CA DMV Written Permit Test

It is illegal for a person 21 years of age or older to drive with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) that is _____ or higher. • 0.08%—Eight hundredths of one percent • 0.10%—One tenth of one percent • 0.05%—Five hundredths one percent

0.08%—Eight hundredths of one percent

When approaching a railroad crossing with no warning device, the speed limit is: • 15 mph • 20 mph • 25 mph

15 mph

You are driving on a freeway posted for 65 mph. Traffic is heavy and moving at 35 mph. The best speed for your vehicle is most likely: • 25 mph • 35 mph • 30 mph

35 mph

Dim your high-beam headlights to low-beams within _____ feet when a vehicle is coming towards you. • 200 • 300 • 500

500

You are driving on a freeway and the posted speed limit is 65 mph. The traffic is traveling at 70 mph. You may legally drive: • 70 mph or faster to keep up with the speed of traffic • Between 65 mph and 70 mph • No faster than 65 mph

70 mph or faster to keep up with the speed of traffic

A freeway onramp is marked with this sign. Which of the following vehicles may use this lane? • A convertible with an adult and two children • A carpool can containing only the driver • A sport utility vehicle containing an adult, child, and family pet

A convertible with an adult and two children

You are driving and there are oncoming cars on your left and a row of parked cars on your right. You should steer: • Closer to the oncoming cars than the parked cars • Closer to the parked cars than the oncoming cars • A middle course between the oncoming and parked cars

A middle course between the oncoming and parked cars

Roadways are least slippery: • On bridges in freezing temperatures • After it has been raining for a while • During the first rain after a dry spell

After it has been raining for a while

Which of these statements is true about drinking alcohol and driving? • If you can walk a straight line after drinking, it is safe to drive • If you are under the legal blood alcohol concentration limit, your driving isn't impaired • Alcohol affects judgement and self control, which are needed for driving safely

Alcohol affects judgement and self control, which are needed for driving safely

A person convicted of reckless driving or engaging in a speed contest that causes injury to another person is subject to: • Imprisonment and/or fine • Community service • All of the above

All of the above

Backing your vehicle is: • Always dangerous to do • Dangerous if you have a help • Only dangerous in larger vehicles

Always dangerous to do

You must look for bicycle riders in the same lanes used for motor vehicles because they: • Must ride facing oncoming traffic • Illegally share lanes with motor vehicles • Are entitled to share the road with you

Are entitled to share the road with you

You must obey instructions from school safety patrols or crossing guards: • At all times. • Only during school hours • Unless you do not see any children present

At all times

You must yield to a pedestrian using a white cane or guide dog: • Only when a guide dog is leading the person across a street • At all times • Only if a crossing guard is present

At all times

A safety zone is a specially marked area for passengers to get on or off buses or trolleys. You may not drive through a safety zone: • Only when a bus or trolley is present • Only when a bus or trolley is unloading passengers • At any time or for any reason

At any time or for any reason

When you are merging onto the freeway, you should be driving: • At or near the same speed as the traffic on the freeway • 5 to 10 MPH slower than the traffic on the freeway • The posted speed limit for traffic on the freeway

At or near the same speed as the traffic on the freeway

Three of the most important times to check traffic behind you are before: • Backing, making a sharp turn, or crossing an intersection • Backing, changing lanes, or slowing down quickly • Changing lanes, crossing intersections, or slowing down quickly

Backing, changing lanes, or slowing down quickly

Tailgating other drivers (driving too close to their rear bumper): • Can frustrate other drivers and make them angry • Cannot result in a traffic citation • Reduces accidents by preventing you from being "cut off"

Can frustrate other drivers and make them angry

With a Class C driver's license, a person may drive a: • Light rail train • Car, van, or pick-up truck • Semi-truck

Car, van, or pick-up truck

Slowing down just to look at accidents, road construction, or broken down vehicles on the side of the road: • Causes traffic congestion • Prevents rear-end accidents • Improves traffic flow by preventing accidents

Causes traffic congestion

California's child passenger restraint system (car seat) law says: • The child must be in the back seat of the car if they are under 6 • The child has to be in a car seat only if they are under 6 or 60 pounds • Children under 8 must be in a car/booster seat in the back seat

