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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. if the line is yellow
Take your foot off the accelerator and slow down
The traffic on the other side is moveing in the opposite direction
Have the right of way when using siren - horn - and red/blue lights may use a loudspeaker to give instructions may follow each other
Work zone signs

2. The minimum age that a person must be in order to obtain an Instruction Permit is...
The traffic on the other side is moveing in the opposite direction
To left
55 mph
15 years old

3. If you are at fault in an accident and do not pay for the damages
Yield sign
Your driver license or plates or both will be suspended for one year
65
Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program

4. You may pass another vehicle by using the shoulder of the road...
Yield to all trains at the crossing.
Never
Guide signs
Work zone signs

5. circular green or flashing yellow light and are required to wait until gap in opposite traffic
40/70
Yield to all trains at the crossing.
Constantly moving your eyes and watching the traffic and signs around you
Permissive

6. A point accumulation advisory letter will be sent to you if you
Service signs
Accumulate a total of 4 points in 12 months
You
Turn wheels to right

7. if the line is white
Traffic is moving in the same direction
If the traffic signal is red - you cannot turn right
Its changing from green to red
Protected/permissive

8. The minimum and maximum speed limits on Missouri interstate highways are...
Right
500 feet of oncoming vehicle
40/70
Failure to Appear in Court for Traffic violations

9. When you approach a railroad crossing without flashing warning signals or crossing gates - you should...
25 - unless posted otherwise
Right
Yield to all trains at the crossing.
Service signs

10. Points

11. A speed restriction sign...
Can lead to a $1000 fine and up to one year in jail
400 feet
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians
Shows a recommended speed for a curve or turn

12. Littering
Can lead to a $1000 fine and up to one year in jail
Sameness road and traffic and the hum of wind tires and engine
Your driver license or plates or both will be suspended for one year
Failure to Appear in Court for Traffic violations

13. triangular with red and white with red letters. means you must slow down and yield the right of way
Yield sign
65% light blockage
55
Both turn arrow and straight arrow

14. A yellow signal light means
The same thing as a stop sign
Protected/permissive
Its changing from green to red
15 years old

15. When approaching a railroad crossing you should
Slow down - look for a train - be ready to stop
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians
500 feet of oncoming vehicle
Protected

16. Shortly before your driver or nondriver license expires - the Driver License Bureau will mail a renewal reminder postcard to...
Yield to all trains at the crossing.
Slow down - look for a train - be ready to stop
Traffic is moving in the same direction
The most current address on your driver record

17. at night - your headlights should let you see
55
350 feet
60
65

18. up hill with curb
Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program
Turn your wheels to the right
Yield to all trains at the crossing.
Turn wheels left

19. in a severe rainstorm the tires can lose all contact with the road at
55 mph
Less than ideal conditions are present for driving
11/2 feet
350 feet

20. parallel parking - when clear of front vehicle - turn wheels
Slow moving vehicle
$3.50
30 days
To left

21. parallel parking - stop vehcle how any feet to the left of that vehicle
400 feet
In your vehicle whenever it is being operated
11/2 feet
Slow moving vehicle

22. you should signal
100 feet
15 years old
Protected/permissive
Shows a recommended speed for a curve or turn

23. rural interstates and freeways
70
65
Slow moving vehicle
25 - unless posted otherwise

24. rural expressways
Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program
Failure to Appear in Court for Traffic violations
65
Should not cover any information on the license plate

25. FACT is an abbreviation for...
The term used to describe the blind spots around a truck or bus
30 days
Failure to Appear in Court for Traffic violations
Yield to all trains at the crossing.

26. When making right or left turns - a driver should signal ________ before the turn...
Less than ideal conditions are present for driving
100 feet
65
60

27. After stopping for a school bus that is unloading children
Service signs
55 mph
Watch for children walking along the side of the road
Yield to all trains at the crossing.

28. solid yellow line
No passing
Take your foot off the accelerator and slow down
The same thing as a stop sign
Protected

29. A license plate frame...
Should not cover any information on the license plate
65
Service signs
Accumulate a total of 4 points in 12 months

30. speed limit in any city town or village is...
Turn wheels right
Permissive
25 - unless posted otherwise
The same thing as a stop sign

31. square or rectangle - green or brown with white lettering
To left
30 days
Take your foot off the accelerator and slow down
Guide signs

32. hydroplaning can happen at any speed over
Constantly moving your eyes and watching the traffic and signs around you
35 mph
Are something you don't want on your driver record
Yield sign

33. square or rectangular - blue with white lettering
In your vehicle whenever it is being operated
Take your foot off the accelerator and gently turn your wheel the direction that your rear wheels are sliding
Service signs
Watch for children walking along the side of the road

34. green arrow ro circular green or flashing yellow arrow. drivers must wait until gap in opposing traffic. commonly called left turn yield on green
No passing
Protected/permissive
Can lead to a $1000 fine and up to one year in jail
Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program

35. A 'No Right On Red' sign means...
65% light blockage
Blind spots
400 feet
If the traffic signal is red - you cannot turn right

36. Front door windows on a vehicle may be tinted to no more than...
You
65% light blockage
Work zone signs
70

37. Emergency vehicles...
The term used to describe the blind spots around a truck or bus
65
Accumulate a total of 4 points in 12 months
Have the right of way when using siren - horn - and red/blue lights may use a loudspeaker to give instructions may follow each other

38. up hill without curb
11/2 feet
Get off at the next exit and come back to the exit you missed
30 days
Turn wheels right

39. SATOP is an abbreviation for...
Turn wheels to right
Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program
Sameness road and traffic and the hum of wind tires and engine
Guide signs

40. Work zone signs mean...
Shows a recommended speed for a curve or turn
In your vehicle whenever it is being operated
Less than ideal conditions are present for driving
Substance Abuse Traffic Offender Program

41. A fully loaded tractor-trailer traveling 55 mph could take up to ______ to come to a complete stop...
400 feet
Can lead to a $1000 fine and up to one year in jail
The same thing as a stop sign
55 mph

42. The fee for an Instruction Permit is...
Failure to Appear in Court for Traffic violations
The traffic on the other side is moveing in the opposite direction
Never
$3.50

43. When a person buys a vehicle - he or she must title the vehicle within...
If the traffic signal is red - you cannot turn right
Get off at the next exit and come back to the exit you missed
35 mph
30 days

44. at night - use your low beams when you come within
65
500 feet of oncoming vehicle
Get off at the next exit and come back to the exit you missed
350 feet

45. at night use your low beams when following a vehicle at
55
300 feet
Both turn arrow and straight arrow
Get off at the next exit and come back to the exit you missed

46. When a traffic signal light turns green - you should...
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians
Never
350 feet
The same thing as a stop sign

47. if you are skidding
65% light blockage
Turn your wheels to the right
Both turn arrow and straight arrow
Take your foot off the accelerator and gently turn your wheel the direction that your rear wheels are sliding

48. vehicles may only turn when they recieive a green arrow while opposing vehicles are stopped by red light. commonly called left turn signal
Work zone signs
Slow down - look for a train - be ready to stop
Protected
Take your foot off the accelerator and gently turn your wheel the direction that your rear wheels are sliding

49. lettered roads
Protected
You
400 feet
55

50. The 'No-Zone' is...
Constantly moving your eyes and watching the traffic and signs around you
Service signs
The term used to describe the blind spots around a truck or bus
Blind spots