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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...
Both turn arrow and straight arrow
The most current address on your driver record
30 days
Work zone signs

2. SATOP is an abbreviation for...
35 mph
Service signs
Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program
100 feet

3. 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
Right
500 feet of oncoming vehicle
Traffic is moving in the same direction

4. circular green or flashing yellow light and are required to wait until gap in opposite traffic
Service signs
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians
350 feet
Permissive

5. hydroplaning can happen at any speed over
Slow moving vehicle
Route signs
Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program
35 mph

6. A 'No Right On Red' sign means...
Right
Shows a recommended speed for a curve or turn
If the traffic signal is red - you cannot turn right
Constantly moving your eyes and watching the traffic and signs around you

7. rural interstates and freeways
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians
100 feet
70
Turn wheels to right

8. You must keep proof of your liability insurance
In your vehicle whenever it is being operated
Guide signs
Turn wheels to right
Are something you don't want on your driver record

9. Work zone signs mean...
Traffic is moving in the same direction
55
Less than ideal conditions are present for driving
35 mph

10. avoid highway hypnosis by...
35 mph
Constantly moving your eyes and watching the traffic and signs around you
350 feet
Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program

11. Points

12. you should signal
100 feet
Permissive
Can lead to a $1000 fine and up to one year in jail
Service signs

13. Littering
Are something you don't want on your driver record
Can lead to a $1000 fine and up to one year in jail
100 feet
In your vehicle whenever it is being operated

14. Emergency vehicles...
Right
Yield sign
Both turn arrow and straight arrow
Have the right of way when using siren - horn - and red/blue lights may use a loudspeaker to give instructions may follow each other

15. If you miss your exit from an interstate expressway...
Route signs
If the traffic signal is red - you cannot turn right
35 mph
Get off at the next exit and come back to the exit you missed

16. square or rectangular - blue with white lettering
65
Should not cover any information on the license plate
Service signs
Route signs

17. up hill without curb
Turn your wheels to the right
100 feet
Watch for children walking along the side of the road
Turn wheels right

18. in a severe rainstorm the tires can lose all contact with the road at
40/70
300 feet
55 mph
Can lead to a $1000 fine and up to one year in jail

19. rural expressways
The traffic on the other side is moveing in the opposite direction
65
Take your foot off the accelerator and slow down
You

20. A fully loaded tractor-trailer traveling 55 mph could take up to ______ to come to a complete stop...
400 feet
65% light blockage
.08% or more
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians

21. vehicles may only turn when they recieive a green arrow while opposing vehicles are stopped by red light. commonly called left turn signal
You
Less than ideal conditions are present for driving
15 years old
Protected

22. The fee for an Instruction Permit is...
Take your foot off the accelerator and slow down
40/70
Service signs
$3.50

23. If you are at fault in an accident and do not pay for the damages
Constantly moving your eyes and watching the traffic and signs around you
Turn your wheels to the right
70
Your driver license or plates or both will be suspended for one year

24. The minimum and maximum speed limits on Missouri interstate highways are...
Get off at the next exit and come back to the exit you missed
65% light blockage
40/70
Guide signs

25. parallel parking - stop vehcle how any feet to the left of that vehicle
65% light blockage
Shows a recommended speed for a curve or turn
Slow down - look for a train - be ready to stop
11/2 feet

26. A yellow signal light means
Sameness road and traffic and the hum of wind tires and engine
400 feet
500 feet of oncoming vehicle
Its changing from green to red

27. When parking you vehicle down hill on a two way street...
Turn your wheels to the right
Protected
Right
Turn wheels right

28. FACT is an abbreviation for...
Watch for children walking along the side of the road
In your vehicle whenever it is being operated
15 years old
Failure to Appear in Court for Traffic violations

29. If you are ordered to install an ignition interlock on your vehicle - the cost of installation and monthly inspection must be paid by...
Accumulate a total of 4 points in 12 months
You
Less than ideal conditions are present for driving
Service signs

30. Front door windows on a vehicle may be tinted to no more than...
65% light blockage
15 years old
Watch for children walking along the side of the road
60

31. A speed restriction sign...
Protected/permissive
Shows a recommended speed for a curve or turn
Its changing from green to red
Your driver license or plates or both will be suspended for one year

32. at night use your low beams when following a vehicle at
300 feet
Slow moving vehicle
25 - unless posted otherwise
The traffic on the other side is moveing in the opposite direction

33. if the line is yellow
The traffic on the other side is moveing in the opposite direction
Constantly moving your eyes and watching the traffic and signs around you
Take your foot off the accelerator and slow down
The same thing as a stop sign

34. A flashing red light on a traffic signal means
Yield sign
The same thing as a stop sign
65
$3.50

35. triangular with red and white with red letters. means you must slow down and yield the right of way
Yield sign
No passing
350 feet
Failure to Appear in Court for Traffic violations

36. A point accumulation advisory letter will be sent to you if you
Are something you don't want on your driver record
Should not cover any information on the license plate
Never
Accumulate a total of 4 points in 12 months

37. lettered roads
55
If the traffic signal is red - you cannot turn right
300 feet
No passing

38. down hill without curb
Work zone signs
Its changing from green to red
Both turn arrow and straight arrow
Turn wheels to right

39. at night - your headlights should let you see
350 feet
11/2 feet
55 mph
40/70

40. After stopping for a school bus that is unloading children
Watch for children walking along the side of the road
30 days
65% light blockage
Constantly moving your eyes and watching the traffic and signs around you

41. spaces where you can not see with your rearview mirror
Its changing from green to red
Blind spots
No passing
400 feet

42. You may pass another vehicle by using the shoulder of the road...
The same thing as a stop sign
25 - unless posted otherwise
70
Never

43. In Missouri - the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level at which it is illegal for an adult driver to operate a motor vehicle is...
.08% or more
55
40/70
Turn wheels left

44. dual use lanes
Should not cover any information on the license plate
Yield to all trains at the crossing.
The same thing as a stop sign
Both turn arrow and straight arrow

45. highway hypnosis is caused by...
Less than ideal conditions are present for driving
You
Sameness road and traffic and the hum of wind tires and engine
In your vehicle whenever it is being operated

46. When a person buys a vehicle - he or she must title the vehicle within...
Sameness road and traffic and the hum of wind tires and engine
Route signs
30 days
The most current address on your driver record

47. if you are skidding
Take your foot off the accelerator and slow down
Take your foot off the accelerator and gently turn your wheel the direction that your rear wheels are sliding
Constantly moving your eyes and watching the traffic and signs around you
The most current address on your driver record

48. shape of sign indicates the type of foadway
Slow down - look for a train - be ready to stop
70
Route signs
Less than ideal conditions are present for driving

49. The minimum age that a person must be in order to obtain an Instruction Permit is...
30 days
Permissive
15 years old
Watch for children walking along the side of the road

50. square or rectangle - green or brown with white lettering
Never
300 feet
Guide signs
Your driver license or plates or both will be suspended for one year