WV Permit Practice Test 19

All 20 questions in test 19

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1. 1. For some DUI offenders, how is Interlock participation described?

   1. It is available to every traffic offender
   2. It may be an option for some offenders
   3. It is limited to offenders who refuse testing
   4. It is required for every first DUI offense
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   It may be an option for some offenders. Interlock participation is not one rule for everybody. For some DUI offenders it may be an option they can choose, while for others, especially repeat offenders, participation is mandatory. Limiting the program only to drivers who refused testing misses the wider group of alcohol offenders who may use it, and requiring it for every first offense overstates the optional path some first offenders are offered. It is also not a program for every kind of traffic offender, because it answers alcohol violations. Ask early, because applying before a revocation begins can affect how much revocation time must be served.

   Study this in the handbook: Implied consent, DUI penalties and interlock

2. 2. What does interchange design let vehicles do without interfering with others?

   1. Refuel at services built into the ramps
   2. Wait for a flagger to wave each vehicle through
   3. Cross, enter, or leave either road
   4. Enter either road without using a connecting ramp
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   Cross, enter, or leave either road. The point of an interchange is movement without conflict. Its design enables vehicles to cross, enter, or leave either road without interfering with other vehicles moving at highway speed. Ramps are not refueling areas, flaggers belong to work zones rather than interchange operation, and entering without a connecting ramp would defeat the design that separates the streams. Cross traffic passes on another level while entering and leaving traffic uses ramps to match speed. When you use an interchange smoothly, you are using that separation: change lanes early, follow the ramp, and merge at traffic speed.

   Study this in the handbook: Entering, exiting and driving on interstates

3. 3. When backing out of an angle parking space, which line must not be crossed backward?

   1. The white line of the parking space
   2. The curb line at the front of the space
   3. The stop line at the next intersection
   4. The center line of the road
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   The center line of the road. When backing out of an angle space, do not back across the center line, and do not rely only on the rear view mirror if vision is blocked. The option stating "The white line of the parking space" misses that point, because the parking space line is meant to be crossed while exiting; the center line is the boundary named. Ease back until you can move forward without your rear crossing the roadway middle.

   Study this in the handbook: U-turns, backing, parking and following distance

4. 4. When should a driver move into the exit lane on an interstate?

   1. At the last moment beside the exit sign
   2. Only after passing the exit gore point
   3. Well before the exit, after signaling
   4. After slowing in the through traffic lane
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   Well before the exit, after signaling. A driver should signal and move into the exit lane well before reaching the exit. Moving at the last moment beside the sign can cause a missed exit or a crash, and passing the gore point means the exit has already been missed. Slowing in the through lane is also unsafe because the deceleration lane is provided for reducing speed. Choose the exit lane early, then slow in the proper lane.

   Study this in the handbook: Entering, exiting and driving on interstates

5. 5. What does driving much slower than other traffic on an interstate create?

   1. A safer flow for surrounding drivers
   2. A legal passing lane on the right side
   3. A reason for others to stop signaling
   4. A hazard for surrounding drivers
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   A hazard for surrounding drivers. Driving on interstates at a speed much slower than other drivers creates a hazard, because traffic must constantly change lanes around the slow vehicle. The option stating "A safer flow for surrounding drivers" misses that point, because a safer flow contradicts the abrupt lane changes slow traffic forces on others. Match the traffic stream within legal limits; large speed gaps are themselves dangerous.

   Study this in the handbook: Entering, exiting and driving on interstates

6. 6. What is the key to sharing the road with motorcycles?

   1. Speed when passing the motorcycle
   2. Space around the motorcycle
   3. Sounding the horn at each meeting
   4. Following within one second behind
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   Space around the motorcycle. Space is the key to sharing the road with motorcycles because a rider may stop quickly or move within the lane around a hazard. Speed when passing does not provide the protective room described in the handbook. Sounding the horn at each meeting is not the stated principle, and following within one second leaves too little time to respond. Leave a safe cushion around the motorcycle instead of trying to control it with speed or noise.

   Study this in the handbook: Headlights and light conditions

7. 7. After a blowout, when should braking begin?

   1. Immediately with maximum pedal pressure applied
   2. Before easing up on the accelerator pedal
   3. Only after the vehicle is under control
   4. After reaching the nearest exit ramp ahead
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   Only after the vehicle is under control. After a blowout, do not brake until the vehicle is under control, then pull all the way off the road into a safe area away from traffic. The option stating "Immediately with maximum pedal pressure applied" misses that point, because maximum braking during the collapse can spin a vehicle already fighting for direction. Grip, straighten, slow by coasting, and brake only once the vehicle obeys you again.

   Study this in the handbook: Blowouts, fires and other vehicle emergencies

8. 8. Which events can all affect whether or not you can continue to drive your vehicle?

