VERMONT CDL PERMIT STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔do not pass on - ✔✔Hills, Curves, Railroads, Intersections, or if you see a sign
saying "changed path ahead"
✔✔People under 21 operating a vehicle with an blood alcohol concentration 0.2 or more
can receive - ✔✔a civil traffic violation
✔✔If you are driving so slowly that traffic is backing up behind you, you should - ✔✔pull
off to the right side and let traffic pass
✔✔it is best to keep a space cushion - ✔✔on all sides of the vehicles
✔✔regulatory signs - ✔✔indicates what a driver must or must not do
✔✔As you drive faster, your tires become less effective - ✔✔Which of the following is
true about driving on a wet roadway?
1.)As you drive faster, your tires become less effective.
2.)Deep water is less dangerous than shallow water.
3.)As you decrease your speed, the roadway becomes more slippery.
4.)Water does not affect cars with good tires.
✔✔road rage maybe be reduced by - ✔✔Allowing extra travel time, obeying posted
speed limits, using proper turn signals, or all of the above.
✔✔Upcoming hill - ✔✔This sign means
✔✔If a crossing guard is directing traffic in a school zone, you must - ✔✔follow the
directions given by the crossing guard
✔✔Only children under the age of 18 are required to wear a seat belt - ✔✔Which of the
following statements is not true?
1.)Wearing a safety belt helps a driver maintain control of their vehicle
2.)Only children under the age of 18 are required to wear a seat belt
3.)A child safety seat should never be placed in front of an airbag
4.)You lower your risk of being injured or killed in a collision when you wear a safety
belt.
✔✔Slippery when wet - ✔✔This sign means
✔✔no - ✔✔Is it legal to cross a double centerline to pass
✔✔Low Ground Railroad Crossing - ✔✔This sign means
,✔✔yellow - ✔✔Lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions are divided by ____ lines.
✔✔If two vehicles arrive to an uncontrolled intersection at the same time - ✔✔The car
on the left shall yield to the car on the right.
✔✔You are entering a crowded freeway. What should you do to merge into traffic? -
✔✔Use your side and rearview mirrors and check your blind spots,Use the acceleration
lane to adjust your speed to match the speed of freeway traffic,Yield to traffic already on
the freeway.
✔✔A broken yellow line alongside a solid yellow line means - ✔✔Passing is permitted
from the lane next to the broken line.
✔✔If you are driving in another driver's blind spot, you should - ✔✔Move forward or
drop back so the other driver can see you.
✔✔Many crashes take place when - ✔✔A vehicle is turning left, and would not happen
if the driver made the turn properly.
✔✔Before making a right turn you should - ✔✔Well ahead of your turn look for any
vehicles and move to the right side of your lane,signal 3 to 5 seconds before turn and
begin to slow down, look for vehicles around you before turning, keep close right while
turning, then check mirror and center your vehicle.
✔✔How far away should you be from another car while driving? - ✔✔3-5 seconds,
preferably 4
✔✔What is the maximum speed limit on Vermont roads? - ✔✔50 miles per hour
✔✔What is the maximum speed limit on Vermont interstates? - ✔✔65 miles per hour
✔✔A driver on any road must yield the right-of-way to - ✔✔pedestrians, bicyclists, and
other traffic already in the intersection
✔✔When nearing an intersection marked with a "yield right of way" you are required to -
✔✔travel at a speed slow enough to be able to stop if necessary.
✔✔At a four-way stop the first vehicle - ✔✔Should have the right of way
✔✔When two vehicles approach a four way stop at approximately the same of time,
coming from different directions - ✔✔the driver on the left should yield the right-of-way
to the driver on the right
, ✔✔If you are turning left - ✔✔You must yield to all oncoming traffic. Any vehicle coming
toward you has the right of way.
✔✔A driver approaching from a driveway, alley, parking lot, or T intersection - ✔✔Must
yield to all traffic on the road
✔✔Before entering any intersection you must - ✔✔always search both directions, and
make sure you have a clear path before entering.
✔✔If you must park on a highway in a rural area you must:
have all the wheels off the traveled portion of the road
When parking your vehicle on any hill - ✔✔Always turn front wheels and use your
parking brake and leave the vehicle in gear or "park"
✔✔In school zones, the speed limit is - ✔✔15 to 25 mph
✔✔Sharing the road with pedestrians - ✔✔Drivers must yield to pedestrians at all times,
and watch out for young, elderly, disabled, or intoxicated pedestrians.
✔✔Flashing Arrow Panels - ✔✔Large flashing arrow panels or flashing message signs
in work zones direct drivers to proceed into different traffic lanes and inform them that
part of the road ahead is closed.
✔✔What is a roundabout? - ✔✔an intersection control feature where traffic enters and
exits only through right turns and proceeds in a counter clockwise direction.
✔✔A flashing red light at an intersection means - ✔✔Stop-go when the way is clear
✔✔A flashing yellow light means - ✔✔Drivers can turn left after yielding to traffic and
pedestrians
✔✔A solid green arrow means - ✔✔Left turns have the right of way.
✔✔You must stop scan the intersection and honor the right of way - ✔✔This sign
means
✔✔there is a divided highway ahead - ✔✔This sign means
✔✔Pedestrian Responsibilities - ✔✔be aware of traffic, look both ways before walking
on a crosswalk and follow walk signs on crosswalks.
