Driver Manual Practice Quiz

Which of the following statements applies to all driving emergency situations?

• Always slow down gradually
• Your first reaction is the best reaction
• Think before you act
• Apply your brakes immediately

What is the appropriate action to take when approaching a railroad crossing that does not have signals (such as lights or crossing gates)?

• Always bring the car to a complete stop
• Slow down and be prepared to stop
• Do nothing; all railroad crosings have signals
• Increase speed to get across the tracks quickly

What vehicles must stop at all railroad crossings?

• Pickup trucks
• School buses and passenger buses carrying passengers
• Motorcycles
• Vehicles towing a trailer

When driving at night, it is most important for you to:

• Use your high beams at all times
• Drive within range of your headlights
• Be ready to brake more quickly
• Watch for cars at intersections

When you drive in heavy fog during daylight hours you should drive with your:

• Headlights off
• Parking lights on
• Headlights on low beam
• Headlights on high beam

If your brake pedal suddenly sinks to the floor, you should first:

• Try to pump it to build up the pressure
• Shift into neutral and shut the engine off
• Try to raise it by hooking your toe under it
• Apply the parking brake hard to sto the car

If you drive past your exit on an expressway, you should:

• Pull onto the shoulder, then back up to the exit
• Drive to the next exit and leave the expressway
• Make a U-turn at the nearest emergency turn area
• Make a U-turn at the next service area

Expressways have "expressway entrance lanes" (acceleration lanes) so that drivers can:

• Test their brakes before driving at expressway speeds
• Stop at the end to wait for a traffic opening
• Reach the proper speed before blending with traffic
• Test the pickup of their cars

If traffic prevents you from crossing all the way across a set of railroad tracks, you may proceed only when:

• An approaching train is not moving fast enough to be a danger
• There is room for your vehicle on the other side
• At least one half of your vehicle can cross the tracks
• No trains are in sight

You may drive around or under a gate that is being lowered or raised at a railroad crossing:

• As long as an approaching train is not too close
• If your vehicle can do so without damaging the gate
• If you first look carefully in both directions
• Under no circumstances

If an approaching train is near enough or going fast enough to be a danger, you must:

• Slow down and proceed with caution
• Not cross the tracks until the train has completely passed
• Cross the tracks at your own risk
• Find an alternative route across tracks

You have just left an expressway and are starting to drive on an ordinary highway.  You should:

• Check your tires for correct pressure
• Check your speedometer to keep at the lower speed limit
• Stay twice as far behind other cars
• Change gradually to the lower speed limit

Why is driving on an expressway different from driving on an ordinary street?

• You must think faster and handle your vehicle more effectively
• Trucks have to go slower on the expressways
• There is more of a tendency to exceed the speed limit
• There is more of a tendency to "tailgate"

When you get ready to leave an expressway, you should begin to use your turn signal:

• Just as you get to the exit ramp
• 50 feet before the exit ramp
• 100 feet before the exit ramp
• When you see cars behind you in the exit lane

When your right wheels run onto a soft shoulder, what is the best way to get back on the highway?

• Apply the brakes firmly and steer gently to the left
• Ease your foot off the gas and brake gently
• Steer hard to the left and then gently to the right
• Apply the brakes firmly and stop completely

If a tire blows out, the proper thing to do is:

• Speed up to gain traction and then pull to the right
• Hold the steering wheel firmly, and ease up on the gas
• Apply the brakes, then shift into neutral
• Shift into neutral, then apply the brakes

When you drive at night you an reduce the problem of glare from the headlights of an approaching car by:

• Looking to the lower right side of your lane
• Having the inside lights on to make the amount of light equal
• Looking at the spot on the lower edge of the steering wheel
• Wearing glasses with lightly tinted lenses

Your car starts to skid on a slippery road.  You should:

• Brake quickly and keep the wheel straight
• Lock your brakes until you have come to a complete stop
• Steer in the direction you want the front wheels to go
• Steer toward the side of the road to get off the wet pavement

Night driving is dangerous because:

• Some traffic signs are less visible at night
• More vehicles are on the road at night
• The distance we can see ahead is reduced
• Street lights tend to blur our vision

When attempting to stop on a slippery road, the best action to take is:

• Apply the brakes quickly and firmly
• Apply the brakes in slow, steady strokes
• Shift to a lower gear, do not use the brakes
• Shift into neutral, do not use the brakes

This sign is a warning that you are approaching:

• An intersection
• A crosswalk
• A railroad crossing
• A blasting zone

You are getting on a highway which has a very short entrance lane.  The safest way for you to enter the flow of traffic would be to:

• Use as much ramp as possible to get up to cruising speed
• Use the left lane of the highway to get up to ruising speed
• Wait for a large gap in traffic then speed up quickly
• Get up to cruising speed gradually so other cars will see you