Printable CT Permit Practice Test

1. Why should a driver leave a space cushion behind the vehicle ahead?

1. To create time and room to react if traffic changes
2. To prevent every other driver from merging
3. To make the vehicle ahead travel faster
4. To avoid using the mirrors while following

2. Under Connecticut's Move Over Law, what must drivers do when any vehicle is pulled over on a highway or road?

1. Maintain the posted speed and stay in the same lane
2. Move onto the shoulder without reducing speed
3. Stop in the travel lane until the vehicle leaves
4. Slow below the posted speed limit and move over one lane when safe

3. When may you continue past a school bus with flashing red lights traveling toward you?

1. When you are within 100 feet of the bus
2. Whenever the opposite lane is clear
3. When a median or other physical barrier separates the roadways
4. Only when the bus driver waves you through

4. During which period does the Connecticut manual allow studded tires?

1. November 15 through April 30
2. October 1 through February 28
3. January 1 through March 1
4. They are never allowed in Connecticut

5. What condition does a STOP AHEAD sign warn you to expect?

1. The current stop sign has ended
2. A stop sign is ahead, so slow down and prepare to stop
3. Stopping is prohibited until the next signal
4. A railroad gate will stop traffic immediately

6. How long does a Connecticut vehicle owner have to fix an emissions failure?

1. 60 days to repair and have the emissions rechecked
2. One year
3. There is no deadline
4. 10 days

7. On a one-way street, what does the black-and-white arrow sign require?

1. Travel only in the arrow's direction
2. Turn toward the nearest side street
3. Reserve the lane for buses
4. Reverse direction at the next driveway

8. How does stopping distance at 60 mph compare with 30 mph, according to the Connecticut manual?

1. Over three times the distance, not twice
2. Exactly twice
3. About the same
4. Half the distance

9. What roadway arrangement follows a DIVIDED HIGHWAY BEGINS sign?

1. U-turns are required at the median
2. All traffic will share one undivided lane
3. A median or divider splits the highway into two one-way roadways
4. The road becomes a four-way intersection

10. Before entering a roundabout, to whom must an entering driver yield?

1. No one when entering from the right
2. Only traffic approaching from the left
3. Vehicles waiting behind the entrance
4. Traffic already circulating in the roundabout

11. A tractor-trailer combo passes your Connecticut exit slowly. How much road might passing it consume?

1. About one car length beyond
2. About 200 feet of clear road beyond the truck
3. 65 feet long; over half a mile to pass
4. Exactly one city block total

12. Solid yellow paint runs on your side beside a broken line on the far side in Connecticut. Who may pass?

1. Your side, since paint is fresh
2. Neither side under any rule
3. Both sides at reduced speed
4. Traffic beside the broken line, when safe

13. What rule covers drinking while taking other drugs?

1. One drink is safe with any medicine
2. Never drink alcohol while taking other drugs
3. Drinking cuts the strength of most medicines down by half
4. Only sleeping pills react with alcohol

14. When may you open a vehicle door toward the street in Connecticut?

1. Whenever cross traffic is more than about a block away and moving slowly
2. Only when the swing path is clear of people, bikes, and traffic
3. After honking once so people nearby move out of the way
4. Any time the vehicle is fully stopped at the curb line

15. You follow a hazmat truck toward a Connecticut rail crossing. Why leave it extra room?

1. Its paint reflects poorly at night
2. Its load shifts your lane position
3. Trains give trucks extra warning
4. They must stop there; room avoids a hit

16. Traffic crawls through a Connecticut intersection ahead with no room beyond it. May you enter on green?

1. Yes; a green light always allows entry
2. Yes, during rush hour only
3. Yes, if you hug the car ahead
4. Only once you can clear it fully

17. How does alcohol change what a driver can do?

1. It speeds up reflexes but weakens the sense of smell
2. It slows reflexes and cuts alertness and clear vision
3. It dulls memory of addresses but leaves vision intact
4. It affects only the feel of the pedals under your feet

18. At fifty-five a Connecticut pass needs what total clear roadway, roughly?

1. About 800 feet end to end
2. Exactly one half mile of clear road in every case
3. About 600 feet at most
4. Over 1,600 feet, a third of a mile

19. You stopped for the ice cream truck, and its arms are still out in Connecticut. How may you pass it?

1. At the normal street limit
2. Up to 5 mph, yielding to crossing walkers
3. At fifteen if the road is empty
4. Without yielding once stopped once

20. The temperature hovers near freezing and the ice looks wet. How slippery is it?

1. More slippery than ice at colder temperatures
2. Less slippery than ice at temperatures well below freezing
3. About the same as dry winter pavement
4. Safe at normal posted speeds

21. On dry pavement with good tires and brakes, how far to stop from 30 mph?

1. About 100 feet in total
2. About 300 feet in total
3. About 200 feet in total
4. About 400 feet in total

22. Driving far slower than surrounding traffic can cause what problem?

1. Nothing, slow driving is always safer
2. Vehicles bunch up behind you and pass more
3. Fuel use rises in every vehicle stuck behind you
4. Police must escort you off the road

23. Two cars arrive together at a Connecticut corner with no signs or signals. Yours is on the left. Who proceeds first?

1. You, after a quick honk
2. The vehicle coming from your right
3. Whoever drives the smaller car
4. Whoever entered the road first today

24. You pulled over for a passing fire truck in Connecticut and it just went by. When may you move?

1. Immediately behind the truck
2. After it passes, unless told to stay
3. After counting to thirty slowly
4. When the siren fades fully out of earshot

25. You clip an empty parked car in a Connecticut lot and the owner is nowhere around. What must you leave?

1. Visible note with date, time, contact
2. Only your first name on paper
3. A note only if damage is visible
4. Nothing, if your car is drivable