You approach an intersection displaying a flashing yellow signal. What is the appropriate response?
Correct answer: Slow down and proceed with care
Flashing yellow warns you to slow down and proceed carefully. It does not provide an unconditional right-of-way.
Source: 2026 New Jersey Driver Manual, printed 212 (physical 214), Traffic Signals / Flashing Amber-Yellow Light. Reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗
You are leaving a private driveway for a public road. A vehicle on the road is approaching your intended path. What should you do?
Correct answer: Yield to traffic on the public road
Traffic entering from a private driveway yields to traffic already on the main road. Do not force an approaching driver to create your gap.
Source: 2026 New Jersey Driver Manual, printed 68 (physical 70), Intersections / Uncontrolled. Reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗
You finish a turn, but your indicator continues flashing. What should you do?
Correct answer: Cancel it after completing the turn
Cancel the turn signal after the turn so other road users do not mistake it for another intended maneuver.
Source: 2026 New Jersey Driver Manual, printed 72, 96 (physical 74, 98), Turning Regulations; Changing Lanes and Passing. Reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗
A car ahead is waiting to turn left. The only space on its right is the road's shoulder. What should you do?
Correct answer: Wait behind it rather than pass on the shoulder
The manual expressly prohibits using the right shoulder to pass. A vehicle waiting to turn left does not make the shoulder a passing lane.
Source: 2026 New Jersey Driver Manual, printed 65 (physical 67), Passing / right-side passing paragraph. Manual cites N.J.S.A.39:4-85; Reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗
Traffic is stopped just beyond a railroad crossing, leaving too little room for your whole car. No train warning is active. What should you do?
Correct answer: Wait before the tracks until there is room
Make sure you can get completely across before entering a railroad crossing. The absence of an active train warning does not make the tracks a waiting area.
Source: 2026 New Jersey Driver Manual, printed 76 (physical 78), Stop at Railroad Crossings / final paragraph. Reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗
You approach a cyclist in a roadside bicycle lane. A lane change cannot be made, but a safe pass is possible. What minimum clearance must you maintain through the pass?
Correct answer: At least four feet
When the lane-change option cannot be used, leave at least four feet while approaching and maintain that clearance until safely past. If that cannot be done safely, the slower-speed fallback applies.
Source: 2026 New Jersey Driver Manual, printed 146, 150, 151 (physical 148, 152, 153), Safe Passing Law; Bicycles, Skateboards, and Inline Skates. P.L.2024, c.11 §1, C.39:4-92.4(b)(2), within complete §1(a)–(d); effective 2024-05-02; Reviewed 2026-09-12. ↗
Before an evening winter trip, you check the headlights. What other lighting deserves attention?
Correct answer: Brake lights, signals and emergency flashers
Other road users rely on signals and brake lights, while emergency flashers help communicate a stopped-vehicle hazard.
Source: NHTSA Winter Weather Driving Tips > Preparing Your Vehicle > Lights (current HTML practical guidance) ↗
Your car has functioning ABS and you need to brake hard. What pedal technique matches NHTSA guidance?
Correct answer: Apply firm, continuous brake pressure
For a car equipped with ABS, firm continuous pressure lets the system manage wheel locking. This is not guidance for a non-ABS vehicle.
Source: NHTSA Winter Weather Driving Tips > Changes You May Notice > Safety Technologies (current HTML practical guidance) ↗
A seldom-used car has old tires with substantial tread. What should you remember?
Correct answer: Tires can deteriorate with age despite little tread wear
Service, storage and environmental conditions change tire materials over time. Tread appearance alone does not establish condition.
Source: NHTSA TireWise > Aging > What is tire aging?; Am I at risk?; What can I do? (current HTML practical guidance) ↗
You feel sleepy and your car drifts onto a rumble strip. What should you do?
Correct answer: Find a safe place to stop and rest
Drifting and striking a rumble strip are warning signs. Stop safely rather than treating the warning itself as a fatigue remedy.
Source: NHTSA Drowsy Driving > Tips to Drive Alert > How To Avoid Driving Drowsy, item 7; Short-Term Interventions (current HTML practical guidance) ↗
Two cars use different brand names for their safety technology. What is the best way to learn what your car actually does?
