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1. You are waiting to turn left at an intersection. An oncoming car is close enough that turning would create a hazard. What should you do?
1. Wait for the oncoming car to pass.
2. Turn before the oncoming car reaches you.
3. Expect the oncoming car to stop for you.
4. Begin turning to claim the available gap.
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2. A vehicle from a crossing road is already inside an intersection with no signs or signals. As you approach, what is required?
1. Enter first if your vehicle is on its right.
2. Continue because the intersection has no stop sign.
3. Yield to the vehicle already in the intersection.
4. Accelerate so that you cross behind it quickly.
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3. At a stop-controlled intersection with no stop line and no crosswalk, where do you stop?
1. Before entering, where you can see approaching cross traffic.
2. At the center of the intersection, then check both ways.
3. One car length after entering, clear of the stop sign.
4. At a fixed distance of 50 feet before the intersection.
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4. You are leaving a driveway while a car approaches on the road you want to enter. It would have to brake for you. What should you do?
1. Enter because a driveway functions as an uncontrolled intersection.
2. Pull halfway out so the approaching driver sees you.
3. Wait until you can enter without creating that conflict.
4. Enter if your turn signal has been on long enough.
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5. An intersection has signs and lane markings directing your turning path. What should determine the path you follow?
1. Follow the route required by the traffic-control devices.
2. Choose any receiving lane as soon as the turn begins.
3. Follow the widest curve regardless of the lane markings.
4. Use the usual turning path even if signs direct otherwise.
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6. Without special lane directions, which lane should you use to approach an intersection for a left turn?
1. The far-right lane so you have space for a wider turn.
2. Any through lane if you have already signaled the turn.
3. The far-left lane lawfully available in your direction.
4. The lane left of the centerline if opposing traffic is light.
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7. On a two-lane, two-way road, an oncoming school bus stops to unload children with its red stop signals operating. What must you do?
1. Stop before reaching the bus and wait as required.
2. Continue slowly because the bus is in the opposing lane.
3. Stop briefly, then pass if no child is in your lane.
4. Continue if the bus is stopped close to its roadway edge.
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8. You are behind a school bus in the same direction on a four-lane highway. It stops on your roadway to unload children and displays its stop signals. What must you do?
1. Pass in the other lane because the highway has four lanes.
2. Proceed at walking speed if the adjacent lane is open.
3. Stop before the bus and remain stopped as required.
4. Stop only if the bus is in the same marked lane as you.
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9. As you approach a roundabout entrance, a car is circulating toward you from the left. What should you do?
1. Yield and enter when there is a suitable gap.
2. Enter first because approaching traffic has priority.
3. Stop the circulating driver by edging into the circle.
4. Turn left around the island to avoid crossing its path.
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10. An emergency vehicle approaches with its warning signals operating while you are inside a roundabout. What should you normally do?
1. Stop beside the center island and wait inside the circle.
2. Drive onto the truck apron and stay there until it passes.
3. Exit safely, then pull to the right to let it pass.
4. Reverse toward the entrance so the emergency vehicle can enter.
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11. A vehicle ahead is waiting to turn left, and passing it would require driving onto the shoulder. What should you do?
1. Wait instead of using the shoulder to pass.
2. Use the shoulder if your right turn signal is on.
3. Pass on the shoulder if it appears wide enough.
4. Use the shoulder at half the posted speed limit.
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12. You have passed the turn or exit you wanted. What should you do next?
1. Stop in the travel lane and wait for traffic to clear.
2. Reverse slowly along the travel lane to the missed turn.
3. Continue to a place where you can safely change your route.
4. Stop just beyond the exit and turn sharply across its markings.
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13. A traffic officer directs you to stop, but the traffic light facing you is green. Which instruction do you follow?
1. Stop as directed by the traffic officer.
2. Proceed according to the green traffic light.
3. Continue if the cars beside you keep moving.
4. Follow whichever instruction was displayed first.
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14. A broken yellow line is on your side of a two-lane road. What does that allow?
1. Crossing to pass without checking for oncoming vehicles.
2. Passing even when a curve hides the road ahead.
3. Crossing to pass when visibility, traffic and other rules permit.
4. Driving continuously in the opposing lane while traffic is light.
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15. Two solid yellow lines divide opposing traffic. What do they mean for overtaking another vehicle?
1. Do not cross them to make a passing maneuver.
2. Cross them if you need to pass a vehicle going below the limit.
3. Cross them after signaling for at least three seconds.
4. Cross them if you can return before the next intersection.
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16. How should you respond to a flashing red traffic light?
1. Slow down and continue if no traffic is immediately visible.
2. Keep moving because the signal is flashing rather than steady.
3. Make a full stop, then yield before proceeding safely.
4. Wait without moving until a green signal is displayed.
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17. You face a circular red light and no sign prohibits a right turn. When may you turn right?
1. After a full stop, yielding to pedestrians and other traffic.
2. After slowing enough to see that the nearest lane is empty.
3. As soon as the traffic behind you begins to form a queue.
4. After sounding your horn to warn traffic that you are turning.
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18. A green light changes to steady yellow while you are still far enough away to stop safely. What should you do?
1. Accelerate because yellow provides extra crossing time.
2. Continue at the same speed until the light turns red.
3. Stop before entering the intersection.
4. Make a sudden lane change to follow a vehicle through.
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19. A flashing yellow left-turn arrow is displayed. What is required before you turn?
1. Wait for an adequate gap and yield to pedestrians.
2. Assume oncoming traffic has a red light and turn.
3. Wait for a green arrow even when a safe gap is available.
4. Enter immediately because the flashing arrow reserves your turn.
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20. Your left-turn signal shows a steady red arrow. What should you do?
1. Turn left after stopping if there is no opposing traffic.
2. Turn left slowly if a driver behind you sounds the horn.
3. Stop and wait for an indication permitting the left turn.
4. Treat the red arrow as the same as a flashing yellow arrow.
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Practice questions

