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2025 South Carolina Permit Test 15

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The following questions are from real DMV written tests. These are some of the actual permit questions you will face in South Carolina. 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 South Carolina please visit https://cheat-sheets.dmv-written-test.com/en/south-carolina/car.

Number of Tests 24

Number of Question 30

Passing Score 24

1. If your wheels drop off the roadway or pavement edge, you should:

Wait until it is safe to do so, then gradually re-enter the roadway.

Turn back onto the roadway immediately.

Stop.

If your wheels drop off the roadway or pavement edge, do not attempt to turn back onto the roadway immediately. Instead, reduce your speed, check traffic, and gradually turn back onto the roadway when it is safe to do so.

2. You are entering a crowded freeway. What should you do to merge into traffic?

Use your side and rearview mirrors and check your blind spots.

Use the acceleration lane to adjust your speed to match the speed of freeway traffic.

Yield to traffic already on the freeway.

All of the above.

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.

3. A broken yellow line beside a solid yellow line indicates that:

Passing is permitted from the lane next to the solid yellow line.

Passing is not permitted from either direction.

Passing is permitted from the lane next to the broken yellow line.

A broken yellow line alongside a solid yellow line means that traffic in the lane next to the broken line may cross the line to pass, while traffic in the lane next to the solid line may not.

4. If two drivers arrive at the same time to an open intersection:

The driver on the right has the right-of-way.

The driver on the left has the right-of-way.

One driver may continue driving without stopping.

One driver should honk to indicate that they are giving up the right-of-way.

If you arrive to an open intersection at the same time as a vehicle to your right, you should yield the right-of-way to that vehicle. You may then proceed when it is safe to do so.

5. Temporary signs used in construction and maintenance work areas:

Have a red background with green writing.

Have an orange background with black writing.

Have a yellow background with blue writing.

All temporary signs in work zones have orange backgrounds with black writing and/or symbols.

6. When may you proceed through an intersection that has a stop sign but no stop line or crosswalk?

After slowing down to verify that there is no cross traffic

After coming to a complete stop and verifying that it is safe to proceed

After you have stopped at least 20 feet prior to the intersection

After slowing down to a speed of 10 mph

Stop before the stop line or crosswalk at any intersection that is controlled by a stop sign. If there is a stop sign but no stop line or crosswalk, stop before entering the intersection and proceed when it is safe to do so.

Warns you about conditions on or near the road.

Helps direct you to cities and towns ahead.

Tells you about traffic laws and regulations.

Tells you about road construction ahead.

Warning signs, which tell you about conditions on or near the road ahead, are usually diamond-shaped with black symbols or words on a yellow background.

8. Hydroplaning is usually caused by:

Excessive stops.

Sudden stops.

Sudden turns.

Excessive speed.

Your tires become less effective at clearing water from the road as you increase your speed. If you drive too fast, they may lose their grip entirely, leaving the vehicle sliding on a film of water. This is known as "hydroplaning."

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