2025 Iowa Permit Test 11
The following questions are from real DMV written tests. These are some of the actual permit questions you will face in Iowa. 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 Iowa please visit https://cheat-sheets.dmv-written-test.com/en/iowa/car.
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9. You are entering a crowded freeway. What should you do to merge into traffic?
Explanation
Use the entrance ramp to accelerate to the speed of freeway traffic and yield to traffic already using the freeway. Before entering traffic, use your mirrors and check your blind spots to verify that you have room to safely merge.
10. To check your blind spot before changing lanes:
Explanation
To check your blind spot before changing lanes, you should look over your shoulder in the direction that you plan to move.
11. To prepare for anything coming up on the road ahead, you should:
Explanation
Your ability to handle dangerous traffic situations depends largely on searching for and identifying problems before meeting them. Looking far ahead of your vehicle does not mean you should simply stare at the center of the road. You need to continually scan the entire road, including the sides of the road.
12. When driving at night, using only your parking lights is unlawful.
Explanation
It is unlawful to drive at night using only your parking lights. Drivers are required to use their headlights when driving in the dark.
13. Any amount of alcohol in the blood may affect a driver's:
Explanation
A driver’s ability to safely operate a vehicle may be impaired at any BAC level, even a level lower than the legal limit. Any amount of alcohol can affect one’s judgment and physical coordination. Driving under the influence of even a small amount of alcohol can lead to criminal charges.
14. Which of the following describes the thinking of defensive drivers?
Explanation
Driving defensively means anticipating potential errors made by others and preparing to compensate for their mistakes.
15. When driving in fog, rain, or snow, use:
Explanation
Low beam headlights should be used in fog, rain, and snow. The light from high beams will reflect back to the driver under these weather conditions, causing a glare that will make it difficult to see ahead.
16. If a traffic signal light is green and a police officer signals for you to stop, you should:
Explanation
Drivers must obey any instructions given by a police officer, even if the instructions contradict laws, signs, signals, or markings that would otherwise apply.
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