✔✔School bus - ✔✔It is illegal to pass a school bus when it is stopped and has its red
warning lights on
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔do not pass on - ✔✔Hills, Curves, Railroads, Intersections, or if you see a sign
saying "changed path ahead"
✔✔People under 21 operating a vehicle with an blood alcohol concentration 0.2 or more
can receive - ✔✔a civil traffic violation
✔✔If you are driving so slowly that traffic is backing up behind you, you should - ✔✔pull
off to the right side and let traffic pass
✔✔it is best to keep a space cushion - ✔✔on all sides of the vehicles
✔✔regulatory signs - ✔✔indicates what a driver must or must not do
✔✔As you drive faster, your tires become less effective - ✔✔Which of the following is
true about driving on a wet roadway?
1.)As you drive faster, your tires become less effective.
2.)Deep water is less dangerous than shallow water.
3.)As you decrease your speed, the roadway becomes more slippery.
4.)Water does not affect cars with good tires.
✔✔road rage maybe be reduced by - ✔✔Allowing extra travel time, obeying posted
speed limits, using proper turn signals, or all of the above.
✔✔Upcoming hill - ✔✔This sign means
✔✔If a crossing guard is directing traffic in a school zone, you must - ✔✔follow the
directions given by the crossing guard
✔✔Only children under the age of 18 are required to wear a seat belt - ✔✔Which of the
following statements is not true?
1.)Wearing a safety belt helps a driver maintain control of their vehicle
2.)Only children under the age of 18 are required to wear a seat belt
3.)A child safety seat should never be placed in front of an airbag
4.)You lower your risk of being injured or killed in a collision when you wear a safety
belt.
✔✔Slippery when wet - ✔✔This sign means
✔✔no - ✔✔Is it legal to cross a double centerline to pass
✔✔Low Ground Railroad Crossing - ✔✔This sign means
,✔✔yellow - ✔✔Lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions are divided by ____ lines.
✔✔If two vehicles arrive to an uncontrolled intersection at the same time - ✔✔The car
on the left shall yield to the car on the right.
✔✔You are entering a crowded freeway. What should you do to merge into traffic? -
✔✔Use your side and rearview mirrors and check your blind spots,Use the acceleration
lane to adjust your speed to match the speed of freeway traffic,Yield to traffic already on
the freeway.
✔✔A broken yellow line alongside a solid yellow line means - ✔✔Passing is permitted
from the lane next to the broken line.
✔✔If you are driving in another driver's blind spot, you should - ✔✔Move forward or
drop back so the other driver can see you.
✔✔Many crashes take place when - ✔✔A vehicle is turning left, and would not happen
if the driver made the turn properly.
✔✔Before making a right turn you should - ✔✔Well ahead of your turn look for any
vehicles and move to the right side of your lane,signal 3 to 5 seconds before turn and
begin to slow down, look for vehicles around you before turning, keep close right while
turning, then check mirror and center your vehicle.
✔✔How far away should you be from another car while driving? - ✔✔3-5 seconds,
preferably 4
✔✔What is the maximum speed limit on Vermont roads? - ✔✔50 miles per hour
✔✔What is the maximum speed limit on Vermont interstates? - ✔✔65 miles per hour
✔✔A driver on any road must yield the right-of-way to - ✔✔pedestrians, bicyclists, and
other traffic already in the intersection
✔✔When nearing an intersection marked with a "yield right of way" you are required to -
✔✔travel at a speed slow enough to be able to stop if necessary.
✔✔At a four-way stop the first vehicle - ✔✔Should have the right of way
✔✔When two vehicles approach a four way stop at approximately the same of time,
coming from different directions - ✔✔the driver on the left should yield the right-of-way
to the driver on the right
, ✔✔If you are turning left - ✔✔You must yield to all oncoming traffic. Any vehicle coming
toward you has the right of way.
✔✔A driver approaching from a driveway, alley, parking lot, or T intersection - ✔✔Must
yield to all traffic on the road
✔✔Before entering any intersection you must - ✔✔always search both directions, and
make sure you have a clear path before entering.
✔✔If you must park on a highway in a rural area you must:
have all the wheels off the traveled portion of the road
When parking your vehicle on any hill - ✔✔Always turn front wheels and use your
parking brake and leave the vehicle in gear or "park"
✔✔In school zones, the speed limit is - ✔✔15 to 25 mph
✔✔Sharing the road with pedestrians - ✔✔Drivers must yield to pedestrians at all times,
and watch out for young, elderly, disabled, or intoxicated pedestrians.
✔✔Flashing Arrow Panels - ✔✔Large flashing arrow panels or flashing message signs
in work zones direct drivers to proceed into different traffic lanes and inform them that
part of the road ahead is closed.
✔✔What is a roundabout? - ✔✔an intersection control feature where traffic enters and
exits only through right turns and proceeds in a counter clockwise direction.
✔✔A flashing red light at an intersection means - ✔✔Stop-go when the way is clear
✔✔A flashing yellow light means - ✔✔Drivers can turn left after yielding to traffic and
pedestrians
✔✔A solid green arrow means - ✔✔Left turns have the right of way.
✔✔You must stop scan the intersection and honor the right of way - ✔✔This sign
means
✔✔there is a divided highway ahead - ✔✔This sign means
✔✔Pedestrian Responsibilities - ✔✔be aware of traffic, look both ways before walking
on a crosswalk and follow walk signs on crosswalks.
✔✔School bus - ✔✔It is illegal to pass a school bus when it is stopped and has its red
warning lights on
