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MT Drivers Ed

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. If you have car troubles
Move to the right out of traffic. If it is ngiht - leave your parking lights and or dimmed headlights on
Reduce visibility dangerously at night
Slow down on the ramp so you have some room to speed up before entering
Shift to neutral - apply steady pressure on the brake

2. ____ can lessen your concentration on hte driving task and ____ can have a great affect on your diving safely.
Try to enter at the same speed - signal - use your rearview mirror and look over your shoulder
Make you drowsy when driving
500 feet
Stress - emotions

3. anytime persons or vehicles are not visible for _____ feet due to insufficient light conditions you shall turn on your headlights
6 months
500
10 days
Alcohol related

4. In order to park in a handicapped spot you
55 on a highway - or more than 5 miles below the posted speed limit on other streets
100
Human error
Have to have a handicap liscense plate or tag

5. If you approach a turn into the wrong lane or have forgotten to signal you should
The conditions of the road - car - and weather
Move to your left if possible so they may enter
Proceed - get into the proper lane - go to the next intersection - signal and turn
Reduce visibility dangerously at night

6. If you have a valid driver license issued by the jurisdiction from which you move - you may use it for ___ days before getting a montana license
500
Turn on your vehicle lights
60
350

7. What should you do if your vehicle starts to skid?
Try to enter at the same speed - signal - use your rearview mirror and look over your shoulder
Turn on your vehicle lights
Carelessness of the driver pulling away from the curb
Turn the steering wheel in the direction you want to go - continue to correct left and right until you are under control again

8. When pulling away from a curb you should
That you cannot pass over the center line
One drink Per hour
Signal - look over left shoulder - look in your mirror and pull out when it is safe
1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise

9. Parents - when signing for their child under 18 years of age are indicating
Slowing down - by your vehicle position - or eye contact
6 months
Carelessness of the driver pulling away from the curb
That they are accepting financial responsibility- it is good for one year

10. The law requires safety belt use
60
For all people in the car - when your car has air bags - and every time you drive
Keep the vehicle going straight - take your foot off the gas and slow down - pull off the road at a safe place
Drunk

11. headlights on low beam shall reveal persons and vehicles for ___ ft
They do not understand the legal responsibilities of having a license
The conditions of the road - car - and weather
Move to your left if possible so they may enter
100

12. A driver in a funeral procession may not drive faster than ____ MPH
Make you drowsy when driving
Slowing down - by your vehicle position - or eye contact
Shady
55 on a highway - or more than 5 miles below the posted speed limit on other streets

13. Whenever a load extends ____ feet or more beyond the body of the vehicle - there shall be a red light visible for 500 feet at night - or a read flag during the day
60
4 feet
Physical and mentally capable
Try to enter at the same speed - signal - use your rearview mirror and look over your shoulder

14. You should not stop at an accident unless
Slowing down - by your vehicle position - or eye contact
4 feet
500
You are involved in it - or emergency help has not arrived yet

15. vehicles parked on a roadway or shoulder during hours of darkness shal have lights front and rear visible for
1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise
Judgement and skill
500 feet
55 on a highway - or more than 5 miles below the posted speed limit on other streets

16. Turn signals must be visible for
300 feet
500 feet
Stress - emotions
Safety

17. In your brain - alcohol affects those areas of your brain that control
Turn on your vehicle lights
Signal - look over left shoulder - look in your mirror and pull out when it is safe
Judgement and skill
One drink Per hour

18. At what blood alcohol content does the law state you are under the influence of alcohol?
0.08%
By the state and your insurance company to establish how safely you drive
10 days
500 feet

19. You should dim your lights within ____ feet of meeting a vehicle
1000
Take your foot off the accelerator - and when slowed down - ease back on the road
Turn on your vehicle lights
6 months

20. A solid yellow line on your side of the road means
1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise
Drunk
That you cannot pass over the center line
Alcohol related

21. you maynot pass if the solid yellow line is...
Overtaking and passing another vehicle
0.08%
On your side
Human error

22. Night driving rerquires that you consider not only the speed limit but also
Move to the right out of traffic. If it is ngiht - leave your parking lights and or dimmed headlights on
This is a slow moving vehicle and it will not be going more than 25 MPH
The conditions of the road - car - and weather
You are involved in it - or emergency help has not arrived yet

23. it is the driver's responibility to be alert for _____ and to yeild the right of way
Drunk
Pedestrians
Shift to neutral - apply steady pressure on the brake
500

