Idaho DMV driver's license practice test 5
Try this free Idaho practice test for the driver's license knowledge exam: 25 questions from the Idaho Driver's Handbook. The sections it covers most are Vehicle Equipment and Safety (3), Traffic Laws and the Rules of the Road (6), and Sharing the Road (4). To start, you'll answer this: "You're very upset after an argument. What does the handbook suggest?" Explanations follow every answer.
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're very upset after an argument. What does the handbook suggest?
What this test covers
Every question comes from one of these sections of the Idaho Driver's Handbook.
- Be Prepared1 question
- Highway and Vehicle Knowledge5 questions
- Licensing and Testing3 questions
- Sharing the Road4 questions
- The Driving Task2 questions
- Traffic Laws and the Rules of the Road6 questions
- Vehicle Equipment and Safety3 questions
- What Affects Your Driving Privilege and Record1 question
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're very upset after an argument. What does the handbook suggest?
- A. Let someone else drive
- B. Drive fast to get home sooner
- C. Turn up the radio to calm down
- D. Drive, but only on the freeway
Question 2: Which of these is an exception to the rule to stay as far right as possible?
- A. Preparing to make a left turn
- B. Driving under the speed limit
- C. Driving at night on a two-lane road
- D. Driving a large pickup truck
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Traffic Laws and the Rules of the Road
Question 3: Brake lights must be red or amber and visible in normal sunlight from at least:
- A. 200 feet to the rear
- B. 100 feet to the rear
- C. 500 feet to the rear
- D. 50 feet to the rear
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Vehicle Equipment and Safety
Question 4: How long is the minimum supervised instruction period in the GDL program?
- A. 9 months, with at most one ticket
- B. 12 months, with no crashes
- C. 3 months, with no violations
- D. 6 months, with no violations
Question 5: You are turning right where the bike lane line becomes dashed, and a bicyclist is already there. What must you do?
- A. Speed up to turn before they reach you
- B. Honk and merge ahead of them
- C. Yield to the bicyclist
- D. Turn from the lane to the left of the bike
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Highway and Vehicle Knowledge
Question 6: Most warning signs are:
- A. Black on yellow and diamond-shaped
- B. White on green and rectangular in shape
- C. Black on white and rectangular in shape
- D. Red on white and triangular
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Highway and Vehicle Knowledge
Question 7: What do double solid white lines between lanes mean?
- A. You may change lanes if you signal
- B. Lane changes are prohibited
- C. One lane is a bike lane
- D. The lanes carry traffic in opposite directions
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Highway and Vehicle Knowledge
Question 8: High beams must let the driver see people and vehicles at least how far away?
- A. 500 feet
- B. 200 feet
- C. 350 feet
- D. 100 feet
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Vehicle Equipment and Safety
Question 9: You are turning left at an intersection with a green light. Who must you yield to?
- A. Oncoming traffic
- B. Only buses and trucks
- C. No one, since the light is green
- D. Traffic behind you
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Traffic Laws and the Rules of the Road
Question 10: How deep does fast-moving water need to be to wash away a car?
- A. About two feet
- B. About five feet
- C. About six inches
- D. About one inch
Question 11: If you can't get off the road, where should you stop?
- A. Just over the top of a hill
- B. In the center lane, to leave the shoulder free
- C. Just around a curve, out of the wind
- D. Where drivers behind can clearly see you
Question 12: At a 3-way T intersection with no signs, you must turn right or left. What must you do?
- A. Honk and turn, since you arrived first
- B. Keep going, since the through road must yield to you
- C. Stop and yield to drivers from the other two ways
- D. Yield only to the drivers coming from your right
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Highway and Vehicle Knowledge
Question 13: At about what speed may tires lose all contact with a wet road and hydroplane?
- A. 35 mph
- B. 55 mph
- C. 75 mph
- D. 25 mph
Question 14: What can you put on your windshield under Idaho law?
- A. A phone mount in the middle of the glass
- B. A mirror-like tint to cut glare
- C. Only stickers that the law requires
- D. Any sticker in the lower corners
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Vehicle Equipment and Safety
Question 15: Documents you bring as proof of Idaho residency must be dated within:
- A. 5 years
- B. 90 days
- C. 30 days
- D. 1 year
Question 16: On the 40-question Idaho knowledge test, how many questions can you miss and still pass?
- A. Up to 6
- B. Up to 8
- C. Up to 10
- D. Up to 4
Question 17: Which driver may not see you and deserves extra room?
- A. One stopped at a red light
- B. One backing out of a driveway
- C. One who has just signaled a lane change
- D. One driving at the speed limit
Question 18: About what share of motorcycle crashes involve another motor vehicle?
- A. Nearly all of them
- B. About half
- C. About a quarter
- D. About 10%
Question 19: What happens to speeding fines in work zones where signs say so?
- A. They stay the same as anywhere else
- B. They are cut in half
- C. They are increased
- D. They apply only if workers are hurt
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Highway and Vehicle Knowledge
Question 20: How close to a fire hydrant may you park?
- A. No closer than 30 feet
- B. No closer than 20 feet
- C. No closer than 5 feet
- D. No closer than 15 feet
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Traffic Laws and the Rules of the Road
Question 21: A second test refusal within 10 years brings:
- A. A $250 fine and nothing more
- B. A 90-day suspension
- C. A one-year absolute suspension
- D. A two-year absolute suspension
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, What Affects Your Driving Privilege and Record
Question 22: You come upon livestock being herded across a highway. Who has the right-of-way?
- A. The livestock
- B. Whoever gets there first
- C. You, since you're on a highway
- D. You, if you honk first
Question 23: On a two-lane road posted 55 mph or more, how much over the limit may a car driver go while passing a slower vehicle?
- A. Up to 25 mph
- B. Up to 15 mph
- C. Not at all; the limit always applies
- D. Up to 5 mph
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Traffic Laws and the Rules of the Road
Question 24: Unless traffic control devices say otherwise, passing is prohibited within how many feet of an intersection or railroad crossing?
- A. 200 feet
- B. 500 feet
- C. 100 feet
- D. 50 feet
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Traffic Laws and the Rules of the Road
Question 25: How close to a crosswalk may you park?
- A. No closer than 10 feet
- B. No closer than 50 feet
- C. No closer than 15 feet
- D. No closer than 20 feet
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Traffic Laws and the Rules of the Road
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