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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. orange triangle
Are something you don't want on your driver record
Protected
Slow moving vehicle
Slow down - look for a train - be ready to stop

2. The fee for an Instruction Permit is...
35 mph
Guide signs
400 feet
$3.50

3. shape of sign indicates the type of foadway
300 feet
Route signs
Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program
Constantly moving your eyes and watching the traffic and signs around you

4. Points

5. Littering
65
Can lead to a $1000 fine and up to one year in jail
Route signs
350 feet

6. When parking you vehicle down hill on a two way street...
.08% or more
65% light blockage
Turn your wheels to the right
Your driver license or plates or both will be suspended for one year

7. speed limit in any city town or village is...
25 - unless posted otherwise
Sameness road and traffic and the hum of wind tires and engine
Turn wheels left
In your vehicle whenever it is being operated

8. if you are skidding
100 feet
30 days
Take your foot off the accelerator and gently turn your wheel the direction that your rear wheels are sliding
Your driver license or plates or both will be suspended for one year

9. You must keep proof of your liability insurance
Yield sign
Take your foot off the accelerator and slow down
In your vehicle whenever it is being operated
300 feet

10. The 'No-Zone' is...
Take your foot off the accelerator and slow down
The term used to describe the blind spots around a truck or bus
Less than ideal conditions are present for driving
30 days

11. When a person buys a vehicle - he or she must title the vehicle within...
30 days
The term used to describe the blind spots around a truck or bus
Protected/permissive
You

12. highway hypnosis is caused by...
Guide signs
Sameness road and traffic and the hum of wind tires and engine
Permissive
Protected

13. If you are at fault in an accident and do not pay for the damages
400 feet
Turn wheels left
Accumulate a total of 4 points in 12 months
Your driver license or plates or both will be suspended for one year

14. Emergency vehicles...
Constantly moving your eyes and watching the traffic and signs around you
Have the right of way when using siren - horn - and red/blue lights may use a loudspeaker to give instructions may follow each other
Are something you don't want on your driver record
Traffic is moving in the same direction

15. A flashing red light on a traffic signal means
Right
The same thing as a stop sign
In your vehicle whenever it is being operated
300 feet

16. at night - use your low beams when you come within
500 feet of oncoming vehicle
Less than ideal conditions are present for driving
Both turn arrow and straight arrow
100 feet

17. if you think you tires are hydroplaning
Shows a recommended speed for a curve or turn
Take your foot off the accelerator and slow down
Watch for children walking along the side of the road
40/70

18. interstate highways freeways or expressways within urbanized areas
60
You
Its changing from green to red
70

19. hydroplaning can happen at any speed over
35 mph
Blind spots
$3.50
350 feet

20. The minimum age that a person must be in order to obtain an Instruction Permit is...
Turn wheels left
15 years old
Service signs
If the traffic signal is red - you cannot turn right

21. triangular with red and white with red letters. means you must slow down and yield the right of way
Accumulate a total of 4 points in 12 months
The traffic on the other side is moveing in the opposite direction
Yield sign
Turn wheels left

22. Work zone signs mean...
Less than ideal conditions are present for driving
The most current address on your driver record
Shows a recommended speed for a curve or turn
Sameness road and traffic and the hum of wind tires and engine

23. When approaching a railroad crossing you should
Both turn arrow and straight arrow
350 feet
Slow down - look for a train - be ready to stop
40/70

24. green arrow ro circular green or flashing yellow arrow. drivers must wait until gap in opposing traffic. commonly called left turn yield on green
65% light blockage
Can lead to a $1000 fine and up to one year in jail
Protected/permissive
In your vehicle whenever it is being operated

25. When making right or left turns - a driver should signal ________ before the turn...
If the traffic signal is red - you cannot turn right
You
100 feet
55

26. In Missouri - the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level at which it is illegal for an adult driver to operate a motor vehicle is...
500 feet of oncoming vehicle
65% light blockage
To left
.08% or more

27. rural interstates and freeways
70
Its changing from green to red
You
Can lead to a $1000 fine and up to one year in jail

28. you should signal
55 mph
100 feet
Less than ideal conditions are present for driving
11/2 feet

29. The minimum and maximum speed limits on Missouri interstate highways are...
70
40/70
Yield to all trains at the crossing.
No passing

30. at night use your low beams when following a vehicle at
35 mph
Both turn arrow and straight arrow
300 feet
Protected/permissive

31. A 'No Right On Red' sign means...
55
400 feet
15 years old
If the traffic signal is red - you cannot turn right

32. parallel parking - when clear of front vehicle - turn wheels
To left
400 feet
40/70
Its changing from green to red

33. A license plate frame...
Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program
Protected/permissive
Turn wheels left
Should not cover any information on the license plate

34. solid yellow line
No passing
Should not cover any information on the license plate
In your vehicle whenever it is being operated
Accumulate a total of 4 points in 12 months

35. parallel parking - trun wheels sharply to the what to back out
Turn wheels right
$3.50
The traffic on the other side is moveing in the opposite direction
Right

36. FACT is an abbreviation for...
The most current address on your driver record
Route signs
Right
Failure to Appear in Court for Traffic violations

37. When a traffic signal light turns green - you should...
Slow moving vehicle
350 feet
Traffic is moving in the same direction
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians

38. up hill with curb
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians
Right
Turn wheels left
Work zone signs

39. down hill without curb
The most current address on your driver record
The same thing as a stop sign
Turn wheels to right
25 - unless posted otherwise

40. Shortly before your driver or nondriver license expires - the Driver License Bureau will mail a renewal reminder postcard to...
Slow moving vehicle
The most current address on your driver record
Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program
Protected/permissive

41. SATOP is an abbreviation for...
Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program
100 feet
The term used to describe the blind spots around a truck or bus
If the traffic signal is red - you cannot turn right

42. at night - your headlights should let you see
500 feet of oncoming vehicle
350 feet
Constantly moving your eyes and watching the traffic and signs around you
In your vehicle whenever it is being operated

43. lettered roads
55
Turn wheels to right
Permissive
Guide signs

44. parallel parking - stop vehcle how any feet to the left of that vehicle
Turn wheels left
40/70
11/2 feet
Protected

45. When you approach a railroad crossing without flashing warning signals or crossing gates - you should...
Blind spots
100 feet
60
Yield to all trains at the crossing.

46. A point accumulation advisory letter will be sent to you if you
11/2 feet
Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program
Accumulate a total of 4 points in 12 months
60

47. spaces where you can not see with your rearview mirror
Guide signs
11/2 feet
100 feet
Blind spots

48. if the line is yellow
The traffic on the other side is moveing in the opposite direction
400 feet
65% light blockage
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians

49. if the line is white
70
Never
The same thing as a stop sign
Traffic is moving in the same direction

50. vehicles may only turn when they recieive a green arrow while opposing vehicles are stopped by red light. commonly called left turn signal
35 mph
Yield to all trains at the crossing.
65% light blockage
Protected