Children under 8 must be in a car/booster seat in the back seat

If you are involved in a traffic collision and no one is injured, you are required to complete and submit a written report (SR1) to: • EDD • DMV • CHP

DMV

You are approaching a green traffic light, but traffic is blocking the intersection. What is the best thing to do? • Partially enter the intersection to establish your right-of-way • Don't enter the intersection until you can get completely across • Continue into the intersection and wait for traffic to clear

Don't enter the intersection until you can get completely across

This sign means: • Drive to the right • Right turn yield • Slower traffic should move to the right

Drive to the right

You are driving on a city street and see an emergency vehicle with flashing lights behind you. What should you do? • Drive to the right edge of the road and slow down • Drive to the right edge of the road and stop • Stay in your lane, slow down, and let it pass

Drive to the right edge of the road and stop

You must yield the right-of-way to an emergency vehicle by: • Driving as near to the right edge of the road as possible and stopping • Moving into the right lane and driving slowly until it has passed • Stopping immediately, even if you are in an intersection

Driving as near to the right edge of the road as possible and stopping

It is illegal to leave children age six or younger unattended in a car on a hot day: • Even if they are secured in a child passenger restraint system • If they are supervised by a person twelve years of age or older • Only if the key is in the ignition

Even if they are secured in a child passenger restraint system

You are driving on the freeway behind a large truck. You should drive: • Closer behind the truck than for a passenger car • Farther behind the truck than for a passenger car • To the right side of the truck and wait to pass

Farther behind the truck than for a passenger car

Drivers are require to obey instructions from: • Security guards patrolling parking lots • Other drivers whose vehicles are broken on the roadway • Flaggers (signal persons) at construction sites

Flaggers (signal persons) at construction sites

Which of these traffic signal lights directs a driver to slow down and cross the intersection carefully? • Flashing red • Solid red • Flashing yellow

Flashing yellow

A curb painted blue means parking is: • Allowed for no longer than 15 minutes • For picking up or dropping off passengers • For disabled person with a special placard or plate

For disabled persons with a special placard or plate

You have been put in jail for driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs you have been sent to jail for two days in addition (minor) • You may have your car taken away for sixty days • Lose your license for up to 1 1/2 years • Have to pay a fine

Have to pay a fine

You are driving and a dust storm blows across the freeway reducing visibility. You should drive slower and turn on your: • Interior lights • Parking lights • Headlights

Headlights

What is the benefit of a space cushion around your vehicle? • Other drivers can "cut" in front of you, improving traffic flow • If another driver makes a mistake, you have time to react • It inflates to protect you from injury in case of an accident

If another driver makes a mistake, you have time to react

It is illegal to park your vehicle: • In an unmarked crosswalk • Within three feet of a private driveway • In a bicycle lane

In an unmarked crosswalk

You must drive slower than the posted speed limit: • In bad weather and/or heavy traffic • During morning hours • At all times

In bad weather and/or heavy traffic

On a freeway, you should look farther ahead than you would on a city street: • In order to see potential hazards early • Because it takes 1/4 mile to stop your vehicle completely • Because it helps you keep up with traffic

In order to see potential hazards early

Which of the following is true about double parking? • It is illegal under all circumstances • It is illegal only if you leave your car • It is legal if you are making a delivery

It is illegal under all circumstances

You drive defensively when you: • Always put one car length between you and the car ahead • Look only at the car in front of you while driving • Keep your eyes moving to look for possible hazards

Keep your eyes moving to look for possible hazards

Which of the following statements about blind spots is true? • They are eliminated if you have one outside mirror on each side of the vehicle • Large trucks have bigger blind spots than most passenger vehicles • Blind spots can be checked by looking in your rear-view mirrors

Large trucks have bigger blind spots than most passenger vehicles

U-turns in business districts are: • Dangerous and always illegal • Legal whenever oncoming vehicles are not a hazard • Legal at intersections unless a sign prohibits it