   1. Weather, crashes, and breakdowns
   2. Festivals, parades, and road rallies
   3. Fuel prices, toll changes, and parking rates
   4. School holidays, hunting season, and tourism
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   Weather, crashes, and breakdowns. Whether a trip continues is not always the driver choice. Weather, crashes, and breakdowns can all affect whether you can continue to drive your vehicle, by closing sight, damaging the car, or ending its ability to move. Festivals, prices, rates, holidays, and crowds can change a route or a schedule, but they do not by themselves disable the vehicle or the drive. Carrying emergency supplies, keeping the vehicle maintained, and checking conditions before leaving are the habits that answer all three threats, because any one of them can turn a routine trip into a wait for help.

   Study this in the handbook: At a crash scene

9. 9. How are most highways identified for drivers following a route?

   1. By the names of counties they cross
   2. By U.S. or state route numbers
   3. By the color of their center lines
   4. By signs showing the next large city only
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   By U.S. or state route numbers. Most highways carry a U.S. or state route number, and those numbers are what maps, signs, and directions use to guide a driver from town to town. Interstate routes use their own red, white, and blue shields, but the everyday system for finding a road is its number. County names change at invisible lines, center line colors describe lane rules rather than destinations, and a city sign alone cannot identify which of several roads leads there. Before a trip, note the route numbers in order, then match each overhead sign to that list so a missed turn is caught early.

   Study this in the handbook: Entering, exiting and driving on interstates

10. 10. Besides West Virginia action, what may another state do after a violation there?

    1. Restrict, suspend, or revoke the home state license by direct order
    2. Restrict, suspend, or revoke driving privilege in that state
    3. Add points directly to the West Virginia record itself
    4. Order the driver to retake the West Virginia knowledge test
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    Restrict, suspend, or revoke driving privilege in that state. A state where a violation occurs can act on the privilege to drive inside its own borders. It may restrict, suspend, or revoke that in state driving privilege, separate from anything West Virginia later does with the driver record. That state does not directly cancel the West Virginia license, add points to the home record by its own hand, or order a new West Virginia knowledge test. Those home state steps belong to West Virginia. The practical result can still be serious: a driver may hold a valid home license yet be barred from driving in the state where the violation happened.

    Study this in the handbook: Points, citations and suspensions

11. 11. When bicyclists ride side by side, what must they do?

    1. Use two lanes so vehicles must wait
    2. Move onto the shoulder whenever traffic approaches
    3. Stay within a single lane and not hold up traffic
    4. Ride at the edge of the lane while blocking traffic
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    Stay within a single lane and not hold up traffic. Bicyclists riding side by side must keep within a single lane and must not hold up traffic. Taking two lanes creates a wider obstruction than the handbook permits, while moving to the shoulder whenever traffic approaches is not the stated rule. Staying at the edge but deliberately blocking traffic also fails the requirement. The road position should allow the riders to remain together without occupying more than one lane or creating unnecessary delay for vehicles behind them.

12. 12. Why may a Level 1 permit holder keep using the permit for 30 days past the eighteenth birthday?

    1. To allow time to finish the road skills examination
    2. To allow time to renew the permit one more time
    3. To drive without a supervising adult at night
    4. To carry extra passengers during the extra month
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    To allow time to finish the road skills examination. A Level 1 permit is issued up to the applicant's eighteenth birthday and expires on that birthday, but a 30-day grace period past the birthday is allowed so the applicant has enough time to complete the road skills examination. The grace period is not a renewal, since a Level 1 permit is nonrenewable. It also does not lift the supervision rules or the passenger limits that apply during the permit stage. Think of those thirty days as scheduling room for the test, not as a month of wider driving privileges.

    Study this in the handbook: Graduated Driver's License levels

13. 13. You are entering an angle parking space on your right. What should you do as you begin?

    1. Speed up briefly to claim the space first
    2. Straighten the wheel and roll toward the curb
    3. Center the vehicle in the space before slowing
    4. Signal your intention to park and slow down
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    Signal your intention to park and slow down. Entering an angle space on the right begins before the turn into it. Signal your intention to park and slow down, so drivers behind understand why you are easing off and do not crowd your rear bumper. Speeding up to claim the space invites a rear end conflict and overshoots the opening. Straightening the wheel beside the curb and centering the vehicle are later parts of the maneuver, after the sharp turn into the space has begun. Once traffic behind has registered your signal, steer in slowly, center the vehicle, and continue forward until the front wheel barely touches the curb.

    Study this in the handbook: U-turns, backing, parking and following distance

14. 14. An applicant has vision in only one eye. When may that applicant pass screening?

