A learner license is suspended during the required six-month period. How does that affect the waiting period?
Correct answer: The suspension days are added to the required period
DPS extends the initial six-month period by the number of suspension days so the learner has held a valid license for the required time.
Source: DPS — Learner license requirements and restrictions ↗
For a teen taking the driving test, when must the Impact Texas Teen Driver program be completed?
Correct answer: Within 90 days before the driving test
DPS requires ITTD within 90 days of the driving test, with an unexpired certificate. It is separate from the required driving practice.
Source: DPS — Provisional license requirements and restrictions ↗
You approach a paved road from an unpaved road, with a vehicle approaching on the paved road. What must you do?
Correct answer: Stop and yield before entering safely
Texas gives the approaching traffic on the paved road priority in this situation; an unpaved approach does not have equal priority merely because signs are absent.
Source: §545.151(c) ↗
An ambulance with its emergency lights and siren approaches. Unless an officer directs otherwise, what should you do?
Correct answer: Pull right, clear of intersections, and stop
Yield, move to the right clear of intersections, and remain stopped until the emergency vehicle passes. Do not block its route by stopping in the intersection.
Source: §545.156 ↗
Your signal turns green while a pedestrian is still lawfully crossing in the adjacent crosswalk. What must you do?
Correct answer: Stop and yield to the pedestrian
Green does not override the duty to protect pedestrians or sidewalk users lawfully in the intersection or adjacent crosswalk.
Source: §544.007(b) ↗
A steady yellow light replaces the green indication. What does it warn you about?
Correct answer: The green movement is ending and a red indication is coming
Steady yellow warns that the previously authorized green movement is ending. It is not an instruction to accelerate.
Source: §544.007(e) ↗
You want to leave your car parked on the same side as a fire station driveway. What clearance is required?
Correct answer: At least 20 feet from the driveway entrance
The same-side fire station driveway restriction is 20 feet. Hazard lights do not create a parking exception.
Source: §545.302(b)(5) ↗
Your turn signal is on, but the next lane has no safe gap. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stay in your lane until the movement can be made safely
A lane change must be safe. The signal communicates your plan; it does not compel another driver to create a gap.
Source: §545.103–104 ↗
At night, an oncoming car is within 500 feet. Which lighting choice is appropriate?
Correct answer: Use low beams to avoid dazzling the oncoming driver
Texas requires the low beam or a properly nonglaring distribution when approaching an oncoming vehicle within 500 feet.
Source: Texas Transportation Code §547.333(c) ↗
An animal control officer is removing an animal from the road, using the legally specified warning lights. Does the Texas Move Over or Slow Down rule apply?
Correct answer: Yes; this covered work was added effective September 1, 2025
Section 545.157 now covers the specified animal-removal work with compliant visual signals. Coverage is not limited to traditional emergency responders.
Source: Texas Transportation Code §545.157 — Move Over or Slow Down ↗
In good conditions, what following-gap method does TxDOT’s Road Tips recommend as a starting point?
Correct answer: Count at least three seconds after the vehicle ahead passes a fixed point
The TxDOT guide recommends at least three seconds, with a larger gap in bad weather. This is safety guidance, not permission to follow too closely whenever three seconds seems available.
Source: TxDOT Texas Road Tips 2024 — Highway Driving, printed pages 10–11 (PDF page 8) ↗
Why is it especially dangerous to cut closely in front of a moving truck and then brake?
Correct answer: The heavy truck may not have enough distance to stop
Heavy vehicles need substantial stopping room. Leave space instead of assuming the truck can stop like a passenger car.
Source: TxDOT Texas Road Tips 2024 — Highway Driving, printed pages 10–11 (PDF page 8) ↗
A 20-year-old drives in public with a detectable amount of alcohol in the system. Which rule applies?
Correct answer: Texas’s zero-tolerance rule for drivers under 21
Texas prohibits a driver under 21 from operating with any detectable alcohol. Do not confuse this with the adult .08 BAC threshold.
Source: TxDOT Texas Road Tips 2024 — Driving While Intoxicated, printed pages 8–9; Underage Drinking, pages 18–19 ↗
A non-emergency text arrives while your car is moving. What should you do?
Correct answer: Leave it unread until you are safely parked
Reading, writing or sending an electronic message while driving is prohibited, subject to statutory exceptions. The safer practical choice is to wait until parked.
Source: TxDOT Texas Road Tips 2024 — Aggressive Driving, pages 2–3; Distracted Driving, pages 6–7 ↗
A train has passed at a crossing with several tracks. What should you check before proceeding after the warning ends?
Correct answer: That every track is clear and no second train is approaching
A second train can approach on another track. Check all tracks and obey remaining warning signals.
Source: TxDOT Texas Road Tips 2024 — Violations and Cautions, printed pages 20–21 (PDF page 13) ↗
You damage a parked, unattended car and cannot find its driver. What should you do?
Correct answer: Leave the required identifying note explaining the crash
TxDOT advises finding the driver or leaving the required identifying note. If the car you drove belongs to someone else, include its owner’s name and address too.
Source: TxDOT Texas Road Tips 2024 — Collisions, printed pages 4–5 (PDF page 5) ↗
Traffic slows suddenly in a work zone. Which habit best reduces the risk of a rear-end crash?
Correct answer: Leave following space and keep your attention on traffic ahead
Rear-end collisions are a common work-zone danger. Space, attention and speed appropriate to the posted work-zone conditions help you respond.
Source: TxDOT Texas Road Tips 2024 — Work Zones and Road Signs, printed pages 22–23 (PDF page 14) ↗
What does this sign tell you about continuing along this road?
Correct answer: The road ends rather than continuing through
DEAD END identifies a road that terminates. It is not a sign directing traffic to a new through route.
Source: FHWA MUTCD 2009 Figure 2C-5 — W14-1 Dead end ↗
What surface feature is ahead?
Correct answer: A raised irregularity in the road
A bump is a raised surface irregularity. Compare it with DIP, which identifies a depression.
Source: FHWA MUTCD 2009 Figure 2C-6 — W8-1 Bump ↗
What should you be alert for at the edge of the pavement?
Correct answer: A lower shoulder next to the pavement edge
The symbol and plaque warn of an elevation drop at the shoulder, rather than a required lane maneuver.
Source: FHWA MUTCD 2009 Figure 2C-6 — W8-17 Shoulder drop-off ↗
