DMV Written Test Updates Version
Questions and Answers New Exam
When may you legally drive around or under a railroad crossing gate? --------- Correct Answer ---------- Never.
If you are convicted of driving with an excessive blood alcohol concentration (BAC), you may be sentenced to serve: --------- Correct Answer ---------- Up to six months in jail.
There are two traffic lanes moving in your direction. You are driving in the left lane and many vehicles are passing you on the right. If the driver behind you wishes to drive faster, you should: --------- Correct Answer ---------- Move into the right lane when it is safe.
While driving at night, a vehicle coming toward you has its high beams on, making it hard for you to see the road ahead. You should: --------- Correct Answer ---------- Look ahead toward the right edge of your lane.
You should increase the distance between your vehicle and the vehicle ahead when
you: --------- Correct Answer ---------- Are being tailgated by another driver.
Check your rearview mirrors: --------- Correct Answer ---------- Often to see how traffic is moving behind you
At an uncontrolled intersection where you cannot see cross traffic until you are just about to enter the intersection, the speed limit is: --------- Correct Answer ---------- 15 mph.
If your vehicle starts to lose traction because of water on the road, you should: --------- Correct Answer ---------- Slow down gradually and not apply the brakes.
You are crossing an intersection and an emergency vehicle is approaching while using its siren and flashing lights. You should: --------- Correct Answer ---------- Continue through the intersection, pull to the right, and stop.
A peace officer is signaling for you to drive to the edge of the roadway. You decide to ignore the officer's warning and flee the scene. You are guilty of a misdemeanor and can be punished by being: --------- Correct Answer ---------- Jailed in the county jail for not more than one year.
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The speed limit on a school zone where children are present is ____, unless otherwise posted. --------- Correct Answer ---------- 25 mph
It is illegal to leave a child age ____ or younger alone in a vehicle. --------- Correct Answer ---------- six
When approaching a roundabout, you should always: --------- Correct Answer ---------- decrease your speed
When using a roundabout, drivers should: --------- Correct Answer ---------- Yield to traffic already in the roundabout.
If you pass a school bus that is stopped with its red lights flashing, you will: --------- Correct Answer ---------- Be fined up to $1,000.
Placard abuse will result in: --------- Correct Answer ---------- Placard revocation, a fine, and/or jail time.
Fines in a construction zone are: --------- Correct Answer ---------- doubled
California's Move Over law requires: --------- Correct Answer ---------- All vehicles to vacate the lane closest to an emergency vehicle that is stopped with its lights flashing.
If you hit an animal with your vehicle while driving on a California highway, you should: - -------- Correct Answer ---------- Call the humane society.
Abandoning an animal on the highway may result in: --------- Correct Answer ---------- jail time
To prevent tailgating, drivers should follow the: --------- Correct Answer ---------- three- second rule
If you come across livestock or other animals on the roadway, you should: --------- Correct Answer ---------- Slow down and stop.
You should turn on your headlights: --------- Correct Answer ---------- One half hour after sunset.
What usually causes a locked wheel skid? --------- Correct Answer ---------- Braking too hard at a fast speed
It is illegal for a person 21 years of age or older to drive with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) that is ____ or higher. --------- Correct Answer ---------- 0.08% -- Eight-hundredths of one percent
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