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MT Drivers Ed

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Vehicles must emit white or amber lights to the front and red or amber lights to the rear visible for _____ feet
Move to the right out of traffic. If it is ngiht - leave your parking lights and or dimmed headlights on
Drive with the flow of traffic - passing only as needed
Move to your left if possible so they may enter
500

2. How much alcohol does it take to affect your driving?
Signal - look over left shoulder - look in your mirror and pull out when it is safe
500
Any amount- even one drink
Have your flashing lights going

3. What should you do if your vehicle starts to skid?
Make you drowsy when driving
Stress - emotions
Turn the steering wheel in the direction you want to go - continue to correct left and right until you are under control again
Stay in the car

4. when you are fatigued you should
Have to have a handicap liscense plate or tag
By the state and your insurance company to establish how safely you drive
Stop every 2 hours - sing - open the windows
When your tires actually start to float on a film of water

5. Your driving record is used
55 on a highway - or more than 5 miles below the posted speed limit on other streets
By the state and your insurance company to establish how safely you drive
Take your foot off the accelerator - and when slowed down - ease back on the road
Have your flashing lights going

6. If your vehicle's right wheels leave the pavement - you should
You are involved in it - or emergency help has not arrived yet
Turn the steering wheel in the direction you want to go - continue to correct left and right until you are under control again
Have your flashing lights going
Take your foot off the accelerator - and when slowed down - ease back on the road

7. Any drivers get into serious trouble while driving a vehicle because...
System generated
60
They do not understand the legal responsibilities of having a license
Drive with the flow of traffic - passing only as needed

8. New residents must apply within ____ consecutive days
100
60
They do not understand the legal responsibilities of having a license
Not proceed until the read lights have been shut off

9. 9 out of 10 accidents are caused by...
Take your foot off the accelerator - and when slowed down - ease back on the road
Human error
Drivers traveling too fast
When your tires actually start to float on a film of water

10. Parents - when signing for their child under 18 years of age are indicating
Human error
500
When your tires actually start to float on a film of water
That they are accepting financial responsibility- it is good for one year

11. The law requires safety belt use
For all people in the car - when your car has air bags - and every time you drive
Pedestrians
Any amount- even one drink
1000

12. vehicles parked on a roadway or shoulder during hours of darkness shal have lights front and rear visible for
4 feet
500 feet
Police
Drunk

13. You should not stop at an accident unless
You are involved in it - or emergency help has not arrived yet
350
10 days
Have your flashing lights going

14. Driver license numer is a _____ ______ number
60
4 feet
Stay in the car
System generated

15. If your gas pedal sticks you should
That you cannot pass over the center line
Try to enter at the same speed - signal - use your rearview mirror and look over your shoulder
Drunk
Shift to neutral - apply steady pressure on the brake

16. You should decide each time you drive if you are
Pull over to the right edge of the road and follow any directions given on the vehicles loud speaker. If at an intersection - go through it and then pull over
Shift to neutral - apply steady pressure on the brake
Physical and mentally capable
Overtaking and passing another vehicle

17. If you have to wait to merge - you should
Slow down on the ramp so you have some room to speed up before entering
The conditions of the road - car - and weather
Passing or making a left turn maneuver
Heat causes oil in the asphalt to come to the surface

18. In your brain - alcohol affects those areas of your brain that control
Turn the steering wheel in the direction you want to go - continue to correct left and right until you are under control again
500
A license restricted to essential driving only
Judgement and skill

19. What is hydroplaning?
Have to have a handicap liscense plate or tag
System generated
0.02
When your tires actually start to float on a film of water

20. If a tire suddenly goes flat you should
Stop every 2 hours - sing - open the windows
Carelessness of the driver pulling away from the curb
0.02
Keep the vehicle going straight - take your foot off the gas and slow down - pull off the road at a safe place

21. on the back of a vehicle - a sign with this shape means
Have your flashing lights going
60
Shift to neutral - apply steady pressure on the brake
This is a slow moving vehicle and it will not be going more than 25 MPH

22. Alcohol may still accumulate in your body even if you are drinking at a rate of
Try to enter at the same speed - signal - use your rearview mirror and look over your shoulder
Drivers traveling too fast
Stop every 2 hours - sing - open the windows
One drink Per hour

23. What usually causes skids?
Have to have a handicap liscense plate or tag
Proceed - get into the proper lane - go to the next intersection - signal and turn
Drivers traveling too fast
Pedestrians

24. you maynot pass if the solid yellow line is...
On your side
They do not understand the legal responsibilities of having a license
Slow down on the ramp so you have some room to speed up before entering
1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise

25. Headlights are required at any time you cannot see persons or vehicles for 500 feet and
A license restricted to essential driving only
1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise
Passing or making a left turn maneuver
4 feet