24. Vehicles must emit white or amber lights to the front and red or amber lights to the rear visible for _____ feet
Alcohol related
Stay in the car
By the state and your insurance company to establish how safely you drive
500

25. You should decide each time you drive if you are
Physical and mentally capable
500
500
Move to the right out of traffic. If it is ngiht - leave your parking lights and or dimmed headlights on

26. When meeting a school bus from any direction you should
55 on a highway - or more than 5 miles below the posted speed limit on other streets
Safety
Not proceed until the read lights have been shut off
Physical and mentally capable

27. if you are on the highway and another car is trying to merge - you should
Drive with the flow of traffic - passing only as needed
Shady
Stress - emotions
Move to your left if possible so they may enter

28. Alcohol may still accumulate in your body even if you are drinking at a rate of
One drink Per hour
Stop every 2 hours - sing - open the windows
Drivers traveling too fast
Judgement and skill

29. What is the number one killer on Montana's roads?
Shift to neutral - apply steady pressure on the brake
Slowing down - by your vehicle position - or eye contact
Drunk
0.08%

30. Driver license numer is a _____ ______ number
System generated
Any amount- even one drink
4 feet
Signal - look over left shoulder - look in your mirror and pull out when it is safe

31. never cross the center line unless
For all people in the car - when your car has air bags - and every time you drive
Move to your left if possible so they may enter
Passing or making a left turn maneuver
When your tires actually start to float on a film of water

32. How much alcohol does it take to affect your driving?
Move to your left if possible so they may enter
55 on a highway - or more than 5 miles below the posted speed limit on other streets
300 feet
Any amount- even one drink

33. Headlights are required at any time you cannot see persons or vehicles for 500 feet and
500
1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise
Stop every 2 hours - sing - open the windows
Police

34. headlights on upper beam (bright) shall reveal persons and vehicles for ____ ft
350
Shady
When your tires actually start to float on a film of water
Stress - emotions

35. Your driving record is used
Any amount- even one drink
By the state and your insurance company to establish how safely you drive
Shift to neutral - apply steady pressure on the brake
On your side

36. A leaking exhaust system can
Make you drowsy when driving
Physical and mentally capable
350
300 feet

37. on cold - wet days - _____ spots may be icy
Police
This is a slow moving vehicle and it will not be going more than 25 MPH
10 days
Shady

38. Although sunglasses are a big help during the day - they
60
Reduce visibility dangerously at night
Not proceed until the read lights have been shut off
500

39. If you move you must report your change of address to the Field operations bureau within
10 days
Drivers traveling too fast
That you cannot pass over the center line
Drive with the flow of traffic - passing only as needed

40. on the back of a vehicle - a sign with this shape means
100
This is a slow moving vehicle and it will not be going more than 25 MPH
Shift to neutral - apply steady pressure on the brake
That they are accepting financial responsibility- it is good for one year

41. What is a probationaary license?
A license restricted to essential driving only
0.08%
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
Turn on your vehicle lights

42. If your gas pedal sticks you should
Shift to neutral - apply steady pressure on the brake
300 feet
When your tires actually start to float on a film of water
Turn on your vehicle lights

43. When you merge with traffic - you should
Try to enter at the same speed - signal - use your rearview mirror and look over your shoulder
100
Take your foot off the accelerator - and when slowed down - ease back on the road
Shift to neutral - apply steady pressure on the brake

44. when you are fatigued you should
Slowing down - by your vehicle position - or eye contact
500
Stop every 2 hours - sing - open the windows
0.02

45. On two lane roads it is permissible to drive a motor vehicle to the left of the center line when
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
For all people in the car - when your car has air bags - and every time you drive
Slow down on the ramp so you have some room to speed up before entering

46. If you have to wait to merge - you should
Try to enter at the same speed - signal - use your rearview mirror and look over your shoulder
60
Slow down on the ramp so you have some room to speed up before entering
0.08%

47. A minor can be ticketed if they have a blood alcohol level of
60
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
0.02
Signal - look over left shoulder - look in your mirror and pull out when it is safe

48. If you become stranded in a snow storm you should
The conditions of the road - car - and weather
They do not understand the legal responsibilities of having a license
Stay in the car
Try to enter at the same speed - signal - use your rearview mirror and look over your shoulder

49. why is the pavement very slippery for the first few minutes after a snow rain on a hot day?
The conditions of the road - car - and weather
Slowing down - by your vehicle position - or eye contact
Heat causes oil in the asphalt to come to the surface
Drive with the flow of traffic - passing only as needed

50. If you are the first vehicle or the last in a funeral procession you should
60
Have your flashing lights going
500
500