VT Permit Practice Test 7

All 20 questions in test 7

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1. 1. How far before a turn or lane change must a Vermont driver use a turn signal?

   1. Not less than 100 feet
   2. Not less than 25 feet
   3. Not less than 50 feet
   4. Not less than 200 feet
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   Not less than 100 feet. Vermont requires a turn signal not less than 100 feet before making a turn or changing lanes. The manual notes that signaling three to five seconds before either action covers this requirement. The shorter distances in the other choices give following drivers less time to understand your plan, while 200 feet is not the stated minimum. Start the signal early, then confirm that the maneuver is safe before moving or turning.

2. 2. An oncoming driver's bright lights are blinding you on a Vermont road. Where should you look?

   1. Directly at the lights so your eyes adjust
   2. Down at the dashboard
   3. At the center line
   4. Ahead toward the right edge of the highway until the lights have gone by
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   Ahead toward the right edge of the highway until the lights have gone by. To avoid being temporarily blinded, look ahead toward the right edge of the highway until the bright lights have gone by and your vision has returned to normal. The edge line keeps you positioned in your lane without staring into the glare. Staring at the lights or at the dashboard leaves you without a reference, and drifting toward the center line moves you toward the other car.

3. 3. What is the purpose of highway markings in Vermont?

   1. They help position vehicles, direct traffic, and show when passing is allowed
   2. They replace every traffic sign at an intersection
   3. They authorize drivers to ignore posted speed limits
   4. They identify only locations where emergency vehicles park
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   They help position vehicles, direct traffic, and show when passing is allowed. Highway markings provide several kinds of guidance: they help position a vehicle, direct it through situations, show when passing is allowed, and warn of upcoming conditions. They do not replace every sign, cancel a posted limit, or serve only as emergency-vehicle parking markers. A concrete cue is to read pavement as traffic information. Check the color, whether a line is solid or broken, and which side of the marking you occupy before passing or changing lanes.

4. 4. How should you approach an intersection controlled by a flashing yellow light?

   1. Turn left immediately without checking oncoming traffic
   2. Stop and remain stopped until green
   3. Slow down, scan, and proceed with caution
   4. Accelerate to clear the intersection before the light changes
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   Slow down, scan, and proceed with caution. A flashing yellow signal calls for a slower, cautious approach rather than a complete stop. Scan the intersection and yield to oncoming vehicles before attempting a left turn, then proceed only when the movement is safe. The green-only choice treats the signal as a steady red, while an immediate left turn ignores the required traffic check. Accelerating to beat a change also sacrifices control and observation. Reduce speed early, look for pedestrians and vehicles, and let the flashing pattern prompt a deliberate search instead of an automatic stop or rush.

5. 5. How many points does Vermont assess for failing to stop for a stop sign or red light?

   1. 8 points
   2. 4 points
   3. 5 points
   4. 2 points
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   2 points. Vermont assesses 2 points for failure to stop for a stop sign or red light, the same as driving without a license. Four points is for failing to obey a police officer or to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk, and five points is for failing to yield to an emergency vehicle or failing to stop for a school bus. Eight points is the top of the speeding range.

6. 6. Where are Vermont crossbuck signs located, and what do they identify?

   
   1. At intersections, where they replace every stop sign
   2. Before school zones, where they identify a reduced speed
   3. At work zones, where they mark a lane merge
   4. At railroad crossings, where they indicate the location of the tracks
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   At railroad crossings, where they indicate the location of the tracks. Crossbuck signs stand at railroad crossings and indicate where the tracks are. They are not school, work-zone, or general intersection signs. The sign does not replace every stop sign, because railroad crossings also use gates, flashing lights, and other controls. After locating the crossbuck, slow down, look both ways, and listen for trains. Smaller signs below it can tell you how many tracks cross the road, which affects the search.

7. 7. What must a Vermont Junior Driver's License holder have to get a regular Driver's License?

   1. Be 17 and pay a fee
   2. Hold the junior license for three months
   3. Be 18 with no recalls, suspensions, or revocations in the previous six months
   4. Complete another driver education course
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   Be 18 with no recalls, suspensions, or revocations in the previous six months. A Vermont junior license holder must be 18 and must not have any recalls, suspensions, or revocations during the previous six months to be eligible for a Driver's License. That six month period starts on the date of reinstatement if there was a suspension. Seventeen is too young, three months is only the first passenger stage, and no second driver education course is required.

