California Permit Test Questions And
Answers
/. Driving in a safe and courteous manner: - Answer-Can lower the cost of law
enforcement and insurance
/.Failure to YEILD is ranked as one of the top ___ causes of collisions - Answer-5
/.At its height, what percentage of American workers were employed in an automotive-
related industry? - Answer-20% (2/10)
/.World's largest automobile manufacturer in 1920s? - Answer-General Motors
/.By the early 1960's the rate of car ownership in America was: - Answer-1 in 3
/.Number of cars built by Ford Motor Company from 1908 - 1927 - Answer-15,000,000
/.Is it legal to wear a headset while driving? - Answer-not on both ears
/.poisonous gas from exhaust - Answer-carbon monoxide
/.SIPDE - Answer-Search, Identify, Predict, Decide, Execute
/.Best way to max traction of tires - Answer-properly inflate them
/.centrifugal force - Answer-an apparent force that acts outward on a body moving
around a center, arising from the body's inertia
/.Stopping distance formula - Answer-(Speed x 1/10 Speed)/2=SD ft
/.Speed in ft per sec - Answer-Speed+ 1/2 Speed= S ft/sec
/.total stopping distance - Answer-(S + 1/2S) + (S x 1/10 S /2) = Total Stopping Distance
(feet)
/.kinetic energy - Answer-1/2 x mass x speed^2
/.Red curb - Answer-No stopping, standing, or parking
/.blue curb - Answer-handicapped parking
/.yellow curb - Answer-drop off for commercial purposes
, /.green curb - Answer-limited time parking
/.white curb - Answer-Stop only long enough to pick up or drop off passengers
/.octagon sign - Answer-always means stop
/.diamond sign - Answer-always means warning
/.pennant sign - Answer-no passing zone
/.triangle sign - Answer-always for yield
/.round sign - Answer-railroad crossing and evacuation routes
/.crossbuck - Answer-always for railroad crossing
/.pentagon sign - Answer-school zone and county markers
/.Trapezoid sign - Answer-recreational/forest routes
/.Rectangle sign - Answer-regulatory or guide
/.black and white - Answer-background colors for regulatory signs
/.fluorescent pink - Answer-Incident management
/.green - Answer-background for guide and parking signs
/.fluorescent yellow-green - Answer-School, pedestrian and bicycle signs
/.orange - Answer-construction
/.blue - Answer-background for travel info, emergency evacuation, interstate routes
/.brown - Answer-recreational guide
/.yellow - Answer-background for warning and school signs
/.red - Answer-Stop, yield, or prohibited
/.Traffic able to pass on both sides - Answer-Double Arrow
/.California State Route Marker - Answer-California 49 (rounded triangle)
/.How do you know you are traveling in the correct direction? - Answer-solid yellow line
on left side
Answers
/. Driving in a safe and courteous manner: - Answer-Can lower the cost of law
enforcement and insurance
/.Failure to YEILD is ranked as one of the top ___ causes of collisions - Answer-5
/.At its height, what percentage of American workers were employed in an automotive-
related industry? - Answer-20% (2/10)
/.World's largest automobile manufacturer in 1920s? - Answer-General Motors
/.By the early 1960's the rate of car ownership in America was: - Answer-1 in 3
/.Number of cars built by Ford Motor Company from 1908 - 1927 - Answer-15,000,000
/.Is it legal to wear a headset while driving? - Answer-not on both ears
/.poisonous gas from exhaust - Answer-carbon monoxide
/.SIPDE - Answer-Search, Identify, Predict, Decide, Execute
/.Best way to max traction of tires - Answer-properly inflate them
/.centrifugal force - Answer-an apparent force that acts outward on a body moving
around a center, arising from the body's inertia
/.Stopping distance formula - Answer-(Speed x 1/10 Speed)/2=SD ft
/.Speed in ft per sec - Answer-Speed+ 1/2 Speed= S ft/sec
/.total stopping distance - Answer-(S + 1/2S) + (S x 1/10 S /2) = Total Stopping Distance
(feet)
/.kinetic energy - Answer-1/2 x mass x speed^2
/.Red curb - Answer-No stopping, standing, or parking
/.blue curb - Answer-handicapped parking
/.yellow curb - Answer-drop off for commercial purposes
, /.green curb - Answer-limited time parking
/.white curb - Answer-Stop only long enough to pick up or drop off passengers
/.octagon sign - Answer-always means stop
/.diamond sign - Answer-always means warning
/.pennant sign - Answer-no passing zone
/.triangle sign - Answer-always for yield
/.round sign - Answer-railroad crossing and evacuation routes
/.crossbuck - Answer-always for railroad crossing
/.pentagon sign - Answer-school zone and county markers
/.Trapezoid sign - Answer-recreational/forest routes
/.Rectangle sign - Answer-regulatory or guide
/.black and white - Answer-background colors for regulatory signs
/.fluorescent pink - Answer-Incident management
/.green - Answer-background for guide and parking signs
/.fluorescent yellow-green - Answer-School, pedestrian and bicycle signs
/.orange - Answer-construction
/.blue - Answer-background for travel info, emergency evacuation, interstate routes
/.brown - Answer-recreational guide
/.yellow - Answer-background for warning and school signs
/.red - Answer-Stop, yield, or prohibited
/.Traffic able to pass on both sides - Answer-Double Arrow
/.California State Route Marker - Answer-California 49 (rounded triangle)
/.How do you know you are traveling in the correct direction? - Answer-solid yellow line
on left side
