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Florida Drivers Handbook Test

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When the foot brake is pressed - which light must come on?
All passengers
Must stop
Park your car
Two red lights on the back of a vehicle

2. Where do you usually find 'YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY' signs posted?
Park your car
Stop Signs - Four-way stops - Open Intersections - Roundabouts - Pedestrians
Dirt - sand - lime-rock - gravel - silica - trash or garbage
Tax Collector or DMW

3. When can a motorist preparing to make a right hand turn - move into a bike lane?
3 feet of clearance and slow down
Double Solid Yellow Line - Separates two lanes of traffic going in the same direction. And may not cross
Stop Signs - Four-way stops - Open Intersections - Roundabouts - Pedestrians
Sunrise and Sunset

4. What does a broken white line on the highway mean?
200 feet
Leave plenty of space between you and vehicle ahead
500 feet
Broken White Line - separates two lanes traveling in the same direction and you may cross this line when changing lanes

5. How many feet to the rear should you be able to see objects through the rearview mirror?
The Florida Highway Patrol - the Sheriff's Department - or the city police department
Must not be more than 15 feet long
200 feet
Towing connection with a vehicle

6. Assume that a load extends 4 or more feet beyond the bed or body of a vehicle driven on a highway in the daytime. How many flags must be used to mark it - and what color should they be?
Be fined up to $500 or jailed up to 60 days. You can be charged with a first-degree misdemeanor and fined up to $1000 if dumping more than 15 pounds of trash.
Stop Signs - Four-way stops - Open Intersections - Roundabouts - Pedestrians
4 white flags at least 12 inches square attached to it.
10 Days

7. You cannot ________ on a sidewalk - within an intersection - or on a crosswalk?
Be fined up to $500 or jailed up to 60 days. You can be charged with a first-degree misdemeanor and fined up to $1000 if dumping more than 15 pounds of trash.
Move forward first
Slippy wet - hills - uphills - downhills - spin-outs - park on hills - etc
Park your car

8. If your driver license is suspended for too many points - what type of insurance must you either purchase or prove that you had on the effective date of the suspension?
(The Financial Responsibility Law)
Revoked
Park in or drive through areas that have pavement markings indicating fire lanes or safety zones. (5.31.3 - Where Parking is not Allowed)
Solid Yellow Line - May not pass - except when turning left

9. If you knowingly make a false statement in an application for a driver license or identification card - you cab be...
10 Days
Fined and placed in prison upon conviction
Be fined up to $500 or jailed up to 60 days. You can be charged with a first-degree misdemeanor and fined up to $1000 if dumping more than 15 pounds of trash.
Double Solid Yellow Line - Separates two lanes of traffic going in the same direction. And may not cross

10. When a crash results in property damages of any amount - must the driver notify the Florida Highway Patrol - the Sheriff's Department - or the city police department?

11. After a crash has been investigated by an officer - the driver does not need to send a _______ to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
Written report
Operate a farm tractor on the highway
Be fined up to $500 or jailed up to 60 days. You can be charged with a first-degree misdemeanor and fined up to $1000 if dumping more than 15 pounds of trash.
Tax Collector or DMW

12. If you hit a parked car and are unable to find the owner - what should you do?
Give the owner your name - address - tag number - and phone number- put it on where the vehicle was hit.
Be fined up to $500 or jailed up to 60 days. You can be charged with a first-degree misdemeanor and fined up to $1000 if dumping more than 15 pounds of trash.
...
Red Traffic Light - Full Stop Flashing Red Traffic

13. When you are entering a highway or street from a private driveway and the way is clear - you can...
Two red taillights mounted on the rear and visible from 1000 feet
Move forward without stopping first
All passengers
Stop and Yield to the right-of-way because that person has the right of way

14. What do anti-lock braking systems prevent when used in an emergency stopping situation?
Under the age of 5 years old
The Florida Highway Patrol - the Sheriff's Department - or the city police department
Prevent skidding and allow drivers to steer during an emergency braking situation. ABS can help improve vehicle stability (avoiding spin-outs) - steering ability (directing the car where the driver wants it to go) and stopping capability (distance ne
Suspended - revoked - taken away - or be fined

