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1. Your light turns green while a pedestrian is still lawfully crossing your path. What should you do?
1. Wait and yield to the pedestrian.
2. Move forward to make the pedestrian stop.
3. Sound your horn and turn behind the pedestrian.
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2. What does a steady yellow traffic light tell a driver?
1. The intersection is closed to all traffic.
2. The green movement is ending and red will follow.
3. Cross traffic must stop while you accelerate.
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3. No sign prohibits a right turn on red. After stopping, what must you do before turning?
1. Wait for every other road to display red.
2. Turn as soon as the vehicle behind you arrives.
3. Yield to pedestrians and traffic moving with the signal.
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4. 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?
1. Stop, yield, then turn left when safe.
2. Turn left without stopping if the lane is empty.
3. Turn left after stopping without yielding to pedestrians.
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5. A NO TURN ON RED sign faces your lane. The cross street looks empty. What should you do?
1. Stop, count three seconds and turn.
2. Wait for a signal that permits your turn.
3. Turn if no pedestrian is in the crosswalk.
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6. Every traffic light at the intersection is dark. How should you approach?
1. Keep moving if you are on the wider road.
2. Treat it as green unless another driver honks.
3. Stop completely, then proceed cautiously when safe.
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7. Two cars reach a dark-signal intersection from different streets at about the same time. Both stop. Who yields?
1. The driver with the other car on the right.
2. The driver with the other car on the left.
3. The driver whose car is smaller.
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8. You face a flashing red signal. What is required?
1. Slow down and proceed without stopping if clear.
2. Stop and follow the right-of-way rules for a stop sign.
3. Wait for the flashing light to become steady green.
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9. What should you do at a flashing yellow signal?
1. Stop and wait for a green signal.
2. Proceed at the same speed without checking traffic.
3. Proceed with caution after checking for hazards.
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10. A pedestrian starts across with the walking-person signal. You want to turn across that crosswalk. What must you do?
1. Yield to the pedestrian.
2. Turn before the pedestrian reaches your bumper.
3. Use your horn to claim the turn.
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11. A pedestrian began crossing on WALK, but the hand signal appears before they finish. How should a turning driver respond?
1. Expect the pedestrian to return to the starting curb.
2. Allow the pedestrian to finish reaching safety.
3. Start turning because the pedestrian's signal changed.
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12. A stop-sign intersection has a crosswalk on your side. Where should you make the required stop?
1. With the front wheels inside the crosswalk.
2. Beyond the crosswalk in the intersecting lane.
3. Before entering that crosswalk.
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13. There is no crosswalk at a stop sign, but a stop line is clearly marked. Where do you stop?
1. At the marked stop line.
2. At the far side of the intersecting road.
3. Beside the sign even if that is past the line.
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14. A stop-sign intersection has neither a crosswalk nor a stop line. Where should you stop?
1. After entering far enough to block the nearest traffic lane.
2. Before entering, at the nearest point with a view of approaching traffic.
3. At a fixed distance of 50 feet from the intersection.
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15. You approach a yield sign and a vehicle is close enough to conflict with your crossing. What should you do?
1. Continue because a yield sign is not a stop sign.
2. Accelerate so the other driver can follow behind.
3. Slow down and yield, stopping if needed.
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16. A green arrow permits your turn, but another vehicle is still lawfully clearing the intersection. What should you do?
1. Yield and make the indicated turn cautiously.
2. Turn immediately because an arrow gives absolute priority.
3. Switch to a different turn to avoid waiting.
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17. At an uncontrolled four-way intersection, another vehicle arrives from your right at about the same time. What should you do?
1. Go first because you are going straight.
2. Yield to the vehicle on your right.
3. Go first if your vehicle is larger.
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18. Your street ends at an uncontrolled T intersection. A vehicle is approaching on the continuing street. Who yields?
1. The other driver, if that vehicle is on your left.
2. The other driver, if your vehicle arrived first.
3. You, because your street ends.
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19. You are entering a freeway from an acceleration lane as a vehicle on the freeway reaches the merge area. Who must yield?
1. You, as the entering driver.
2. The freeway driver, because you are on the right.
3. The driver traveling at the lower speed.
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20. You want to turn left across an oncoming car that is close enough to pose an immediate hazard. What is required?
1. Turn because you entered the intersection first.
2. Wait and yield to the oncoming car.
3. Signal and expect the oncoming car to brake.
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Arizona · 20-question sample · Mark one correct answer for each question.

1. A — 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).
2. B — The green movement is ending and red will follow.
Yellow warns that the green phase is ending. It is not an invitation to speed into the intersection.
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-645, A(2)(a).
3. C — 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).
4. A — 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).
5. B — 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).
6. C — 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.
7. A — 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.
8. B — 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.
9. C — 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.
10. A — 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).
11. B — 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).
12. C — Before entering that crosswalk.
Stop before entering the near-side crosswalk so it remains available to pedestrians.
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-855, B.
13. A — 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.
14. B — 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.
15. C — 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.
16. A — 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).
17. B — 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.
18. C — 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.
19. A — 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.
20. B — 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.

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Practice questions

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

2. What does a steady yellow traffic light tell a driver?

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

8. You face a flashing red signal. What is required?

9. What should you do at a flashing yellow signal?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Answer key & explanations

1. A — Wait and yield to the pedestrian.

2. B — The green movement is ending and red will follow.

3. C — Yield to pedestrians and traffic moving with the signal.

4. A — Stop, yield, then turn left when safe.

5. B — Wait for a signal that permits your turn.

6. C — Stop completely, then proceed cautiously when safe.

7. A — The driver with the other car on the right.

8. B — Stop and follow the right-of-way rules for a stop sign.

9. C — Proceed with caution after checking for hazards.

10. A — Yield to the pedestrian.

11. B — Allow the pedestrian to finish reaching safety.

12. C — Before entering that crosswalk.

13. A — At the marked stop line.

14. B — Before entering, at the nearest point with a view of approaching traffic.

15. C — Slow down and yield, stopping if needed.

16. A — Yield and make the indicated turn cautiously.

17. B — Yield to the vehicle on your right.

18. C — You, because your street ends.

19. A — You, as the entering driver.

20. B — Wait and yield to the oncoming car.

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