2024 Maine Permit Test 16
The following questions are from real DMV written tests. These are some of the actual permit questions you will face in Maine. 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 Maine please visit https://cheat-sheets.dmv-written-test.com/en/maine/car.
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17. When backing your vehicle, you should:
Explanation
While backing, turn your head and look through the rear window. Don’t rely only on your mirrors.
18. Failing an alcohol level test is the only way you will receive an Operating Under the Influence (OUI) conviction.
Explanation
You may still receive an Operating Under the Influence (OUI) conviction if you refuse to take an alcohol level test. Testimony made by the arresting police officer regarding your driving performance can result in an OUI conviction, even without alcohol test results to back it up.
19. After being pulled over by law enforcement, a driver should immediately exit the vehicle and quickly approach the officer’s squad car.
Explanation
If stopped by law enforcement, you should stay in your vehicle with both hands clearly in sight on the steering wheel.
20. If your vehicle has a mechanical problem:
Explanation
If your vehicle breaks down on a highway, make sure other drivers can see it. Get your vehicle off the road and away from traffic if at all possible and turn on your emergency flashers to show that you are having trouble.
21. Drivers may not pass a school bus when its red lights are flashing.
Explanation
When approaching a school bus that is using its flashing red lights, you must stop before you reach the bus and remain stopped until the flashing lights are turned off. On a two-way multilane roadway with a median or shared center lane, vehicles on the opposite side of the road from the school bus do not have to stop.
22. Which of the following factors affect an individual's absorption of alcohol?
Explanation
Factors affecting a person's absorption of alcohol include the person's weight, their biological sex, the amount of food in their digestive tract, and the number of alcoholic beverages they have consumed. The only thing to do to remove alcohol from a person's system is to wait.
23. Yellow pavement markings indicate that lanes of traffic are moving in opposite directions.
Explanation
White lines are used to separate traffic moving in the same direction. Yellow lines are used to separate traffic moving in opposite directions.
24. A driver should:
Explanation
