Car Full Test

Welcome to the 'Car Practice Test'

This practice test will select 46 random questions, which you will be expected to complete within the allocated 60 minute time limit. You will be shown correct and incorrect answers at the end of the quiz, with a hint available on each question should you need it.

Each question approximates the style and type used by the DMV for your real test.

Instructions:

The test will begin after you select the 'Next' button below.
For each question, choose from the four multiple choice answers provided.
Some questions may have more than one answer, a note will be displayed when to do this.
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Additional Driving Laws / Rules

When are you required to turn your headlights on?

Both options are correct.

30 minutes before sunrise.

30 minutes after sunset.

Handling Emergencies

Which of the following is one of the most common causes of collisions?

Improper turns.

Unsafe speeds.

Both options are correct.

Laws and Rules of the Road

What is the speed limit when you are in a business district?

35 mph, unless otherwise posted.

55 mph, unless otherwise posted.

25 mph, unless otherwise posted.

Occupant Protection

An eight year old child is riding in the front seat of a vehicle. The vehicle does not have a backseat available. Is it lawful for this child to sit in the front seat?

As long as the child is wearing their seatbelt, it does not matter.

No, as all children must ride in the backseat.

Yes, since there is no rear seat available, the child may sit in the front seat lawfully.

Visual Search

Which one of the following is correct when giving enough space to another vehicle?

Always increase your speed to overtake a vehicle attempting to enter a freeway.

Always increase your speed when driving along side other vehicles.

If possible and safe, make room for vehicles entering freeways.

Special Driving Situations

Whilst driving when it is snowing, you should:

Pull over into a service area and wait for the weather to improve.

Never use your fog lights.

Drive as quickly as possible.

Slow down and allow plenty of time to brake gently.

Vehicle Positioning

You are needing to turn left, and you engage your turn signal. In front of you, another vehicle has their right turn signal engaged. What should you do?

Wait until the driver has begun their right turn.

Go ahead and turn left since they have their right turn signal engaged.

Neither option is correct.

Alcohol and Drugs

When taking medication, whom should you consult before operating a vehicle?

Your breakdown service.

Your doctor or pharmacist

The local fuel station.

A passenger in your vehicle.

Safe Driving Practices

If you become agitated or annoyed at another road user, you should:

Travel as closely as possible behind them to let them know you want to overtake.

Pull over, calm down and continue your journey after relaxing

Rev your engine loudly to get them to move out of the way.

Use your horn to tell them you're annoyed.

10.

Vehicle Positioning

What is an example of a driver who may present danger to other individuals?

Drivers backing out of driveways or parking space.

Both options are correct.

Drivers who cannot see other drivers because their view is blocked.

11.

Handling Emergencies

What can you do to dry your brakes in the event that they become wet?

Increase your speed, as the faster you go, the hotter your brakes become.

Increase how often you brake, as the more you brake, the hotter your brakes become.

Press the accelerator and the brake pedals at the same time lightly.

12.

Handling Emergencies

What can you do to prevent skidding?

Make no adjustments to your driving.

Avoid fast turns.

Increase your speed to create more traction.

13.

Laws and Rules of the Road

At intersections without a STOP or YIELD signs, what action is correct?

Both options are correct.

Yield to traffic and any pedestrians.

Slow down and be ready to stop.

14.

Traffic Controls

What is this type of sign meant for?

Nothing. This sign is meant for highway officials only.

This sign provides you a number to make a complaint about another driver.

This sign indicates what you should do in the event that your vehicle stalls on railroad tracks.

15.

Traffic Controls

What is the correct course of action when you see a solid yellow traffic signal?

Stop under all circumstances and wait for the red light.

Stop and look for pedestrians, then proceed with caution.

Stop if it is safe to do so, otherwise slow down and proceed through the intersection with caution.

16.

Additional Driving Laws / Rules

What should you do if you purchase a vehicle from another state?

Ensure that it drives properly.

Ensure that it meets California's smog laws.

Neither option is correct.

17.

Special Driving Situations

If you are not able to see any farther than 100 feet in front of you, what should you reduce your speed to?

45 mph.

50 mph.

30 mph or below.

18.

Visual Search

If it is hard to see 1,000 feet ahead of you, what should you do?

Turn on your headlights.

Pull over and wait until you can see better.

Proceed like normal.

19.

Sharing the Road

Which of the following can you do to prevent other drivers from becoming angry?

Do not tailgate other drivers.

Both options are correct.

Using your horn for non-emergencies.

20.

Special Driving Situations

What should you not do when being pulled over by law enforcement?

Begin moving around in your vehicle suddenly.

Refusal to roll down your window, or have your hands in open view.

Both options are correct.

21.

Laws and Rules of the Road

Who should you allow sufficient time to cross the street?

Disabled pedestrians.

Both options are correct.

Older pedestrians.

22.

Additional Driving Laws/Rules

If your vehicle's engine is running, you MUST NOT:

Rev the engine to warm it up.

Switch it off if you're waiting to pick someone up.

Leave your vehicle unattended.

Clean any ice of the windows.

23.

Safe Driving Practices

You are preparing to pull away from a curb, but you do not see any oncoming vehicles in any direction. What is the safest course of action?

