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2022 District Of Columbia Permit Test 19

The following questions are from real DMV written tests. These are some of the actual permit questions you will face in District Of Columbia. Each permit practice test question has three answer choices. Select one answer for each question and select "grade this section." You can find this button at the bottom of the drivers license quiz. For a complete list of questions and answers for District Of Columbia please visit https://cheat-sheets.dmv-written-test.com/en/district-of-columbia/car.

Number of Tests 24

Number of Question 25

Passing Score 20

1. You must stop for a school bus:

That is parked on the shoulder of the road with no one in it.

When it approaches you, even if its lights are not flashing.

If you are both driving on a two-lane highway and its red lights are flashing.

Whenever the driver waves at you.

You must stop when approaching a school bus that is displaying flashing red lights while stopped to pick up or drop off children. On a two-lane road, traffic moving in both directions must stop and remain stopped as long as the red lights near the top of the bus are flashing and/or the stop arm on the left side of the bus is extended.

2. When making a right turn, you must:

Yield to pedestrians in the intersecting crosswalk.

Be alert to vehicles ahead that are also turning right.

Yield to bicyclists traveling between you and the side of the road.

All of the above.

When making a right turn at an intersection, you must yield to pedestrians in the intersecting crosswalk. Check for and yield to any bicyclists between you and the side of the road. Be alert to other vehicles that are also turning right.

Do not enter.

No parking.

No U-turn.

This sign prohibits drivers from making a U-turn. You cannot turn around to go in the opposite direction at an intersection where this sign is posted.

4. When you see or hear an emergency vehicle coming, you should:

Stop immediately and let the vehicle pass.

Drive as far toward the right side of the road as is safe and stop.

Proceed slowly and permit the vehicle to pass.

Keep moving slowly, staying to the right side of the road.

When driving on a two-lane roadway or undivided highway, you must yield to an emergency vehicle using its lights and/or siren, regardless of the direction from which it is approaching. Immediately drive as near as possible to the right side of the road and stop, taking care not to stop within an intersection.

5. Excessive speed:

Does not increase the chance of a crash.

Increases your ability to react to a hazard.

Often leads to high-risk decision-making.

Excessive speed is one of the most common contributing factors to vehicle crashes. Excessive speed does not save time and often leads to high-risk decision-making.

6. Stopping distances and the severity of collisions:

Decrease as a vehicle's speed increases.

Are not affected by a vehicle's speed.

Increase as a vehicle's speed increases.

Excessive vehicle speed can have disastrous effects. As a vehicle's speed increases, the potential impact of a collision also increases, elevating the possibility of serious injury and death. Increase your following distance as your speed increases to ensure that you will be able to stop safely if needed.

7. When driving at night on a dimly lit street, you should:

Drive slowly enough that you can stop within the area illuminated by your headlights.

Turn on your high beam headlights to better see the vehicles ahead of you.

Keep the instrument panel lights bright to be more visible to other drivers.

You should drive more slowly at night than during the day because it is not possible to see as far ahead at night. You should make sure that you can stop within the area illuminated by your headlights.

8. Highway pavement will be particularly treacherous and most slippery:

If it has been raining several hours.

If it has just begun to rain.

If it has been raining for one to two hours.

Pavement is particularly treacherous when it first begins to rain. Accumulations of dirt and oil mix with the rainwater, creating a greasy film on the roadway.

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