GA Permit Practice Test 20

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1. 1. Under the manual’s Real ID documentation requirements, how recent must the two documents showing Georgia residence be?

   1. Dated any time in the past ten years
   2. Dated within the last six months
   3. Dated only after the appointment date
   4. Undated documents are preferred
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   Dated within the last six months. The Real ID documentation list requires two documents showing Georgia residence, such as utility or phone bills, dated within the last six months. Ten-year-old documents, future-dated documents, and undated documents do not meet that stated dating requirement. The same list also requires an identity document and requires you to know your full Social Security Number, which is verified electronically. Both documents must meet the date rule, not just one of them.

2. 2. Where does Georgia direct drivers for detailed emissions inspection information?

   1. The Georgia Clean Air Force at 1-800-449-2471
   2. A county tax office window
   3. The road test examiner desk
   4. Any gas station attendant
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   The Georgia Clean Air Force at 1-800-449-2471. For details about the emissions inspection program, the manual names the Georgia Clean Air Force and gives 1-800-449-2471. The alternatives do not identify the contact provided in this passage. This is a question about the manual's designated information source, not a claim that no one else can discuss emissions. The same section describes the thirteen-county program and lists cleanairforce.com among its information resources. Use the named program contact when seeking those details.

3. 3. If the speed limit is not reduced in a Georgia work zone, what should drivers do?

   1. Drive as fast as the road allows
   2. Slow to half the posted limit
   3. Ignore the posted limit until workers appear
   4. Obey the normal posted limit but be more cautious of road conditions
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   Obey the normal posted limit but be more cautious of road conditions. The manual says the speed limit in most work zones is reduced for safety. If it is not reduced, drivers should obey the normal posted speed limit for the road but be more cautious of road conditions, lane position, and the presence of workers. Official reductions are shown on standard black and white speed limit signs. Driving faster, using an invented half speed, or waiting until workers appear is not what the manual directs.

4. 4. What standard length does Georgia use for parallel parking spaces on the driver license test?

   1. 18 feet in length
   2. 30 feet in length
   3. 22 feet in length
   4. 12 feet in length
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   22 feet in length. The standard parallel parking dimensions utilized in the Georgia driver license test are 22 feet in length by 10 feet in depth. The car itself should end not more than 18 inches from the curb, which explains why the shorter eighteen figure tempts some applicants, but that curb gap is not the space length. Thirty feet exceeds the specified length, and twelve feet is shorter than the test dimension. Practice inside a twenty two by ten outline.

   Study this in the handbook: Driver education, knowledge exam and road test

5. 5. How much fuel does idling a vehicle for 10 seconds use compared with restarting the engine?

   1. Idling for 10 seconds consumes more fuel than restarting the engine
   2. Idling for 10 seconds uses half the fuel of restarting
   3. Idling and restarting use exactly the same fuel at any length
   4. Restarting always uses more fuel than any idling period
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   Idling for 10 seconds consumes more fuel than restarting the engine. Short idling already loses the fuel comparison: idling a vehicle for ten seconds consumes more fuel than restarting the engine. Half the fuel understates a ten second idle by flipping the comparison, and exact equality ignores the stated comparison for a ten-second idle. Claiming restarting always costs more would justify unlimited idling, the opposite of minimizing idling time to reduce fuel consumption, engine wear, and air pollution. The cue while waiting is the ten second mark: use this comparison to remember why unnecessary idling should be minimized, while following manufacturer warm-up guidance for safe driving.

6. 6. For Georgians temporarily located out of state who renew by mail, what renewal period and follow-up apply?

   1. An 8-year renewal period, after which the holder must appear in person for renewal
   2. A 4-year renewal period with mail renewal allowed again afterward
   3. An 8-year renewal period that can repeat by mail without limit
   4. A 1-year renewal period until the holder returns to Georgia
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   An 8-year renewal period, after which the holder must appear in person for renewal. Mail renewal for Georgians temporarily away grants an eight year renewal period, and at the end of that period the holder must appear in person for renewal. Four years halves the stated term and invents another mail cycle. Repeating mail renewal without limit ignores the in person follow-up built into the service, and a one year bridge until return appears nowhere in the restriction. The cue is one remote cycle: mail carries the license through eight years, then the next renewal brings the holder back to a service center in person.

7. 7. To change the number on a replacement Georgia credential, what must an applicant present in the ordinary case?

   1. A notarized letter from an employer
   2. A county voter registration card
   3. Two utility bills dated within six months
   4. A police report indicating that the license was stolen
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   A police report indicating that the license was stolen. For a replacement Georgia driver's license, permit, or identification card with a different number, the manual requires a police report indicating that the license was stolen. The exception is when your license number and your Social Security number are the same. If the two numbers are the same, no police report is required. The other listed choices are not the theft report the manual names.

8. 8. Your brakes fail while driving in Georgia. What sequence does the manual list?