    1. If that eye sees 20/40 or better
    2. If that eye sees 20/70 at the screening
    3. After the other eye regains vision at a later exam
    4. After completing a full year of monitored driving
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    If that eye sees 20/40 or better. Having vision in one eye does not by itself end an application. An applicant with only one eye may pass if the vision in that eye is 20/40 or better, the same acuity line used for drivers with two eyes. Vision of only 20/70 falls below that line and cannot pass by lowering the standard for one eye. Passing does not wait for the other eye to regain sight, and a year of monitored driving is not the stated substitute for meeting the acuity level. The seeing eye must do the whole job at the required level on test day.

    Study this in the handbook: Vision, knowledge and road tests

15. 15. Your headlights fail while driving on a dark highway. What should you try next?

    1. Parking lights, direction signals, or emergency flashers
    2. Only the interior dome light inside the vehicle
    3. High beams held on until the road ends
    4. No lights at all while leaving the roadway
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    Parking lights, direction signals, or emergency flashers. On a dark highway with failed headlights, try the parking lights, direction signals, or emergency flashers and get off the roadway. Any of those lights can help other drivers see the vehicle while you move to a safe place. The interior dome light does not show the vehicle's position to traffic outside. High beams are part of the failed headlight system and cannot be relied on here. Leaving the roadway with no lights at all leaves the vehicle invisible during the most dangerous part of the maneuver.

    Study this in the handbook: Blowouts, fires and other vehicle emergencies

16. 16. Where may animal riders not ride in West Virginia?

    1. On most public highways in West Virginia
    2. On rural roads with light traffic volumes
    3. On streets near farms and riding stables
    4. On interstate highways in West Virginia
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    On interstate highways in West Virginia. Animal riders may use most public highways, but they may not use interstate highways where high speeds and limited access endanger rider and horse. The option stating "On most public highways in West Virginia" misses that point, because most public highways are expressly open to animal riders, so banning them there is too broad. Horses belong on ordinary highways under traffic rules, never on the interstate system.

    Study this in the handbook: School buses, bicycles, motorcycles and trucks

17. 17. What is expected of bicyclists who use public roads?

    1. They may ignore traffic laws on quiet streets
    2. They are expected to know and obey all traffic laws
    3. They must ride against traffic on every road
    4. They have no duties toward pedestrians
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    They are expected to know and obey all traffic laws. Bicyclists share the road under the same legal framework as other users. They are expected to know and obey all traffic laws and regulations, including signals, signs, and duties toward pedestrians. Quiet streets do not suspend those rules, riding against traffic is not the general duty, and a bicyclist certainly has obligations where people walk. Drivers still must give a rider the benefit of the doubt and plenty of room, because a bicycle is fragile in any collision. Expect lawful riding, but drive as if a rider may wobble, swerve around a drain, or misjudge a turn.

    Study this in the handbook: School buses, bicycles, motorcycles and trucks

18. 18. What must battery retailers do with old batteries upon request?

    1. Return them to the customer's trunk
    2. Store them in a locked garage for the owner
    3. Recycle them, as required by law
    4. Deliver them to any landfill for disposal
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    Recycle them, as required by law. Old vehicle batteries are hazardous waste, full of lead and sulfuric acid, so their handling is set by law. Battery retailers are required to recycle old batteries upon request, which keeps those materials in a controlled stream instead of in a trunk, a garage corner, or a landfill. Returning a spent battery to a customer only moves the hazard back to private hands, storing it postpones the problem, and landfill disposal spreads exactly what recycling is meant to contain. When you buy a replacement, hand the old battery across the counter and let the retailer duty finish the job.

    Study this in the handbook: Points, citations and suspensions

19. 19. A blowout occurs where getting off the road immediately is impossible. What should the driver do?

    1. Continue slowly with emergency flashers on
    2. Stop at once in the travel lane and exit
    3. Speed up to reach the next interchange sooner
    4. Continue at normal speed until the next exit
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    Continue slowly with emergency flashers on. A blowout on a bridge or narrow stretch may leave no shoulder to take. If getting off the road immediately is impossible, continue driving slowly with emergency flashers on until a safe area appears. Stopping in the travel lane trades a tire problem for a likely rear end crash, and speed, whether racing for an interchange or cruising at normal pace on a ruined tire, can throw the vehicle out of control. Hold the wheel firmly, ease off the accelerator, and limp at low speed with flashers warning everyone behind that your vehicle is in trouble.

    Study this in the handbook: Blowouts, fires and other vehicle emergencies

20. 20. What does defensive driving mean in West Virginia guidance?

    1. Being prepared through good driving habits
    2. Being ready to argue for the right of way
    3. Being prepared to outmaneuver every other driver
    4. Being licensed for at least five full years
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    Being prepared through good driving habits. Defensive driving means being prepared through the practice of good driving habits, beginning the moment a driver steps into the vehicle. The option stating "Being ready to argue for the right of way" misses that point, because arguing for right of way is aggression, while defensive practice is preparation and habit. Preparation before problems appear is the habit that defines a defensive driver.

    Study this in the handbook: Drowsy driving, fatigue and emotions