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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. speed limit in any city town or village is...
The term used to describe the blind spots around a truck or bus
The most current address on your driver record
Slow down - look for a train - be ready to stop
25 - unless posted otherwise

2. if the line is yellow
Shows a recommended speed for a curve or turn
$3.50
The traffic on the other side is moveing in the opposite direction
Your driver license or plates or both will be suspended for one year

3. Shortly before your driver or nondriver license expires - the Driver License Bureau will mail a renewal reminder postcard to...
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians
The most current address on your driver record
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

4. highway hypnosis is caused by...
.08% or more
Sameness road and traffic and the hum of wind tires and engine
300 feet
70

5. you should signal
100 feet
Traffic is moving in the same direction
Constantly moving your eyes and watching the traffic and signs around you
Take your foot off the accelerator and slow down

6. dual use lanes
11/2 feet
Permissive
Both turn arrow and straight arrow
55

7. The minimum age that a person must be in order to obtain an Instruction Permit is...
Take your foot off the accelerator and slow down
Yield sign
If the traffic signal is red - you cannot turn right
15 years old

8. You must keep proof of your liability insurance
Slow down - look for a train - be ready to stop
In your vehicle whenever it is being operated
Less than ideal conditions are present for driving
Permissive

9. Work zone signs mean...
Work zone signs
Less than ideal conditions are present for driving
Yield sign
Accumulate a total of 4 points in 12 months

10. parallel parking - stop vehcle how any feet to the left of that vehicle
To left
Permissive
Shows a recommended speed for a curve or turn
11/2 feet

11. A license plate frame...
Yield to all trains at the crossing.
Should not cover any information on the license plate
The most current address on your driver record
Turn wheels to right

12. Points

13. if the line is white
To left
Failure to Appear in Court for Traffic violations
Traffic is moving in the same direction
500 feet of oncoming vehicle

14. The 'No-Zone' is...
400 feet
Are something you don't want on your driver record
The term used to describe the blind spots around a truck or bus
Service signs

15. Emergency vehicles...
25 - unless posted otherwise
Take your foot off the accelerator and slow down
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

16. orange triangle
Slow moving vehicle
Have the right of way when using siren - horn - and red/blue lights may use a loudspeaker to give instructions may follow each other
Protected
55 mph

17. parallel parking - when clear of front vehicle - turn wheels
Turn wheels to right
To left
.08% or more
15 years old

18. at night - your headlights should let you see
40/70
350 feet
35 mph
Less than ideal conditions are present for driving

19. A speed restriction sign...
Shows a recommended speed for a curve or turn
55 mph
Your driver license or plates or both will be suspended for one year
Get off at the next exit and come back to the exit you missed

20. A fully loaded tractor-trailer traveling 55 mph could take up to ______ to come to a complete stop...
Protected
400 feet
The term used to describe the blind spots around a truck or bus
Turn wheels right

21. When a person buys a vehicle - he or she must title the vehicle within...
Work zone signs
Permissive
Guide signs
30 days

22. After stopping for a school bus that is unloading children
Watch for children walking along the side of the road
Turn your wheels to the right
Turn wheels right
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians

23. vehicles may only turn when they recieive a green arrow while opposing vehicles are stopped by red light. commonly called left turn signal
Protected
To left
Accumulate a total of 4 points in 12 months
Work zone signs

24. When you approach a railroad crossing without flashing warning signals or crossing gates - you should...
Can lead to a $1000 fine and up to one year in jail
Yield to all trains at the crossing.
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians
Its changing from green to red

25. square or rectangle - green or brown with white lettering
$3.50
Slow moving vehicle
65% light blockage
Guide signs

26. at night use your low beams when following a vehicle at
Permissive
Take your foot off the accelerator and gently turn your wheel the direction that your rear wheels are sliding
To left
300 feet

27. spaces where you can not see with your rearview mirror
Slow moving vehicle
15 years old
Your driver license or plates or both will be suspended for one year
Blind spots

28. hydroplaning can happen at any speed over
35 mph
$3.50
Turn wheels to right
.08% or more

29. In Missouri - the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level at which it is illegal for an adult driver to operate a motor vehicle is...
Should not cover any information on the license plate
35 mph
30 days
.08% or more

30. if you are skidding
350 feet
Take your foot off the accelerator and gently turn your wheel the direction that your rear wheels are sliding
Slow down - look for a train - be ready to stop
The same thing as a stop sign

31. avoid highway hypnosis by...
65% light blockage
Route signs
Constantly moving your eyes and watching the traffic and signs around you
If the traffic signal is red - you cannot turn right

32. lettered roads
Watch for children walking along the side of the road
25 - unless posted otherwise
55
Failure to Appear in Court for Traffic violations

33. A flashing red light on a traffic signal means
Should not cover any information on the license plate
The same thing as a stop sign
In your vehicle whenever it is being operated
Are something you don't want on your driver record

34. When parking you vehicle down hill on a two way street...
Turn your wheels to the right
70
55
Protected

35. The minimum and maximum speed limits on Missouri interstate highways are...
40/70
100 feet
55
Take your foot off the accelerator and gently turn your wheel the direction that your rear wheels are sliding

36. Front door windows on a vehicle may be tinted to no more than...
65% light blockage
70
If the traffic signal is red - you cannot turn right
Turn your wheels to the right

37. 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
Permissive
Watch for children walking along the side of the road
Your driver license or plates or both will be suspended for one year

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

39. down hill without curb
Turn wheels to right
Route signs
300 feet
Guide signs

40. When approaching a railroad crossing you should
30 days
500 feet of oncoming vehicle
Slow down - look for a train - be ready to stop
350 feet

41. up hill without curb
Turn wheels to right
Can lead to a $1000 fine and up to one year in jail
Turn wheels right
Guide signs

42. up hill with curb
Protected/permissive
Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program
Take your foot off the accelerator and gently turn your wheel the direction that your rear wheels are sliding
Turn wheels left

43. triangular with red and white with red letters. means you must slow down and yield the right of way
Constantly moving your eyes and watching the traffic and signs around you
Yield sign
35 mph
Protected/permissive

44. if you think you tires are hydroplaning
Take your foot off the accelerator and slow down
Less than ideal conditions are present for driving
Get off at the next exit and come back to the exit you missed
Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program

45. fluorescent orange
Never
Sameness road and traffic and the hum of wind tires and engine
Turn wheels to right
Work zone signs

46. A point accumulation advisory letter will be sent to you if you
Its changing from green to red
Accumulate a total of 4 points in 12 months
Less than ideal conditions are present for driving
The term used to describe the blind spots around a truck or bus

47. circular green or flashing yellow light and are required to wait until gap in opposite traffic
If the traffic signal is red - you cannot turn right
Permissive
11/2 feet
Slow moving vehicle

48. rural interstates and freeways
Can lead to a $1000 fine and up to one year in jail
Protected/permissive
70
25 - unless posted otherwise

49. Littering
65
Guide signs
Can lead to a $1000 fine and up to one year in jail
11/2 feet

50. interstate highways freeways or expressways within urbanized areas
60
The term used to describe the blind spots around a truck or bus
100 feet
Guide signs