Practice Written Test

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Practice Written Test

1. Upon the approach of an overtaking emergency vehicle flashing its lights, drivers in the HOV (diamond) lane of a freeway shall:
   1. Ignore the emergency vehicle, especially if it's exceeding the speed limit.
   2. Speed up, then exit that lane at the next opening.
   3. Yield to the emergency vehicle by immediately exiting the lane, if they can do so safely.
2. California is one of a handful of states with an allowable Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) of less than .10%. Drivers 21 and older are presumed to be Driving Under the Influence (DUI) with a BAC of at least:
   1. 0.10%
   2. 0.08%
   3. 0.05%
3. You must never drive faster, under the "Basic Speed Law," than:
   1. The speed of other traffic.
   2. It is safe to do so, with due consideration to weather, visibility, traffic and safety of others.
   3. It's always up to the individual driver to determine a reasonable and prudent speed.
4. Turn signals must be given continuously for:
   1. 200 ft. Before turning.
   2. 100 ft. Before turning.
   3. 3 to 5 seconds before turning.
5. Pedestrian right-of-way in crosswalks:
   1. Pedestrians in a crosswalk have right-of-way only in business districts.
   2. Pedestrians are entitled to the right-of-way when crossing in a marked crosswalk or an unmarked crosswalk.
   3. Pedestrians only have right-of-way in a marked crosswalk.
6. Stops required at railway crossings:
   1. All vehicles must stop before crossing a railway grade crossing-- if signals or flagmen warn of the approach of a train.
   2. Only vehicles carrying inflammable liquids or explosive substances must stop.
   3. You don't have to stop if you can't see a train coming.
7. Who may not be cited for violating the child safety belt and passenger restraint requirements for infants and children through age 15?
   1. Parent who permit their child(ren) to travel unrestrained.
   2. Drivers transporting unrestrained children whose parents are not in the vehicle.
   3. Unrestrained children.
8. A driver meeting or overtaking a stopped school bus with its red lights flashing shall stop, unless:
   1. The school bus is stopped at a place or intersection where a traffic officer or a traffic signal controls traffic.
   2. The driver meeting the school bus is on the opposite side of a divided highway (one divided into two or more roadways by barriers or by a dividing section at least two feet wide, unpaved or bordered with curbs, double parallel lines or other markings).
   3. Either of the above.
9. If your vehicle is disabled on the roadway and is equipped with a working "four-way flasher" device:
   1. You may activate the flashers if you reasonably believe your vehicle creates a hazard.
   2. You must activate the flashers as a warning to other motorists.
   3. You need to activate the flashers only if disabled 30 minutes or later after sunset.
10. This sign means:
    1. No passing.
    2. Cross traffic must give you the right-of-way.
    3. Let cross traffic go by first.
11. Pulling out from curb parking space:
    1. No person shall start the movement of a parked vehicle until such movement can be made with reasonable safety.
    2. Give arm signal and sound horn as warning-- then start moving away from curb.
    3. Signal, then pull out into traffic after yielding to 3 vehicles.
12. All states have a Zero Tolerance Law for drivers under 21, to prevent their driving with any "measurable" amount of alcohol. In California, drivers younger than 21 may not drive a motor vehicle with a BAC of:
    1. 0.01%
    2. 0.04%
    3. 0.08%
13. Passing school grounds where a school warning sign is posted and children are going to or coming from school:
    1. Prima facie speed limit 25 mph.
    2. Prima facie speed limit 15 mph.
    3. Prima facie speed limit 30 mph after 12:00 noon.
14. A two-way left-turn lane in the middle of a street will show pavement striping on each side of this lane as follows:
    1. Two solid lines.
    2. Solid lines outside, dashed lines inside.
    3. Dashed outside lines, solid inside lines.
15. When another car has stopped at a marked or unmarked crosswalk at an intersection to permit a pedestrian to cross, you may pass the stopped car:
    1. On the right if the pedestrian is crossing toward the left, or on the left if the pedestrian is crossing toward the right.
    2. On either side if the pedestrian is in front of the stopped vehicles.
    3. Under no circumstances.
16. Unless there is space to accommodate your vehicle on the other side of an intersection or rail crossing, the Anti-Gridlock Law forbids all of the following, except:
    1. Entering a marked crosswalk or an intersection to proceed or turn.
    2. Entering a railroad or rail transit crossing.
    3. Changing lanes in an intersection.
17. Who may not be cited for violating the safety belt law?
    1. Drivers, if they or their passengers (16 or older) are unrestrained.
    2. Passengers (16 or older) who are unrestrained.
    3. The registered owner who is not present in the vehicle.
18. A driver convicted of passing a stopped school bus displaying flashing red lights can be punished as follows:
    1. By a fine of up to $100 for each violation, no matter how many.
    2. Not at all-- because the bus is stopped, so it's not a moving violation.
    3. By a $150-$250 first offense fine, a $500-$1000 second offense fine, and a one-year suspension for a third offense within three years.
19. If a police officer or fire fighter on duty tells you to proceed against a red traffic light, you should:
    1. Report him to police authorities.
    2. Do as he tells you.
    3. Obey the red "stop" light.
20. This sign means:
    1. Sidewalk ends.
    2. Pedestrian crossing.
    3. Yield to oncoming traffic.
21. When entering or crossing a highway from public or private property, or from an alley, which must yield the right-of-way?
    1. The car entering the highway.
    2. The car traveling on the highway.
    3. Neither car.
22. If you are arrested for driving under the influence and you refuse to submit to a chemical test of alcohol in your body, your license will be suspended for:
    1. 90 Days.
    2. 6 Months.
    3. 1 Year.
23. Prima facie speed limit in a business district:
    1. 25 mph.
    2. 30 mph.
    3. 35 mph.
24. If a left turn can be made from two designated left-turn lanes, you can start a "U" turn from:
    1. Either lane.
    2. Only the leftmost turn lane.
    3. Both lanes, unless a sign prevents it.
25. The fine has increased to $100 plus $170 for Penalty Assessment, for all of the following driver behaviors at traffic lights, except:
    1. Proceeding on a yellow light.
    2. Failure to stop for a red light or a flashing red stop signal.
    3. Turning against a red arrow.
26. The driver of a vehicle involved in any accident resulting in injury to or death of any person must make a written report of such accidents to the California Highway Patrol, or, if in a city, to either the CHP or local police department:
    1. Within 10 days.
    2. Within 24 hours.
    3. At the scene of the accident.
27. If there is a stop sign at a corner without a limit line, you must first stop:
    1. Out far enough to be able to see cross traffic.
    2. After crossing the crosswalk.
    3. At, but before, the crosswalk.
28. Passing the vehicle ahead of you on the right-hand, unpaved shoulder of the roadway or shoulder of a freeway is:
    1. Against the law.
    2. Permitted if the car ahead is turning left.
    3. Permitted if you are exiting the freeway.
29. Return to right side after passing:
    1. Do not return to right side of road until you are 250 feet ahead of overtaken vehicle.
    2. The driver of the vehicle which has been passed on the left must slow down to allow you to return to the right side of the road.
    3. Do not return to the right side of the roadway until your action will not interfere with the safe operation of the overtaken vehicle.
30. This sign means:
    1. Rough road.
    2. Pavement ends.
    3. Railroad crossing.