   1. Slap the pedal, shift to neutral, and turn off ignition
   2. Shift to lower gear, use parking brakes, rub tire on the curb, and look for a safe area to slow to a stop
   3. Speed up to find a downhill runout
   4. Turn the wheel sharply side to side
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   Shift to lower gear, use parking brakes, rub tire on the curb, and look for a safe area to slow to a stop. The brake-failure entry lists four actions: shift to a lower gear, use parking brakes, rub a tire on the curb, and look for a safe area to slow to a stop. The nearby jammed-accelerator entry instead includes slapping the pedal, shifting to neutral, and turning off the ignition without locking it. Do not confuse those two lists. Accelerating toward a downhill area and turning sharply from side to side are not the brake-failure actions given.

9. 9. Under Georgia Safety Responsibility Law, what security may a driver post to avoid suspension after an unpaid crash claim?

   1. A verbal promise to pay within a year
   2. Cashier's check, certified check, money order, real property bond or surety bond, plus Form SR-22A financial responsibility posting
   3. A personal check alone with no other filing
   4. Proof of vehicle registration only
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   Cashier's check, certified check, money order, real property bond or surety bond, plus Form SR-22A financial responsibility posting. To avoid a Safety Responsibility suspension, a driver may post security with DDS to cover crash damages: a cashier’s check, certified check, money order, real property bond, or surety bond, in addition to Form SR-22A financial responsibility. A verbal promise, personal check alone, or vehicle registration is not this listed security-posting option. Security or bond is held for one year and thereafter until proof is furnished that the driver has not been sued as a result of the crash.

   Study this in the handbook: Points, teen suspensions and revocation

10. 10. On a Georgia expressway, what should you do about another driver's blind spot?

    1. Stay far enough behind so the other driver can see you, or pass the vehicle
    2. Cruise inside it to save fuel
    3. Signal only after starting a lane change
    4. Match speed exactly beside the driver
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    Stay far enough behind so the other driver can see you, or pass the vehicle. Stay out of another driver’s blind spot. The manual warns that a driver who cannot see you in the rear-view or side mirrors might pull out in front of you to pass. Stay far enough behind to be seen or pass the vehicle. This is especially important near large vehicles such as tractor-trailers, whose size limits visibility. Signal before beginning a lane change.

11. 11. When does the Georgia manual say high-beam headlights should be used?

    1. Whenever driving after sunset
    2. Only in heavy fog or smoke
    3. Only in rural areas when other cars are not nearby
    4. Whenever following another vehicle closely
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    Only in rural areas when other cars are not nearby. The manual says to use high-beam headlights only when driving in rural areas and when other cars are not nearby. Headlights themselves are required from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, any time it is raining, and when visibility is limited. You should dim your lights when following closely, within 500 feet of an approaching vehicle, on lighted roads, in rain, fog, snow, or smoke, and when vision is reduced.

    Study this in the handbook: Move Over law, school buses and emergency vehicles

12. 12. Under Georgia Litter Control Law, litter dropped from a motor vehicle makes whom responsible?

    1. Only the passenger who dropped it
    2. The operator of the vehicle shall have violated the Litter Control Law
    3. No one if the vehicle was moving
    4. The vehicle manufacturer
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    The operator of the vehicle shall have violated the Litter Control Law. Georgia assigns vehicle litter to the person behind the wheel: whenever litter is thrown, deposited, or dropped from any motor vehicle, the operator of the vehicle shall have violated the Litter Control Law. Blaming only a passenger, excusing a moving vehicle, and charging the manufacturer all dodge that operator responsibility. Littering is classified as damage to property and a misdemeanor, with fines up to $1000 and possible court ordered cleanup. Drivers answer for what leaves their vehicle.

    Study this in the handbook: Move Over law, school buses and emergency vehicles

13. 13. At most Georgia intersections with a pedestrian signal, the crossing street's WALK signal corresponds to your green light. When you are authorized to turn, which street may pedestrians cross at the same time?

    1. The street you are driving along
    2. Neither street until the signal changes
    3. The street onto which you are turning
    4. Any street except the one onto which you are turning
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    The street onto which you are turning. The manual explains that at most intersections where there is a pedestrian signal, the WALK signal of the crossing street corresponds to the green light of the roadway you are traveling on. In that configuration, when you are authorized to turn, pedestrians are authorized to cross the street onto which you are turning at the same time. Before turning you must stop and remain stopped for pedestrians in that crosswalk until they have cleared the lanes you are traveling on.

14. 14. What does a Georgia warning sign saying the shoulder of the road is soft tell drivers?

    1. Stop on the shoulder to rest
    2. Drive on the shoulder only in emergencies
    3. Use the shoulder to pass slower traffic
    4. The shoulder has been newly paved
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    Drive on the shoulder only in emergencies. Among the warning signs, the manual says one indicates that the shoulder of the road is soft and tells you to drive on the shoulder only in emergencies. Warning signs are usually yellow with black markings, though they can also be fluorescent green with black markings, and they alert drivers to conditions immediately ahead that may require action. A soft shoulder is not a rest area, a passing lane, or a sign of new paving.

15. 15. In a Georgia work zone, how much authority does a flagger have over traffic?

    1. Advice only, which drivers may ignore when traffic is light
    2. Authority only when a police officer stands nearby
    3. The same authority as a regulatory sign, and directions must not be disobeyed
    4. Less authority than a warning sign, since flaggers only suggest a path
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    The same authority as a regulatory sign, and directions must not be disobeyed. A flagger directing traffic through and around a work zone carries the same authority as a regulatory sign, and flagger directions must not be disobeyed. Light traffic does not demote those directions to advice you may weigh and discard. No nearby officer is needed to lend the flagger force, and a warning sign comparison understates the role, since regulatory force binds rather than suggests. The human cue is to treat the raised paddle and hand signals as the law standing in the lane: slow, watch the flagger, and follow each direction exactly.

    Study this in the handbook: Speed limits and Super Speeder

16. 16. May a license, permit, or identification document issued outside the United States and District of Columbia be transferred directly to Georgia?

    1. No, documents issued outside the states and District of Columbia are non-transferable
    2. Yes, any foreign document transfers with a vision screening only
    3. Yes, if the foreign document has at least one year remaining
    4. Only motorcycle documents are non-transferable
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    No, documents issued outside the states and District of Columbia are non-transferable. Georgia treats licenses, permits, and identification issued outside the states and the District of Columbia as non-transferable, so the holder completes the full process for a new Georgia document. A vision screening alone cannot convert a foreign credential, and remaining validity time on that credential does not change its transfer status. Singling out motorcycle documents misses the wider rule covering licenses, permits, and identification alike. The border cue is origin: inside the states or the capital district, transfer may apply; outside, obtain a new Georgia document. Citizens of certain foreign countries may be exempt from knowledge and skills testing.

17. 17. What must a Georgia applicant do to obtain a voter registration identification card at no cost?

    1. Pay a reduced fee of five dollars at a service center
    2. Show proof of income below a state threshold
    3. Present a referral from a non-profit agency
    4. Swear under oath that the card is needed in order to vote in a Georgia election
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    Swear under oath that the card is needed in order to vote in a Georgia election. A voter registration identification card costs nothing when the applicant swears under oath that the card is needed in order to vote in a Georgia election. Five dollars prices other card paths, including referral and disability cards, so it overcharges this one. Income proof is not the stated gate, and a non-profit referral belongs to the separate five dollar card route. The cue is purpose plus oath: needing the card to vote, sworn under oath, is what brings the price to zero at the service center window.

18. 18. What does the railroad cross buck require of a Georgia driver?

    1. Stop in every case
    2. Yield to any approaching trains, slow down, look and listen, and stop completely when a red light is flashing
    3. Cross quickly before gates lower
    4. Count tracks only at night
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    Yield to any approaching trains, slow down, look and listen, and stop completely when a red light is flashing. The cross buck stands at all Georgia railroad crossings and commands drivers to yield to any approaching trains. The approach calls for slowing down, looking, and listening before crossing, while a sign below the cross buck shows the number of tracks. A complete stop is required when a red light is flashing. Counting tracks matters in daylight too, rather than being a nighttime-only instruction. A plan to cross quickly ahead of gates is not a substitute for slowing, looking, listening, and yielding to approaching trains.

    Study this in the handbook: Parking rules and railroad crossings

19. 19. Using Georgia counting method for following distance, what result shows a driver is following too closely?

    1. Passing the reference point after finishing the count
    2. Remaining behind the reference point when the count ends
    3. Passing the same spot before finishing the count
    4. Increasing the gap during inclement weather
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    Passing the same spot before finishing the count. Georgia offers a counting method for following distance. Watch the vehicle ahead pass a reference point such as a telephone pole or street sign, then count one thousand one, one thousand two. Reaching the same spot before finishing means you are following too closely. During inclement weather, construction, heavy traffic, and always at night, the distance between your vehicle and the one ahead should be even greater. A rear end crash is caused by following too closely, so the count is a floor that conditions raise, never a ceiling.

20. 20. How does the Georgia manual describe the carbon monoxide that cars produce?

    1. A harmless gas with a strong smell
    2. A visible gray smoke
    3. A gas that only forms in cold weather
    4. A deadly odorless and colorless gas
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    A deadly odorless and colorless gas. The manual says cars produce carbon monoxide, a deadly odorless and colorless gas. Because it cannot be seen or smelled, drivers must rely on precautions: do not leave the motor running in a garage, do not leave it running with the window closed while parked, do not operate the heater or air conditioner in a parked car with the windows closed, and do not drive with a defective muffler or exhaust system. Symptoms include sudden weariness, yawning, dizziness, and nausea.