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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. Points

2. After stopping for a school bus that is unloading children
In your vehicle whenever it is being operated
Slow moving vehicle
.08% or more
Watch for children walking along the side of the road

3. up hill without curb
Have the right of way when using siren - horn - and red/blue lights may use a loudspeaker to give instructions may follow each other
Get off at the next exit and come back to the exit you missed
Constantly moving your eyes and watching the traffic and signs around you
Turn wheels right

4. The 'No-Zone' is...
The term used to describe the blind spots around a truck or bus
Get off at the next exit and come back to the exit you missed
Accumulate a total of 4 points in 12 months
25 - unless posted otherwise

5. A flashing red light on a traffic signal means
Turn your wheels to the right
Sameness road and traffic and the hum of wind tires and engine
Yield sign
The same thing as a stop sign

6. You may pass another vehicle by using the shoulder of the road...
The traffic on the other side is moveing in the opposite direction
Never
500 feet of oncoming vehicle
Your driver license or plates or both will be suspended for one year

7. dual use lanes
Both turn arrow and straight arrow
Shows a recommended speed for a curve or turn
25 - unless posted otherwise
55

8. up hill with curb
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians
Take your foot off the accelerator and slow down
Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program
Turn wheels left

9. vehicles may only turn when they recieive a green arrow while opposing vehicles are stopped by red light. commonly called left turn signal
500 feet of oncoming vehicle
Protected
65
The same thing as a stop sign

10. The minimum and maximum speed limits on Missouri interstate highways are...
40/70
300 feet
100 feet
Slow down - look for a train - be ready to stop

11. When approaching a railroad crossing you should
Turn wheels left
The most current address on your driver record
65
Slow down - look for a train - be ready to stop

12. When a person buys a vehicle - he or she must title the vehicle within...
65
30 days
35 mph
500 feet of oncoming vehicle

13. A point accumulation advisory letter will be sent to you if you
Accumulate a total of 4 points in 12 months
Work zone signs
400 feet
300 feet

14. When a traffic signal light turns green - you should...
Shows a recommended speed for a curve or turn
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians
40/70
Slow moving vehicle

15. shape of sign indicates the type of foadway
Route signs
15 years old
Slow moving vehicle
60

16. When parking you vehicle down hill on a two way street...
Watch for children walking along the side of the road
55
Turn your wheels to the right
The term used to describe the blind spots around a truck or bus

17. down hill without curb
In your vehicle whenever it is being operated
Turn wheels to right
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians
Slow moving vehicle

18. spaces where you can not see with your rearview mirror
Guide signs
Blind spots
15 years old
Right

19. If you miss your exit from an interstate expressway...
Get off at the next exit and come back to the exit you missed
15 years old
Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program
100 feet

20. A fully loaded tractor-trailer traveling 55 mph could take up to ______ to come to a complete stop...
Turn wheels to right
Slow down - look for a train - be ready to stop
Should not cover any information on the license plate
400 feet

21. When making right or left turns - a driver should signal ________ before the turn...
Both turn arrow and straight arrow
100 feet
Slow moving vehicle
15 years old

22. if the line is yellow
The traffic on the other side is moveing in the opposite direction
350 feet
Route signs
Get off at the next exit and come back to the exit you missed

23. parallel parking - trun wheels sharply to the what to back out
400 feet
Yield sign
Right
To left

24. if you think you tires are hydroplaning
Take your foot off the accelerator and slow down
60
Shows a recommended speed for a curve or turn
Yield sign

25. Littering
Can lead to a $1000 fine and up to one year in jail
You
Take your foot off the accelerator and slow down
Never

26. in a severe rainstorm the tires can lose all contact with the road at
.08% or more
55 mph
Turn your wheels to the right
55

27. When you approach a railroad crossing without flashing warning signals or crossing gates - you should...
Yield to all trains at the crossing.
Its changing from green to red
The most current address on your driver record
Both turn arrow and straight arrow

28. A speed restriction sign...
The most current address on your driver record
Watch for children walking along the side of the road
Shows a recommended speed for a curve or turn
The traffic on the other side is moveing in the opposite direction

29. at night - use your low beams when you come within
Protected/permissive
500 feet of oncoming vehicle
Service signs
15 years old

30. avoid highway hypnosis by...
Guide signs
Constantly moving your eyes and watching the traffic and signs around you
The most current address on your driver record
Yield sign

31. if you are skidding
35 mph
Take your foot off the accelerator and gently turn your wheel the direction that your rear wheels are sliding
$3.50
Constantly moving your eyes and watching the traffic and signs around you

32. highway hypnosis is caused by...
Sameness road and traffic and the hum of wind tires and engine
40/70
65
Both turn arrow and straight arrow

33. hydroplaning can happen at any speed over
No passing
35 mph
If the traffic signal is red - you cannot turn right
Turn wheels to right

34. Shortly before your driver or nondriver license expires - the Driver License Bureau will mail a renewal reminder postcard to...
Are something you don't want on your driver record
Right
The most current address on your driver record
Work zone signs

35. solid yellow line
65
No passing
In your vehicle whenever it is being operated
40/70

36. FACT is an abbreviation for...
Should not cover any information on the license plate
Failure to Appear in Court for Traffic violations
Protected
No passing

37. triangular with red and white with red letters. means you must slow down and yield the right of way
40/70
Take your foot off the accelerator and slow down
Yield sign
The same thing as a stop sign

38. 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
Take your foot off the accelerator and gently turn your wheel the direction that your rear wheels are sliding
The traffic on the other side is moveing in the opposite direction
Blind spots

39. You must keep proof of your liability insurance
Blind spots
In your vehicle whenever it is being operated
Permissive
11/2 feet

40. orange triangle
Yield sign
350 feet
Permissive
Slow moving vehicle

41. Emergency vehicles...
15 years old
Have the right of way when using siren - horn - and red/blue lights may use a loudspeaker to give instructions may follow each other
Can lead to a $1000 fine and up to one year in jail
Turn wheels left

42. Work zone signs mean...
300 feet
No passing
Less than ideal conditions are present for driving
Right

43. Front door windows on a vehicle may be tinted to no more than...
350 feet
Sameness road and traffic and the hum of wind tires and engine
65% light blockage
The same thing as a stop sign

44. A 'No Right On Red' sign means...
If the traffic signal is red - you cannot turn right
You
No passing
Take your foot off the accelerator and gently turn your wheel the direction that your rear wheels are sliding

45. at night - your headlights should let you see
65
350 feet
The same thing as a stop sign
Take your foot off the accelerator and slow down

46. at night use your low beams when following a vehicle at
100 feet
Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program
65
300 feet

47. rural expressways
65
11/2 feet
Permissive
Shows a recommended speed for a curve or turn

48. SATOP is an abbreviation for...
300 feet
Yield sign
Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program
Permissive

49. lettered roads
500 feet of oncoming vehicle
55
Never
Its changing from green to red

50. parallel parking - when clear of front vehicle - turn wheels
65% light blockage
Take your foot off the accelerator and slow down
To left
.08% or more