California Permit Practice Test 2

This test has 46 new questions, none repeated from Practice Test 1. It covers traffic signals and sign shapes, parking and curb colors, seat belts and child seats, and the point system. You need 37 correct (80%) to pass. Answer each question to see the correct answer, a short explanation and the handbook section it comes from.

Unofficial practice test 46 questions · pass at 80% (37 correct)

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  1. Apart from a job-related exception, a driver under 21 may carry alcohol in a vehicle only if:
  2. In which situation does the handbook say you should leave extra following distance behind a motorcyclist?
  3. Another vehicle changes into your lane and ends up too close in front of you. What should you do?
  4. A pedestrian with a white cane is waiting at a corner. As you approach, the person draws the cane in and steps back from the intersection. What does this usually mean?
  5. A driver behind you is following much too closely. What does the California handbook recommend?
  6. On a steep mountain road too narrow for two vehicles to pass, you are heading downhill and meet a vehicle heading uphill. What should happen?
  7. Your vehicle begins to skid on a slippery road. Which way should you turn the steering wheel?
  8. You are already in the middle of an intersection when you see an ambulance coming with its siren on. What should you do?
  9. According to the California handbook, how fast should you drive on an icy road?
  10. Which headlights should you use when driving in fog or heavy smoke?
  11. You reach an intersection where the signal is blinking red for your direction. What must you do?
  12. You see a five-sided (pentagon-shaped) sign ahead. What does it tell you?
  13. The handbook says it is illegal to drive while wearing a headset or earplugs in:
  14. California doctors must report certain patients to DMV when a medical condition, such as lapses of consciousness, could make driving unsafe. From what age does this reporting requirement apply?
  15. You are using high beams on a dark road and a car is coming toward you. Within what distance of that car must you switch to low beams?
  16. Your vehicle has trouble and you must stop, but it has no emergency flashers. What does the handbook tell you to use instead?
  17. For a passenger car driver, what does a curb painted red mean?
  18. You are driving, and your 14-year-old passenger is not wearing a seat belt. Who can get a ticket for this?
  19. A funeral procession led by a traffic officer is passing through an intersection, and your light turns green. What should you do?
  20. You approach an intersection with no stop signs at any corner and no traffic signals, and buildings block your view of cross traffic. Unless a different limit is posted, what is the speed limit?
  21. An average passenger vehicle at 55 mph can stop within about 300 feet. According to the handbook, a large vehicle at the same speed may need up to how far to stop?
  22. A steady (non-flashing) yellow light comes on as you approach an intersection. What does the handbook tell you to do?
  23. What does a diamond-shaped sign generally tell drivers?
  24. In which situation does the handbook recommend hand-over-hand steering?
  25. Which of these point totals on an adult's driver record is one that the handbook says can lead to a license suspension?
  26. Even on a clear evening, the handbook lists a time after which you must have your headlights on. When is it?
  27. What are you allowed to do at a curb painted white?
  28. How should the lap portion of a seat belt be worn?
  29. You are already in the intersection making a protected left turn when your green arrow changes to a yellow arrow. What should you do?
  30. A round yellow-and-black sign, or a sign shaped like a large X, appears ahead. What does it mean?
  31. You are turning while backing up and need to look behind you, so you steer with one hand. Where does the handbook say to place that hand on the wheel?
  32. A judge offers you traffic violator school for a one-point ticket. How often may you use this option?
  33. Cargo sticks out past your rear bumper. Beyond what distance must it be marked with a 12-inch square flag that is red or fluorescent orange?
  34. You are driving an ordinary noncommercial car and stop at a yellow curb to unload some packages. What does the handbook say you are usually required to do?
  35. A child is under 2 years old, weighs less than 40 pounds, and is shorter than 3 feet 4 inches. How must this child be secured?
  36. Your light is green, but traffic ahead is backed up and you could not get all the way across the intersection before your light turns red. What should you do?
  37. A sign shows a picture inside a red circle with a red line drawn across it. What does it tell you?
  38. You complete traffic violator school for a one-point citation. What happens to that citation?
  39. Parking is illegal within how many feet of a fire hydrant?
  40. Under the California handbook, at what point may a child ride using a regular federally approved safety belt rather than a child passenger restraint system?
  41. You signed a traffic ticket but never showed up in court. What may DMV do?
  42. On a street with no curb extension, you may not park within how many feet of a crosswalk, whether it is marked or unmarked?
  43. A 5-year-old normally rides in a child restraint in the back seat. In which situation may the child ride in the front seat in a federally-approved child restraint?
  44. Within the first year of holding a minor's license, a teen has two at-fault collisions. For 30 days they may drive only with a licensed adult who is at least what age?
  45. How close to a sidewalk ramp for disabled persons is parking prohibited?
  46. How much space should a driver keep between their breastbone and the air bag cover in the middle of the steering wheel?

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