry a red light visible from the front?
1. Commercial type motor vehicles
,2. Bicycles
3. Pleasure type motor vehicles
4. Emergency vehicles responding to a call - CORRECT ANSWER Emergency
vehicles responding to a call
After dark, drivers are required to use low beam headlights:
1. Upon the approach of another vehicle
2. Within 150m of the approach of another vehicle
3. Within 300m of the approach of another vehicle
4. This is a safety practice, not a law - CORRECT ANSWER Within 150m of the
approach of another vehicle
Where a highway has been divided into clearly marked lanes for traffic, a driver should:
1. Move from lane to lane with bursts of speed when passing
2. Never change lanes
3. Signal intention and move to another lane only when it is safe to do so
4. Straddle lanes and block following traffic - CORRECT ANSWER Signal intention
and move to another lane only when it is safe to do so
8. When may you drive at the maximum speed limit?
1. Only in daytime
2. At any time
3. If the condition of traffic and the highway permits such a speed to be driven in safety
4. On any highway designated for one-way traffic - CORRECT ANSWER If the
condition of traffic and the highway permits such a speed to be driven in safety
10. On a roadway where traffic is moving in both directions, in what position must you be
before making a left turn?
1. Close to right-hand side
2. Close to left hand side
, 3. To the right of and as close to the center line of the roadway as possible
4. Does not matter provided you signal - CORRECT ANSWER To the right of and as
close to the center line of the roadway as possible
11. You are driving up an intersection where there is no signal light or policeman. A
pedestrian is in the cross-walk on your side of the street. You should:
1. Increase speed and take right of way
2. Slow down and drive with increased caution
3. Sound horn to warn pedestrian
4. Stop and yield right of way to pedestrian - CORRECT ANSWER Stop and yield
right of way to pedestrian
12. What must you do when the driver of another vehicle gives a signal that he wants to
overtake and pass?
1. Give way to the right and do not increase speed until the overtaking vehicle has passed
your vehicle
2. Speed up to make other driver increase speed
3. Signal the other driver to remain behind you
4. Move to left and block overtaking vehicle - CORRECT ANSWER Give way to the
right and do not increase speed until the overtaking vehicle has passed your vehicle
13. When a car is stopped to allow a pedestrian to cross the street at a marked cross-walk you
should:
1. Pass the stopped car on the right
2. Not pass any car stopped to allow a pedestrian cross the street
3. Pass the stopped car on the left
4. Sound horn for the driver of the stopped car to drive on - CORRECT ANSWER Not
pass any car stopped to allow a pedestrian cross the street
14. The driver of a motor vehicle, other than a commercial vehicle, must not follow another
vehicle closer than what distance:
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
A flashing amber (yellow) light at an intersection means:
1. Come to a full stop
2. Slow down and drive with increased caution
3. Danger, dead end highway
4. Signal out of order - CORRECT ANSWER 2. Slow down and drive with increased
caution
A traffic control signal containing the word "STOP" held out by a person at a school cross-
walk means:
1. Stop if there are any pedestrians crossing
2. Stop before entering the cross-walk and do not proceed until the signal is no longer in
position
3. Ignore the signal.
4. Slow down and proceed with caution - CORRECT ANSWER Stop before entering
the cross-walk and do not proceed until the signal is no longer in position
A school bus with a visual signal operating, is taking on or discharging passengers. What
does the law require you to do before overtaking the bus?
1. Reduce speed and pass with care
2. Wait for approaching vehicles to pass
3. Stop until the bus proceeds or the signal device is no longer operating
4. Sound horn and pass at reduced speed - CORRECT ANSWER Stop until the bus
proceeds or the signal device is no longer operating
Which of the following classes of vehicles only, may carry a red light visible from the front?
1. Commercial type motor vehicles
,2. Bicycles
3. Pleasure type motor vehicles
4. Emergency vehicles responding to a call - CORRECT ANSWER Emergency
vehicles responding to a call
After dark, drivers are required to use low beam headlights:
1. Upon the approach of another vehicle
2. Within 150m of the approach of another vehicle
3. Within 300m of the approach of another vehicle
4. This is a safety practice, not a law - CORRECT ANSWER Within 150m of the
approach of another vehicle
Where a highway has been divided into clearly marked lanes for traffic, a driver should:
1. Move from lane to lane with bursts of speed when passing
2. Never change lanes
3. Signal intention and move to another lane only when it is safe to do so
4. Straddle lanes and block following traffic - CORRECT ANSWER Signal intention
and move to another lane only when it is safe to do so
8. When may you drive at the maximum speed limit?
1. Only in daytime
2. At any time
3. If the condition of traffic and the highway permits such a speed to be driven in safety
4. On any highway designated for one-way traffic - CORRECT ANSWER If the
condition of traffic and the highway permits such a speed to be driven in safety
10. On a roadway where traffic is moving in both directions, in what position must you be
before making a left turn?
1. Close to right-hand side
2. Close to left hand side
, 3. To the right of and as close to the center line of the roadway as possible
4. Does not matter provided you signal - CORRECT ANSWER To the right of and as
close to the center line of the roadway as possible
11. You are driving up an intersection where there is no signal light or policeman. A
pedestrian is in the cross-walk on your side of the street. You should:
1. Increase speed and take right of way
2. Slow down and drive with increased caution
3. Sound horn to warn pedestrian
4. Stop and yield right of way to pedestrian - CORRECT ANSWER Stop and yield
right of way to pedestrian
12. What must you do when the driver of another vehicle gives a signal that he wants to
overtake and pass?
1. Give way to the right and do not increase speed until the overtaking vehicle has passed
your vehicle
2. Speed up to make other driver increase speed
3. Signal the other driver to remain behind you
4. Move to left and block overtaking vehicle - CORRECT ANSWER Give way to the
right and do not increase speed until the overtaking vehicle has passed your vehicle
13. When a car is stopped to allow a pedestrian to cross the street at a marked cross-walk you
should:
1. Pass the stopped car on the right
2. Not pass any car stopped to allow a pedestrian cross the street
3. Pass the stopped car on the left
4. Sound horn for the driver of the stopped car to drive on - CORRECT ANSWER Not
pass any car stopped to allow a pedestrian cross the street
14. The driver of a motor vehicle, other than a commercial vehicle, must not follow another
vehicle closer than what distance:
