UT Permit Practice Test 7

All 20 questions in test 7

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1. 1. What happens if a Utah driver removes an ignition interlock device before the restriction period ends?

   1. Only the vehicle registration is canceled
   2. Only an additional reinstatement fee is charged
   3. Driving privileges are suspended again
   4. The driver may continue if a sober adult rides along
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   Driving privileges are suspended again. Removing the device before the interlock restriction ends causes driving privileges to be suspended again. Having a sober adult in the passenger seat cannot replace the required equipment. Reinstatement after installing an IID does not mean the driver can decide when to stop using it. Before arranging removal, verify the restriction end date; the relevant cue is whether the required period has actually finished, not whether the driver has recently avoided violations.

   Study this in the handbook: DUI Penalties, Refusal and Ignition Interlock

2. 2. At a Utah intersection, another driver is already there before you arrive. What does the handbook’s arrival-order rule require?

   1. Yield to the driver who reached the intersection first
   2. Yield only if the earlier driver is on your left
   3. Proceed first if the earlier driver is on your left
   4. Proceed first if you intend to travel straight
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   Yield to the driver who reached the intersection first. The Utah handbook's right-of-way list starts with this rule: yield the right-of-way to a driver who is at the intersection before you. The driver who arrived first goes first, whichever side that driver is on and whatever turn you plan to make. The handbook's tie rule is separate: at a four-way stop, yield to the driver on your right if you both arrive at the same time. It also warns never to think that you have the right of way.

   Study this in the handbook: Intersections and Right of Way

3. 3. Outside of an emergency, may a Utah driver stop, stand, or park on a runaway vehicle ramp?

   1. Yes, briefly to look at the view from the grade
   2. Yes, if no trucks are visible
   3. Yes, for up to five minutes
   4. No, it is prohibited on the ramp and in its pathway
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   No, it is prohibited on the ramp and in its pathway. A runaway vehicle ramp is an emergency escape route beside the highway. The handbook allows you to use the ramp only in an emergency that requires it to stop your vehicle. Apart from that emergency use, Utah prohibits stopping, standing, or parking on the ramp or in its pathway. A short stop, a scenic pause, or an empty road do not create exceptions. If you must stop on a mountain grade, use a pullout or the shoulder well away from the ramp.

   Study this in the handbook: Freeway Driving and Work Zone Speeds

4. 4. Which vehicles does the Utah handbook list as exempt from the motor vehicle safety belt usage act?

   1. Authorized emergency vehicles, mopeds, motorcycles, school buses, and vehicles not equipped with belts by the manufacturer
   2. Pickup trucks and vans
   3. Any vehicle made before 2000
   4. Taxis and rideshare vehicles
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   Authorized emergency vehicles, mopeds, motorcycles, school buses, and vehicles not equipped with belts by the manufacturer. The handbook lists the vehicles exempt from the safety belt usage act: authorized emergency vehicles, mopeds, motorcycles, school buses, and vehicles not equipped with safety belts by the manufacturer. Pickups, vans, taxis and rideshare cars are ordinary passenger vehicles and are covered, and a vehicle's age matters only if it left the factory without belts. Everyone else in a Utah vehicle must have a fastened safety belt or child seat.

   Study this in the handbook: Seat Belts, Car Seats and Air Bags

5. 5. What does the Utah handbook tell drivers to do on roadways marked with animal crossing signs?

   1. Use high beams at all times, even with oncoming traffic
   2. Speed up to pass through the area quickly
   3. Be alert, because those signs mark areas with many animal and vehicle collisions
   4. Sound the horn continuously to scare animals away
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   Be alert, because those signs mark areas with many animal and vehicle collisions. Animal crossing signs are not decorative. The handbook says to be alert on roadways marked with them because they are placed in areas with many animal and vehicle collisions. Slow down through a signed stretch, especially at dawn and dusk, and scan both shoulders. The same list advises looking well down the road and at its sides, and slowing with caution when animals stand near the roadway, because they may bolt or change direction and others may follow.

   Study this in the handbook: Distractions, Fatigue, Animals and Mountain Roads

6. 6. With no queue extending beyond the usual limit, what is the maximum distance before a left turn at which you may enter Utah's shared center turn lane?

   
   1. 100 feet
   2. 300 feet
   3. 500 feet
   4. 1,000 feet
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   500 feet. The ordinary entry limit is 500 feet before the left turn. The handbook allows an exception when the last car is more than 500 feet from the intersection, but this situation excludes that extended queue. Entering 1,000 feet early without that condition would use the lane beyond the stated limit. Locate your driveway or intersection first, then time the lane entry instead of treating the shared lane as a long approach lane.

   Study this in the handbook: Pavement Markings and Special Lanes

7. 7. On a narrow Utah mountain road, you are heading downhill and meet a vehicle climbing toward you. Who must yield?

