QAC RIGHT-OF-WAY FINAL TEST 2026
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ What is right of way?.
Answer: The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful
manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian that is approaching
from a direction, at a speed, and within a proximity that could cause a
collision unless one grants precedence to the other.
◍ What is the number one cause of accidents in Texas?.
Answer: Failure to yield
◍ What is an intersection?.
Answer: the common area at the junction of two highways
◍ What are the two types of arrest?.
Answer: CustodialNon-custodial
◍ What property crime can you use deadly force to defend against?.
Answer: First Degree Arson
◍ Label each part of the following statute: 16-3-504(2.2)(a)(II)(A).
Answer: 16 - Title3 - Article504 - Section(2.2) - Subsection(a) -
Paragraphs(II) - Sub-Paragraphs(A) - Sub Sub-Paragraphs
◍ What are the two types of intersections?.
Answer: Controlled intersectionsUncontrolled intersections
◍ 18-1-402. Presumption of Innocence.
Answer: Every person is presumed innocent until proved guilty
◍ What are controlled intersections?.
Answer: Intersections at which signs and signals determine the right of way
,◍ 18-1-403. Legal Assistance and Supporting Services.
Answer: All indigent persons who are charged with or held for the
commission of a crime are entitled to legal representation and supporting
services at the state's expense
◍ What are uncontrolled intersections?.
Answer: Intersections that have no signs and signals to regulate traffic
◍ What are nontraditional intersections?.
Answer: Intersections like roundabouts
◍ 18-1-404 Preliminary hearing or waiver-dispositional hearing.
Answer: Every person accused of a class 1, 2, or 3 felony or level 1 or level
2 drug felony has the right to demand and receive a preliminary hearing
within a reasonable time to determine whether PC exists Only those persons
charged with a class 4, 5, or 6 felony that requires mandatory sentencing, or
is charged with a crime of violence or sexual offense, shall have the right to
demand and receive a preliminary hearing within a reasonable time to
determine whether PC exists
◍ How long for a speedy trial?.
Answer: 180 days from the date of entry of a not guilty plea 18-1-405
◍ How many jurors on a felony trial?.
Answer: 12
◍ How many jurors on a misdemeanor trial?.
Answer: 6
◍ What does the law say about controlled intersections?.
Answer: Driver should be grant immediate use of intersection Only when
required by a traffic control device
◍ What do you do if you have any doubt?.
Answer: Don't proceed
◍ 18-1-407 Affirmative Defense.
Answer: means that unless the state's evidence raises the issue involving the
, alleged defense, the defendant, to raise the issue, shall present some credible
evidence on that issue
◍ What should the driver do when it approaches a STOP sign at an
intersection?.
Answer: Driver should stop Yield the right-of-way to any vehicle that has
already entered the intersection from another roadway, as well as to any
vehicle that is approaching so close that it would represent an immediate
hazard to the driver's passage through the intersection.
◍ If the issue involved in an affirmative defense is raised, then the guilt of the
defendant must be....
Answer: established beyond a reasonable doubt as to that issue as well as all
other elements of the offense
◍ Act.
Answer: a bodily movement, and includes words and possession of property
◍ Conduct.
Answer: an act or omission and its accompanying state of mind or, where
relevant, a series of acts of omissions
◍ Criminal Negligence.
Answer: through a gross deviation from the standard of care that a
reasonable person would exercise, he fails to perceive a substantial and
unjustifiable risk that a result will occur or that a circumstance exists
◍ What should you do when two cars wish to enter the same intersection?.
Answer: Car that arrived later must yield to the car that arrived first
◍ Culpable Mental State.
Answer: IntentionallyKnowinglyRecklesslyCriminal negligence
◍ Intentionally.
Answer: when his conscious objective is to cause the specific result
proscribed by the statute defining the offense
◍ What should you do when two cars arrive at the intersection at the same
, time.
Answer: .the car on the left must yield to the car on the right.
◍ Knowingly.
Answer: when he is aware that his conduct is of such nature or that such
circumstance exists when he is aware that his conduct is practically certain
to cause the result
◍ What are the exceptions to the " Yield to the Right " rule.
Answer: When you're driving on a single- or two-lane road and approach an
intersection with a divided roadway or a roadway with three or more lanes,
you must yield to traffic on the wider roadway.
◍ Omission.
Answer: a failure to perform an act as to which a duty of performance is
imposed by law
◍ Who has the right of way when traveling on unpaved roads.
Answer: Drivers traveling on the paved road.
◍ What is a T-intersection?.
Answer: When the road you're driving on ends at the road it intersects with
◍ What must the driver do if the T-intersection is uncontrolled?.
Answer: Driver on the road that ends must yield to traffic from the
continuing road that's already in the intersection or that's approaching and
close enough to the intersection to present a hazard
◍ What do you when you turn left?.
Answer: Drivers must yield to traffic traveling straight through from the
other direction before beginning the turn
◍ Recklessly.
Answer: when he consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk
that a result will occur or that a circumstance exists
◍ Voluntary Act.