15. Both your judgment and vision are affected after drinking alcohol. Which is affected first?
55 mph
Required to stop
Judgment
Fined and placed in prison upon conviction

16. When approaching another vehicle from the rear at night - within How many feet must you dim your bright headlights?
500 feet
Park your car
Just follow a traffic officer
50 feet

17. What is the proper way to use anti-lock brakes in an emergency situation?
Rain - Fog - Smoke
Driver
Give the owner your name - address - tag number - and phone number- put it on where the vehicle was hit.
Slippy wet - hills - uphills - downhills - spin-outs - park on hills - etc

18. Can you proceed with caution when you approach...
Under the age of 5 years old
30 mph
A flashing yellow light
Operate a farm tractor on the highway

19. Are motor scooters whose engines have less than 150 cubic centimeter displacement allowed to be driven on an expressway?
Required to stop
Not allowed to be driven on an expressway because it is against the law
Two clearance lamps
Suspended

20. If a trailer covers the stoplight of the towing vehicle - where else must a stoplight be?
Sunrise and Sunset
Two clearance lamps
Be fined up to $500 or jailed up to 60 days. You can be charged with a first-degree misdemeanor and fined up to $1000 if dumping more than 15 pounds of trash.
200 feet

21. What are the penalties for littering?
Two red lights on the back of a vehicle
Revoked
Dirt - sand - lime-rock - gravel - silica - trash or garbage
Be fined up to $500 or jailed up to 60 days. You can be charged with a first-degree misdemeanor and fined up to $1000 if dumping more than 15 pounds of trash.

22. What would happen to the license of a driver who was involved in an accident and did not stop to help persons who were injured?
Renew your license
Revoked
You can go turn either left or right
200 feet

23. Give three examples of loads that need to be covered to avoid items - falling or blowing on roadway.
Must not be more than 15 feet long
Driver
Dirt - sand - lime-rock - gravel - silica - trash or garbage
Operate a farm tractor on the highway

24. What is the maximum speed limit for passenger cars on a two-lane highway during the daytime?
Revoked
55 mph
Must not be more than 15 feet long
Operate a farm tractor on the highway

25. If more than one vehicle is approaching a four-way stop sign and you are the first one to get there and stop - you have the right to...
...
Move forward first
All passengers
Written report

26. What must you do when approaching a person Who is riding or leading a horse upon or near the roadway?
It is against the law
Sunrise and Sunset
Give the owner your name - address - tag number - and phone number- put it on where the vehicle was hit.
Slow down with caution until everything is clear

27. What should you do when preparing to turn right on a roadway with a bike lane?
Signal your turn - check for bicyclists - and do not turn directly in front of a bicyclist
Revoked
Required to stop
Park in or drive through areas that have pavement markings indicating fire lanes or safety zones. (5.31.3 - Where Parking is not Allowed)

28. When one vehicle is towing another by means of a chain - What does the chain need to have displayed on it?
Issued a ticket
Towing connection with a vehicle
Dirt - sand - lime-rock - gravel - silica - trash or garbage
(The Florida No-Fault Law) PIP

29. For How many feet before you start to turn should you begin your turn signal when you are driving on a highway?
4 white flags at least 12 inches square attached to it.
Renew your license
Move forward first
100 Feet

30. What does a double solid yellow line in the center of the highway mean? What does a double solid white line in the center of the highway mean?
Be fined up to $500 or jailed up to 60 days. You can be charged with a first-degree misdemeanor and fined up to $1000 if dumping more than 15 pounds of trash.
Double Solid Yellow Line - Separates two lanes of traffic going in the same direction. And may not cross
500 feet
Written report

31. What is the maximum speed limit on an interstate highway on a clear day? In a rural area?
100 Feet
Required to stop
30 mph
70 mph