26. When encountering a funeral procession - a person must
500 feet
Move to your left if possible so they may enter
Overtaking and passing another vehicle
Not drive between the vehicles - not enter an intersecton to cross the path of one - yield the right of way to all vehicles in the procession

27. If you approach a turn into the wrong lane or have forgotten to signal you should
Have your flashing lights going
Proceed - get into the proper lane - go to the next intersection - signal and turn
For all people in the car - when your car has air bags - and every time you drive
1/3 of a mile

28. anytime persons or vehicles are not visible for _____ feet due to insufficient light conditions you shall turn on your headlights
Move to the right out of traffic. If it is ngiht - leave your parking lights and or dimmed headlights on
Slow down on the ramp so you have some room to speed up before entering
500
The conditions of the road - car - and weather

29. 50% of all traffic fatalities are
By the state and your insurance company to establish how safely you drive
Slowing down - by your vehicle position - or eye contact
Alcohol related
300 feet

30. on cold - wet days - _____ spots may be icy
Take your foot off the accelerator - and when slowed down - ease back on the road
Have to have a handicap liscense plate or tag
The conditions of the road - car - and weather
Shady

31. most accidents between cars that are parallel parked and cars being driven on the street are caused by...
Carelessness of the driver pulling away from the curb
100
Shift to neutral - apply steady pressure on the brake
500

32. Blue flashing lights are always the ____
Drive with the flow of traffic - passing only as needed
Shady
System generated
Police

33. If you become stranded in a snow storm you should
Move to your left if possible so they may enter
That you cannot pass over the center line
Shift to neutral - apply steady pressure on the brake
Stay in the car

34. What does it mean to keep pace with traffic?
Carelessness of the driver pulling away from the curb
Stop every 2 hours - sing - open the windows
That you cannot pass over the center line
Drive with the flow of traffic - passing only as needed

35. Turn signals must be visible for
300 feet
Proceed - get into the proper lane - go to the next intersection - signal and turn
1000
500

36. at dusk or on overcast days you should
A license restricted to essential driving only
6 months
Turn on your vehicle lights
Safety

37. never cross the center line unless
Passing or making a left turn maneuver
That you cannot pass over the center line
10 days
Drunk

38. What is the earliest a montana drivers license can be renewed prior to the license expiration date?
This is a slow moving vehicle and it will not be going more than 25 MPH
Keep the vehicle going straight - take your foot off the gas and slow down - pull off the road at a safe place
Safety
6 months

39. When you merge with traffic - you should
Slowing down - by your vehicle position - or eye contact
Try to enter at the same speed - signal - use your rearview mirror and look over your shoulder
Safety
Slow down on the ramp so you have some room to speed up before entering

40. You should dim your lights within ____ feet of meeting a vehicle
Move to your left if possible so they may enter
1000
Pedestrians
Safety

41. headlights on upper beam (bright) shall reveal persons and vehicles for ____ ft
That they are accepting financial responsibility- it is good for one year
Drunk
350
Proceed - get into the proper lane - go to the next intersection - signal and turn

42. If you move you must report your change of address to the Field operations bureau within
Have to have a handicap liscense plate or tag
Shift to neutral - apply steady pressure on the brake
10 days
300 feet

43. In order to park in a handicapped spot you
6 months
4 feet
Overtaking and passing another vehicle
Have to have a handicap liscense plate or tag

44. If you are the first vehicle or the last in a funeral procession you should
Have your flashing lights going
Human error
Drive with the flow of traffic - passing only as needed
Pull over to the right edge of the road and follow any directions given on the vehicles loud speaker. If at an intersection - go through it and then pull over

45. headlights on low beam shall reveal persons and vehicles for ___ ft
100
This is a slow moving vehicle and it will not be going more than 25 MPH
60
Passing or making a left turn maneuver

46. Although sunglasses are a big help during the day - they
That they are accepting financial responsibility- it is good for one year
Reduce visibility dangerously at night
10 days
When your tires actually start to float on a film of water

47. why is the pavement very slippery for the first few minutes after a snow rain on a hot day?
500 feet
4 feet
They do not understand the legal responsibilities of having a license
Heat causes oil in the asphalt to come to the surface

48. A minor can be ticketed if they have a blood alcohol level of
Overtaking and passing another vehicle
By the state and your insurance company to establish how safely you drive
Signal - look over left shoulder - look in your mirror and pull out when it is safe
0.02

49. A leaking exhaust system can
Make you drowsy when driving
500
One drink Per hour
Move to the right out of traffic. If it is ngiht - leave your parking lights and or dimmed headlights on

50. Many railroad crossings have signs or signals to warn drivers. Stop if there is any questions about
Safety
300 feet
Have to have a handicap liscense plate or tag
Not drive between the vehicles - not enter an intersecton to cross the path of one - yield the right of way to all vehicles in the procession