ID Permit Practice Test 19

All 20 questions in test 19

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1. 1. When worn, how effective are safety belts at preventing crash deaths in the studies Idaho cites?

   1. About 25 percent effective at preventing crash deaths
   2. About 40 percent effective at preventing crash deaths
   3. About 60 to 70 percent effective at preventing crash deaths
   4. About 90 percent effective at preventing crash deaths
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   About 60 to 70 percent effective at preventing crash deaths. Idaho requires every occupant to wear safety belts in a vehicle equipped with them. Studies cited in the handbook find belts cut serious injury chances by half and prevent sixty to seventy percent of crash deaths. Belts also help the driver keep control on winding or rough roads. Picking "About 90 percent effective at preventing crash deaths" would overstate even those strong results. Buckle before the wheels roll, and check that every passenger is belted as well.

   Study this in the handbook: Required equipment, seat belts and child seats

2. 2. Starting a new prescription, what should you ask your doctor?

   1. Whether it can be taken with energy drinks
   2. Whether it causes drowsiness or affects driving
   3. Whether police can detect it in a test
   4. Whether it changes your license status
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   Whether it causes drowsiness or affects driving. A new prescription deserves a direct question to the doctor: will it cause drowsiness or otherwise affect driving? If the answer is yes, someone else should drive while the medication is being taken. Picking "Whether it can be taken with energy drinks" would ask about energy drink pairing while ignoring the driving safety question the visit should answer. Ask the driving question before leaving the office, not after the first dose makes you sleepy.

   Study this in the handbook: Administrative suspension and how alcohol affects you

3. 3. A green arrow shows beside a steady red light. Where may you proceed?

   1. In any direction after yielding briefly
   2. Straight through plus the arrow direction
   3. Only the arrow direction
   4. Opposite the arrow if traffic has cleared
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   Only the arrow direction. When a green arrow appears with a steady red indication, movement is allowed only in the arrow direction. The red indication still controls every other movement from that approach. Picking "In any direction after yielding briefly" would treat the arrow as a general green and drive straight through a light that remains red for that path. Follow the arrow like a one direction permission slip and ignore every other route until its light changes.

   Study this in the handbook: Stopping at red lights and pedestrian beacons

4. 4. Why use extra caution beside parked cars where children are present?

   1. Parked cars often roll forward without warning
   2. Children may be directing traffic between cars
   3. Doors on parked cars always open outward fast
   4. Children may dart out from between parked cars
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   Children may dart out from between parked cars. Children near parked cars are short and easily hidden by vehicle bodies. Darting into traffic from between or around a parked car is a common cause of serious injury, so speed must drop where children gather. Picking "Parked cars often roll forward without warning" would blame rolling parked cars while the documented danger is a child stepping suddenly into your lane. When you see toys or small bicycles near a curb, cover the brake and scan the gaps between parked cars.

   Study this in the handbook: Pedestrians, children, horses and bicyclists

5. 5. What material must not cover a vehicle headlight?

   1. A clear protective film approved for lenses.
   2. Reflective or opaque material.
   3. Water droplets left after driving in rainfall.
   4. A clean factory lens with no added covering.
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   Reflective or opaque material.. Idaho prohibits covering headlights with reflective, opaque, or non-transparent material. Such a cover can block or redirect the beam and reduce the light reaching the road. A clear protective film is not one of the materials named in the passage. Water droplets left by rainfall are not a material cover of the prohibited types, and an uncovered factory lens has no added covering. The prohibited material is the kind that reflects, blocks, or prevents light from passing through the headlight.

   Study this in the handbook: Required equipment, seat belts and child seats

6. 6. Which places deserve special caution for hidden ice?

   1. Sunlit straight stretches of dry highway
   2. Gravel shoulders beside rural roads
   3. Shady spots, bridges, and overpasses
   4. Parking lots that were recently plowed
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   Shady spots, bridges, and overpasses. Ice forms first and lasts longest in shady spots and on bridges and overpasses, where cold air reaches the road surface from below as well. A road that looks merely wet in sunshine may be glazed there. Picking "Sunlit straight stretches of dry highway" would point to sunlit dry pavement, the place least likely to hide the ice this warning targets. Ease off the accelerator before any bridge deck in freezing weather, even when the approach road feels fine.

   Study this in the handbook: Mountains, open range and winter driving

7. 7. What limit of anti-lock brakes should a driver remember?

   1. ABS doubles stopping distance on ice
   2. ABS removes the need to steer while braking
   3. ABS does not decrease stopping distances
   4. ABS works only below twenty miles per hour
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   ABS does not decrease stopping distances. Anti-lock brakes activate immediately during hard braking and preserve steering control on slippery surfaces. They do not shorten stopping distances, so following gaps and early speed reduction still decide whether a crash is avoided. Picking "ABS doubles stopping distance on ice" would claim the system doubles distance, while its real value is steering control at a similar distance. Brake firmly and steer around danger with ABS, but keep planning as if the stop will take full distance.

