2025 Illinois Permit Test 11
The following questions are from real DMV written tests. These are some of the actual permit questions you will face in Illinois. 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 Illinois please visit https://cheat-sheets.dmv-written-test.com/en/illinois/car.
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1. You want to turn left at an upcoming corner. Yield the right-of-way to:
Explanation
When making a left turn, you must yield to pedestrians, bicyclists, or other vehicles moving on their green light.
2. If a truck or bus is making a right turn where you also need to make a right turn, you should:
Explanation
If you try to insert your vehicle between a turning truck or bus and a curb, you may suffer a serious crash. To avoid a collision, do not turn until the truck or bus has completed its turn.
3. Work zone barriers, drums, cones, and signs are used to:
Explanation
Work zones on highways have become increasingly dangerous places for both workers and drivers. When approaching a work zone, watch for materials such as cones, barrels, signs, large vehicles, and workers in brightly colored vests to warn you and direct you.
4. If your car begins to skid out of control, you should:
Explanation
If your vehicle begins to skid, stay off the brakes. Continue to correct your steering until the vehicle is back under your control and moving safely down the road.
5. When driving in fog, you should use your high beam headlights.
Explanation
You should use your low beam headlights when driving in fog. High beams will reflect back at the driver and lower visibility.
6. This red and white sign means you should:
Explanation
A three-sided yield sign indicates that you must slow down and be ready to stop, if necessary, to let any vehicle, bicyclist, or pedestrian pass before you proceed. In this case, you do not have the right-of-way.
7. This sign means:
Explanation
Warning signs are usually yellow with black markings. They alert you to conditions that are immediately ahead. This sign tells drivers to prepare to allow traffic to safely merge from the right.
8. This sign indicates a:
Explanation
Yellow signs with black markings are used to warn drivers about upcoming hazards or special conditions. Round signs are used only to warn about upcoming railroad crossings.
9. Which of the following is most likely to be slippery in cold weather after snow or rain?
Explanation
On cold, wet days, shaded spots on a roadway can become icy. Shaded areas often freeze before, and thaw out after, the rest of a road.
10. This road sign means:
Explanation
Warning signs are usually yellow with black markings. This sign indicates that there could be traffic merging from the right, so drivers should prepare to allow traffic to safely merge.
11. This road sign means:
Explanation