Answer: an act performed consciously as a result of effort or determination,
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ What is right of way?.
Answer: The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful
manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian that is approaching
from a direction, at a speed, and within a proximity that could cause a
collision unless one grants precedence to the other.
◍ What is the number one cause of accidents in Texas?.
Answer: Failure to yield
◍ What is an intersection?.
Answer: the common area at the junction of two highways
◍ What are the two types of arrest?.
Answer: CustodialNon-custodial
◍ What property crime can you use deadly force to defend against?.
Answer: First Degree Arson
◍ Label each part of the following statute: 16-3-504(2.2)(a)(II)(A).
Answer: 16 - Title3 - Article504 - Section(2.2) - Subsection(a) -
Paragraphs(II) - Sub-Paragraphs(A) - Sub Sub-Paragraphs
◍ What are the two types of intersections?.
Answer: Controlled intersectionsUncontrolled intersections
◍ 18-1-402. Presumption of Innocence.
Answer: Every person is presumed innocent until proved guilty
◍ What are controlled intersections?.
Answer: Intersections at which signs and signals determine the right of way
,◍ 18-1-403. Legal Assistance and Supporting Services.
Answer: All indigent persons who are charged with or held for the
commission of a crime are entitled to legal representation and supporting
services at the state's expense
◍ What are uncontrolled intersections?.
Answer: Intersections that have no signs and signals to regulate traffic
◍ What are nontraditional intersections?.
Answer: Intersections like roundabouts
◍ 18-1-404 Preliminary hearing or waiver-dispositional hearing.
Answer: Every person accused of a class 1, 2, or 3 felony or level 1 or level
2 drug felony has the right to demand and receive a preliminary hearing
within a reasonable time to determine whether PC exists Only those persons
charged with a class 4, 5, or 6 felony that requires mandatory sentencing, or
is charged with a crime of violence or sexual offense, shall have the right to
demand and receive a preliminary hearing within a reasonable time to
determine whether PC exists
◍ How long for a speedy trial?.
Answer: 180 days from the date of entry of a not guilty plea 18-1-405
◍ How many jurors on a felony trial?.
Answer: 12
◍ How many jurors on a misdemeanor trial?.
Answer: 6
◍ What does the law say about controlled intersections?.
Answer: Driver should be grant immediate use of intersection Only when
required by a traffic control device
◍ What do you do if you have any doubt?.
Answer: Don't proceed
◍ 18-1-407 Affirmative Defense.
Answer: means that unless the state's evidence raises the issue involving the
, alleged defense, the defendant, to raise the issue, shall present some credible
evidence on that issue
◍ What should the driver do when it approaches a STOP sign at an
intersection?.
Answer: Driver should stop Yield the right-of-way to any vehicle that has
already entered the intersection from another roadway, as well as to any
vehicle that is approaching so close that it would represent an immediate
hazard to the driver's passage through the intersection.
◍ If the issue involved in an affirmative defense is raised, then the guilt of the
defendant must be....
Answer: established beyond a reasonable doubt as to that issue as well as all
other elements of the offense
◍ Act.
Answer: a bodily movement, and includes words and possession of property
◍ Conduct.
Answer: an act or omission and its accompanying state of mind or, where
relevant, a series of acts of omissions
◍ Criminal Negligence.
Answer: through a gross deviation from the standard of care that a
reasonable person would exercise, he fails to perceive a substantial and
unjustifiable risk that a result will occur or that a circumstance exists
◍ What should you do when two cars wish to enter the same intersection?.
Answer: Car that arrived later must yield to the car that arrived first
◍ Culpable Mental State.
Answer: IntentionallyKnowinglyRecklesslyCriminal negligence
◍ Intentionally.
Answer: when his conscious objective is to cause the specific result
proscribed by the statute defining the offense
◍ What should you do when two cars arrive at the intersection at the same
, time.
Answer: .the car on the left must yield to the car on the right.
◍ Knowingly.
Answer: when he is aware that his conduct is of such nature or that such
circumstance exists when he is aware that his conduct is practically certain
to cause the result
◍ What are the exceptions to the " Yield to the Right " rule.
Answer: When you're driving on a single- or two-lane road and approach an
intersection with a divided roadway or a roadway with three or more lanes,
you must yield to traffic on the wider roadway.
◍ Omission.
Answer: a failure to perform an act as to which a duty of performance is
imposed by law
◍ Who has the right of way when traveling on unpaved roads.
Answer: Drivers traveling on the paved road.
◍ What is a T-intersection?.
Answer: When the road you're driving on ends at the road it intersects with
◍ What must the driver do if the T-intersection is uncontrolled?.
Answer: Driver on the road that ends must yield to traffic from the
continuing road that's already in the intersection or that's approaching and
close enough to the intersection to present a hazard
◍ What do you when you turn left?.
Answer: Drivers must yield to traffic traveling straight through from the
other direction before beginning the turn
◍ Recklessly.
Answer: when he consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk
that a result will occur or that a circumstance exists
◍ Voluntary Act.
Answer: an act performed consciously as a result of effort or determination,
