WY Permit Practice Test 14

All 20 questions in test 14

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1. 1. A defensive driver counts past one thousand and ten before passing a roadside object. What scanning habit does that count confirm?

   1. At least 3 to 5 seconds ahead
   2. At least 20 to 25 seconds ahead
   3. At least 10 to 15 seconds ahead
   4. One car length for each 10 mph speed
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   At least 10 to 15 seconds ahead. Defensive scanning reaches at least 10 to 15 seconds ahead, far enough that counting one thousand and one upward passes one thousand and ten before reaching a fixed roadside object. Three to five seconds keeps eyes on the bumper ahead, 20 to 25 overstates the stated span, and car length math replaces the time method. Check weather, traffic, road conditions, signs, signals, markings, vehicles, and pedestrians inside that full scan.

2. 2. What does the slow-moving vehicle emblem on a rear vehicle warn?

   1. The vehicle cannot travel faster than 35 mph
   2. The vehicle is about to turn into a field
   3. The vehicle carries hazardous farm chemicals only
   4. The vehicle cannot travel faster than 25 mph
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   The vehicle cannot travel faster than 25 mph. The slow moving vehicle symbol warns that the vehicle ahead cannot exceed 25 miles per hour, so following drivers should slow rather than crowd it. Thirty five overstates its capability, a field turn is not the emblem's message, and chemical cargo is not implied. Farm vehicles hold a legal right to the road, so patience replaces tailgating. Earlier guidance uses the same 25 mph ceiling when describing the emblem's meaning for passing decisions.

   Study this in the handbook: Emergency vehicles and the Move Over law

3. 3. How should drivers with poor distance judgment compensate?

   1. Follow closer to judge the vehicle ahead
   2. Pass with smaller gaps to finish sooner now
   3. Rely on passenger estimates at intersections ahead
   4. Allow more following and passing distance
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   Allow more following and passing distance. Poor distance judgment is offset by allowing more following distance and more distance when deciding to pass, since predicting events 10 to 15 seconds ahead is exactly what falters. Following closer, squeezing passes into smaller gaps, or outsourcing estimates to a passenger all lean into the weakness. Poor night vision compensates with slower speeds on well lighted streets or daytime only driving, and slow glare recovery best ends with daylight hours only.

4. 4. When risks cannot be separated, how should space be compromised?

   1. Give the most room to the largest vehicle
   2. Give the most room to the worst danger
   3. Give equal room to dangers on both sides
   4. Move toward the worst danger to pass sooner
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   Give the most room to the worst danger. Compromise space gives the largest cushion to the worst danger when risks cannot be separated. On a two lane street with oncoming cars left and a child on a bike right, the child likelier to dart earns the bigger right side cushion, even though the cars are larger. Equal splitting ignores unpredictability, and crowding toward the worst danger shrinks the needed buffer. Move toward the center line to widen space beside the child.

   Study this in the handbook: Night, weather and winter driving

5. 5. If caught in a blizzard and stranded, what should occupants do?

   1. Walk to the nearest town for help at once
   2. Sleep all at once to conserve body energy
   3. Run engine continuously with windows closed tight
   4. Stay with the car and do not panic
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   Stay with the car and do not panic. Stranded in a blizzard, occupants stay with the car to be found easily and do not panic. Walking for town, sleeping simultaneously, or running the engine sealed shut risks exposure or carbon monoxide. Keep a window cracked for fresh air since wet snow can seal out oxygen, run engine and heater sparingly with ventilation and a clear exhaust pipe, move limbs vigorously, use flashers and a dome light at night, and take turns keeping watch.

   Study this in the handbook: Night, weather and winter driving

6. 6. When do broken pavement lines permit passing or lane changing?

   1. Passing or changing lanes is permitted when the way is clear.
   2. Passing is permitted during heavy traffic in both directions.
   3. Passing is permitted only between midnight and dawn.
   4. Passing is prohibited on every two-lane road outside a city.
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   Passing or changing lanes is permitted when the way is clear.. Broken pavement lines permit passing or changing lanes when the way is clear. Heavy two-way traffic may make the way unsafe, so it does not create permission to pass. The marking also creates no midnight-to-dawn schedule and no city-limit ban on every two-lane road. Other passing limits still matter, including signs, visibility, hills, curves, intersections, bridges, and railroad crossings just ahead, but the broken line itself does not create a time-of-day rule.

   Study this in the handbook: Pavement markings, signaling and passing

7. 7. Your lane is divided from oncoming traffic by a solid yellow line, with a driveway on the far side. Which movement remains allowed?

