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California DMV Permit EXAM

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When driving in fog, it is best to drive with -High beam headlights -Low beam headlights -Four-way flashers - Answer - ✔✔ Low beam headlights

You are preparing to exit the interstate. When should you start reducing your speed?

-About halfway through the deceleration lane.-As you approach the deceleration lane.-Immediately upon entering the deceleration lane. - Answer - ✔✔ Immediately upon entering the deceleration lane

Blue traffic signs offer information on:

• Motorist services

-Construction and maintenance -Mileage information, such as distances to specific locations - Answer - ✔✔ Motorist services

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 of one percent - Answer - ✔✔ 0.08%-- Eight-hundredths of one percent

Having a driver license is a :

-Requirement -Privilege -Right - Answer - ✔✔ Privilege

When changing lanes, you can check your blind spots by:

-Using the inside rearview mirror -Turing your head and looking over your shoulder 1 / 3

-Using your side mirror - Answer - ✔✔ Turing your head and looking over your shoulder

You must yield the right-of-way to an emergency vehicle that is using its siren and

flashing lights by:

-Driving as closely to the right edge of the road as possible and stopping -Moving into the right lane and driving slowly until it has -Stopping immediately, even if your are within and intersection - Answer - ✔✔ Driving as closely to the right edge of the road as possible and stopping.

You have been involved in a minor traffic collision with a parked vehicle and you can't

find the owner. You must:

-Leave a note on the vehicle.

-Report the collision without delay to the city police or, in unincorpo areas, to the California highway patrol.

-Both of the above. - Answer - ✔✔ Both of above

If weather or light conditions require you to have your lights on while driving:

-Use your parking lights -Use your high beams -Use your low beams - Answer - ✔✔ Use your low beams

If it starts to rain on a hot day, the road is slippery:

-for the first few minutes -after it has stopped raining -after it has been raining for a few hours - Answer - ✔✔ -for the first few minutes

You are entering a roundabout with multiple lanes, and you need to turn left at the

intersection. You must:

-choose either lane, and exit in the lane you entered -Choose the left-land lane and exit -choose the right-hand lane and exit in the left-hand lane - Answer - ✔✔ choose the left- land lane and exit

To avoid tailgating, drivers should:

-Look into their rear view mirror -use the "three-second rule" -leave at least 25 feet between their vehicle and the vehicle ahead - Answer - ✔✔ -use the "three-second rule" 2 / 3

When you prepare to make a left turn from a one-way road into a one-way road, you

must:

-approach the turn in the right lane or from the right side of a single lane

-enter the two-way road to the left of its center line

-approach the turn in the left lane of from the left side of a single lane - Answer - ✔✔ approach the turn in the left lane of from the left side of a single lane

Two vehicles approach an uncontrolled "T" intersection. One vehicle is on the through road and and the other is on the road that ends. Who has the right-of-way at the intersection?-The vehicle on the right -The vehicle that arrives first -The vehicle on the through road - Answer - ✔✔ -The vehicle on the through road

Unless otherwise posted the speed limit in a residential area is :

-30 MPH

-25 MPH

-20 MPH - Answer - ✔✔ 25 MPH

what type of pavement marking is used to show you which lane you must use for a turn?

• Diamond

-Arrows

• Edge Line - Answer - ✔✔ Arrows

Based on the DMV handbook, you should never park your vehicle __ feet

-25 -15 -10 - Answer - ✔✔ -15

When parking uphill on a two-way street with no curb, your front wheels should be turned to the left (toward the street)

-turned to the left (toward the street) -parallel with the pavement -turned to the right (away from the street) - Answer - ✔✔ -turned to the right (away from the street)

On rainy, snowy, or foggy days, you should turn on your windshield wipers and:

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