Practice Test Flashcards

Which of the following freeway claims is FALSE?

Answer: While using a freeway, cross a solid line immediately after entering or before exiting.

High-speed traffic is handled securely on freeways and interstate routes. When approaching or departing a motorway, do not cross a solid line.

Which of the following factors has an impact on your blood alcohol content (BAC)?

Answer: All of the above

Your blood alcohol content is affected by how quickly you drink, how many drinks you've had, and how much weight you weigh (BAC).

It is prohibited to have open containers of alcohol in a car in which of the following?

Answer: all of the above

Open alcohol containers may only be kept in cargo sections, trunks, and truck beds where they are out of reach of drivers and passengers.

When driving on the left half of a multilane highway, you are entitled to do so.

Answer: doing any of the above.

Only under certain circumstances, such as on one-way streets and while passing, is driving on the left side permissible. Unless you're passing, turning left, or avoiding an impediment, you must drive on the right half of a multilane highway.

When you see a double solid yellow line next to your lane, you are on

Answer: not allowed to pass or change lanes.

You cannot pass or change lanes when there is a double solid line next to your lane. You may only cross the line to turn left.

Before merging into traffic on an expressway or motorway, you must.

Answer: move into the acceleration lane

Move into the acceleration lane and raise your speed before merging with the traffic on the highway to enter an expressway or freeway.

If another car passes you on the left, give the other vehicle plenty of room to pass safely and

Answer: do not increase your speed.

Allow another car to pass you on the left safely and do not raise your speed.

Which car has the right-of-way when two vehicles collide on a high mountain road where neither can pass?

Answer: The vehicle traveling uphill

When two vehicles collide on a steep mountain road, and neither can pass, the downhill vehicle must yield the right-of-way by backing up until the uphill vehicle can pass. When backing up, the car facing downhill has the most control.

A center lane with a solid yellow line on one side and a dashed yellow line on the other is designated for ________ and can be used by cars driving in either way.

Answer: left turns

A two-way left-turn lane (also known as a shared center turn lane) is used by vehicles going in both directions to make left turns (and U-turns where authorized). A solid yellow line and a dashed yellow line mark the lane on each side. Passing is not permitted in this lane. Use caution in this lane because it may be used by vehicles moving oppositely.

If a disabled person is wearing a placard, a painted curb is dedicated for them.

Answer: blue

Special parking regulations are marked by painted curbs. Only disabled individuals with a placard or special license plate for disabled people or disabled veterans are eligible for blue parking. Parking in designated spaces for disabled people with placards or special plates is permitted without time limits.

There are two sets of solid double yellow lines, each placed at least two feet apart.

Answer: a barrier

A barrier is defined as two sets of solid double yellow lines separated by two feet or more. This barrier cannot be driven on, over, or through, and only at authorized openings may a left turn or a U-turn be made across it.

Which vehicle has the right of way when two cars collide on a narrow mountain route where neither can pass?

Answer: the vehicle traveling uphill

The car heading uphill must relinquish the right-of-way by backing up until it can pass the downhill vehicle when two vehicles are approaching each other on a high mountain route where neither can pass. The car backing up has more control than the one facing uphill.

Anyone who knowingly tries to elude police enforcement while they are conducting their duty is guilty of a misdemeanor punished by up to

Answer: up to 1 year of imprisonment in a country jail

Any individual who knowingly seeks to flee or tries to elude law enforcement while operating a motor vehicle is guilty of a misdemeanor punished by up to one year in a county jail.

You must drive_____ into a roundabout.

Answer: a counterclockwise direction

In a roundabout, traffic circles an island in the middle of the intersection in the opposite direction of the clock.

On a red signal, you can turn left.

Answer: only from a one-way street onto another one-way street

Only from a one-way street onto a left-moving one-way street, and only if there is no sign forbidding the turn, can a driver make a left turn at a red light. Give way to cyclists, pedestrians, and other moving vehicles when the light is green.

The pavement's cracked white lines indicate that

Answer: passing is allowed if done safely

White lines that are broken suggest that passing is permitted, but only when it is possible to do so safely.