MARYLAND PERMIT EVALUATION EXAM 2026/2027
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What should you do if you are being passed by another vehicle? - ✔✔Yield to the
other vehicle and do not increase your speed
✔✔When can you not pass? - ✔✔- where there is a no-passing zone
- where the solid yellow line is on your side of the center of the roadway
- where there are double solid yellow lines
- when passing will interfere with the safe operation of oncoming vehicles
- when approaching the top of the hill or on a curve --> insufficiently clear view ahead
- when crossing or within 100 feet of any bridge, elevated roadway, or tunnel
- on the shoulder of the highways --> to the left or right
✔✔What are you responsible for when parking your vehicle? - ✔✔- making sure your
vehicle is not a hazard
- making sure it is a space that is far enough from any travel lane to avoid interfering
with traffic
- making sure your vehicle is visible to other vehicles approaching from either direction
✔✔When parking what should you always do? - ✔✔- park in a designated area as
required
- when parking along the roadway park your vehicle as far away from traffic as possible
--> if there is a curb, park as close to it as possible
- set your parking brake when you park
- place the vehicle in gear if it has a manual transmission or in 'park' if it has an
automatic transmission
- check your mirrors and traffic before opening the door
- shut the door as soon as you can after getting out
- take the ignition keys with you
- lock the doors whenever you leave your vehicle
✔✔Traffic signals, signs, and pavement markings... - ✔✔- apply to everyone on the
roadway or highway
- are the primary way of regulating, warning or guiding traffic on all roadways
- if not obeyed are one of the major causes of crashes
✔✔What are some exceptions to obeying all traffic control devices? - ✔✔- emergency
situations when directions from a police officer or other emergency personnel take
priority
- uniformed school crossing guards directing traffic at locations near schools
✔✔What should you do when a traffic signal is not working? - ✔✔Stop at a clearly
marked stop line --> before entering any crosswalk --> before entering the intersection
, ✔✔What should you do after entering an intersection when the traffic signal is not
working? - ✔✔Remain stopped until it is safe to enter and continue through
✔✔What should you do if the street lights are not functioning? - ✔✔Keep your
headlights on to assist you with visibility and to ensure others can see you as well
✔✔When approaching an intersection controlled by a traffic control device what can you
not do? - ✔✔Drive across private property or leave the roadway for the purpose of
avoiding a traffic control device
✔✔What should you do at a solid red traffic signal? - ✔✔- come to a complete stop at
the stop line --> if there is no stop line stop prior to the crosswalk and before entering
the intersection
- remain stopped as long as the signal is red
- after coming to a complete stop you may turn right or you may turn left from a one-way
street to another one-way street --> unless a sign prohibits it
- when turning on a red signal you must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and all
other traffic
✔✔What is a solid yellow traffic signal and what should you do at one? - ✔✔- it means
the signal is changing from green to red
- meant to provide time for approaching traffic to stop safely
- meant to allow time to clear other vehicles from the intersection before the signal turns
red
- continue through the intersection with care --> if you are too close to the intersection to
stop safely
✔✔What should you do at a solid green traffic signal? - ✔✔- check to see that other
vehicles have cleared the intersection
- proceed with caution into the intersection
- go straight-ahead or turn --> unless a sign or additional signal prohibits it
- you must yield to pedestrians and vehicles already in the intersection
✔✔What should you do at a solid red arrow traffic signal? - ✔✔- come to a complete
stop before reaching the stop line, crosswalk, or interst=ection --> if you intend to move
in the direction indicated
- remain stopped as long as the arrow signal is red
✔✔What is a solid yellow arrow traffic signal and what should you do at one? - ✔✔-
means that the movement indicated by the arrow is ending
- slow down and proceed with caution
✔✔What should you do at a solid green arrow signal? - ✔✔- proceed with caution in the
direction the arrow points
- you must yield to all pedestrians and vehicles already in the intersection
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What should you do if you are being passed by another vehicle? - ✔✔Yield to the
other vehicle and do not increase your speed
✔✔When can you not pass? - ✔✔- where there is a no-passing zone
- where the solid yellow line is on your side of the center of the roadway
- where there are double solid yellow lines
- when passing will interfere with the safe operation of oncoming vehicles
- when approaching the top of the hill or on a curve --> insufficiently clear view ahead
- when crossing or within 100 feet of any bridge, elevated roadway, or tunnel
- on the shoulder of the highways --> to the left or right
✔✔What are you responsible for when parking your vehicle? - ✔✔- making sure your
vehicle is not a hazard
- making sure it is a space that is far enough from any travel lane to avoid interfering
with traffic
- making sure your vehicle is visible to other vehicles approaching from either direction
✔✔When parking what should you always do? - ✔✔- park in a designated area as
required
- when parking along the roadway park your vehicle as far away from traffic as possible
--> if there is a curb, park as close to it as possible
- set your parking brake when you park
- place the vehicle in gear if it has a manual transmission or in 'park' if it has an
automatic transmission
- check your mirrors and traffic before opening the door
- shut the door as soon as you can after getting out
- take the ignition keys with you
- lock the doors whenever you leave your vehicle
✔✔Traffic signals, signs, and pavement markings... - ✔✔- apply to everyone on the
roadway or highway
- are the primary way of regulating, warning or guiding traffic on all roadways
- if not obeyed are one of the major causes of crashes
✔✔What are some exceptions to obeying all traffic control devices? - ✔✔- emergency
situations when directions from a police officer or other emergency personnel take
priority
- uniformed school crossing guards directing traffic at locations near schools
✔✔What should you do when a traffic signal is not working? - ✔✔Stop at a clearly
marked stop line --> before entering any crosswalk --> before entering the intersection
, ✔✔What should you do after entering an intersection when the traffic signal is not
working? - ✔✔Remain stopped until it is safe to enter and continue through
✔✔What should you do if the street lights are not functioning? - ✔✔Keep your
headlights on to assist you with visibility and to ensure others can see you as well
✔✔When approaching an intersection controlled by a traffic control device what can you
not do? - ✔✔Drive across private property or leave the roadway for the purpose of
avoiding a traffic control device
✔✔What should you do at a solid red traffic signal? - ✔✔- come to a complete stop at
the stop line --> if there is no stop line stop prior to the crosswalk and before entering
the intersection
- remain stopped as long as the signal is red
- after coming to a complete stop you may turn right or you may turn left from a one-way
street to another one-way street --> unless a sign prohibits it
- when turning on a red signal you must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and all
other traffic
✔✔What is a solid yellow traffic signal and what should you do at one? - ✔✔- it means
the signal is changing from green to red
- meant to provide time for approaching traffic to stop safely
- meant to allow time to clear other vehicles from the intersection before the signal turns
red
- continue through the intersection with care --> if you are too close to the intersection to
stop safely
✔✔What should you do at a solid green traffic signal? - ✔✔- check to see that other
vehicles have cleared the intersection
- proceed with caution into the intersection
- go straight-ahead or turn --> unless a sign or additional signal prohibits it
- you must yield to pedestrians and vehicles already in the intersection
✔✔What should you do at a solid red arrow traffic signal? - ✔✔- come to a complete
stop before reaching the stop line, crosswalk, or interst=ection --> if you intend to move
in the direction indicated
- remain stopped as long as the arrow signal is red
✔✔What is a solid yellow arrow traffic signal and what should you do at one? - ✔✔-
means that the movement indicated by the arrow is ending
- slow down and proceed with caution
✔✔What should you do at a solid green arrow signal? - ✔✔- proceed with caution in the
direction the arrow points
- you must yield to all pedestrians and vehicles already in the intersection