1. You are waiting to turn left at an intersection. An oncoming car is close enough that turning would create a hazard. What should you do?

2. A vehicle from a crossing road is already inside an intersection with no signs or signals. As you approach, what is required?

3. At a stop-controlled intersection with no stop line and no crosswalk, where do you stop?

4. You are leaving a driveway while a car approaches on the road you want to enter. It would have to brake for you. What should you do?

5. An intersection has signs and lane markings directing your turning path. What should determine the path you follow?

6. Without special lane directions, which lane should you use to approach an intersection for a left turn?

7. On a two-lane, two-way road, an oncoming school bus stops to unload children with its red stop signals operating. What must you do?

8. You are behind a school bus in the same direction on a four-lane highway. It stops on your roadway to unload children and displays its stop signals. What must you do?

9. As you approach a roundabout entrance, a car is circulating toward you from the left. What should you do?

10. An emergency vehicle approaches with its warning signals operating while you are inside a roundabout. What should you normally do?

11. A vehicle ahead is waiting to turn left, and passing it would require driving onto the shoulder. What should you do?

12. You have passed the turn or exit you wanted. What should you do next?

13. A traffic officer directs you to stop, but the traffic light facing you is green. Which instruction do you follow?

14. A broken yellow line is on your side of a two-lane road. What does that allow?

15. Two solid yellow lines divide opposing traffic. What do they mean for overtaking another vehicle?

16. How should you respond to a flashing red traffic light?

17. You face a circular red light and no sign prohibits a right turn. When may you turn right?

18. A green light changes to steady yellow while you are still far enough away to stop safely. What should you do?

19. A flashing yellow left-turn arrow is displayed. What is required before you turn?

20. Your left-turn signal shows a steady red arrow. What should you do?

Answer key & explanations

1. A — Wait for the oncoming car to pass.

2. C — Yield to the vehicle already in the intersection.

3. A — Before entering, where you can see approaching cross traffic.

4. C — Wait until you can enter without creating that conflict.

5. A — Follow the route required by the traffic-control devices.

6. C — The far-left lane lawfully available in your direction.

7. A — Stop before reaching the bus and wait as required.

8. C — Stop before the bus and remain stopped as required.

9. A — Yield and enter when there is a suitable gap.

10. C — Exit safely, then pull to the right to let it pass.

11. A — Wait instead of using the shoulder to pass.

12. C — Continue to a place where you can safely change your route.

13. A — Stop as directed by the traffic officer.

14. C — Crossing to pass when visibility, traffic and other rules permit.

15. A — Do not cross them to make a passing maneuver.

16. C — Make a full stop, then yield before proceeding safely.

17. A — After a full stop, yielding to pedestrians and other traffic.

18. C — Stop before entering the intersection.

19. A — Wait for an adequate gap and yield to pedestrians.

20. C — Stop and wait for an indication permitting the left turn.

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