Test your basic knowledge |

Learners Permit Sample Test

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. SATOP is an abbreviation for...
Are something you don't want on your driver record
Work zone signs
Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program
.08% or more

2. highway hypnosis is caused by...
Both turn arrow and straight arrow
Right
In your vehicle whenever it is being operated
Sameness road and traffic and the hum of wind tires and engine

3. Front door windows on a vehicle may be tinted to no more than...
Yield sign
Can lead to a $1000 fine and up to one year in jail
65% light blockage
Shows a recommended speed for a curve or turn

4. After stopping for a school bus that is unloading children
Watch for children walking along the side of the road
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians
Are something you don't want on your driver record
Turn your wheels to the right

5. rural interstates and freeways
70
400 feet
Your driver license or plates or both will be suspended for one year
If the traffic signal is red - you cannot turn right

6. shape of sign indicates the type of foadway
Constantly moving your eyes and watching the traffic and signs around you
Route signs
Accumulate a total of 4 points in 12 months
11/2 feet

7. if you are skidding
You
Take your foot off the accelerator and gently turn your wheel the direction that your rear wheels are sliding
500 feet of oncoming vehicle
Your driver license or plates or both will be suspended for one year

8. hydroplaning can happen at any speed over
Work zone signs
35 mph
Protected
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians

9. parallel parking - stop vehcle how any feet to the left of that vehicle
11/2 feet
15 years old
Turn your wheels to the right
25 - unless posted otherwise

10. solid yellow line
Failure to Appear in Court for Traffic violations
300 feet
No passing
30 days

11. When parking you vehicle down hill on a two way street...
15 years old
Both turn arrow and straight arrow
Turn your wheels to the right
25 - unless posted otherwise

12. at night use your low beams when following a vehicle at
Are something you don't want on your driver record
300 feet
Get off at the next exit and come back to the exit you missed
Turn wheels right

13. If you miss your exit from an interstate expressway...
Blind spots
Turn wheels left
Get off at the next exit and come back to the exit you missed
500 feet of oncoming vehicle

14. When a traffic signal light turns green - you should...
55 mph
Service signs
Should not cover any information on the license plate
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians

15. Work zone signs mean...
Take your foot off the accelerator and slow down
Less than ideal conditions are present for driving
30 days
Service signs

16. circular green or flashing yellow light and are required to wait until gap in opposite traffic
Permissive
Sameness road and traffic and the hum of wind tires and engine
The most current address on your driver record
To left

17. Shortly before your driver or nondriver license expires - the Driver License Bureau will mail a renewal reminder postcard to...
$3.50
Should not cover any information on the license plate
The most current address on your driver record
Turn wheels left

18. avoid highway hypnosis by...
Its changing from green to red
Constantly moving your eyes and watching the traffic and signs around you
Never
The most current address on your driver record

19. orange triangle
Work zone signs
Less than ideal conditions are present for driving
Slow moving vehicle
Watch for children walking along the side of the road

20. at night - your headlights should let you see
Accumulate a total of 4 points in 12 months
350 feet
35 mph
Take your foot off the accelerator and slow down

21. When you approach a railroad crossing without flashing warning signals or crossing gates - you should...
35 mph
Yield to all trains at the crossing.
Turn your wheels to the right
Guide signs

22. A 'No Right On Red' sign means...
Right
Your driver license or plates or both will be suspended for one year
If the traffic signal is red - you cannot turn right
500 feet of oncoming vehicle

23. When approaching a railroad crossing you should
Slow down - look for a train - be ready to stop
25 - unless posted otherwise
Shows a recommended speed for a curve or turn
400 feet

24. A license plate frame...
If the traffic signal is red - you cannot turn right
25 - unless posted otherwise
Your driver license or plates or both will be suspended for one year
Should not cover any information on the license plate

25. dual use lanes
Both turn arrow and straight arrow
Your driver license or plates or both will be suspended for one year
Traffic is moving in the same direction
Failure to Appear in Court for Traffic violations

26. vehicles may only turn when they recieive a green arrow while opposing vehicles are stopped by red light. commonly called left turn signal
Protected
Are something you don't want on your driver record
You
65

27. up hill without curb
Get off at the next exit and come back to the exit you missed
Traffic is moving in the same direction
Slow moving vehicle
Turn wheels right

28. triangular with red and white with red letters. means you must slow down and yield the right of way
Yield sign
Less than ideal conditions are present for driving
Turn wheels to right
25 - unless posted otherwise

29. rural expressways
65
Protected/permissive
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians
Turn wheels to right

30. A speed restriction sign...
Turn wheels right
Shows a recommended speed for a curve or turn
Should not cover any information on the license plate
Yield to all trains at the crossing.

31. spaces where you can not see with your rearview mirror
60
Blind spots
Are something you don't want on your driver record
Sameness road and traffic and the hum of wind tires and engine

32. In Missouri - the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level at which it is illegal for an adult driver to operate a motor vehicle is...
Can lead to a $1000 fine and up to one year in jail
.08% or more
Slow down - look for a train - be ready to stop
Turn wheels left

33. The minimum and maximum speed limits on Missouri interstate highways are...
Accumulate a total of 4 points in 12 months
Constantly moving your eyes and watching the traffic and signs around you
40/70
Watch for children walking along the side of the road

34. A flashing red light on a traffic signal means
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians
30 days
The same thing as a stop sign
Both turn arrow and straight arrow

35. The minimum age that a person must be in order to obtain an Instruction Permit is...
35 mph
60
15 years old
No passing

36. Points

37. When a person buys a vehicle - he or she must title the vehicle within...
If the traffic signal is red - you cannot turn right
30 days
Work zone signs
Turn your wheels to the right

38. A point accumulation advisory letter will be sent to you if you
Turn your wheels to the right
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians
Accumulate a total of 4 points in 12 months
Can lead to a $1000 fine and up to one year in jail

39. parallel parking - trun wheels sharply to the what to back out
Have the right of way when using siren - horn - and red/blue lights may use a loudspeaker to give instructions may follow each other
Route signs
40/70
Right

40. at night - use your low beams when you come within
Turn wheels to right
.08% or more
500 feet of oncoming vehicle
30 days

41. if you think you tires are hydroplaning
Yield sign
Service signs
Take your foot off the accelerator and slow down
Protected

42. down hill without curb
100 feet
15 years old
Turn wheels to right
Slow moving vehicle

43. parallel parking - when clear of front vehicle - turn wheels
Accumulate a total of 4 points in 12 months
$3.50
Turn wheels left
To left

44. fluorescent orange
Blind spots
Work zone signs
55 mph
Sameness road and traffic and the hum of wind tires and engine

45. Littering
Can lead to a $1000 fine and up to one year in jail
Take your foot off the accelerator and slow down
Protected
Should not cover any information on the license plate

46. If you are at fault in an accident and do not pay for the damages
You
Your driver license or plates or both will be suspended for one year
Slow down - look for a train - be ready to stop
Right

47. if the line is white
The traffic on the other side is moveing in the opposite direction
Yield sign
Traffic is moving in the same direction
400 feet

48. square or rectangle - green or brown with white lettering
Less than ideal conditions are present for driving
Guide signs
Your driver license or plates or both will be suspended for one year
Take your foot off the accelerator and slow down

49. you should signal
Get off at the next exit and come back to the exit you missed
The traffic on the other side is moveing in the opposite direction
100 feet
Are something you don't want on your driver record

50. A fully loaded tractor-trailer traveling 55 mph could take up to ______ to come to a complete stop...
Shows a recommended speed for a curve or turn
400 feet
Route signs
If the traffic signal is red - you cannot turn right