8. 8. A Vermont teen's Learner's Permit expired four years ago. What is needed before a road test can be given?

   1. Nothing, the road test can be taken right away
   2. A written exam
   3. A new driver education course
   4. A doctor's certificate
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   A written exam. A person may take a road test if the Learner's Permit has not been expired more than 3 years and has been renewed before the exam. If it has been expired more than 3 years, a written exam is required before the road test can be given. Four years is past that limit, so the road test cannot be taken right away. A new driver education course or doctor's certificate is not what the rule requires.

9. 9. Which roadway conditions may Vermont warning signs identify?

   
   1. Only lanes reserved for buses
   2. Only legal parking spaces and loading zones
   3. Only fuel stations and lodging areas
   4. Sharp curves, unsafe intersections, or dips in the road
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   Sharp curves, unsafe intersections, or dips in the road. Vermont says warning signs may identify sharp curves, unsafe intersections, or dips in the road. Each condition can change visibility, steering, or stopping needs, so the driver should slow down and scan carefully. The other choices describe parking rules, traveler services, or lane controls rather than the examples given for warning signs. When the sign appears, look for the roadway feature it announces and choose a speed that leaves room to respond. The cue is that a warning describes a potential hazard ahead, not a destination or a standing parking permission.

10. 10. When turning left at an intersection, what traffic must the driver yield to?

    
    1. Only vehicles approaching from the right
    2. No traffic if the turn signal is on
    3. Only pedestrians in a marked crosswalk
    4. All oncoming traffic, including bicyclists
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    All oncoming traffic, including bicyclists. A left-turning driver must wait for every oncoming road user described by the manual, including a motor vehicle or bicyclist. Activating a signal communicates the intention to turn but does not grant priority. Limiting the rule to traffic from the right or to marked crosswalk users overlooks the oncoming lane. A useful habit is to keep the wheels straight while waiting, then turn only after the opposing path is clear and pedestrians in the destination street have been considered.

11. 11. When is a driver on a divided highway not required to stop for a school bus with red warning lights?

    1. When the driver is late for work
    2. When the bus is traveling in the opposite direction on the divided highway
    3. When the bus is stopped on any two-lane road
    4. When a driver sees no children outside the bus
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    When the bus is traveling in the opposite direction on the divided highway. The manual gives a narrow exception: on a divided highway, a driver does not have to stop when the school bus is traveling in the opposite direction. A concrete barrier may separate the traffic streams. This does not excuse passing a stopped bus on an ordinary two-lane road, and the absence of visible children is not a legal test. Treat red warning lights as a stop command unless the divided-highway opposite-direction exception clearly applies.

12. 12. What does Vermont law say about items hanging from the rearview mirror or sun visors?

    1. Nothing may hang from the rearview mirror or sun visors
    2. Only air fresheners are allowed
    3. Items are allowed if they do not block the windshield
    4. Small items are allowed
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    Nothing may hang from the rearview mirror or sun visors. The law states there shall not be anything hanging from the rearview mirror or sun visors. Even a small dangling object swings into your line of sight and draws your eyes off the road. Vermont also requires a working rearview mirror and horn, and the windshield must be free of cracks and obstructions. Keep decorations and parking tags out of the view area.

13. 13. What do the smaller signs below a Vermont crossbuck indicate?

    1. Whether the crossing is on an Interstate
    2. How many tracks are at the crossing
    3. The speed limit after the crossing
    4. Which lane must turn after the crossing
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    How many tracks are at the crossing. Small signs mounted below a railroad crossbuck tell drivers how many tracks exist at that crossing. A second or third track can hide a train moving in the opposite direction, so a driver must look and listen beyond the first visible train. The Interstate choice confuses road classification with crossing information. Speed limits are shown on regulatory signs, not on these track signs. Lane direction is controlled by markings and traffic signs. The practical cue is to count the rails or track warning information before proceeding, especially after one train has passed.

14. 14. What does the eight-sided shape of a Vermont stop sign tell a driver?