Legal at intersections unless a sign prohibits it

You should signal continuously while turning because it: • Is illegal to turn off your signal before completing a turn • Lets other drivers know what your intentions are • Is always unsafe to turn off a signal before completing a turn

Lets other drivers know what your intentions are

While all of the following are dangerous to do while driving, which is also illegal? • Listening to music through a set of dual headphones • Adjusting your outside mirrors • Reading a road map

Listening to music through a set of dual headphones

At night an oncoming car fails to dim its high beam lights you should: • Look toward the center of the roadway • Look toward the right edge of your lane • Look straight ahead in your lane

Look toward the right edge of your lane

You are on the freeway and traffic is merging into your lane. You should: • Make room for the merging traffic, if possible • Assert your right-of-way by driving faster • Always slow down and maintain your position

Make room for the merging traffic, if possible

You want to make a right turn at an upcoming intersection. You should slow down and: • Move toward the left side of your lane • Avoid driving in the bicycle lane • Signal for 5 feet before turning

Move toward the left side of your lane

You are involved in a minor accident at an intersection. There are no injuries and very little vehicle damage. You should: • Leave your vehicle in the traffic lane until law enforcement arrives • Move your vehicle out of the traffic lane, if possible • Not move your vehicle for any reason

Move your vehicle out of the traffic lane, if possible

Flash your brake lights or turn on your emergency flashers if you: • Need to warn other drivers of an accident ahead • Are temporarily parked in a traffic lane to make a delivery • Are backing out of a parking space

Need to warn other drivers of an accident ahead

California's "Basic Speed Law" says you must: • Keep your speed close to that of other traffic • Never drive faster than is safe for current conditions • Always drive at the posted speed limit

Never drive faster than is safe for current conditions

A solid yellow line next to a broken yellow line means that vehicles: • In both directions may pass • Next to the broken line may pass • Next to the solid line may pass

Next to the broken line may pass

You may drive in a bike lane: • If you drive slower than 15 mph • No more than 200 feet before making a right turn • Whenever bicyclists are not present

No more than 200 feet before making a right turn

Should you always drive slower than other traffic? • No, you can block traffic when you drive too slowly • Yes, it is a good defensive driving technique • Yes, it is always safer than driving faster

No, you can block traffic when you drive too slowly

A red arrow pointing to the right on a traffic light means you may: • Turn in that direction after slowing and checking traffic • Not turn in that direction until the light turns green • Turn in that direction after you come to a complete stop

Not turn in that direction until the light turns green

Which of these statements is true about slippery road surfaces? • Driving on wet leaves on the roads will give you extra traction • On cold days, shade from buildings or trees can hide spots of ice • The pavement is less slippery when it first starts to rain on a hot day than it is afterwards

On cold days, shade from buildings or trees can hide spots of ice

You may make a left turn on a red light from a: • One-way street onto a two-way street • One-way street onto a one-way street • Two-way street onto a one-way street

One-way street onto a one-way street

This sign means don't pass: • Until after you pass the sign • Unless it seems safe to do so • Other vehicles for any reason

Other vehicles for any reason

To see cars in your blind spots, you should check: • The inside rearview mirror • The outside rearview mirror • Over your shoulders

Over your shoulders

A pedestrian who is blind or visually impaired uses traffic sounds before deciding to cross the street. If you see a pedestrian with a guide dog or white cane waiting to cross at a corner, you should: • Stop at the crosswalk and honk your horn • Drive into the crosswalk so the person can hear your engine • Pull up to the crosswalk so the person can hear your engine

Pull up to the crosswalk so the person can hear your engine

If you are riding in a vehicle equipped with a lap belt and also a separate shoulder belt, you are: • Only required to use the lap belt • Required to use both the lap and shoulder belts • Only required to use the shoulder belt

Required to use both the lap and shoulder belts

You want to park uphill on a two-way road and there is no curb. Which way do you turn your front wheels? • So they face straight ahead • Right — towards the side of the road • Left — towards the center of the road

Right — towards the side of the road

On freezing, wet days, which of the following roadways is most likely to hide spots of ice?: • Roadways near the tops of hills • Roadways on bridges and overpasses • Roadways paved with asphalt

