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California DMV Exam

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Two sets of solid - double - yellow lines that are two or more feet apart...
At all times
A 3-axle vehicle if the Gross Vehicle Weight is less than 6000 pounds.
An exit lane
May not be crossed for any reason.

2. When driving in fog - use your...
Loading zone for passengers or mail only.
Your driving privilege will be revoked for one year.
Low beams
Sell or transfer your vehicle

3. If you plan to pass another vehicle - you should...
Children under age one should not ride in the front seat in air bag-equiped vechicles.
Not assume the other driver will make space for you to return to your lane.
5
No faster than 65 mph.

4. Your wheels should be pointed straight ahead - unless you are...
0.01%- one hundredth of one percent
Your driving privilege will be revoked for one year.
Leave a note on the vehicle and report the accident without delay to the city police or - in unincorporated areas - to the CHP.
Parked on a hill or sloping driveway

5. You see a signal person at a road construction site ahead. You should obey his or her instructions...
Children under age one should not ride in the front seat in air bag-equiped vechicles.
You can frustrate the other drivers and make them angry.
The vehicle on the through road
At all times

6. You must obey instructions from school crossing guards...
At all times.
When you are within 200 feet of a cross street where you plan to turn right.
Keep your eyes moving to look for possible hazards.
No faster than 65 mph.

7. Instructions from school crossing guards must be obeyed...
No - you can block traffic when you drive too slowly
At all times
Under no circumstances.
Stay out of the intersection until traffic clears.

8. You may legally block an intersection...
No - you can block traffic when you drive too slowly
Under no circumstances.
Stop then proceed when all pedestrians have crossed
At all times

9. You must notify the DMV within 5 days if you...
Should make room for the merging vehicles - if possible.
Sell or transfer your vehicle
Give the right of way to traffic on the road you are entering or crossing
May have to swing wide to complete the right turn

10. When you tailgate other drivers (drive close to their rear bumper)...
Next to the broken line may pass.
Trucks often appear to travel slower because of their large size
Traffic on the street moves to the left.
You can frustrate the other drivers and make them angry.

11. If you are a minor and your cell phone rings while you are driving - you should...
Your driving privilege will be revoked for one year.
Traffic on the street moves to the left.
Let the call go to voicemail.
Use hands-free devices so you can keep both hands on the steering wheel.

12. The California driver handbook recommends several tips to help you keep alert on long drives. One of these tips is...
Slow down and cross the intersection carefully.
The lane closest to the left curb
Solid red lights - flashing red lights - and blacked-out traffic lights.
Pull off the road and rest

13. It is illegal to park your vehicle...
10 to 15 seconds.
In an unmarked crosswalk.
No faster than 65 mph
The far left lane.

14. Which of the following is true about large trucks?
Should make room for the merging vehicles - if possible.
Be prepared to stop if children are in the crosswalk.
Trucks often appear to travel slower because of their large size
At or near the same speed as the traffic on the freeway.

15. You may cross a double - yellow line to pass another vehicle - if the yellow line next to...
Check traffic in all directions before proceeding.
You can frustrate the other drivers and make them angry.
Your side of the road is a broken line.
Parked on a hill or sloping driveway

16. Which of these statements is true about driving and taking medications?
Most cold medications can make a person drowsy
Traffic on the street moves to the left.
In an unmarked crosswalk.
If there is property damage in excess of $750 or if there are any injuries.

17. You must make a written report (SR 1) to DMV when...
You have a collision and there is an injury or death
Signal for 100 feet before turning
Check traffic in all directions before proceeding.
If there is property damage in excess of $750 or if there are any injuries.

18. When looking ahead while driving - you should...
Before you start driving
Scan from side to side
Your driving privilege will be revoked for one year.
In an unmarked crosswalk.

19. When merging onto a freeway - you should be driving...
The vehicle on the through road
Slow down and let the car pass - then pass the bicyclist.
At or near the same speed as the freeway traffic
Let the call go to voicemail.

20. The safest precaution that you can take regarding the use of cellular phones and driving is...
You are approaching a railroad crossing
May have to swing wide to complete the right turn
Use hands-free devices so you can keep both hands on the steering wheel.
Farther behind the truck than you would for a passenger vehicle.

21. A school bus ahead of you in your lane is stopped with red lights flashing. You should...
Stay out of the intersection until traffic clears.
Stop as long as the red lights are flashing.
Pull off the road and rest
They may not see you

22. You may not park your vehicle...
Drive to the side of the road and stop in the designated area.
Slow down and cross the intersection carefully.
Next to a red painted curb.
You have a collision and there is an injury or death

23. When you change lanes or merge with another lane - you...
Children under age one should not ride in the front seat in air bag-equiped vechicles.
Your side of the road is a broken line.
Slow down or stop - if necessary - and then make the turn.
Need at least a 4-second gap in traffic.

24. Which of these vehicles must always stop before crossing railroad tracks?
Headlights.
Tank trucks marked with hazardous materials placards.
Slow down and let the car pass - then pass the bicyclist.
Use hands-free devices so you can keep both hands on the steering wheel.

25. When parking your vehicle parallel to the curb on a level street.
Slow down and cross the intersection carefully.
Slowing down to look at an accident scene
10 to 15 seconds.
Your wheels must be within 18 inches of the curb.

