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Learners Permit Sample Test

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. Shortly before your driver or nondriver license expires - the Driver License Bureau will mail a renewal reminder postcard to...
Less than ideal conditions are present for driving
Take your foot off the accelerator and slow down
The most current address on your driver record
100 feet

2. If you are at fault in an accident and do not pay for the damages
Watch for children walking along the side of the road
Your driver license or plates or both will be suspended for one year
Permissive
Turn wheels to right

3. rural interstates and freeways
Shows a recommended speed for a curve or turn
Sameness road and traffic and the hum of wind tires and engine
Slow down - look for a train - be ready to stop
70

4. When parking you vehicle down hill on a two way street...
Turn your wheels to the right
The term used to describe the blind spots around a truck or bus
11/2 feet
To left

5. fluorescent orange
Route signs
The term used to describe the blind spots around a truck or bus
Work zone signs
No passing

6. A speed restriction sign...
Traffic is moving in the same direction
Its changing from green to red
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians
Shows a recommended speed for a curve or turn

7. You may pass another vehicle by using the shoulder of the road...
65
Are something you don't want on your driver record
Constantly moving your eyes and watching the traffic and signs around you
Never

8. if you think you tires are hydroplaning
Take your foot off the accelerator and slow down
Watch for children walking along the side of the road
Work zone signs
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians

9. at night - your headlights should let you see
350 feet
15 years old
Accumulate a total of 4 points in 12 months
Turn wheels right

10. if you are skidding
Work zone signs
$3.50
Take your foot off the accelerator and gently turn your wheel the direction that your rear wheels are sliding
Both turn arrow and straight arrow

11. When approaching a railroad crossing you should
60
Slow down - look for a train - be ready to stop
Blind spots
70

12. speed limit in any city town or village is...
25 - unless posted otherwise
100 feet
The most current address on your driver record
11/2 feet

13. in a severe rainstorm the tires can lose all contact with the road at
55 mph
Route signs
100 feet
Service signs

14. When a traffic signal light turns green - you should...
Protected
Blind spots
Never
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians

15. When you approach a railroad crossing without flashing warning signals or crossing gates - you should...
Yield to all trains at the crossing.
You
Protected
The most current address on your driver record

16. up hill without curb
Turn wheels right
Yield to all trains at the crossing.
Service signs
Its changing from green to red

17. lettered roads
The same thing as a stop sign
300 feet
55
Its changing from green to red

18. If you are ordered to install an ignition interlock on your vehicle - the cost of installation and monthly inspection must be paid by...
Should not cover any information on the license plate
You
Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program
65

19. A flashing red light on a traffic signal means
The same thing as a stop sign
70
300 feet
Are something you don't want on your driver record

20. dual use lanes
The term used to describe the blind spots around a truck or bus
Both turn arrow and straight arrow
.08% or more
55 mph

21. circular green or flashing yellow light and are required to wait until gap in opposite traffic
15 years old
Permissive
65% light blockage
In your vehicle whenever it is being operated

22. orange triangle
65
Have the right of way when using siren - horn - and red/blue lights may use a loudspeaker to give instructions may follow each other
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians
Slow moving vehicle

23. After stopping for a school bus that is unloading children
Watch for children walking along the side of the road
100 feet
Failure to Appear in Court for Traffic violations
70

24. avoid highway hypnosis by...
65
Its changing from green to red
Constantly moving your eyes and watching the traffic and signs around you
Sameness road and traffic and the hum of wind tires and engine

25. rural expressways
Guide signs
65
Yield to all trains at the crossing.
Turn wheels right

26. You must keep proof of your liability insurance
In your vehicle whenever it is being operated
100 feet
The traffic on the other side is moveing in the opposite direction
60

27. When making right or left turns - a driver should signal ________ before the turn...
Turn wheels to right
Blind spots
100 feet
Its changing from green to red

28. if the line is white
Traffic is moving in the same direction
70
Constantly moving your eyes and watching the traffic and signs around you
.08% or more

29. Work zone signs mean...
Shows a recommended speed for a curve or turn
Never
Less than ideal conditions are present for driving
55 mph

30. you should signal
Slow moving vehicle
Service signs
60
100 feet

31. shape of sign indicates the type of foadway
100 feet
The same thing as a stop sign
.08% or more
Route signs

32. The minimum age that a person must be in order to obtain an Instruction Permit is...
15 years old
Guide signs
To left
You

33. When a person buys a vehicle - he or she must title the vehicle within...
40/70
30 days
Failure to Appear in Court for Traffic violations
The same thing as a stop sign

34. hydroplaning can happen at any speed over
The most current address on your driver record
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians
35 mph
Get off at the next exit and come back to the exit you missed

35. spaces where you can not see with your rearview mirror
65
.08% or more
$3.50
Blind spots

36. green arrow ro circular green or flashing yellow arrow. drivers must wait until gap in opposing traffic. commonly called left turn yield on green
Protected/permissive
Turn wheels right
Traffic is moving in the same direction
In your vehicle whenever it is being operated

37. FACT is an abbreviation for...
Failure to Appear in Court for Traffic violations
60
Never
30 days

38. The 'No-Zone' is...
Turn wheels left
65% light blockage
The term used to describe the blind spots around a truck or bus
100 feet

39. at night - use your low beams when you come within
500 feet of oncoming vehicle
Failure to Appear in Court for Traffic violations
65% light blockage
Should not cover any information on the license plate

40. interstate highways freeways or expressways within urbanized areas
Right
60
Failure to Appear in Court for Traffic violations
No passing

41. square or rectangular - blue with white lettering
350 feet
If the traffic signal is red - you cannot turn right
65
Service signs

42. In Missouri - the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level at which it is illegal for an adult driver to operate a motor vehicle is...
In your vehicle whenever it is being operated
The most current address on your driver record
.08% or more
Slow down - look for a train - be ready to stop

43. Littering
65
Can lead to a $1000 fine and up to one year in jail
Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program
The term used to describe the blind spots around a truck or bus

44. The fee for an Instruction Permit is...
65% light blockage
Failure to Appear in Court for Traffic violations
100 feet
$3.50

45. vehicles may only turn when they recieive a green arrow while opposing vehicles are stopped by red light. commonly called left turn signal
Accumulate a total of 4 points in 12 months
Protected
Are something you don't want on your driver record
If the traffic signal is red - you cannot turn right

46. solid yellow line
Failure to Appear in Court for Traffic violations
Its changing from green to red
No passing
If the traffic signal is red - you cannot turn right

47. up hill with curb
Less than ideal conditions are present for driving
Turn your wheels to the right
Turn wheels left
Protected

48. Emergency vehicles...
Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program
Have the right of way when using siren - horn - and red/blue lights may use a loudspeaker to give instructions may follow each other
65
If the traffic signal is red - you cannot turn right

49. Front door windows on a vehicle may be tinted to no more than...
55 mph
65
The most current address on your driver record
65% light blockage

50. A yellow signal light means
Less than ideal conditions are present for driving
Should not cover any information on the license plate
Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program
Its changing from green to red