CALIFORNIA DMV PERMIT TEST 4
1. When passing another vehicle, it is safe to return to your lane if you
Answer: Seethe vehicle's headlights in your rear view mirror
2. When you enter traffic from a stop (away from the curb), you:
Answer: Need a largeenough gap to get up to the speed of traffic.
3. You consent to take a chemical test for the alcohol content of your blood,breath,
or urine
Answer: Only if you have been drinking alcohol.
4. Collisions can happen more often when
Answer: One vehicle is traveling faster orslower than the flow of traffic
5. If you see orange construction signs and cones on a freeway, you must
Answer: Beprepared for workers and equipment ahead
6. The extra space in front of a large truck is needed for
Answer: The truck driver to stopthe vehicle
7. Dim your headlights for oncoming vehicles or when you are within 300 feetof a
vehicle
Answer: You are approaching from behind
8. Roads are slippery after it first starts to rain.When the road is slippery youshould
Answer: Avoid making fast turns and fast stops
9. U-turns in residential districts are legal
Answer: When there are no vehicles approaching nearby
10. When driving at night on a dimly lit street, you should:
Answer: Drive slowly enoughso you can stop within the area lighted by your
headlights
11. A school bus ahead of you in your lane is stopped with red lights flashing.You
should
Answer: Stop as long as the red lights are flashing
12. On a green arrow, you must
Answer: Yield to any vehicle, bicycle, or pedestrian in theintersection
13. You may drive off of the paved roadway to pass another vehicle:
, Answer: Under nocircumstances
14. When you are merging onto the freeway, you should be driving
Answer: At or nearthe same speed as the traffic on the freeway
15. When driving in fog, you should use your
Answer: Low beams
16. A white painted curb means
Answer: Loading zone for passengers or mail only
17. When parking your vehicle parallel to the curb on a level street
Answer: Your wheelsmust be within 18 inches of the curb
18. You are approaching a railroad crossing with no warning devices and areunable
to see 400 feet down the tracks in one direction.The speed limit is:
Answer: 15mph
19. To avoid last minute moves, you should be looking down the road to where your
vehicle will be in about
Answer: 10 to 15 seconds
20. You are about to make a left turn. You must signal continuously during the last
feet before the turn.
Answer: 100
21. You just sold your vehicle.You must notify the DMV within days.
Answer: 5
22. When parking uphill on a two-way street with no curb, your front wheelsshould
be:
Answer: Turned to the right (away from the street)
23. You have been involved in a minor traffic collision with a parked vehicle and
you can't find the owner.You must:
Answer: Leave a note on the vehicle. Report theaccident without delay to the city
police or, in unincorporated areas, to the CHP.
24. For which of the following traffic lights must you always stop your vehicle-
Answer: Solid red lights, flashing red lights and blacked out traffic signals
25. Driving under the influence of any medication which impairs your driving
ispermitted
Answer: under no circumstances
1. When passing another vehicle, it is safe to return to your lane if you
Answer: Seethe vehicle's headlights in your rear view mirror
2. When you enter traffic from a stop (away from the curb), you:
Answer: Need a largeenough gap to get up to the speed of traffic.
3. You consent to take a chemical test for the alcohol content of your blood,breath,
or urine
Answer: Only if you have been drinking alcohol.
4. Collisions can happen more often when
Answer: One vehicle is traveling faster orslower than the flow of traffic
5. If you see orange construction signs and cones on a freeway, you must
Answer: Beprepared for workers and equipment ahead
6. The extra space in front of a large truck is needed for
Answer: The truck driver to stopthe vehicle
7. Dim your headlights for oncoming vehicles or when you are within 300 feetof a
vehicle
Answer: You are approaching from behind
8. Roads are slippery after it first starts to rain.When the road is slippery youshould
Answer: Avoid making fast turns and fast stops
9. U-turns in residential districts are legal
Answer: When there are no vehicles approaching nearby
10. When driving at night on a dimly lit street, you should:
Answer: Drive slowly enoughso you can stop within the area lighted by your
headlights
11. A school bus ahead of you in your lane is stopped with red lights flashing.You
should
Answer: Stop as long as the red lights are flashing
12. On a green arrow, you must
Answer: Yield to any vehicle, bicycle, or pedestrian in theintersection
13. You may drive off of the paved roadway to pass another vehicle:
, Answer: Under nocircumstances
14. When you are merging onto the freeway, you should be driving
Answer: At or nearthe same speed as the traffic on the freeway
15. When driving in fog, you should use your
Answer: Low beams
16. A white painted curb means
Answer: Loading zone for passengers or mail only
17. When parking your vehicle parallel to the curb on a level street
Answer: Your wheelsmust be within 18 inches of the curb
18. You are approaching a railroad crossing with no warning devices and areunable
to see 400 feet down the tracks in one direction.The speed limit is:
Answer: 15mph
19. To avoid last minute moves, you should be looking down the road to where your
vehicle will be in about
Answer: 10 to 15 seconds
20. You are about to make a left turn. You must signal continuously during the last
feet before the turn.
Answer: 100
21. You just sold your vehicle.You must notify the DMV within days.
Answer: 5
22. When parking uphill on a two-way street with no curb, your front wheelsshould
be:
Answer: Turned to the right (away from the street)
23. You have been involved in a minor traffic collision with a parked vehicle and
you can't find the owner.You must:
Answer: Leave a note on the vehicle. Report theaccident without delay to the city
police or, in unincorporated areas, to the CHP.
24. For which of the following traffic lights must you always stop your vehicle-
Answer: Solid red lights, flashing red lights and blacked out traffic signals
25. Driving under the influence of any medication which impairs your driving
ispermitted
Answer: under no circumstances
