Washington Road Rules Test 1

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Road Rules Test 01

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Approaching an intersection that has no STOP or YIELD sign, you should...?

Accelerate

Maintain your normal speed

Stop immediately

Slow down and prepare to stop

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If you break down on the highway, you should alert other drivers that your vehicle is disabled by...?

Lifting the hood

Leaving all your doors open

Opening the trunk

Standing in front of your vehicle and waving

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If the car ahead of you passes a fixed point on the road, you should not pass that point until how much time has elapsed?

1 second

4 seconds

2 seconds

3 seconds

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If you're waiting to turn left, it's safest to keep your wheels pointed in what direction?

Right

It makes no difference

Left

Straight ahead

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You should always use your headlights if you cannot see pedestrians or vehicles what distance ahead of you?

1500 feet

250 feet

1000 feet

500 feet

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The best way to eliminate a blind spot is to do what?

Check over your shoulders

Sound your horn before maneuvering

Listen out for the traffic

Use more than one mirror

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At a STOP sign, you should...?

Stop only if you don't have right-of-way

Slow down and prepare to stop if necessary

Stop before performing any other maneuver

Maintain your progress if no bicycles or pedestrians are present

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If a school bus is displaying flashing red lights, you should do what?

Stop immediately

Slow down and prepare to stop

Maintain your progress

Sound your horn to warn children of your presence

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The lap part of a seatbelt should be adjusted so that it lies...?

Low on the hips

Across the abdomen

Just below the rib cage

High on the hips

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It is only permissible to drive on a sidewalk under what circumstances?

To get round an obstruction on the road

To escape a tailgating driver

To reach a left turning less than 50 yards ahead

Entering/exiting driveways or alleyways

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In a rainstorm, the pavement is most slippery...?

In the first 15 minutes

After 60 minutes

After 30 minutes

Just after the rain has stopped

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Which of these indicates passing is not allowed?

Two solid yellow lines

One solid yellow line

One broken yellow line

Two broken yellow lines

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Under which of these circumstances is it permissible to overtake a car on the right-hand side?

If they are traveling slower than you

On a two lane plus highway

If they are not driving at the speed limit

If there is enough room off the main part of the road

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Left turns should be made from...?

The middle of the lane

Any of these

The right-hand side of the road

The centre divider line

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Your rearview mirror should be adjusted so that you can see...?

Traffic to the back left of your vehicle

Traffic directly behind your vehicle

Any of these

Traffic to the right left of your vehicle

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Roundabouts are always negotiated..?

Either counterclockwise or clockwise depending on signs

Either counterclockwise or clockwise depending on speed

Counterclockwise

Clockwise

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When driving you should be prepared to yield right-of-way under what circumstances?

To prevent collisions

To bicyclists

All of these

To pedestrians on crosswalks

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Under what circumstances can you share a lane with a motorcycle?

On the freeway

When passing

None

If they are stationary

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When backing up, you should check...?

Continuously over your right and left shoulders

Over your left shoulder

Over your right shoulder

Just with your mirrors

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If a vehicle has stopped at a crosswalk, you can overtake it...?

If you believe all pedestrians have crossed

Under no circumstances

If you are in the outside lane

If no pedestrian is making eye contact with you

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A left turn against a red light may only be made from...?

A two-way street into a two-way street

A one-way street into a one-way street

A two-way street into a one-way street

A one-way street into a two-way street

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When entering a multilane highway from a ramp, you should...?

Enter at higher speed than the traffic

Any of these

Enter at lower speed than the traffic

Enter at the speed of the traffic

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On a two lane two-way road, what does a broken yellow centerline mean?

Passing permitted in one direction

Passing permitted for alternate vehicles

Passing permitted in both directions

Passing forbidden in both directions

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What color lines are used to divide traffic traveling in opposite directions?

White

Blue

Red

Yellow

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At a T intersection without STOP or YIELD signs, who has right-of-way?

Vehicles approaching from the left

Vehicles approaching from the right

Vehicles on the ending road

Vehicles on the continuing road

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