   1. Left turns into or from an alley, private road, or driveway
   2. All left turns across the line at any place
   3. Passing whenever the way ahead looks clear
   4. Lane changing for merging onto highways only
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   Left turns into or from an alley, private road, or driveway. A solid yellow line bars passing and lane changing, with a narrow exception for left turns into or from an alley, private road, or driveway. Banning those left turns outright overreads the line, treating clear pavement as passing permission underreads it, and highway merging is a different marking context. Double yellow configurations, a solid line in your lane versus the oncoming lane, and broken yellow center lines each tune the same basic separation of opposing traffic.

   Study this in the handbook: Pavement markings, signaling and passing

8. 8. At a yield sign, when must cross traffic be checked?

   1. Check after entering if no horn is heard
   2. Check only when traffic approaches from left
   3. Check for cross traffic before reaching intersection
   4. Rely on the sign to stop cross traffic flow
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   Check for cross traffic before reaching intersection. Yield sign approach starts with checking cross traffic before reaching the intersection, then yielding to anything close enough to be dangerous. Checking after entry, scanning only leftward threats, or trusting the sign to halt others misunderstands that a yield sign commands the holder, not cross traffic. The same yielding applies when turning onto a street or highway: find a real gap, merge, and adjust speed rather than forcing others to brake.

   Study this in the handbook: Right of way rules

9. 9. What happens if an SR-22 is filed before an insurance suspension start date?

   1. Suspension is reduced by half its length
   2. Suspension will be deleted from record
   3. The reinstatement fee doubles instead of deletion
   4. The suspension converts to a probationary term
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   Suspension will be deleted from record. Filing an SR-22 before the insurance suspension start date deletes the suspension from the record entirely. Halving the term, doubling the fee, or converting to probation understates the benefit of beating the start date. After the start date, filing must be joined by the reinstatement fee, so the calendar decides which of two reinstatement packages applies. The underlying conviction is for not having liability insurance in court.

   Study this in the handbook: Suspensions, revocations and reinstatement

10. 10. A driver served an Administrative Per Se suspension and is later convicted of the same DWUI in court. How is the Per Se time treated?

    1. It is credited toward the DWUI suspension
    2. It is added again after the DWUI suspension
    3. It is erased and provides no credit at all
    4. It is converted into a fine instead of time
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    It is credited toward the DWUI suspension. Administrative Per Se action and a court DWUI case run on separate tracks, yet they can arise from the same arrest. Per Se suspension follows a chemical test at 0.08 percent or more, begins 30 days after the temporary license and notice, and is not erased by a court dismissal. If the driver is later convicted of the DWUI, time already served on the Per Se suspension is credited toward the DWUI suspension rather than served twice. Reinstatement still needs every suspension action completed and the fee paid.

    Study this in the handbook: DWUI, Administrative Per Se and youthful driver suspensions

11. 11. At a place where an official sign prohibits standing, what must a driver do?

    1. Stop briefly to let a passenger out.
    2. Wait there with hazard lights on.
    3. Park there after business hours.
    4. Continue to a place where parking is permitted.
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    Continue to a place where parking is permitted.. A posted prohibition on standing, stopping, or parking means the driver may not use that location for any of those purposes. Letting a passenger out, waiting with hazard lights, or parking after business hours still places the vehicle where the sign forbids it. The driver must continue until reaching a place where parking is allowed. Hazard lights do not override an official restriction, and the rule does not change based on how briefly the vehicle remains there. The sign controls the location, so move on before stopping.

12. 12. How should a driver finish parking facing downhill in a spot without a curb?

    1. Turn the wheels away from the edge of the road
    2. Keep the wheels straight and rely on the brake
    3. Turn the wheels toward the edge of the road
    4. Turn the wheels toward the center of the roadway
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    Turn the wheels toward the edge of the road. When there is no curb, a driver parking on a hill should turn the wheels toward the edge of the road and set the parking brake. If the vehicle rolls, this direction moves it away from the travel lane. Turning away from the edge, leaving the wheels straight, or pointing them toward the center of the roadway can let a rolling vehicle enter traffic. The downhill position without a curb is covered by the manual's general curb-or-edge instruction, while the uphill-with-curb case is the special exception.

13. 13. What speed limit applies in Wyoming residential areas unless a different limit is posted?

    1. 35 mph in residential areas
    2. 20 mph in residential areas
    3. 25 mph in residential areas
    4. 30 mph in residential areas
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    30 mph in residential areas. Residential streets carry a 30 mph limit when no posted sign sets another figure. Dropping to 20 mph confuses the school zone value, 25 mph appears nowhere in the table for these streets, and 35 mph exceeds the residential entry. Business districts share the same 30 mph figure, which helps anchor the pair, while school zones alone drop lower. Always yield to a posted sign on the actual block, since posting overrides the table.

    Study this in the handbook: Speed limits and adjusting to conditions

14. 14. What does a Wyoming Class M license authorize?

