CALIFORNIA DMV PERMIT TEST 5
1. If you drive faster than other vehicles on a road with one lane in each direction
and continually pass the other cars, you will:
Answer: Increase your chancesof an accident.
2. You are driving on a one-way street. You may turn left onto another one-waystreet
only if:
Answer: Traffic on the street moves to the left.
3. You drive defensively when you:
Answer: Keep your eyes moving to look for possiblehazards
4. A large truck is ahead of you and is turning right onto a street with two lanes in
each direction.The truck:
Answer: May have to swing wide to complete the rightturn.
5. You may cross a double yellow line to pass another vehicle, if the yellowline
next to:
Answer: Your side of the road is a broken line.
6. At intersections, crosswalks, and railroad crossings, you should always:-
Answer: Look to the sides of your vehicle to see what is coming.
7. When parking your vehicle parallel to the curb on a level street:
Answer: Yourwheels must be within 18 inches of the curb.
8. You are preparing to exit the interstate. When should you start reducingyour
speed?
Answer: Immediately upon entering the deceleration lane
9. Blue traffic signs offer information on:
Answer: Motorist services
10. It is illegal for a person 21 years of age or older to drive with a blood alcohol
concentration (BAC) that is or higher
Answer: 0.08%-- Eight-hundredths ofone percent
11. Having a driver license is a :
Answer: Privilege, not a right
12. When changing lanes, you can check your blind spots by:
Answer: Using the insiderearview mirror.Turning your head and looking over your
shoulder.
,13. You must yield the right-of-way to an emergency vehicle that is using itssiren
and flashing lights by:
Answer: Driving as closely to the right edge of the road aspossible and stopping.
14. You have been involved in a minor traffic collision with a parked vehicleand
you can't find the owner.You must:
Answer: Leave a note on the vehicle or
Report the collision without delay to the city police or, in unincorporated areas, to
the California highway patrol.
15. If weather or light conditions require you to have your lights on whiledriving:
Answer: Use your low beams
16. If it starts to rain on a hot day, the road is slippery:
Answer: For the first few minutes
17. You are entering a roundabout with multiple lanes, and you need to turnleft at
the intersection.You must:
Answer: Choose the left-land lane and exit
18. To avoid tailgating, drivers should:
Answer: Use the "three-second rule"
19. Three second rule
Answer: is a way to measure the distance that you should use as acushion when
following another vehicle. It requires leaving three seconds of spacebetween your
vehicle and the vehicle driving in front of you.
20. When you prepare to make a left turn from a one-way road into a one-wayroad,
you must:
Answer: Approach the turn in the left lane of from the left side of a singlelane
21. Two vehicles approach an uncontrolled "T" intersection. One vehicle is onthe
through road and and the other is on the road that ends. Who has the right-of-way at
the intersection?
Answer: The vehicle on the through road
22. STOP SIGN
Answer: A red-and-white regulatory traffic sign. This is the only octagonal(8-sided)
traffic sign, you can easily recognize it by both shape and color.
23. At an intersection controlled by a "STOP" sign
Answer: you must come to a completestop and check for pedestrians and cross
traffic. Yield to other traffic going throughthe intersection and any pedestrians
crossing the street.
, 24. Four Way Stop
Answer: This road sign is placed at four-way stop intersections and informs drivers
that all entrances to this intersection are controlled by stop signs.
25. When driving in fog, it is best to drive with
Answer: Low beam headlights
26. You may drive off of the paved roadway to pass another vehicle:
Answer: Under nocircumstances.
27. When you are merging onto the freeway, you should be driving:
Answer: At or nearthe same speed as the traffic on the freeway.
28. When driving in fog, you should use your:
Answer: Low beams
29. A school bus ahead of you in your lane is stopped with red lights
flashing.Youshould:
Answer: Stop as long as the red lights are flashing
30. You
just sold your vehicle.You must notify the DMV within days.
Answer: 5
31. To avoid last minute
moves, you should be looking down the road to whereyourvehicle will be in about
.
Answer: 10 to 15 seconds
32. You are about to make a left turn.You must signal continuously during thelast
feet before the turn.
Answer: 100
33. Unless
otherwise posted the speed limit in a residential area is .
Answer: 25mph
34. You may legally block an intersection:
Answer: Under no circumstances
35. Which of the following statements about blind spots is true?
Answer: Large truckshave bigger blind spots than most passenger vehicles.