   1. You, as the downhill driver
   2. The uphill driver, because it is moving more slowly
   3. The driver with the smaller vehicle
   4. The uphill driver, because it can reverse downhill
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   You, as the downhill driver. On a narrow road, the downhill driver must yield to vehicles traveling uphill. The uphill vehicle’s slower pace does not transfer that obligation to its driver. A narrow mountain segment with little room for two vehicles is the cue to prepare early, control your descent, and allow the climbing vehicle room. Avoid assuming that a smaller car should give way simply because it occupies less space; the handbook identifies travel direction on the grade as the deciding condition.

   Study this in the handbook: Night Driving, Weather, Floods and Skids

8. 8. Under Utah's Not-a-Drop Act, what happens to a driver under 21 caught driving with any measurable amount of alcohol for a first offense?

   1. A written warning is issued
   2. A $100 fine with no license action
   3. The license is revoked for 18 months
   4. All driving privileges are denied for six months
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   All driving privileges are denied for six months. The Not-a-Drop Act provides that a person under 21 driving with any measurable amount of alcohol in their body will have all driving privileges denied for six months for a first offense. A second or subsequent offense within 10 years of a prior denial results in a longer loss. The 18 month figure belongs to refusing a chemical test, not to Not-a-Drop, and there is no warning or fine only outcome. Reinstatement requires an assessment or a Prime For Life class.

   Study this in the handbook: Under 21 and the Not-a-Drop Act

9. 9. A Utah applicant who is 19 or older has never been licensed. May the applicant skip the driver education course?

   1. Yes, if the applicant holds a learner permit for 90 days and completes 40 hours of driving
   2. No, driver education is required at every age
   3. Yes, with no other condition
   4. Only if the applicant has a college degree
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   Yes, if the applicant holds a learner permit for 90 days and completes 40 hours of driving. Applicants 19 years of age or older who have never been licensed to drive may be licensed without completing a driver education course if they hold a learner permit for 90 days and complete at least 40 hours of driving, 10 of them after sunset. Younger applicants take a different path: at 18 an approved course is required, and at 16 and 17 the permit must be held six months. Age alone does not waive the permit holding condition, and education has nothing to do with it.

   Study this in the handbook: Driver Education and Learner Permits

10. 10. What happens in Utah if your driving privilege is denied, suspended, or revoked in another state?

    1. It has no effect in Utah
    2. You may drive in Utah with an out of state permit
    3. Only Utah convictions count
    4. Utah will not issue you a license while it is denied, suspended, or revoked elsewhere
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    Utah will not issue you a license while it is denied, suspended, or revoked elsewhere. The handbook lists persons who may not have a Utah driver license, and one entry covers anyone whose driving privilege is denied, suspended, revoked, or disqualified in Utah or any other state. A sanction from another state therefore still blocks a Utah license, so it is wrong to say it has no effect or that only Utah convictions count. An out of state permit does not get around that list either. Settle the other state's suspension or denial before you apply in Utah.

11. 11. Before driving in snow or ice, what does the Utah handbook tell you to clear from your vehicle?

    1. Only a small patch on the windshield
    2. Nothing; the heater will clear it as you drive
    3. Only the rear window
    4. Ice and snow from the headlights, taillights, wipers, and all windows
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    Ice and snow from the headlights, taillights, wipers, and all windows. The Utah handbook says not to drive during ice or snowstorms unless it is essential. If you must drive, first clear the ice and snow from your vehicle, including the headlights, taillights, windshield wipers, and all windows. A small patch on the windshield or the rear window alone leaves the other windows and the lights covered, and waiting for the heater skips the step the handbook puts first. It also advises a freeze-resistant cleaning solution for the wipers.

    Study this in the handbook: Night Driving, Weather, Floods and Skids

12. 12. A Utah driver on alcohol-restricted status is convicted of driving with any measurable amount of alcohol. What happens to the license?

    1. Nothing, if the BAC was under 0.05
    2. A warning letter
    3. Revocation for one year
    4. A 30 day suspension
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    Revocation for one year. During the alcohol-restricted period, a conviction for driving with any measurable amount of alcohol revokes the license for one year. The 0.05 limit does not protect a restricted driver, because the restriction means no alcohol at all while driving. A warning or a 30 day suspension understates the penalty. Section 13 also lists this among the mandatory revocation offenses, and the restricted period itself keeps running from the original suspension date.

    Study this in the handbook: DUI Penalties, Refusal and Ignition Interlock

13. 13. How does Utah classify failing to stop at the scene of a crash in which someone was injured?

    1. An infraction
    2. A third-degree felony
    3. A Class C misdemeanor
    4. It is not a crime if you call later
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    A third-degree felony. The handbook notes that it is a third-degree felony to fail to stop at the scene of an injury crash. That is far more serious than an infraction or a Class C misdemeanor, the level used for a texting violation. Calling later does not cure leaving. Drivers must stop immediately, give reasonable help to the injured, and exchange name, address, registration and insurance information.

