DMV CA Knowledge Test Questions Other
You are involved in a minor collision at an intersection. There are no injuries and there is 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.
Driving more slowly than surrounding traffic is: -A good idea if the weather is bad. -Appropriate if you don't know the speed limit. -Often a hazard because other drivers may become frustrated and try to pass you.
Often a hazard because other drivers may become frustrated and try to pass you.
Check your rearview mirrors: -Often to see how traffic is moving behind you. -To see if a vehicle is in your blind spot. -Only when you are slowing down.
Often to see how traffic is moving behind you.
A broken yellow line between two lanes of traffic means: -Both lanes of traffic are going in the same direction. -Passing is permitted when it's safe. -Passing is not permitted.
Passing is permitted when it's safe.
Placard abuse will result in: -Placard revocation only. -Only a fine. -Placard revocation, a fine, and/or jail time.
Placard revocation, a fine, and/or jail time.
As you approach the top of a hill, you should: -Speed up slightly. -Prepare to stop, if needed. -Maintain a steady speed.
Prepare to stop, if needed.
When stopping on snow or ice, drivers who are operating vehicles equipped with an Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS) should: -Pump the brakes. -Press and hold the brake pedal firmly. -Stay off the brakes and wait for the car to drift to a stop.
Press and hold the brake pedal firmly.
When driving on a slippery surface, such as snow or ice: -Shift to a low gear before going down steep hills. -Maintain traction by following other vehicles closely. -Pump your brakes to keep them from freezing.
Shift to a low gear before going down steep hills.
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.
If you experience a tire blowout: -Tap or pump the brakes. -Slow down gradually and use your brakes lightly. -Apply the brakes firmly and quickly.
Slow down gradually and use your brakes lightly.
To avoid hydroplaning while driving in rainy conditions, you should: -Drive at a speed appropriate for ideal conditions. -Apply your brakes as soon as your car starts to skid. -Slow down.
Slow down.
If you find yourself in a skid: -Brake lightly. -Stay off the brakes. -Brake abruptly.
Stay off the brakes.
When crossing a sidewalk to enter traffic from an alley or driveway, drivers should: -Stop only if pedestrians are on the sidewalk. -Stop before driving onto the sidewalk or sidewalk area. -Expect pedestrians on the sidewalk to yield the right-of-way.
Stop before driving onto the sidewalk or sidewalk area.
If you come to an intersection and your view to the side is blocked, you should: -Slow down and look both ways. -Maintain your speed and look both ways. -Stop, then inch forward until you can see clearly in both directions.
Stop, then inch forward until you can see clearly in both directions.
Which of the following describes the thinking of defensive drivers? -They know other drivers will do the right thing. -They consider what other drivers might do and are prepared to react. -They expect no breaks and give none.
They consider what other drivers might do and are prepared to react.
When a bicyclist is making a left turn: -They may use the left lane. -They may cut through all lanes. -They may wait on the side of the road.
They may use the left lane.
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.
What is the purpose of rumble strips? -They alert drivers to potential tire problems. -They test a vehicle's shock absorbers. -Through vibration and sound, they alert inattentive drivers to the fact that their vehicles have left the travel lane.
Through vibration and sound, they alert inattentive drivers to the fact that their vehicles have left the travel lane.
Increase your following distance when driving behind a large vehicle: -To better see around the sides of the vehicle. -Because other drivers tend to pull behind large vehicles before trying to pass them. -Because following too closely will get you caught in the vehicle's slipstream.
To better see around the sides of the vehicle.
The maximum posted speed limit should be driven only: -During the night. -During the day. -Under ideal conditions.
Under ideal conditions.
If you have a sudden tire blowout: -Use the brakes lightly. -Pump the brakes. -Apply the brakes firmly.
Use the brakes lightly.
Which of the following statements is correct? -Use your left foot to brake. -Use your right foot for both braking and accelerating your vehicle. -You should always brake abruptly to ensure stopping.
Use your right foot for both braking and accelerating your vehicle.
When used on roadways, bicycles are considered: -Hazards. -Vehicles. -Dangerous.
Vehicles.
If your wheels drop off the roadway or pavement edge, you should: -Wait until it is safe to do so, then gradually re-enter the roadway. -Turn back onto the roadway immediately. -Stop.
Wait until it is safe to do so, then gradually re-enter the roadway.
You should allow an extra cushion of space: -When following a station wagon. -When following a driver who cannot see the rear of their vehicle. -When following a small passenger car.
When following a small passenger car.
When is it legal for minors to use a cell phone without a hands-free device while driving? -When making a call while stopped at the red light -When making a call for emergency assistance -Never
When making a call for emergency assistance.
When driving on gravel or dirt roads: -Your tires grip the road better than when you are driving on pavement. -Your tires do not have as much traction as they do on pavement, so you must slow down. -Visibility is better than on pavement.
Your tires do not have as much traction as they do on pavement, so you must slow down.
