Idaho DMV driver's license practice test 3
This Idaho driver's license test has 25 questions written from the Idaho Driver's Handbook, and you can take it without signing up. Its biggest sections are Highway and Vehicle Knowledge (6), Sharing the Road (4), and What Affects Your Driving Privilege and Record (2). You begin with: "You must finish passing before you come within how far of oncoming traffic?" After each answer you see why it's right or wrong.
Checked on
- Questions
- 25
- Passing score
- 85% (22 of 25)
- Mistakes allowed
- 3
- Official handbook
- Idaho Driver's Handbook
Practice questions
Question 1 of 250 of 25 answered
You must finish passing before you come within how far of oncoming traffic?
What this test covers
Every question comes from one of these sections of the Idaho Driver's Handbook.
- Be Prepared1 question
- Highway and Vehicle Knowledge6 questions
- Licensing and Testing3 questions
- Sharing the Road4 questions
- The Driving Task2 questions
- Traffic Laws and the Rules of the Road5 questions
- Vehicle Equipment and Safety2 questions
- What Affects Your Driving Privilege and Record2 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: You must finish passing before you come within how far of oncoming traffic?
- A. 100 feet
- B. 50 feet
- C. 200 feet
- D. 500 feet
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Traffic Laws and the Rules of the Road
Question 2: The light turns yellow before you enter the intersection and you can stop safely. What should you do?
- A. Keep going at the same speed
- B. Stop
- C. Speed up to beat the red
- D. Stop in the middle of the intersection
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Highway and Vehicle Knowledge
Question 3: In the five-step procedure for pulling away from the curb or changing lanes, what is the first step?
- A. Cancel the turn signal
- B. Turn on your signal
- C. Glance over your shoulder
- D. Check your mirrors
Question 4: Your car stalls on the highway. Which step does the handbook list?
- A. Lift the hood to show you have a problem
- B. Stop just past the top of a hill
- C. Stay in your lane with the lights turned off
- D. Walk into traffic to flag down passing cars
Question 5: If you refuse a BAC test for the first time and the court upholds it, your license is suspended for:
- A. Two years, with no driving at all
- B. 90 days, with no driving for 30
- C. One year, with no driving at all
- D. Six months, with a work permit
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, What Affects Your Driving Privilege and Record
Question 6: What happens to a driver under 17 after a third moving violation conviction?
- A. A one-year suspension
- B. A 30-day suspension
- C. A 60-day suspension
- D. A warning letter
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, What Affects Your Driving Privilege and Record
Question 7: What does the handbook say about relying on other drivers' signals?
- A. Don't; depend on your own alertness
- B. Always trust a driver's turn signal
- C. Follow a driver who waves you ahead
- D. Only trust signals from trucks
Question 8: How long is a Class D Instruction Permit valid?
- A. One year
- B. Six months
- C. Until your 18th birthday
- D. 90 days
Question 9: On a two-lane road, where should you be in your lane before turning left?
- A. Near the left side of your lane
- B. Near the right side of your lane
- C. Straddling the center line
- D. In the oncoming lane, to save time
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Traffic Laws and the Rules of the Road
Question 10: You're stopped at a red light. A pedestrian steps into the crosswalk just before it turns green. What do you do?
- A. Go, since the light is now green
- B. Wait for them to finish crossing
- C. Honk so they hurry
- D. Drive around them slowly
Question 11: The car ahead has stopped at a crosswalk to let a pedestrian cross. What should you do?
- A. Honk to get it moving
- B. Pass it slowly on the left
- C. Pass it on the right shoulder
- D. Stop too; you may not pass it
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Traffic Laws and the Rules of the Road
Question 12: What is the minimum safe space to leave when passing a bicyclist?
- A. At least 18 inches
- B. At least 1 foot
- C. At least 10 feet
- D. At least 3 feet
Question 13: What is the arm signal to slow down or stop?
- A. Arm and hand extended straight out
- B. Arm and hand extended downward
- C. A closed fist held at shoulder level
- D. Arm and hand extended upward
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Traffic Laws and the Rules of the Road
Question 14: How should you control your speed going down a long mountain hill?
- A. Use cruise control
- B. Shift to neutral and coast
- C. Ride the brakes the whole way
- D. Use a lower gear
Question 15: How much tread should each tire have, at minimum?
- A. 1/32 of an inch
- B. 1/4 of an inch
- C. 2/32 of an inch
- D. 4/32 of an inch
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Vehicle Equipment and Safety
Question 16: Where is the pennant-shaped No Passing Zone sign placed?
- A. Over the center of the road
- B. On the left side of the road
- C. Painted on the pavement
- D. On the right side of the road
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Highway and Vehicle Knowledge
Question 17: On a horizontal traffic light, where is the red light?
- A. It changes from one signal to the next
- B. On the far right
- C. On the far left
- D. In the middle
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Highway and Vehicle Knowledge
Question 18: A plain 'Road Closed' sign means:
- A. Local traffic may still enter it
- B. You may drive around it if you go slowly
- C. Only authorized personnel may enter
- D. The road is closed only at night
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Highway and Vehicle Knowledge
Question 19: When you transfer a valid license from another state to Idaho, which test must you pass?
- A. The Class D knowledge test
- B. No test at all if the license is valid
- C. A skills test in your own vehicle
- D. Only a vision screening
Question 20: When transferring an out-of-state license, you also need a skills test if that license has been expired for:
- A. 25 months or more
- B. Any length of time
- C. 12 months or more
- D. 6 months or more
Question 21: From 20 mph on dry pavement, the foot brakes must be able to stop the vehicle within:
- A. 15 feet
- B. 55 feet
- C. 100 feet
- D. 25 feet
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Vehicle Equipment and Safety
Question 22: What does the Two-Way Traffic warning sign tell you?
- A. You may pass on the left from here onward
- B. The road widens to four lanes going in your direction
- C. A one-way street begins just ahead of you
- D. A divided road is changing to two-way traffic
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Highway and Vehicle Knowledge
Question 23: According to the handbook, what share of driving choices are based on what you see?
- A. About 25%
- B. About 90%
- C. About 50%
- D. About 70%
Question 24: A school safety patrol member with a 'School Patrol' badge holds up a STOP sign. What must you do?
- A. Slow down but keep moving
- B. Follow the patrol member's directions
- C. Stop only if an adult is with them
- D. Ignore it unless a police officer is nearby
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Highway and Vehicle Knowledge
Question 25: On a freeway or highway, how far ahead must you signal a turn or lane change?
- A. At least two seconds
- B. At least ten seconds
- C. At least five seconds
- D. At least three seconds
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Traffic Laws and the Rules of the Road
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