PA Drivers License Test Practice

If under 21 years of age, you are considered to be driving while under the influence if your blood alcohol level is:

0.02 percent or higher.

The speed limit is ____ miles per hour when yellow lights are flashing on a school zone speed limit sign.

15

The maximum speed limit in this state is ____ miles per hour .

70

When entering a highway from an entrance ramp, you should generally:

Accelerate to the speed of traffic.

Allowing a space cushion between your vehicle and its surroundings is important because it:

Allows you time to react to unexpected situations.

Drive below the posted speed limit when:

Anything makes conditions less than perfect.

Smoking and preparing to smoke while driving:

Are distracting activities.

You do not have to stop for a school bus that is stopped with its red lights flashing and stop arm extended if you:

Are driving on the opposite side of a divided highway.

When approaching a railroad crossing warning sign:

Be prepared to stop if a train is nearby.

On two-lane, two-way streets or highways, you should start left turns:

Close to the centerline.

Increasing your vehicle's speed:

Decreases your field of vision.

When in a travel lane on the roadway:

Don't stop for any reason. Keep moving until you can safely pull off the road.

If you are arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and you refuse to take the blood test, you will receive a:

Driver license suspension.

If you are under age 21 and are convicted of carrying a false ID card, you will be required to pay a $500 fine and your license will be suspended for 90 days:

Even if you were not driving.

If a vehicle using high beams comes toward you, you should:

Flash your high beams.

Roads become very slippery:

For the first 10 to 15 minutes of a rainstorm.

Before passing another vehicle, you should:

Give the proper turn signal to show that you are changing lanes.

When passing a bicyclist, you should:

Give them at least four feet of space.

You may honk your horn when you:

Have lost control of your car.

When driving on wet roads, you should:

Increase your following distance to five or six seconds.

When faced with an oncoming car to the left and a bicyclist to the right, you should:

Let the car pass and then pass the bike.

If you experience a tire blowout, you should:

Let the car slow to a stop.

What can you do to avoid the need to make emergency stops while driving in traffic?

Look ahead and maintain a safe following distance.

When parking your vehicle downhill on a two-way street:

Look ahead and maintain a safe following distance.

When driving in fog, you should use your:

Low beam headlights.

A leaking exhaust system can:

Make you drowsy while driving.

Compared to driving during the day, driving at night is:

More dangerous

The risk of hydroplaning can can be reduced by driving:

More slowly.

Drivers entering a roundabout or traffic circle:

Must yield to drivers already in the roundabout or traffic circle.

Parental consent to conduct breath, blood, and urine tests is:

Not required.

It is best to keep a space cushion:

On all sides of the vehicle.

When exiting a highway, you should slow down:

Once you have moved into the exit lane.

If you are under age 21 and are convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol, you will receive a ____ license suspension for a first offense.

One-year

For a first conviction of driving under the influence of alcohol, you could:

Pay a fine of at least $300.

If you are unable to get a good view of cross traffic when stopped at an intersection controlled by a stop sign, you should:

Pull forward slowly, check for traffic and pedestrians, and proceed when clear.

If you are driving so slowly that traffic is backing up behind you, you should:

Pull off the right side of the road and let traffic pass.

When you see an emergency vehicle with flashing lights, you must:

Pull to the right curb and stop.

People under 16 years of age who use a false identification card to buy alcohol will:

Receive a driving suspension that starts on their 16th birthday.

When making a turn, you must ____ your speed.

Reduce

One of the penalties for driving under the influence of alcohol is:

Required attendance at an Alcohol Highway Safety School.

When passing another vehicle on a road with two lanes traveling in opposite directions, you should:

Return to the driving lane when there's enough room between you and the vehicle you passed.

The amount of space you need to cross traffic depends on the:

Road conditions, weather conditions, and oncoming traffic.

If there are no signals at a railroad crossing, you should:

Slow down and be prepared to stop if you see or hear a train approaching.

When driving near a blind pedestrian who is carrying a white cane or using a guide dog, you should:

Slow down and be prepared to stop.

When the driver behind you wants to pass, you should:

Slow down to allow room in front of your vehicle for the other driver to complete the pass easily.

The right edge of a road is marked by a ____ line.

Solid white

If another car is in danger of hitting you, you should:

Sound your horn.

"Highway hypnosis" is a driving condition that can result from:

Staring at the roadway for long periods of time.

If an aggressive driver cuts you off, you should:

Stay calm and move out of the aggressive driver's way.

A steady yellow traffic signal means that a ____ light will soon appear.

Steady red

If you begin to feel tired while driving, the best thing to do is to:

Stop driving.

When driving on slick roads, you should:

Take turns more slowly than usual.

If two vehicles arrive to an uncontrolled intersection at the same time:

The car on the left shall yield to the car on the right.

The effect that lack of sleep has on your safe driving ability is the same as:

The effect that alcohol has.

If a vehicle using high beams comes toward you, you should look toward ____ of the road.

The right side

When you drive through an area where children are playing, you should expect them:

To run out in front of you without looking.

If someone is driving aggressively behind you, you should:

Try to get out of the aggressive driver's way.

When parking uphill next to a curb, set the parking brake and:

Turn your steering wheel away from the curb.

To pass a slower-moving vehicle on a two-lane, two-way road, you must:

Use the lane that belongs to oncoming traffic.

Which of the following about winter driving is not true?

Using cruise control in winter weather is a safe thing to do.

You may cross solid yellow lines:

When making turns.

Before turning left, it is important to:

Yield to oncoming vehicles

When making a right turn on a green light, you must:

Yield to pedestrians.

You may continue carefully through an intersection with a yellow light if:

You are already within the intersection when the light changes to yellow.

You may turn left on a red light if:

You are turning from a one-way street onto another one-way street.