Roadways on bridges and overpasses

You must notify the DMV within 5 days if you: • Sell or transfer your vehicle • Are cited for a vehicle violation • Paint your vehicle a different color

Sell or transfer your vehicle

When you park on a hill, your vehicle could roll due to an equipment failure. Remember to: • Leave the vehicle in neutral • Set the parking brake • Set the parking break and leave the vehicle in park

Set the parking break and leave the vehicle in park

Which of these is a proper lane change: • Signal check your mirrors and then change lanes • Check your mirrors and then change lanes • Signal and look over your shoulder before you change lanes

Signal and look over your shoulder before you change lanes

A flashing yellow traffic signal at an intersection means: • You should treat the signal like a stop sign • Stop. Yield to all cross traffic before crossing the intersection • Slow down and be alert at the upcoming intersection

Slow down and be alert at the upcoming intersection

There is a school bus ahead of you in your lane with flashing yellow lights. You should: • Stop, then proceed when you think all the children have exited the bus. • Slow to 25 MPH and pass cautiously • Slow down and prepare to stop

Slow down and prepare to stop

To help avoid skidding on slippery surfaces you should: • Shift to a lower gear after starting down a steep hill • Speed up to enter curves and slow down to exit them • Slow down before entering curves and intersections

Slow down before entering curves and intersections

You are getting ready to make a right turn. You should: • Signal and turn immediately • Stop before entering the right lane and let all other traffic go first • Slow down or stop, look left-right-left, and make the turn when safe

Slow down or stop, look left-right-left, and make the turn when safe

You exit a freeway on a ramp that curves downhill. You should: • Slow to a safe speed before the curve • Slow to the posted speed limit for the freeway • Wait until you have entered the curve to begin braking

Slow to a safe speed before the curve

An orange and red sign of this shape always means: • The vehicle has the right-of-way • Slow-moving vehicle • Shoulder work ahead

Slow-moving vehicle

If there is no crosswalk and you see a pedestrian crossing your lane, you should: • Make sure the pedestrian can see you before proceeding • Cautiously drive around the pedestrian • Stop and let the pedestrian finish crossing

Stop and let the pedestrian finish crossing

A flashing red traffic light at an intersection means: • Slow down before entering • Stop before entering • Stop and wait for the green light

Stop before entering

When a school bus with its red lights flashing is stopped ahead on your side of the road, you must: • Stop until all the children have left the bus • Stop until the lights stop flashing • Change lanes, drive slowly, and pass cautiously

Stop until all the lights stop flashing

A car suddenly "cuts" in front you creating a hazard. Which of these actions should you take first? • Honk and step on the brake firmly • Take your foot off the gas • Swerve into the lane next to you

Take your foot off the gas

To turn left from a one-way street with multiple lanes onto a two-way street, start the turn in: • The far left lane • Any lane available • The lane closest to the middle of the street

The far left lane

Which of the following is true about driving speed: • California has no minimum speed law • The faster the speed the less control you have of your car • It is legal to exceed the posted speed limit to pass other cars

The faster the speed the less control you have of your car

Which of the following is true about driving speed? • California has no minimum speed law • The faster the speed, the less control you have of your vehicle • It is legal to exceed the posted speed limit to pass other vehicles

The faster the speed, the less control you have of your vehicle

To turn left from a one-way street onto a one-way street, you should start your turn from: • Any lane • The lane closest to the left curb • The lane in the center of the road

The lane closest to the left curb

You're waiting to turn right at a red light—there is a pedestrian on the right side of you waiting to cross the street you want to enter—When the light turns green: • The pedestrian has the right of way • You have the right of way only if the crosswalk is not marked • You have the right of way because your light is green

The pedestrian has the right of way

This sign means: • The road ahead has many curves • There is a sharp curve in the road ahead • The road ahead may be slippery

The road ahead may be slippery

Drivers of large trucks often travel with a lot of space in front of their vehicle. This extra space is needed for: • Other drivers to use when merging onto an offramp • The truck driver to use for stopping the vehicle • Other drivers to use when they want to slow down