It is dangerous to follow a motorcycle too closely because: -They do not follow the same rules as motor vehicles. -A motorcycle can stop much faster than a standard vehicle. -They brake more slowly than motor vehicles.
A motorcycle can stop much faster than a standard vehicle.
Which of the following is most likely to be slippery in cold weather after snow or rain? -A hilly, open road -A residential road -A road in a shaded area
A road in a shaded area.
A driver should: -Assume all drivers automatically obey the right-of-way rules. -Assume most drivers obey the right-of-way rules. -Always be prepared to yield the right-of-way.
Always be prepared to yield the right-of-way.
You should increase the distance between your vehicle and the vehicle ahead when you: -Are following a small passenger vehicle. -Are being tailgated by another driver. -Are driving more slowly than the posted speed limit.
Are being tailgated by another driver.
You must look for bicyclists in the same lanes used by motor vehicles because they: -Must ride facing oncoming traffic. -Illegally share lanes with motor vehicles. -Are entitled to share the road with motor vehicles.
Are entitled to share the road with motor vehicles.
If you are driving near a large commercial vehicle, you should: -Follow the large vehicle closely to reduce wind drag on your vehicle. -Avoid driving beside it for long stretches of time. -Drive on its right side when on curves and hills.
Avoid driving beside it for long stretches of time.
Roads are slippery after it first starts to rain. When the road is slippery, you should: -Avoid making turns and stops while driving at high speeds. -Test your tires' traction while going uphill. -Decrease the distance you look ahead of your vehicle.
Avoid making turns and stops while driving at high speeds.
Trucks' blind spots are: -Directly behind the body. -On the immediate left of the cab. -Both on the immediate left of the cab and directly behind the body.
Both on the immediate left of the cab and directly behind the body.
Before stopping your vehicle at a traffic signal or sign, you should: -Press down hard on the accelerator. -Check your mirrors for surrounding traffic. -Set the parking brake.
Check your mirrors for surrounding traffic.
Give the right-of-way to any pedestrian who is: -In a marked crosswalk. -In any crosswalk or intersection. -Crossing any street.
Crossing any street.
Hydroplaning occurs when tires ride on a thin film of water instead of on the surface of the road. To prevent hydroplaning in rainy weather, you should: -Put on your cruise control to maintain a constant speed. -Decrease your speed. -Move to the shoulder of the road as soon as it starts to rain.
Decrease your speed.
"No zones" are areas around trucks where cars: -Disappear into blind spots or are so close that they restrict the truck driver's ability to stop and maneuver safely. -Have sufficient space to travel behind the truck. -Have several car lengths between their vehicle and the truck.
Disappear into blind spots or are so close that they restrict the truck driver's ability to stop and maneuver safely.
Large trucks are likely to lose speed when: -Driving up long or steep hills. -Driving in long, gradual curves. -Driving down long, gradual hills.
Driving up long or steep hills.
Drivers are required to obey instructions from: -Security guards patrolling parking lots. -Other drivers whose vehicles are broken down on the roadway. -Flaggers (signal persons) at construction sites.
Flaggers (signal persons) at construction sites.
You have allowed the wheels of your vehicle to run off the edge of the pavement. What should you do first? -Turn the front wheels slightly to the left to edge the car back onto the pavement. -Hold the steering wheel firmly, release the gas pedal, and gently apply the brakes. -Apply the brakes and turn the front wheels sharply to the left.
Hold the steering wheel firmly, release the gas pedal, and gently apply the brakes.
While in a motor vehicle on a highway, it is: -Illegal to either drink from or possess open containers of alcohol. -Legal to drink alcohol if you're not driving. -Legal to drink alcohol if you're driving but not drunk.
Illegal to either drink from or possess open containers of alcohol.
The first thing that alcohol effects is: -Vision. -Judgment. -Balance.
Judgment.
The best way to avoid a dangerous situation while driving is to: -Know what is happening around your vehicle. -Turn off the radio. -Always keep your eyes focused ahead of your car.
Know what is happening around your vehicle.
At intersections, crosswalks, and railroad crossings, you should always: -Stop, listen, and proceed cautiously. -Look to the sides of your vehicle to see what is coming. -Slowly pass vehicles that seem to be stopped for no reason.
Look to the sides of your vehicle to see what is coming.
You can help keep the driver behind you a safe distance away from your vehicle by: -Driving 10 mph faster than the car behind you. -Driving 10 mph slower than the car behind you. -Maintaining a steady speed.
Maintaining a steady speed.
Motorcycles, scooters, and mopeds are not easy to see; therefore, you should: -Slow down when driving. -Make constant visual checks. -Share a lane with a motorcycle.
Make constant visual checks.
Two sets of solid double yellow lines that are two or more feet apart: -May be crossed to enter or exit a private driveway. -May not be crossed for any reason. -Should be treated as a separate traffic lane.
May not be crossed for any reason.
Allow extra space in front of your vehicle when following a: -Station wagon. -Passenger vehicle. -Motorcycle.
Motorcycle.