1. If you drive faster than other vehicles on a road with one lane in each direction
and continually pass the other cars, you will:
Answer: Increase your chancesof an accident.
2. You are driving on a one-way street. You may turn left onto another one-waystreet
only if:
Answer: Traffic on the street moves to the left.
3. You drive defensively when you:
Answer: Keep your eyes moving to look for possiblehazards
4. A large truck is ahead of you and is turning right onto a street with two lanes in
each direction.The truck:
Answer: May have to swing wide to complete the rightturn.
5. You may cross a double yellow line to pass another vehicle, if the yellowline
next to:
Answer: Your side of the road is a broken line.
6. At intersections, crosswalks, and railroad crossings, you should always:-
Answer: Look to the sides of your vehicle to see what is coming.
7. When parking your vehicle parallel to the curb on a level street:
Answer: Yourwheels must be within 18 inches of the curb.
8. You are preparing to exit the interstate. When should you start reducingyour
speed?
Answer: Immediately upon entering the deceleration lane
9. Blue traffic signs offer information on:
Answer: Motorist services
10. It is illegal for a person 21 years of age or older to drive with a blood alcohol
concentration (BAC) that is or higher
Answer: 0.08%-- Eight-hundredths ofone percent
11. Having a driver license is a :
Answer: Privilege, not a right
12. When changing lanes, you can check your blind spots by:
Answer: Using the insiderearview mirror.Turning your head and looking over your
shoulder.
,13. You must yield the right-of-way to an emergency vehicle that is using itssiren
and flashing lights by:
Answer: Driving as closely to the right edge of the road aspossible and stopping.
14. You have been involved in a minor traffic collision with a parked vehicleand
you can't find the owner.You must:
Answer: Leave a note on the vehicle or
Report the collision without delay to the city police or, in unincorporated areas, to
the California highway patrol.
15. If weather or light conditions require you to have your lights on whiledriving:
Answer: Use your low beams
16. If it starts to rain on a hot day, the road is slippery:
Answer: For the first few minutes
17. You are entering a roundabout with multiple lanes, and you need to turnleft at
the intersection.You must:
Answer: Choose the left-land lane and exit
18. To avoid tailgating, drivers should:
Answer: Use the "three-second rule"
19. Three second rule
Answer: is a way to measure the distance that you should use as acushion when
following another vehicle. It requires leaving three seconds of spacebetween your
vehicle and the vehicle driving in front of you.
20. When you prepare to make a left turn from a one-way road into a one-wayroad,
you must:
Answer: Approach the turn in the left lane of from the left side of a singlelane
21. Two vehicles approach an uncontrolled "T" intersection. One vehicle is onthe
through road and and the other is on the road that ends. Who has the right-of-way at
the intersection?
Answer: The vehicle on the through road
22. STOP SIGN
Answer: A red-and-white regulatory traffic sign. This is the only octagonal(8-sided)
traffic sign, you can easily recognize it by both shape and color.
23. At an intersection controlled by a "STOP" sign
Answer: you must come to a completestop and check for pedestrians and cross
traffic. Yield to other traffic going throughthe intersection and any pedestrians
crossing the street.
, 24. Four Way Stop
Answer: This road sign is placed at four-way stop intersections and informs drivers
that all entrances to this intersection are controlled by stop signs.
25. When driving in fog, it is best to drive with
Answer: Low beam headlights
26. You may drive off of the paved roadway to pass another vehicle:
Answer: Under nocircumstances.
27. When you are merging onto the freeway, you should be driving:
Answer: At or nearthe same speed as the traffic on the freeway.
28. When driving in fog, you should use your:
Answer: Low beams
29. A school bus ahead of you in your lane is stopped with red lights
flashing.Youshould:
Answer: Stop as long as the red lights are flashing
30. You
just sold your vehicle.You must notify the DMV within days.
Answer: 5
31. To avoid last minute
moves, you should be looking down the road to whereyourvehicle will be in about
.
Answer: 10 to 15 seconds
32. You are about to make a left turn.You must signal continuously during thelast
feet before the turn.
Answer: 100
33. Unless
otherwise posted the speed limit in a residential area is .
Answer: 25mph
34. You may legally block an intersection:
Answer: Under no circumstances
35. Which of the following statements about blind spots is true?
Answer: Large truckshave bigger blind spots than most passenger vehicles.