    Study this in the handbook: Crashes and Insurance

14. 14. Near this pedestrian warning sign, someone begins crossing with a white cane. What must you do?

    
    1. Sound your horn and drive around the person
    2. Come to a complete stop
    3. Continue if the person has not reached your lane
    4. Reduce speed without stopping if your light is green
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    Come to a complete stop. A pedestrian crossing with a white cane or a guide dog requires you to stop completely. Slowing without stopping at a green light leaves out the specific protection for a visually impaired person. Avoid trying to direct the pedestrian by driving around them or relying on your horn. The white cane is the concrete cue to recognize promptly, giving the person space to cross without having to judge a moving vehicle’s path.

    Study this in the handbook: Speed Limits and the Basic Speed Law

15. 15. What does the Utah handbook tell you to do before moving your vehicle after a stop?

    1. Sound the horn
    2. Turn off the turn signal
    3. Check for traffic and bicyclists
    4. Accelerate quickly to clear the intersection
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    Check for traffic and bicyclists. In its intersections section, the Utah handbook says that before moving after a stop, check for traffic and bicyclists. It adds that you should look left, right, and then left again before entering the intersection, and that when a light turns green you should make sure your path of travel is clear and there is no cross traffic. Honking, switching off the signal, or starting quickly does not replace that check of traffic and bicyclists before you move.

    Study this in the handbook: Freeway Driving and Work Zone Speeds

16. 16. What is the minimum age for taking a driving skills test at Utah's Driver License Division?

    1. 14 years old
    2. 16 years old
    3. 15 years old
    4. 18 years old
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    16 years old. The minimum age for a driving skills test at the DLD is 16. Age 15 applies to testing through a Third-Party Tester or high school, so the testing location changes which age rule you should use. Check the appointment provider before assuming that eligibility for one testing arrangement applies to another. A 15-year-old arriving for a DLD test has not met the division's age requirement and would need to reschedule.

    Study this in the handbook: Knowledge, Traffic Safety and Skills Tests

17. 17. What does Utah law allow a driver over 18 to do with a handheld wireless communication device while driving?

    1. Send a text message while the vehicle is moving
    2. Talk on it, as long as voice commands are used to connect the call
    3. Watch a video while driving on the highway
    4. Enter a phone number by hand while moving
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    Talk on it, as long as voice commands are used to connect the call. Utah bars using a handheld wireless communication device while operating a moving motor vehicle on a highway to write, send, or read a text, instant message, or email, dial a phone number, access the internet, view or record a video, take a photograph, or enter data. Drivers over 18 may talk on the device while driving as long as voice commands are used to connect the call, and hands free, voice activated use of GPS and reporting hazards, crimes, or medical emergencies is also allowed. Texting, dialing by hand, and watching video while moving are all prohibited.

    Study this in the handbook: Renewal, Phone Laws and the Point System

18. 18. When does the Utah handbook tell you to increase your following distance?

    1. Only when following a motorcycle
    2. Only when driving faster than 65 mph
    3. In bad weather or poor visibility
    4. Never, the normal distance is always enough
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    In bad weather or poor visibility. The Utah handbook's safe driving tips say to follow at a safe distance using the two-second rule, and to increase your following distance in bad weather or poor visibility. Speed alone is not the stated trigger. Extra space behind a motorcycle is a separate tip, which says to stay at least two seconds back and increase that distance when the roadway is wet, so the motorcycle choice is too narrow. Saying the normal distance is always enough contradicts the handbook.

19. 19. What does the Utah handbook say a bicycle operator must do on the road?

    1. Obey the rules of the road with the same rights and duties as a motor vehicle operator
    2. Stay on the sidewalk at all times
    3. Ride against traffic on the left
    4. Yield to every motor vehicle regardless of right of way
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    Obey the rules of the road with the same rights and duties as a motor vehicle operator. Utah treats a bicycle as a vehicle. The handbook says a bicycle operator must obey the rules of the road and has the same rights and duties as the operator of a motor vehicle. That means riding with traffic, stopping at signs and signals, and signaling turns, and it also means drivers must give bicyclists the right of way they are due. Riding against traffic, staying on sidewalks, and yielding to everyone are not what the law says.

20. 20. A vehicle ahead on a Utah road shows a fluorescent orange and red triangle on its rear. What does that emblem tell you?

    
    1. The vehicle is carrying hazardous materials
    2. The vehicle is moving less than 25 mph
    3. The vehicle is oversized and needs an escort
    4. The vehicle is an emergency vehicle
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    The vehicle is moving less than 25 mph. The orange and red triangle is the slow moving vehicle emblem. It means the vehicle is moving less than 25 mph, so expect to close on it quickly, and the handbook says to watch for such vehicles especially in rural areas. It has nothing to do with hazardous materials placards, emergency vehicles, or oversize load banners. When you see the triangle, slow down early, leave extra following distance, and pass only where the road is clear and passing is legal.