Correct answer: Read its owner's manual and learn each feature's limits
Some features warn and others intervene. Vehicle-specific instructions explain their operation and limitations.
Source: NHTSA Driver Assistance Technologies > Technology Saves Lives, two descriptive paragraphs (current HTML practical guidance) ↗
Floodwater covers the road ahead, and you cannot judge its depth or the pavement beneath it. What is the safe choice?
Correct answer: Do not enter; choose another route
Floodwater can move vehicles and conceal road damage. A successful crossing by someone else does not establish safety.
Source: NWS Flood Safety > Opening flood-risk and road-barrier paragraphs (current HTML practical guidance) ↗
Your friend begins reading messages while driving you. What is a constructive passenger response?
Correct answer: Ask them to put the phone away and focus on driving
NHTSA encourages passengers to speak up about distracted driving rather than facilitate it.
Source: NHTSA Distracted Driving > Get Involved > Teens; Take the pledge, passenger commitment (current HTML practical guidance) ↗
A raised island divides the pavement ahead, with this sign at its approach end. Which path follows the sign?
Correct answer: Pass the island on its right-hand side.
KEEP RIGHT directs traffic to pass to the right of the roadway feature or obstruction. It does not direct a right turn off the roadway or allow either side to be chosen.
Source: FHWA MUTCD, 11th Edition with Revision 1 (December 2025), Section 2B.39, paragraphs 01, R4-7; printed page 102 / physical PDF page 143 ↗
While on an undivided highway, you encounter this sign. What kind of section is ahead?
Correct answer: Opposing traffic separated by a physical divider.
DIVIDED HIGHWAY warns of a section where a median or other physical barrier separates opposing traffic. It describes the roadway ahead, rather than a turn instruction at an island.
Source: FHWA MUTCD, 11th Edition with Revision 1 (December 2025), Section 2C.20, paragraphs 01–02, W6-1; printed page 170 / physical PDF page 211 ↗
On a rural highway, this truck symbol also matters to a car driver. Which feature is it warning about?
Correct answer: A downgrade that calls for special care.
The HILL sign warns of a downgrade whose characteristics require special precautions. The truck illustration does not make it a truck-only restriction and, without a plaque, states no exact grade or hill length.
Source: FHWA MUTCD, 11th Edition with Revision 1 (December 2025), Section 2C.14, paragraphs 01–05, W7-1; printed page 167 / physical PDF page 208 ↗
A 16-year-old has passed the required tests in New Jersey's special learner program. How much behind-the-wheel instruction with a licensed instructor in a dual-controlled vehicle is required?
Correct answer: Six hours.
The young-driver workflow requires six hours of instruction. These instructional hours do not replace the separate supervised-practice period or practice-hour certification.
Source: Step 2 — Behind-the-Wheel Instruction, complete instruction and validation paragraph. ↗
An 18-year-old received a New Jersey examination permit in March 2026. What minimum total of supervised practice hours must be certified before probationary licensing?
Correct answer: 50 hours.
For a qualifying permit issued on or after February 1, 2025 to someone under 21, the requirement is 50 total practice hours, including 10 during darkness. Other licensing conditions remain.
Source: Implementation notice, paragraphs beginning Starting February 1 and This new requirement; eligible permits and 50/10 requirements. ↗
A New Jersey driver has just obtained a probationary license. In the ordinary pathway, how much practice on that license is required before upgrading to a basic license?
Correct answer: One year.
The current MVC workflow requires a year of probationary driving before the basic-license upgrade. Age and other eligibility requirements still apply; the license does not upgrade itself.
Source: Practice driving on your own, one year and age-18 requirements. ↗
Using the New Jersey manual's 50-question knowledge-test standard, what is the minimum number of correct answers needed to pass?
Correct answer: 40 correct answers.
The manual's test-requirements table gives 80%, or 40 correct answers out of 50. This describes the official stated standard, not a promise of passing after using a practice quiz.
Source: 2026 Driver Manual, printed page 31, Test Requirements table, Written row; physical PDF page 33. ↗
