Arizona permit-test explanation sheet

A compact Arizona reading view of 20 existing sourced practice explanations. Each card keeps the original question, correct answer and explanation together so that a qualified rule is not detached from its scenario.

A short sample of car driving questions. Read the handbook to cover the other topics you need.

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Test-format qualifications

Office permit knowledge test: 30 questions. 24 correct are needed to pass. Agency passing statement: At least 80 percent.

Source qualifications for this format

24 correct and six allowed mistakes are derived from 30 questions and the published 80% requirement.

No in-office duration published in the reviewed operational page.

Retained facts checked 2026-10-10.

Permit Test @ Home for applicants under 18: 30 questions. 24 correct are needed to pass, subject to the separate requirements below. Agency passing statement: At least 80 percent. Published time limit for this format: 30 minutes.

  • Age maximum is exclusive: applicants must be younger than 18.
  • Parent or guardian supervises through the required account.
Source qualifications for this format

24 correct and six mistakes are derived. The brochure's 30-minute duration applies to at-home testing, not automatically to the office exam.

Progressive scoring is mentioned, but it does not explicitly establish early termination.

Retained facts checked 2026-10-10.

Source-linked explanations to review

Review 1 · Signals and intersections

Your light turns green while a pedestrian is still lawfully crossing your path. What should you do?

Correct answer: Wait and yield to the pedestrian.

A green light does not remove the duty to yield to people already lawfully in the crosswalk.

Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-645, A(1)(a). ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-14

Review 2 · Signals and intersections

In Arizona, what is a solid yellow signal telling you?

Correct answer: Your green interval is finishing and red comes next.

Solid yellow is the warning between green and red. Brake for it when a smooth stop is possible; it is not a cue to hurry through before the red appears.

Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-645, A(2)(a). ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-14

Review 3 · Signals and intersections

No sign prohibits a right turn on red. After stopping, what must you do before turning?

Correct answer: Yield to pedestrians and traffic moving with the signal.

A permitted right turn on red requires a stop and yielding to pedestrians and traffic with the right-of-way.

Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-645, A(3)(b). ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-14

Review 4 · Signals and intersections

You are on a one-way street facing red and want to turn left onto a one-way street carrying traffic left. No sign forbids it. What is permitted?

Correct answer: Stop, yield, then turn left when safe.

Arizona permits this one-way-to-one-way left turn after stopping and yielding, unless a sign prohibits it.

Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-645, A(3)(c). ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-14

Review 5 · Signals and intersections

A NO TURN ON RED sign faces your lane. The cross street looks empty. What should you do?

Correct answer: Wait for a signal that permits your turn.

A posted prohibition removes the usual permission to turn right after stopping at red.

Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-645, A(3)(b). ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-14

Review 6 · Signals and intersections

Every traffic light at the intersection is dark. How should you approach?

Correct answer: Stop completely, then proceed cautiously when safe.

An inoperative Arizona traffic signal requires a complete stop before entering the intersection.

Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-645, C. ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-14

Review 7 · Signals and intersections

Two cars reach a dark-signal intersection from different streets at about the same time. Both stop. Who yields?

Correct answer: The driver with the other car on the right.

When an inoperative signal produces a simultaneous arrival, the driver on the left yields to the driver on the right.

Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-645, C. ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-14

Review 8 · Signals and intersections

You face a flashing red signal. What is required?

Correct answer: Stop and follow the right-of-way rules for a stop sign.

Flashing red requires a complete stop; proceed under the rules that apply after stopping at a stop sign.

Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-647, 1. ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-14

Review 9 · Signals and intersections

What should you do at a flashing yellow signal?

Correct answer: Proceed with caution after checking for hazards.

Flashing yellow permits cautious movement rather than requiring a stop in every situation.

Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-647, 2. ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-14

Review 10 · Signals and intersections

A pedestrian starts across with the walking-person signal. You want to turn across that crosswalk. What must you do?

Correct answer: Yield to the pedestrian.

Drivers must give the right-of-way to pedestrians crossing in the direction of a WALK indication.

Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-646, A(1). ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-14

Review 11 · Signals and intersections

A pedestrian began crossing on WALK, but the hand signal appears before they finish. How should a turning driver respond?

Correct answer: Allow the pedestrian to finish reaching safety.

Someone already crossing on WALK may continue to the sidewalk or safety island when DON'T WALK appears.

Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-646, A(2). ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-14

Review 12 · Signals and intersections

A stop-sign intersection has a crosswalk on your side. Where should you make the required stop?

Correct answer: Before entering that crosswalk.

Stop before entering the near-side crosswalk so it remains available to pedestrians.

Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-855, B. ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-14

Review 13 · Signals and intersections

There is no crosswalk at a stop sign, but a stop line is clearly marked. Where do you stop?

STOP sign
FHWA — Standard Highway Signs / reviewed local presentation

Correct answer: At the marked stop line.

Where no crosswalk exists, Arizona's stop-sign rule specifies the clearly marked stop line.

Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-855, B. ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-14

Review 14 · Signals and intersections

A stop-sign intersection has neither a crosswalk nor a stop line. Where should you stop?

Correct answer: Before entering, at the nearest point with a view of approaching traffic.

Without a crosswalk or line, stop before the intersection at the nearest point where approaching traffic can be seen.

Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-855, B. ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-14

Review 15 · Signals and intersections

You approach a yield sign and a vehicle is close enough to conflict with your crossing. What should you do?

YIELD sign
FHWA — Standard Highway Signs / reviewed local presentation

Correct answer: Slow down and yield, stopping if needed.

Yield signs require a reasonable approach speed and yielding to traffic in the intersection or close enough to be a hazard.

Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-855, C. ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-14

Review 16 · Signals and intersections

A green arrow permits your turn, but another vehicle is still lawfully clearing the intersection. What should you do?

Correct answer: Yield and make the indicated turn cautiously.

Even with a green arrow, you must yield to other traffic lawfully using the intersection.

Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-645, A(1)(b). ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-14

Review 17 · Right-of-way and turns

At an uncontrolled four-way intersection, another vehicle arrives from your right at about the same time. What should you do?

Correct answer: Yield to the vehicle on your right.

For simultaneous arrivals at this type of intersection, the driver on the left yields to the driver on the right.

Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-771, A. ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-14

Review 18 · Right-of-way and turns

Your street ends at an uncontrolled T intersection. A vehicle is approaching on the continuing street. Who yields?

Correct answer: You, because your street ends.

The terminating-road driver yields to traffic on the continuing road; the usual left-versus-right rule does not reverse this.

Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-771, A. ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-14

Review 19 · Right-of-way and turns

You are entering a freeway from an acceleration lane as a vehicle on the freeway reaches the merge area. Who must yield?

Correct answer: You, as the entering driver.

Traffic entering from a ramp or acceleration lane yields to traffic on the main freeway roadway.

Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-771, C. ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-14

Review 20 · Right-of-way and turns

You want to turn left across an oncoming car that is close enough to pose an immediate hazard. What is required?

Correct answer: Wait and yield to the oncoming car.

A left-turning driver yields to oncoming vehicles in the intersection or close enough to be an immediate hazard.

Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-772, Entire section. ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-14