    1. Operation of motorcycles only
    2. Operation of passenger vehicles only
    3. Operation of commercial vehicles only
    4. Operation of vehicles with no weight limit
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    Operation of motorcycles only. Wyoming's Class M license is issued solely for operating motorcycles. A passenger vehicle license, a commercial vehicle license, or an unrestricted weight authorization describes a different licensing class and does not state what Class M covers. The manual also explains that a Class A, B, or C license may include the M classification, but that does not turn Class M itself into a general license. Match the class to the vehicle type before assuming a regular license covers motorcycle operation.

15. 15. What is the lowest BAC the manual lists as supporting a DWUI conviction when other evidence is present?

    1. A BAC of 0.02 percent
    2. A BAC of 0.05 percent
    3. A BAC of 0.08 percent
    4. A BAC of 0.15 percent
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    A BAC of 0.05 percent. The manual identifies 0.05 percent BAC as a level at which a driver may be convicted of DWUI when other supporting evidence is present. The 0.08 percent level may also result in a conviction, but it is not the lowest BAC listed for that possibility. The 0.02 percent figure concerns suspension for a driver younger than 21, while 0.15 percent concerns an ignition interlock requirement after certain convictions. The important distinction is between the lower conviction figure and the separate thresholds used for youthful-driver action or interlock restrictions.

    Study this in the handbook: How alcohol affects you, and implied consent

16. 16. What minimum space cushion should be kept on an Interstate in normal conditions?

    1. At least one second behind the vehicle ahead
    2. At least four seconds behind in all conditions
    3. At least two seconds behind the vehicle ahead
    4. One car length per 10 mph of speed driven
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    At least two seconds behind the vehicle ahead. Interstate following space starts at a two second cushion behind the vehicle ahead, doubling or tripling when weather turns bad or pavement slickens. One second halves the baseline, a blanket four seconds imports the wet weather figure, and car length math replaces the time rule the guidance prefers. Rear end collisions are the most frequent Interstate crash type, so that cushion is the main defense. Maintain steady speed and obey posted limits while holding it.

    Study this in the handbook: Following distance and heavy trucks

17. 17. How can a driver compensate for slow glare recovery after bright headlights?

    1. Stare directly at headlights to adapt eyes faster
    2. Look to the right side away from glare, limit to daylight
    3. Speed up to leave the glare zone sooner driving
    4. Use high beams to overpower oncoming glare light
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    Look to the right side away from glare, limit to daylight. Slow glare recovery is handled by looking to the right side of the road away from the glare, with the best solution being daylight only driving. Staring into headlights, speeding through the glare zone, or answering glare with high beams deepens the blindness interval. Glasses or contacts correct clarity, head and eye movement compensates side vision, extra following distance covers distance judgment, and slower well lighted or daytime driving covers poor night vision.

18. 18. What is a gap in traffic, as defined for Wyoming drivers?

    1. Any space between two vehicles regardless of size
    2. The distance between a vehicle and the curb
    3. An opening large enough to enter safely
    4. A pause in a traffic signal cycle downtown
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    An opening large enough to enter safely. A gap in traffic is an opening between vehicles large enough for a vehicle to enter safely. Any space regardless of size, curb distance, or a signal cycle pause stretches the term past the safety element inside it. Yield sign approaches, turns onto highways, ramp merges, and roundabout entries all reduce to gap judgment, and the recurring instruction to yield to vehicles close enough to be dangerous defines the gaps that are too small to take.

19. 19. How should a driver check whether a winter road surface is icy?

    1. Turn the wheel sharply to test grip levels
    2. Touch the brakes to see if the vehicle slows or swerves
    3. Accelerate quickly and listen for wheel spin noise
    4. Stop in the lane and inspect the surface closely
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    Touch the brakes to see if the vehicle slows or swerves. When traffic permits, a gentle brake touch reveals whether the vehicle slows cleanly or begins to swerve on an icy film. Sharp steering, hard acceleration, or stopping in the lane to inspect manufactures the skid the test tries to predict. Winter storms make Wyoming highways slick and treacherous quickly, so move slowly, check the surface being driven on, and start and drive slowly and steadily with front wheels pointed straight ahead.

    Study this in the handbook: Night, weather and winter driving

20. 20. How do arrows painted on the roadway compare with overhead sign arrows?

    1. Arrows on the roadway have the same meaning
    2. Roadway arrows are advisory, overhead are mandatory
    3. Overhead arrows override roadway arrows in conflict
    4. Roadway arrows apply only to turning trucks large
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    Arrows on the roadway have the same meaning. Arrows painted on the roadway carry the same meaning as arrows on overhead signs, so a lane painted and signed for one direction gives the instruction twice. Advisory versus mandatory splitting, overhead supremacy in conflict, or a truck only reading invents hierarchy the text denies. When the word ONLY joins either arrow, the lane must go where the arrow points with no other option, making early lane positioning the practical response.

    Study this in the handbook: Pavement markings, signaling and passing