NC DMV PERMIT UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
If you are convicted of DWI while your license is revoked for an earlier DWI conviction... -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the court may order your vehicle seized and sold.
If a driver who is less than 21 years old is convicted for an offense of driving with any
amount of alcohol or drugs in his/her body... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- his/her license will
be revoked for one year.
Passing stopped school bus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Conviction Point Value: 8
Your driving privilege will be revoked for at least 30 days if you are convicted of: -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Driving any vehicle more than 15 miles per hour over the speed
limit, if you are driving at a speed higher than 55 mph
Your driving privilege will be taken for 60 days if you are convicted of: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- A second charge of speeding over 55 mph and more than 15 mph above the
speed limit within one year;
or•
Speeding plus reckless driving on the same occasion.
Your driving prividlege will be taken permanently if: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- You
commit Manslaughter while under the influence of an impairing substance
Your driving prividlege will be taken for 3 years if: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Prearranged
racing with another motor vehicle on the highway
Some examples of moving violations: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- • Passing a stopped
school bus
• Reckless driving
• Hit-and-run
• Following too closely
,• Driving on the wrong side of the road
• Illegal passing
• Running through a stop sign or red light
• Failure to yield right of way
• Failure to stop for an emergency siren
-Speeding
During an average lifetime of driving, we face about a.... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a one-
in-three chance of being seriously injured or killed in a motor vehicle crash.
Exemptions to the seat belt law: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- • A driver or occupant of a
noncommercial motor vehicle with a medical or physical condition that prevents appropriate
restraint by a seat belt or with a professionally certified mental phobia against the wearing of
vehicle restraints;
• A motor vehicle operated by a rural letter carrier of the United States Postal Service while
performing duties as a rural letter carrier, and a motor vehicle operated by a newspaper
delivery person while actually engaged in delivery of newspapers along the person's specified
route
;• A driver or passenger frequently stopping and leaving the vehicle or delivering property
from the vehicle if the speed of the vehicle between stops does not exceed 20 miles per hour;
• Any vehicle registered and licensed as a property-carrying vehicle while being used for
agricultural purposes in intrastate commerce.
• A motor vehicle not required to be equipped with seat belts by law; and• Any occupant of a
motor home other than the driver and front seat passengers, provided the motor home has at
least four of the following facilities: cooking, refrigeration or icebox, self-contained toilet,
heating or air-conditioning, portable water supply system with a faucet and sink, separate
110-115-volt electrical power supply or an LP gas supply.
• Situations where all seating positions equipped with child passenger restraint systems or
seat belts are occupied;
All vehicles, regardless of direction of travel must .... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- must
yield right of way to an approaching emergency vehicle. This does not apply to vehicles
traveling in the opposite direction of the emergency vehicle(s) when traveling on a four-lane
limited-access highway with a center median.
, When you see emergency lights and/or hear a siren behind you... - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- stay calm, activate your turn signal, pull the vehicle always to the right, and
off the travel portion of the highway at the nearest point where it is safe to do so.
If you get pulled over by law enforcement: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- You should place
both hands on the steering wheel and instruct any passengers to keep their hands in a position
that is clearly visible to the officer at all times. Passengers in the back seat should place their
hands on the back of the front seat. Keep your hands in plain view
Funeral Processions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- •Every vehicle in a funeral procession
must have its headlights on, and the hazard warning signals must also be on, if so equipped.
Studies show that the vehicle moving at a speed considerably below the posted limit is... -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- much MORE likely to cause or be involved in a crash than the
vehicle moving at a normal speed.
"two-second rule" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Allow a safe distance between you and the
vehicle in front of you
In cities and towns the maximum speed limit - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 35 mph
The maximum speed for school busses - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 45 mph
The maximum speed limit for school activity busses - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 55 mph
The maximum speed limit for Outside cities and towns - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 55 mph
The maximum speed limit for interstates (highways) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 70 mph
The best way to handle a curve - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. Slow down before you enter
the curve so that you will not need to brake while you are in the curve
2. Gradually increase your speed to maintain the traction necessary for good control of the
vehicle as you round the curve;
Questions and CORRECT Answers
If you are convicted of DWI while your license is revoked for an earlier DWI conviction... -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the court may order your vehicle seized and sold.
