WA DOL Knowledge Test | Questions & Answers (100 %Score) Latest Updated 2024/2025
Comprehensive Questions A+ Graded Answers | With Expert Solutions
What is hardest for you to control about the Highway Transportation System? - Other users
Laws and vehicle codes are established primarily to keep... - Order and safety on the roadway
Congestion and collisions cause breakdowns on the HTS, which cause... - Serious social and economic
problems, like loss of money and injury/death
What is driving? - A person sharing the roadway and maneuvering a vehicle through traffic under varying
road and environmental conditions
IPDE - Identify, Predict, Decide, Execute
What is the cornerstone to safe driving? - Proper decision making
When driving, where you look... - is where you tend to go
When checking your path of travel... - make sure your line of sight is clear
What is the most important part of any driving maneuver? - Making sure the path of travel is clear
before moving
Walkaround - a check of the area around your car and car itself to make sure you're safe to approach
and drive
What should you check for on/around your vehicle? - Windows, body, tired, underneath, license plates,
people
,Pre-drive process - Shut and lock the doors, place the key in the ignition, adjust your seat and head
restraint, adjust your mirrors, and put on your seat belt
What happens if a passenger under 16 isn't wearing a seatbelt? - The driver gets a ticket
What do seatbelts do? - They lower the chances of serious injury in a collision
You should wear a seatbelt... - at all times.
What do you do last before driving? - Release the parking brake
What should you do in an emergency if you have ABS? - Push and hold the brakes
What should you do if your brakes fail? - pump the brake a few times and if that doesn't work, pull over
somewhere safe
Where on a wheel should your hands be? - 9 and 3 or 8 and 4, on the outside of the wheel
You must park within ___ of the side of the road - 12 inches
Scanning - check your POT, far ahead of you, near, and side to side, especially when approaching an
intersection
What should you be extra alert for in traffic? - Motorcycles, bikes, and pedestrians, because they're hard
to see
You want to see at least ___ in either direction - a full block (4-6 seconds)
Foot to brake... - eye to mirror
, When should you signal? - At least 100 feet before moving
SMOG - Signal, mirror, over shoulder, go when safe
left hand signal - arm straight out
right hand signal - arm up
stop/slow hand signal - arm down
What does looking over your shoulder do? - It checks the mirror's blind spot
What's the biggest reason to change lanes? - Your LOS or POT is blocked
lane position 1 - center of lane
lane position 2 - left side of lane, used to prepare for left turn/lane change, to avoid vehicles, parked
cars, or debris on the right, or to see around a big vehicle in front of you
lane position 3 - right side of lane, used before a right turn or lane change, to stay away from a big
vehicle on the left, or approaching the crest of a hill
lane position 4 - in between two lanes, used when going into oncoming traffic or to avoid large
obstructions on the right
lane position 5 - on the right side of the road, over the line, used to avoid large obstructions on the left,
or in emergencies
What are the 3 steps to turning? - Slow down before the turn, maintain speed in the middle, and
accelerate out of the turn only after your LOS to the target area is visible.
Comprehensive Questions A+ Graded Answers | With Expert Solutions
What is hardest for you to control about the Highway Transportation System? - Other users
Laws and vehicle codes are established primarily to keep... - Order and safety on the roadway
Congestion and collisions cause breakdowns on the HTS, which cause... - Serious social and economic
problems, like loss of money and injury/death
What is driving? - A person sharing the roadway and maneuvering a vehicle through traffic under varying
road and environmental conditions
IPDE - Identify, Predict, Decide, Execute
What is the cornerstone to safe driving? - Proper decision making
When driving, where you look... - is where you tend to go
When checking your path of travel... - make sure your line of sight is clear
What is the most important part of any driving maneuver? - Making sure the path of travel is clear
before moving
Walkaround - a check of the area around your car and car itself to make sure you're safe to approach
and drive
What should you check for on/around your vehicle? - Windows, body, tired, underneath, license plates,
people
,Pre-drive process - Shut and lock the doors, place the key in the ignition, adjust your seat and head
restraint, adjust your mirrors, and put on your seat belt
What happens if a passenger under 16 isn't wearing a seatbelt? - The driver gets a ticket
What do seatbelts do? - They lower the chances of serious injury in a collision
You should wear a seatbelt... - at all times.
What do you do last before driving? - Release the parking brake
What should you do in an emergency if you have ABS? - Push and hold the brakes
What should you do if your brakes fail? - pump the brake a few times and if that doesn't work, pull over
somewhere safe
Where on a wheel should your hands be? - 9 and 3 or 8 and 4, on the outside of the wheel
You must park within ___ of the side of the road - 12 inches
Scanning - check your POT, far ahead of you, near, and side to side, especially when approaching an
intersection
What should you be extra alert for in traffic? - Motorcycles, bikes, and pedestrians, because they're hard
to see
You want to see at least ___ in either direction - a full block (4-6 seconds)
Foot to brake... - eye to mirror
, When should you signal? - At least 100 feet before moving
SMOG - Signal, mirror, over shoulder, go when safe
left hand signal - arm straight out
right hand signal - arm up
stop/slow hand signal - arm down
What does looking over your shoulder do? - It checks the mirror's blind spot
What's the biggest reason to change lanes? - Your LOS or POT is blocked
lane position 1 - center of lane
lane position 2 - left side of lane, used to prepare for left turn/lane change, to avoid vehicles, parked
cars, or debris on the right, or to see around a big vehicle in front of you
lane position 3 - right side of lane, used before a right turn or lane change, to stay away from a big
vehicle on the left, or approaching the crest of a hill
lane position 4 - in between two lanes, used when going into oncoming traffic or to avoid large
obstructions on the right
lane position 5 - on the right side of the road, over the line, used to avoid large obstructions on the left,
or in emergencies
What are the 3 steps to turning? - Slow down before the turn, maintain speed in the middle, and
accelerate out of the turn only after your LOS to the target area is visible.