   Study this in the handbook: Skids, emergency braking and car trouble

8. 8. For a citation linked course, how many points come off the record?

   1. A flat four points for any citation
   2. Twice the points of that citation
   3. One point no matter the citation value
   4. The number tied to that citation
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   The number tied to that citation. When a course is accepted at the time of citation, the points removed coincide with the points associated with that citation. A two point ticket yields a two point removal, not a flat amount. Picking "A flat four points for any citation" would grant four points of relief for every ticket, even one Idaho valued at far fewer points. Read the point value on your citation first, because that number sets the size of the removal.

   Study this in the handbook: Points, suspensions and reinstatement

9. 9. Why should you never shift gears while crossing railroad tracks?

   1. Shifting may stall you on the tracks
   2. Shifting damages the crossing signals nearby
   3. Trains may not see a vehicle mid shift
   4. The tracks are too rough for lower gears
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   Shifting may stall you on the tracks. A vehicle should cross railroad tracks in a single gear without shifting. A missed shift can stall the vehicle directly on the tracks, where restarting against an approaching train may be impossible. Picking "Shifting damages the crossing signals nearby" would blame signal damage, while the real danger is your own vehicle dying in the train path. Select the gear that will carry you fully across before the front tires reach the first rail.

   Study this in the handbook: Railroad crossings and roundabouts

10. 10. How many points can one moving violation add to an Idaho driving record?

    1. A moving violation always adds exactly five points.
    2. A moving violation adds between six and ten points.
    3. A moving violation always adds exactly one point.
    4. A moving violation adds between one and four points.
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    A moving violation adds between one and four points.. Idaho evaluates a driving record by assigning one to four points for each moving traffic violation. The value varies with the violation, so the range includes one through four rather than a single fixed number. Five points is not assigned to every moving violation, and six to ten points is above the stated range. A moving violation is also not always worth exactly one point, because the handbook gives a range. The number attached to a ticket depends on the offense, but it remains within one to four points.

    Study this in the handbook: Points, suspensions and reinstatement

11. 11. In Idaho, a railroad crossing gate begins to lower as you approach. What must you do?

    1. Stop, then drive around the gate if no train is visible
    2. Stop and never drive through, under, or around the gate
    3. Continue quickly before the gate reaches your lane
    4. Wait for the gate to rise, then cross without looking
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    Stop and never drive through, under, or around the gate. A gate that is lowered or still moving down means stop. Idaho prohibits driving through, under, or around it, and the ban applies even when no train is in sight. Trying to beat the arm can leave a vehicle trapped on the tracks. Waiting for the gate to rise is correct, but the crossing still needs a fresh look both ways before you move. A second train can follow the first. Stay behind the gate until it is fully up and the tracks are clear.

    Study this in the handbook: Railroad crossings and roundabouts

12. 12. Where is a Share the Road sign placed relative to a bicycle sign?

    1. Above the bicycle symbol sign
    2. Below the bicycle symbol sign
    3. Only on the opposite roadside
    4. Across the top of the lane
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    Below the bicycle symbol sign. Share the Road signs sit below a bicycle symbol sign on highways where bike lanes are not provided. The pairing warns drivers that riders will use the travel lane itself, often where lanes or shoulders are narrow. Picking "Above the bicycle symbol sign" would reverse the sign order riders and drivers learn to scan for. Watch for the stacked pair on narrow high speed stretches and plan a full lane change to pass.

    Study this in the handbook: Warning signs

13. 13. Following a large vehicle that blocks your view, how should you adjust?

    1. Increase following distance to see the road ahead
    2. Move closer so you can see around it sooner
    3. Stay close behind it so other traffic cannot cut in
    4. Stay centered directly behind its trailer doors
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    Increase following distance to see the road ahead. Large vehicles block the view of the roadway ahead. Adjusting following distance so you can see most of the road beyond the truck restores warning of brake lights, merges, and hazards hidden by the trailer body. Picking "Move closer so you can see around it sooner" would place you closer to a vehicle you cannot see past, shrinking both view and stopping room together. Drop back until the road surface and distant signals reappear around the truck, then hold that gap.

    Study this in the handbook: Right hooks, motorcycles and large vehicles

14. 14. Under Idaho's texting rule, which device use is not prohibited?