If a driver who is less than 21 years old is convicted for an offense of driving with any
amount of alcohol or drugs in his/her body... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- his/her license will
be revoked for one year.
Passing stopped school bus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Conviction Point Value: 8
Your driving privilege will be revoked for at least 30 days if you are convicted of: -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Driving any vehicle more than 15 miles per hour over the speed
limit, if you are driving at a speed higher than 55 mph
Your driving privilege will be taken for 60 days if you are convicted of: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- A second charge of speeding over 55 mph and more than 15 mph above the
speed limit within one year;
or•
Speeding plus reckless driving on the same occasion.
Your driving prividlege will be taken permanently if: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- You
commit Manslaughter while under the influence of an impairing substance
Your driving prividlege will be taken for 3 years if: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Prearranged
racing with another motor vehicle on the highway
Some examples of moving violations: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- • Passing a stopped
school bus
• Reckless driving
• Hit-and-run
• Following too closely
,• Driving on the wrong side of the road
• Illegal passing
• Running through a stop sign or red light
• Failure to yield right of way
• Failure to stop for an emergency siren
-Speeding
During an average lifetime of driving, we face about a.... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a one-
in-three chance of being seriously injured or killed in a motor vehicle crash.
Exemptions to the seat belt law: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- • A driver or occupant of a
noncommercial motor vehicle with a medical or physical condition that prevents appropriate
restraint by a seat belt or with a professionally certified mental phobia against the wearing of
vehicle restraints;
• A motor vehicle operated by a rural letter carrier of the United States Postal Service while
performing duties as a rural letter carrier, and a motor vehicle operated by a newspaper
delivery person while actually engaged in delivery of newspapers along the person's specified
route
;• A driver or passenger frequently stopping and leaving the vehicle or delivering property
from the vehicle if the speed of the vehicle between stops does not exceed 20 miles per hour;
• Any vehicle registered and licensed as a property-carrying vehicle while being used for
agricultural purposes in intrastate commerce.
• A motor vehicle not required to be equipped with seat belts by law; and• Any occupant of a
motor home other than the driver and front seat passengers, provided the motor home has at
least four of the following facilities: cooking, refrigeration or icebox, self-contained toilet,
heating or air-conditioning, portable water supply system with a faucet and sink, separate
110-115-volt electrical power supply or an LP gas supply.
• Situations where all seating positions equipped with child passenger restraint systems or
seat belts are occupied;
All vehicles, regardless of direction of travel must .... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- must
yield right of way to an approaching emergency vehicle. This does not apply to vehicles
traveling in the opposite direction of the emergency vehicle(s) when traveling on a four-lane
limited-access highway with a center median.
, When you see emergency lights and/or hear a siren behind you... - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- stay calm, activate your turn signal, pull the vehicle always to the right, and
off the travel portion of the highway at the nearest point where it is safe to do so.
If you get pulled over by law enforcement: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- You should place
both hands on the steering wheel and instruct any passengers to keep their hands in a position
that is clearly visible to the officer at all times. Passengers in the back seat should place their
hands on the back of the front seat. Keep your hands in plain view
Funeral Processions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- •Every vehicle in a funeral procession
must have its headlights on, and the hazard warning signals must also be on, if so equipped.
Studies show that the vehicle moving at a speed considerably below the posted limit is... -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- much MORE likely to cause or be involved in a crash than the
vehicle moving at a normal speed.
"two-second rule" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Allow a safe distance between you and the
vehicle in front of you
In cities and towns the maximum speed limit - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 35 mph
The maximum speed for school busses - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 45 mph
The maximum speed limit for school activity busses - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 55 mph
The maximum speed limit for Outside cities and towns - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 55 mph
The maximum speed limit for interstates (highways) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 70 mph
The best way to handle a curve - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. Slow down before you enter
the curve so that you will not need to brake while you are in the curve
2. Gradually increase your speed to maintain the traction necessary for good control of the
vehicle as you round the curve;