The truck driver to use for stopping the vehicle

This sign means: • Controlled railroad crossing ahead • Be prepared to stop if the light is flashing • There is a traffic signal ahead

There is a traffic signal ahead

Which of the following is true about roadways on bridges and overpasses in cold, wet weather? • They tend to freeze before the rest of the road does • They do not freeze because they are made of concrete • They tend to freeze after the rest of the road does

They tend to freeze before the rest of the road does

Yellow traffic lines separate: • Traffic lanes on one-way streets • Traffic moving in opposite directions on a two-way road • All carpool lanes from regular traffic lanes

Traffic moving in opposite directions on a two-way road

When parking on a hill on a two-way street with no curb, you should: • Turn your front wheels to the left, away from the side of the road • Park at a slight angle—rear wheels closer to the road's edge • Turn your front wheels to the right, toward the side of the road

Turn your front wheels to the right, toward the side of the road

Treat lines as a barrier, when: • Two sets of solid, double white lines are spaced two feet apart • Two sets of solid, double yellow lines are spaced two or more feet apart • Two sets of broken yellow lines are spaced one foot apart

Two sets of solid, double yellow lines are spaced two or more feet apart

Blocking an intersection during "rush hour" traffic is not permitted: • Unless you entered the intersection on a green light • Under any circumstances, even if your light is green • Unless you have the right-of-way or a green light

Under any circumstances, even if your light is green

Driving under the influence of any medication which impairs your driving is permitted: • Under no circumstances • If you don't feel drowsy • If it is prescribed by a physician

Under no circumstances

You can drive off the road to pass another vehicle: • If the vehicle is turning left • If there are two or more lanes traveling in your direction • Under no circumstances

Under no circumstances

Parallel parking is when the: • Front wheels are turned toward the street • Vehicle is in line with other parked vehicles • Rear wheels are touching the curb

Vehicle is in line with other parked vehicles

A pedestrian starts to cross the street after the "Don't Walk" signal begins to flash. The pedestrian is in the middle of the street when your signal light changes to green. You should: • Proceed if you have the right-of-way • Proceed if the pedestrian is not in your lane • Wait until the pedestrian crosses the street before proceeding

Wait until the pedestrian crosses the street before proceeding

When should you yield your legal right-of-way? • Often, even at controlled intersections • When it helps prevent accidents • Never, it confuses other drivers

When it helps prevent accidents

When parking next to a curb, you should use your turn signals: • Only when pulling away from the curb • When pulling next to, but not away from, the curb • When pulling next to or away from the curb

When pulling next to or away from the curb

When you tailgate other vehicles: • You are following too closely • Your action cannot result in a traffic citation • You help reduce traffic congestion

You are following too closely

You must stop at the intersection ahead. Just before the intersection, you have to cross railroad tracks. You should stop before you cross the railroad tracks when: • You don't have room to completely cross the tracks • The crossing is located in a city or town with frequent train traffic • You transport two or more children in a passenger vehicle

You don't have room to completely cross the tracks

You must notify law enforcement and make a written report (SR 1) to DMV when: • You intend to file a certificate of non-operation for your vehicle • Your vehicle is towed for parking illegally • You have an accident and there is an injury or death

You have an accident and there is an injury or death

You reach an intersection with stop signs on all four corners at the same time as the driver on your left. Who has the right-of-way? • The driver on your left has the right-of-way • You have the right-of-way • Whoever is signaling to make a turn has the right of way

You have the right-of-way

When you don't see any other vehicles around you while driving: • You may legally exceed the posted speed limit • You must still signal for turns and lane changes • You are not required to signal for turns and lane changes

You must still signal for turns and lane changes

After passing a car, it is safe to return to your driving lane when: • The driver you just passed signals you to return to your lane • You signal for three seconds your intention to return to your lane • You see the headlights of the passed car in your rearview mirror

You see the headlights of the passed car in your rearview mirror

When driving on a multilane street with two-way traffic: • Drive alongside the other vehicles so the drivers can see you • You should drive ahead of or behind the other vehicles • It is safest to drive in the lane next to the center line

You should drive ahead of or behind the other vehicles