Connecticut DMV driver's license practice test 2
Practice for the Connecticut written test with 25 free questions based on the Connecticut Driver's Manual. Most of them come from Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors (13), Chapter 1: Obtaining a Connecticut Driver's License (4), and Chapter 5: Know the Road (3). Question 1 asks: "What is the only proper use of your horn?" Every answer comes with an explanation, and you don't need an account.
Checked on
- Questions
- 25
- Passing score
- 80% (20 of 25)
- Mistakes allowed
- 5
- Official handbook
- Connecticut Driver's Manual
Practice questions
Question 1 of 250 of 25 answered
What is the only proper use of your horn?
What this test covers
Every question comes from one of these sections of the Connecticut Driver's Manual.
- Chapter 1: Obtaining a Connecticut Driver's License4 questions
- Chapter 2: Before You Get Behind the Wheel2 questions
- Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors13 questions
- Chapter 4: Road Safety3 questions
- Chapter 5: Know the Road3 questions
All 25 questions on this test
Every question on this test is listed here with its answer options. Take the test above to see which answers are correct and why.
Question 1: What is the only proper use of your horn?
- A. To hurry slow drivers
- B. To greet people you know
- C. As a warning to others
- D. To show you are angry
Source:Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 2: Before You Get Behind the Wheel
Question 2: Which lights should you use in fog?
- A. Low beams
- B. No lights, to cut glare
- C. High beams
- D. Parking lights only
Question 3: Up to what age must a bicyclist wear a helmet in Connecticut?
- A. Under 21
- B. Under 18
- C. Under 12
- D. Under 16
Source:Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors
Question 4: When should you merge after seeing that a lane closes in a work zone?
- A. At the last possible moment
- B. Only when a flagger waves you over
- C. As soon as possible
- D. After you pass the workers
Source:Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors
Question 5: A bus traveling in your direction signals to pull out. What must you do?
- A. Sound your horn and keep going
- B. Keep your speed; buses must wait
- C. Pass it before it moves
- D. Yield to the bus
Question 6: About how far behind a truck can its blind spot stretch?
- A. About 65 feet
- B. About 200 feet
- C. About 1,600 feet
- D. About 20 feet
Source:Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors
Question 7: What is the minimum vision standard for all classes of Connecticut license?
- A. 20/20 without glasses or contacts
- B. 20/100 in the better eye
- C. 20/60 with glasses or contacts
- D. 20/40, with or without glasses
Source:Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 1: Obtaining a Connecticut Driver's License
Question 8: Traffic is coming behind you as you prepare to parallel park. What should you do?
- A. Wave traffic around you
- B. Signal, pull up beside it and let cars pass
- C. Look for a different space farther down the street
- D. Stop in the lane and back in at once
Source:Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors
Question 9: The 8-hour course for home-trained teens must spend at least how long on alcohol and drugs?
- A. The full eight hours
- B. Two hours
- C. Four hours
- D. One hour
Source:Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 1: Obtaining a Connecticut Driver's License
Question 10: Where must the person instructing a permit holder sit?
- A. In the rear seat on the right
- B. In the front passenger seat
- C. Directly behind the driver
- D. Anywhere in the vehicle
Source:Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 1: Obtaining a Connecticut Driver's License
Question 11: What should you do when you see a Wrong Way sign facing you?
- A. Stop and wait for traffic to clear
- B. Flash your headlights to warn others
- C. Keep going slowly with flashers on
- D. Turn around
Source:Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 5: Know the Road
Question 12: How may an adult driver legally use a cell phone while driving?
- A. With a hands-free accessory
- B. Texting with one hand on the wheel
- C. Holding it on roads under 45 mph
- D. Holding it while stopped at a light
Source:Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 2: Before You Get Behind the Wheel
Question 13: Police stop you at night. What should you do before the officer reaches you?
- A. Search the glove box for your papers
- B. Step out to meet the officer
- C. Turn on the interior light
- D. Open your door so the officer can talk
Source:Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors
Question 14: How should you straighten the wheel after a turn?
- A. Turn it back by hand
- B. Take both hands off the wheel
- C. Let it slip through your fingers
- D. Brake hard so it centers
Source:Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors
Question 15: How much more likely are people with untreated sleep apnea to fall asleep at the wheel?
- A. Nearly 6 times
- B. 7 times
- C. 20 times
- D. 2 times
Source:Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors
Question 16: A head-on crash seems about to happen. What is generally better?
- A. Holding your lane and speed
- B. Running off the road
- C. Braking hard in your lane
- D. Steering into the other lane
Question 17: What must you do in a school zone?
- A. Drive at normal speed outside school hours
- B. Use your horn when passing children
- C. Pass buses on the right
- D. Obey the slower posted speed limit
Source:Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors
Question 18: A railroad crossbuck has the same meaning as which sign?
- A. Yield
- B. Stop
- C. Speed Limit
- D. Do Not Enter
Source:Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 5: Know the Road
Question 19: Which rule does Connecticut use for following distance in normal conditions?
- A. The five-second rule
- B. The three-second rule
- C. The two-second rule
- D. The one-car-length rule
Source:Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors
Question 20: What does a solid yellow edge line on your left mark?
- A. A lane reserved for bicycles
- B. A shared center turn lane
- C. A zone where passing is allowed
- D. The left edge of a divided road
Source:Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 5: Know the Road
Question 21: A pedestrian at the curb raises an arm toward traffic at a crosswalk. What must you do?
- A. Slow or stop and yield
- B. Speed up to pass first
- C. Honk to let them know you're coming
- D. Keep going, since they're not in the road
Source:Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors
Question 22: On a road with three lanes in your direction, why check the far lane before moving into the middle one?
- A. A driver there may be moving into the same middle lane
- B. Traffic in the far lane always moves faster than yours
- C. You are allowed to cross two lanes in one move
- D. The far lane is where police usually wait for speeders
Source:Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors
Question 23: On packed snow, how much should you reduce your speed?
- A. By about 5 mph
- B. By about 10 mph
- C. Cut it in half
- D. To a crawl
Source:Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors
Question 24: How long is the Safe Driving Practices course that first-time drivers must take?
- A. 2 hours
- B. 8 hours
- C. 30 hours
- D. 4 hours
Source:Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 1: Obtaining a Connecticut Driver's License
Question 25: What sobers you up after drinking?
- A. Fresh air and exercise
- B. A cold shower
- C. Only time
- D. Strong coffee
Source:Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors
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