DMV VIRGINIA PERMIT TEST
1. The light at an intersection is red and a police officer directs you to gothrough
the intersection. What should you do?
Stop until the light changes to green
Stop until the light changes to yellowStop, the drive on carefully
Follow the officer's direction
Answer: Follow the officer's direction
2. When can you legally make a right turn at a red traffic signal?
After stopping, if no sign prohibits right turn on red
When the traffic light first changes
At any time
In daylight hours only
Answer: After stopping, if no sign prohibits right turn on red
3. At a red light, where must you come to a complete stop?
100 feet before the intersection
50 feet before the stop line
Two car lengths behind the vehicle in front of you
Before you reach the intersection, stop line, or crosswalk
Answer: Before you reach theintersection, stop line, or crosswalk
4. Pedestrians do not have to obey traffic signals.
True
False
Answer: False
5. Where you can and cannot drive during different hours of the day isindicated
by lane-use signals.
True False
Answer: True
6. Avoiding traffic controls by cutting through a parking lot or field is perfectlylegal.
True
,False
Answer: False
7. When you see a flashing yellow traffic signal at the intersection up ahead,what
should you do?
Slow down and proceed with caution
Come to a complete stop before proceeding
Speed up before the light changes to red
Maintain speed since you have the right of way
Answer: Slow down and proceed withcaution
8. You should never drive in a lane with a lane-use signal displaying a red X.
True False
Answer: True
9. To whom do traffic signals apply?
Drivers Bicyclists Pedestrians
All of the Above
Answer: All of the above
10. Bicyclists do not have to obey traffic signals.
True
False
Answer: False
11. Unless directed by a police officer, you must obey all signs and signals.
True False
Answer: True
12. Before turning right on a red light at an intersection, you do not have tocome to
a complete stop.
True
False
Answer: False
, 13. When you encounter a red arrow signal, you may turn after you come to a
complete stop and look both ways for traffic and pedestrians.
True
False
Answer: False
14. Slow down and proceed with caution
Come to a complete stop, look both ways, and yield the right-of-way topedestrians
and other traffic
Check your rear view mirror
Come to a complete stop and proceed when the light turns green
Answer: Come to a complete stop, look both ways, and yield the right-of-way to
pedestrians and othertraffic
15. If you encounter a yellow X lane-use signal, you should move out of thelane as
soon as safely possible.
True False
Answer: True
16. 35 mph
Answer: Speed limit for rural rustic and unpaved road
17. 25 mph
Answer: School, Businesses, and Residential Zones Speed Limit
18. 70 mph
Answer: Interstate Highway Speed Limit
19. 55 mph
Answer: Non-rural interstate highways, Public Roads not part of the interstate
system Speed Limit
20. What is Perception Time?
Answer: The time it takes you to recognize a hazard
21. What is a Reaction Distance?
Answer: The distance your vehicle travels between the time you recognize a problem
and the time you apply the brakes
22. What is BrakingDistance?
Answer: The distance your car travels after you apply the brakes
1. The light at an intersection is red and a police officer directs you to gothrough
the intersection. What should you do?
Stop until the light changes to green
Stop until the light changes to yellowStop, the drive on carefully
Follow the officer's direction
Answer: Follow the officer's direction
2. When can you legally make a right turn at a red traffic signal?
After stopping, if no sign prohibits right turn on red
When the traffic light first changes
At any time
In daylight hours only
Answer: After stopping, if no sign prohibits right turn on red
3. At a red light, where must you come to a complete stop?
100 feet before the intersection
50 feet before the stop line
Two car lengths behind the vehicle in front of you
Before you reach the intersection, stop line, or crosswalk
Answer: Before you reach theintersection, stop line, or crosswalk
4. Pedestrians do not have to obey traffic signals.
True
False
Answer: False
5. Where you can and cannot drive during different hours of the day isindicated
by lane-use signals.
True False
Answer: True
6. Avoiding traffic controls by cutting through a parking lot or field is perfectlylegal.
True
,False
Answer: False
7. When you see a flashing yellow traffic signal at the intersection up ahead,what
should you do?
Slow down and proceed with caution
Come to a complete stop before proceeding
Speed up before the light changes to red
Maintain speed since you have the right of way
Answer: Slow down and proceed withcaution
8. You should never drive in a lane with a lane-use signal displaying a red X.
True False
Answer: True
9. To whom do traffic signals apply?
Drivers Bicyclists Pedestrians
All of the Above
Answer: All of the above
10. Bicyclists do not have to obey traffic signals.
True
False
Answer: False
11. Unless directed by a police officer, you must obey all signs and signals.
True False
Answer: True
12. Before turning right on a red light at an intersection, you do not have tocome to
a complete stop.
True
False
Answer: False
, 13. When you encounter a red arrow signal, you may turn after you come to a
complete stop and look both ways for traffic and pedestrians.
True
False
Answer: False
14. Slow down and proceed with caution
Come to a complete stop, look both ways, and yield the right-of-way topedestrians
and other traffic
Check your rear view mirror
Come to a complete stop and proceed when the light turns green
Answer: Come to a complete stop, look both ways, and yield the right-of-way to
pedestrians and othertraffic
15. If you encounter a yellow X lane-use signal, you should move out of thelane as
soon as safely possible.
True False
Answer: True
16. 35 mph
Answer: Speed limit for rural rustic and unpaved road
17. 25 mph
Answer: School, Businesses, and Residential Zones Speed Limit
18. 70 mph
Answer: Interstate Highway Speed Limit
19. 55 mph
Answer: Non-rural interstate highways, Public Roads not part of the interstate
system Speed Limit
20. What is Perception Time?
Answer: The time it takes you to recognize a hazard
21. What is a Reaction Distance?
Answer: The distance your vehicle travels between the time you recognize a problem
and the time you apply the brakes
22. What is BrakingDistance?
Answer: The distance your car travels after you apply the brakes