26. You are driving on a city street and see an emergency vehicle with flashing lights behind you. What should you do?
Drive to the right edge of the road and stop
Headlights.
Listening to music through headphones that cover both ears.
Next to a red painted curb.

27. Always stop before you cross railroad tracks when...

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28. You are driving on the freeway. The vehicle in front of you is a large truck. You should drive...
Slowing down to look at an accident scene
Sell or transfer your vehicle
Farther behind the truck than you would for a passenger vehicle.
Tank trucks marked with hazardous materials placards.

29. You are getting ready to make a right turn. You should...
The vehicle on the through road
Stop and let him/her finish crossing the street.
May have to swing wide to complete the right turn
Signal during the last 100 feet beore you turn.

30. You want to make a right turn at an upcoming intersection. You should slow down and...
Listening to music through headphones that cover both ears.
Let the call go to voicemail.
No - you can block traffic when you drive too slowly
Signal for 100 feet before turning

31. You may legally park your car...
Any time a train may be approaching - whether or not you can see it.
Stay out of the intersection until traffic clears.
100
In a bicycle lane if there is no sign forbidding it

32. For Which of the following traffic lights must you always stop your vehicle?
May not be crossed for any reason.
Look over your shoulder in the lane you want to enter
Solid red lights - flashing red lights - and blacked-out traffic lights.
Your driving privilege will be revoked for one year.

33. You have been involved in a minor traffic collision with a parked vehicle and you can't find the owner. You must...
Leave a note on the vehicle and report the accident without delay to the city police or - in unincorporated areas - to the CHP.
Sell or transfer your vehicle
Pull off the road and rest
When you are within 200 feet of a cross street where you plan to turn right.

34. A solid yellow line next to a broken yellow line means that vehicles...
They may not see you
Stop and let him/her finish crossing the street.
Next to the broken line may pass.
Your side of the road is a broken line.

35. To avoid last minute moves - you should be looking down the road to where your vehicle will be in about ______________.
10 to 15 seconds.
Trucks often appear to travel slower because of their large size
Stop as long as the red lights are flashing.
Use hands-free devices so you can keep both hands on the steering wheel.

36. The driver ahead of you stops at a crosswalk. What should you do?
Stop then proceed when all pedestrians have crossed
Need at least a 4-second gap in traffic.
15 mph
25 mph

37. If you are involved in a traffic collision - you are required to complete and submit a written report (SR1) to the DMV...
Your driving privilege will be revoked for one year.
You should never drive faster than is safe for current conditions.
Signal for 100 feet before turning
If there is property damage in excess of $750 or if there are any injuries.

38. You see a flashing yellow traffic signal at an upcoming intersection. The flashing yellow light means...
You are approaching a railroad crossing
Slow down and cross the intersection carefully.
You don't have room on the other side to completely cross the tracks.
May have to swing wide to complete the right turn

39. Should you always drive slower than other traffic?
Stay out of the intersection until traffic clears.
10 to 15 seconds.
No - you can block traffic when you drive too slowly
15 MPH

40. This yellow sign (RAILROAD CROSS SIGN) means...
100
You are approaching a railroad crossing
At or near the same speed as the traffic on the freeway.
Stop as long as the red lights are flashing.

41. With a Class C drivers license a person may drive...
Signal during the last 100 feet beore you turn.
Turned to the right (away from the street)
A 3-axle vehicle if the Gross Vehicle Weight is less than 6000 pounds.
Let the call go to voicemail.

42. The speed limit for a school zone is ___ - unless other posted.
25 MPH
Drive to the side of the road and stop in the designated area.
Under no circumstances
You don't have room on the other side to completely cross the tracks.

43. At intersections - crosswalks - and railroad crossings - you should always...
100
Stop and let him/her finish crossing the street.
Look to the sides of your vehicle to see What is coming.
Slow down and let the car pass - then pass the bicyclist.

44. If you drive faster than other vehicles on a road with one lane in each direction and continually pass the other cars - you will...
If there is property damage in excess of $750 or if there are any injuries.
Increase your chances of an accident.
The far left lane.
No faster than 65 mph

45. The speed limit in any alley is...
Drive to the side of the road and stop in the designated area.
Sell or transfer your vehicle
Stay out of the intersection until traffic clears.
15 MPH

46. California's 'Basic Speed Law' says...
You should never drive faster than is safe for current conditions.
100
If there is property damage in excess of $750 or if there are any injuries.
Check traffic in all directions before proceeding.

47. If you have a green light - but traffic is blocking the intersection...
Stay out of the intersection until traffic clears.
Should make room for the merging vehicles - if possible.
Any time a train may be approaching - whether or not you can see it.
In an unmarked crosswalk.

48. When parking uphill on a two-way street with no curb - your front wheels should be...
Turned to the right (away from the street)
0.01%- one hundredth of one percent
25 mph
If there is enough road between the curb and the vehicle to do so

49. You must notify the DMV within 5 days if you...
15 MPH
Turned to the right (away from the street)
Listening to music through headphones that cover both ears.
Sell or transfer your vehicle

50. There is no crosswalk and you see a pedestrian crossing your lane ahead. You should...
Sell or transfer your vehicle
May not be crossed for any reason.
Let the call go to voicemail.
Stop and let him/her finish crossing the street.