    1. Reading a text while holding a phone in one hand
    2. Typing a message on a mounted tablet with one hand
    3. Sending written communication by touching a screen
    4. Using a hands-free device without either hand
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    Using a hands-free device without either hand. Idaho prohibits reading, writing, or sending written communication while driving. The exception is a hands-free device used without either hand. Reading a text while holding a phone uses a hand, and typing on a mounted tablet still uses a hand even though the tablet is fixed in place. Touching a screen to send a message is also hand use while driving. The exception depends on both the device being hands-free and neither hand being used, not on where the device is mounted.

    Study this in the handbook: Defensive driving, distractions and fatigue

15. 15. In Idaho, two vehicles reach an unmarked intersection with no signs or signals at the same moment. Which driver must yield?

    1. The left-side driver yields to the right-side driver
    2. The right-side driver yields to the left-side driver
    3. The driver going straight yields to the driver turning
    4. The driver in the larger vehicle yields
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    The left-side driver yields to the right-side driver. At an unmarked or uncontrolled intersection, two vehicles that arrive together use the same tie breaker as a four way stop: the vehicle on the left yields to the vehicle on the right. Reversing the sides would put both drivers in the path of the other. The direction each driver plans to travel, including a straight-ahead course, does not settle this tie. Vehicle size has no priority. Slow down on the approach, confirm who reached the crossing point first, and use the right-side rule only when the arrival is truly simultaneous.

    Study this in the handbook: Right of way between drivers

16. 16. What does Idaho warn can result from violating a posted speed limit in a work zone?

    1. A warning with no fine for a first offense
    2. An enhanced, fixed penalty
    3. A reduced penalty because workers control the site
    4. A citation only if a worker is struck
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    An enhanced, fixed penalty. Speeding in a designated work zone can carry an enhanced, fixed penalty. The warning is tied to the posted work zone limit, not to whether a worker is in the lane at that instant. A first offense is not automatically excused, and the presence of workers does not soften the fine. The practical cue is to slow when the orange signs begin and to hold that lower speed until the work area ends, because the penalty can apply even when the crew is out of sight.

    Study this in the handbook: Stopping at red lights and pedestrian beacons

17. 17. In Idaho, parking is prohibited within how many feet of a crosswalk?

    1. 10 feet
    2. 15 feet
    3. 20 feet
    4. 30 feet
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    20 feet. The no-parking distance for a crosswalk is 20 feet. Fifteen feet is the fire hydrant buffer. Thirty feet is the buffer for a stop sign, yield sign, or traffic signal. Ten feet is shorter than any of these figures and would leave the crossing area partly blocked. The crosswalk number protects the sight lines between drivers and people stepping into the street, so it applies even when the paint is faded. Check the curb and any posted signs before you leave the car.

    Study this in the handbook: Following distance, parking and backing

18. 18. What opportunity does an entrance ramp give you before merging?

    1. Time to reach the maximum posted speed
    2. A right-of-way over traffic already on the freeway
    3. Room to pass slower vehicles on the ramp
    4. A chance to observe freeway traffic
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    A chance to observe freeway traffic. An entrance ramp gives the driver a chance to observe traffic conditions on the freeway before the ramp straightens into the acceleration lane. The ramp does not guarantee reaching the maximum posted speed, give a merging driver right-of-way over traffic already on the freeway, or serve as a passing lane. Traffic on the freeway keeps the right of way during merging. Use the observation opportunity to judge traffic, build appropriate speed in the acceleration lane, and blend into the outside lane safely.

    Study this in the handbook: Speed limits and the basic rule

19. 19. A side street had a stop sign before a hybrid beacon was added. What controls it now?

    1. The stop sign still controls it
    2. The beacon now replaces the stop sign
    3. Drivers may roll if the beacon is dark
    4. The side street gains signal priority now
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    The stop sign still controls it. Installing a pedestrian hybrid beacon does not change side street control. Any side street controlled by a stop sign continues to be controlled by that stop sign after the beacon is in place on the main road. Picking "The beacon now replaces the stop sign" would let a dark beacon cancel a stop sign, confusing two devices that govern different approaches. Obey the sign on your own approach; the beacon over the main road controls only its crosswalk.

    Study this in the handbook: Stopping at red lights and pedestrian beacons

20. 20. How close to a stop sign, yield sign, or traffic signal may you park in Idaho?

    1. No closer than 30 feet
    2. No closer than 15 feet
    3. No closer than 20 feet
    4. No closer than 50 feet
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    No closer than 30 feet. Parking is not allowed within 30 feet of a stop sign, yield sign, or traffic signal. Fifteen feet is the fire hydrant distance, 20 feet is the crosswalk and fire station driveway distance, and 50 feet is the railroad tracks distance. The same list bans parking on bridges or overpasses, on any controlled access highway, and where signs or a red painted curb prohibit it.

    Study this in the handbook: Following distance, parking and backing