You have turned the wheels correctly for hill parking. What else should you do?
Correct answer: Set the parking brake and select Park or a gear for a manual
Wheel direction is a backup, not a replacement for securing the vehicle.
Source: Parking on a Hill ↗
Can parking lights alone replace headlights while you drive at night?
Correct answer: No, use the required headlights
Parking lamps do not provide the lighting required for driving.
Source: Using Your Headlights ↗
A one-way street is empty. May you make a U-turn and drive back along it?
Correct answer: No, U-turns are prohibited on one-way streets
A U-turn would put you against the authorized direction of travel.
Source: U-TURN — Prohibited Locations ↗
Before a permitted turn across light-rail tracks, what must you check?
Correct answer: Approaching rail vehicles as well as the controlling signal
A turn across tracks can conflict with a train even when the car lane looks clear.
Source: Light Rail Vehicles ↗
An officer directs you to wait although your signal is green. What should you do?
Correct answer: Follow the officer’s direction and wait
An officer directing traffic overrides the ordinary signal instruction.
Source: Emergency Vehicles — Officer Directions ↗
A 1-year-old weighs 25 pounds and is 30 inches tall. Which seat orientation is required?
Correct answer: Rear-facing in an appropriate child restraint
This child is under two and below both size exceptions for the rear-facing requirement.
Source: Child Restraint System and Safety Seats ↗
Your right wheels drift onto a clear shoulder. Which response helps you return safely?
Correct answer: Hold the wheel firmly, ease off, brake gently, check traffic, and return carefully
A forceful correction can carry the car across your lane into oncoming traffic. First control and slow the vehicle, then check traffic and steer back carefully.
Source: Section 8 — Driving Off the Pavement ↗
After selling a vehicle, when must you notify DMV using the transfer and release-of-liability notice?
Correct answer: Within 5 days
The seller’s notice is separate from the buyer’s ownership-transfer duty.
Source: Buying or Selling a Vehicle ↗
A crosswalk has a curb extension and no different local rule. What minimum clearance must your parked car leave on its approach side?
Correct answer: At least 15 feet
A curb extension changes the standard approach-side clearance from 20 feet to 15 feet.
Source: CVC 22500(n)(1)(A) ↗
An over-the-counter cold medicine warns that it may cause drowsiness. What should you consider before driving?
Correct answer: It may impair driving even though no prescription is required
Check the warning and the medicine's effects. Pharmacy availability does not establish fitness to drive.
Source: Alcohol and Drugs — medication labels ↗
What movement is indicated by the arm signal shown?
Correct answer: A left turn
A left arm held straight out signals a left turn.
Source: Signaling — Left Turn ↗
After little sleep, you drink coffee and feel more awake. Which conclusion is safest?
Correct answer: You may still have brief sleep episodes
Caffeine alone may not prevent brief sleep episodes in a sleep-deprived driver.
Source: Short-Term Interventions — Coffee, Energy Drinks, and Microsleeps ↗
Your stopped car is surrounded by snow. Before briefly running the engine for warmth, check that:
Correct answer: The exhaust pipe is clear of snow
Blocked exhaust can cause carbon monoxide poisoning. Run the engine only intermittently, not continuously with the windows closed.
Source: Driving in Winter Weather — What to Do in an Emergency ↗
Which starting hand positions does DMV recommend for hand-to-hand (push/pull) steering?
Correct answer: 9 and 3, or 8 and 4 o’clock
These positions support push/pull steering without crossing your hands over the wheel’s center.
Source: Section 5 — Controlling the Vehicle: Hand-to-Hand Steering (Push/Pull) ↗
A truck ahead signals right, then moves left as it approaches the corner. How should you respond?
Correct answer: Stay back; it may need the space to complete a wide right turn
A truck's rear wheels take a shorter path than its front wheels, so it may swing left before turning right. The opening beside it can disappear during the turn.
Source: Section 7 — Large Vehicles and Truck Drivers: Turning ↗
What does this NO OUTLET sign mean?
Correct answer: The roads ahead do not provide a through route to another exit
NO OUTLET warns that the road network ahead does not lead through to another exit. It is not the same instruction as DO NOT ENTER.
Source: FHWA MUTCD 2009 Figure 2C-5 — W14-2 No outlet ↗
What change in road surfacing should you expect?
Correct answer: A transition away from a paved surface
The message concerns the road surface. Do not confuse the end of pavement with a DEAD END warning.
Source: FHWA MUTCD 2009 Figure 2C-6 — W8-3 Pavement ends ↗
How will traffic from the joining road enter?
Correct answer: Entering traffic has an added lane
The separate continuing paths distinguish an added lane from the merging-traffic warning, where the incoming path joins the through path.
Source: FHWA MUTCD 2009 Figure 2C-8 — W4-3 Added lane ↗
A green arrow points left. Before making the protected turn, you must still:
Correct answer: Yield to anyone remaining in the intersection
The arrow protects the movement, but drivers must avoid pedestrians or vehicles already present.
Source: Traffic Signals — Green Arrow ↗
A red X is illuminated above your lane. What must you do?
Correct answer: Leave that lane safely
A red X means the lane is closed to traffic facing the signal.
Source: CA MUTCD 2026 — Lane-Use Control Signals ↗
You are beside the solid line in a solid-and-broken yellow pair. May you pass?
Correct answer: No
Only traffic beside the broken line may pass when safe.
Source: Lane Markings — Solid and Broken Yellow Lines ↗
Before turning right, when may a driver enter a conventional bicycle lane?
Correct answer: Within 200 feet of the turn after checking for bicyclists
California permits entering the bicycle lane within 200 feet of the turn after yielding and checking.
Source: Section 6 — Bicycle Lanes: conventional lanes and entering for a turn ↗