32. ho is required to wear seat belts when riding in the front seat of a car or a pickup truck?
All passengers
Driver
Two clearance lamps
Must go to the next exit

33. To what ages does the Child Restraint Law apply?
Signal your turn - check for bicyclists - and do not turn directly in front of a bicyclist
200 Feet
Dirt - sand - lime-rock - gravel - silica - trash or garbage
Under the age of 5 years old

34. What does a red traffic light mean? What does a flashing red traffic light mean?
100 Feet
Issued a ticket
Be fined up to $500 or jailed up to 60 days. You can be charged with a first-degree misdemeanor and fined up to $1000 if dumping more than 15 pounds of trash.
Red Traffic Light - Full Stop Flashing Red Traffic

35. What is the maximum speed limit in a residential area if there is no speed limit sign?
30 days
Rain - Fog - Smoke
Must go to the next exit
30 mph

36. If a school bus stops to unload children on a four-lane highway divided only by a four-foot paved strip - vehicles traveling in the opposite direction...
The same things as motor vehicle except the right of way
Must stop
Leave plenty of space between you and vehicle ahead
55 mph

37. You may not drive with just your parking lights on - in place of your headlights because...
It is against the law
Solid Yellow Line - May not pass - except when turning left
200 Feet
...

38. If you receive twelve points within twelve months - for how long will your license be suspended?
30 days
Leave plenty of space between you and vehicle ahead
...
Move forward without stopping first

39. What is the arm signal for a left turn?
Fined and placed in prison upon conviction
Left
Required to stop
Judgment

40. A person can temporarily ___________ without a driver license
Towing connection with a vehicle
Sunrise and Sunset
Operate a farm tractor on the highway
Fined and placed in prison upon conviction

41. Vehicles traveling in the opposite direction of school buses that have stopped to unload children on a divided highway with a dividing barrier are not...
70 mph
3 feet of clearance and slow down
Must stop
Required to stop

42. Which way should you turn your wheels when parking facing uphill where there is a curb? Which way should you turn them where there is not a curb?
The Florida Highway Patrol - the Sheriff's Department - or the city police department
Must not be more than 15 feet long
...
Required to stop

43. If you failed to answer a traffic summons - you would not be able to...
Two red lights on the back of a vehicle
Required to stop
Issued a ticket
Renew your license

44. What does a green arrow showing at the same time as a red traffic light mean you can do?
Must go to the next exit
You can go turn either left or right
All passengers
Stop Signs - Four-way stops - Open Intersections - Roundabouts - Pedestrians

45. If you lose your Florida driver license and need a replacement license - where do you apply for it?
Just follow a traffic officer
Signal your turn - check for bicyclists - and do not turn directly in front of a bicyclist
Tax Collector or DMW
Slow down with caution until everything is clear

46. When a school bus stops to unload children on a divided highway - the vehicles traveling in the same direction as the bus...
The same things as motor vehicle except the right of way
Broken White Line - separates two lanes traveling in the same direction and you may cross this line when changing lanes
Should not stop
Not allowed to be driven on an expressway because it is against the law

47. Adriver who crosses a solid line on the right of the center line of the highway can...
Be issued a ticket for the violation
500 feet
...
Prevent skidding and allow drivers to steer during an emergency braking situation. ABS can help improve vehicle stability (avoiding spin-outs) - steering ability (directing the car where the driver wants it to go) and stopping capability (distance ne

48. After a full stop at a red traffic light a driver may turn right...
Dirt - sand - lime-rock - gravel - silica - trash or garbage
If the way is clear
Must not be more than 15 feet long
The same things as motor vehicle except the right of way

49. What does a solid yellow line to the right of the center line of the highway mean?
You can go turn either left or right
Two red taillights mounted on the rear and visible from 1000 feet
Solid Yellow Line - May not pass - except when turning left
Judgment

50. What must you do when you see a pedestrian with a white cane in the street ahead of you?
Stop and Yield to the right-of-way because that person has the right of way
Tax Collector or DMW
Just follow a traffic officer
Two red lights on the back of a vehicle