    1. The sign indicates that the driver should yield without stopping
    2. The sign requires a complete stop
    3. The sign warns of a railroad crossing ahead
    4. The sign provides directions to nearby services
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    The sign requires a complete stop. An eight-sided sign is the stop sign shape, so its shape communicates a stopping instruction even when wording is hard to read. Yield signs use an upside-down triangle, while railroad warnings use a circular design with an X and RR. The octagon does not provide service information. On seeing this shape, prepare to stop before the stop line, crosswalk, or intersecting road, whichever comes first. Then scan the intersection, honor the right of way, and proceed only when the route is safe.

15. 15. What minimum liability coverage must a Vermont driver carry?

    1. $25,000 for one person, $50,000 for two or more, and $10,000 for property damage
    2. $15,000, $30,000, and $5,000
    3. $50,000, $100,000, and $25,000
    4. $10,000 for all claims combined
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    $25,000 for one person, $50,000 for two or more, and $10,000 for property damage. The amount of coverage must be at least $25,000 for death or injury of one person, $50,000 for death or injury of two or more persons, and $10,000 for property damage. You must carry a card from your insurer in the vehicle showing the coverage. If you drive without insurance and are in a crash or stopped, the Commissioner takes your license until you get insurance.

16. 16. When a school bus activates its alternately flashing red warning lights, what must a driver do?

    
    1. Pass slowly if no children are visible
    2. Stop the vehicle and do not pass the bus
    3. Stop only when following the bus in the same direction
    4. Continue through a school yard if traveling below 15 mph
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    Stop the vehicle and do not pass the bus. Alternately flashing red warning lights mean the stopped school bus is loading or unloading students, and vehicles must stop. Vermont says never to pass from any direction while those red lights are on, including in a school yard. The absence of visible children does not cancel the signal, and the rule is not limited to traffic behind the bus. Prepare to stop when yellow lights begin, then remain stopped until the red warning display has ended and it is safe to proceed.

17. 17. How many points does Vermont assess for the under 21 violation of driving with a BAC of 0.02 or more?

    1. 2 points
    2. 4 points
    3. None
    4. 10 points
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    None. The Vermont statute says no points shall be assessed for the under 21 violation of operating with a BAC of 0.02 or more. The penalty works through license suspension and the Youth Substance Awareness Safety Program instead. A provisional license may also be recalled. The 2, 4, and 10 point choices come from the general point system, which does not apply to this particular violation.

18. 18. During the first three months of a Vermont Junior Driver's License, the teen drives with a licensed, unimpaired 30-year-old in the front seat. How many passengers may ride?

    1. None besides the adult
    2. Only one
    3. No set number, but no more than there are safety belts
    4. Only immediate family
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    No set number, but no more than there are safety belts. In the first three months, a junior operator is restricted to driving alone unless a qualified person rides in the front seat: a licensed unimpaired parent or guardian, a driver education instructor, or a licensed unimpaired person 25 or older. When one of them is in the vehicle, there is no restriction on the number of passengers, but the driver may not carry more passengers than there are safety belts. Family-only is the rule for the second three months.

19. 19. When may a driver enter a Vermont roundabout?

    
    1. When there is a safe gap in circulating traffic
    2. Only after stopping for every vehicle already inside
    3. Whenever the vehicle has reached the entrance line
    4. Only when a traffic signal gives permission
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    When there is a safe gap in circulating traffic. Drivers must yield to traffic already in the roundabout and enter only when a safe gap exists. The choice “Whenever the vehicle has reached the entrance line” treats the entrance line as automatic permission. The second demands a stop for every vehicle, even though the manual focuses on yielding and finding a safe opening. Most roundabouts do not need a signal to authorize entry, so the choice “Only when a traffic signal gives permission” adds a condition that is not required. Slow before entering, scan for users inside, then signal when preparing to exit.

20. 20. How long must an applicant under 18 have maintained a clean driving record before applying for a Vermont learner's permit?

    1. The previous one year
    2. The previous six months
    3. The previous two years
    4. The previous three years
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    The previous two years. An applicant under 18 must have maintained a clean driving record during the previous two years before applying for a Vermont learner's permit. The six-month period is associated with a junior driver's license, so it is an attractive but mismatched choice. Recalls, suspensions, or revocations can create an additional waiting period, which is why an applicant should resolve those records with DMV before assuming eligibility. Think of the permit rule as a two-year lookback.