Signal that you are turning anyway.

Do not signal and take your time pulling out onto the roadway.

Neither option is correct.

24.

Sharing the Road

On a divided highway with 4 or more traffic lanes in one direction, what lane do large trucks typically drive in?

The left lost lane.

The lane just to the left of the right most lane.

Any lane they choose, as long as they maintain the posted speed limit.

25.

Alcohol and Drugs

Yourself, and your parent are in the vehicle when you are pulled over by a police officer. In the backseat of the vehicle, there is an unopened, sealed container of alcohol. Since you are the individual driving the vehicle, is it lawful for this container of alcohol to be in your vehicle?

Yes, as your parent is in the vehicle with you and is over the age of 21.

No, as alcohol containers cannot be in your vehicle under any circumstance.

Neither option is correct.

26.

Sharing the Road

You are about to overtake a cyclist in windy weather. Why should you leave extra room as you overtake?

In case a gust of wind pushes them across the lane.

To reduce fuel consumption.

To stop the wind blowing your exhaust fumes towards them.

To avoid dazzling them with your lights.

27.

Visual Search

In this image, what does the green area visualize?

What is ahead.

What is behind you.

Blind spots.

28.

Turns

Which of the following is not an illegal U-turn?

When other vehicles may hit you.

If there are no vehicles approaching you within 200 feet.

On a one-way street

29.

Laws and Rules of the Road

While pedestrians have the right-of-way, what is also required of them?

Pedestrians have their own set of rules that they must abide to since they are not in a vehicle.

Pedestrians must abide by the rules of the road.

Pedestrians are not required to abide by the rules of the road.

30.

Occupant Protection

Under which conditions may a child under 8 years old may ride in the front seat of a vehicle?

The child passenger restraint system cannot be installed properly in the rear set.

When there is no rear seat available.

All of the above.

31.

Lane Control

Which lane should you drive in if you are going faster?

The right most lane.

The middle lane.

The left most lane.

32.

Sharing the Road

What does this hazardous load placard mean?

Explosives

Radioactive

Flammable

33.

Parking

Where is it NOT acceptable to park and leave your vehicle? (Select all that apply)

On-street parking bays marked out by white lines.

On-street areas marked out by double yellow lines.

In off-street parking areas.

On-street areas marked out by yellow zig zag lines along the road.

34.

Sharing the Road

What California penal code allows Safety Enhanced-Double Fine Zones.

CVC 42010

CVC 480.

CVC 22511.

35.

Additional Driving Laws / Rules

If an individual is from out of state, once they receive a job or become a resident, how long do they have to register their vehicle with the state of California?

5 days.

20 days.

7 days.

36.

Safe Driving Practices

You have turned into a sideroad and realise you have made a mistake. You should:

Stop and reverse quickly into the main road.

Use your horn and reverse around the corner to the main road.

Reverse into the main road when the traffic is clear.

Drive forward and find a safe place to turn around.

37.

Laws and Rules of the Road

Where are you required to stop, because of a stop light or sign?

Before the crosswalk.

Both options are correct.

You must stop before the stop line, sign, or signal.

38.

Alcohol and Drugs

If you have been drinking, and your BAC is below legal limits, which of the following is true?

It is entirely safe to drive.

Neither option is correct, as the BAC is not a reliable way to determine how much you have had to drink.

You may still show impairments, even though you are below the legal limit.

39.

Laws and Rules of the Road

If two vehicles meet on a steep road where neither car can pass, who has the right-of-way?

The vehicle going downhill.

The vehicle going uphill.

Neither vehicle has the right-of-way. Both vehicles are responsible for determining who may go.

40.

Handling Emergencies

Which of the following the Freeway Service Patrol not provide assistance with?

Towing your vehicle to a location approved by the California Highway Patrol.

Change a flat tire.

Tow your motorcycle.

41.

Occupant Protection

Why must a rear-facing baby seat not be placed in the front seat of a car with an active frontal airbag?

The driver airbag will not deploy in an accident.

An active passenger airbag can cause injury or death to the child.

All airbags will become disabled.

It will increase the risk of collisions.

42.

Driver Readiness

Which of the following is an example of a condition that physicians are required to report to the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Alzheimer's disease.

Both options are correct.

Lapses of consciousness.

43.

Vehicle Positioning

You are traveling in fog behind another vehicle. What should you do to reduce the chances of an accident?

Use your high-beam headlights.

Keep close to the vehicle in front.

Use your flashing hazard lights.

Keep a safer distance from the vehicle in front.

44.

Additional Driving Laws / Rules

If you are under the age of 18, and you are driving, what is required of your parents?

Your parents are not required to do anything.

Your parents are not required to assume financial responsibility of your driving, as they are not the one driving the vehicle.

Your parents must assume all financial responsibility for your driving.

45.

Driver Readiness

What should you not do before driving?

Neither option is correct.

Ensure that you have enough rest to drive.

Mix alcohol with your medications.

46.

Sharing the Road

Where are Low Speed Vehicles and Neighborhood Electric Vehicles restricted to?

Roadways where the speed limit is greater than 35 mph.

Roadways where the speed limit is greater than 40 mph.

Roadways where the speed limit is greater than 55 mph.

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