Idaho DMV driver's license practice test 6
Here are 25 free Idaho driver's license practice questions drawn from the Idaho Driver's Handbook. They focus on Vehicle Equipment and Safety (3), Traffic Laws and the Rules of the Road (6), and Sharing the Road (4). The test opens with: "Unless posted otherwise, what is the maximum speed on Idaho interstates?" You get an explanation after each answer, and you need no account.
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
Unless posted otherwise, what is the maximum speed on Idaho interstates?
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: Unless posted otherwise, what is the maximum speed on Idaho interstates?
- A. 75 mph
- B. 55 mph
- C. 70 mph
- D. 65 mph
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Traffic Laws and the Rules of the Road
Question 2: Where does the passing speed exception NOT apply?
- A. On roads posted at 65 mph
- B. When passing a farm tractor
- C. On two-lane highways
- D. In work zones
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Traffic Laws and the Rules of the Road
Question 3: After passing a vehicle, when should you return to your lane?
- A. After counting to two
- B. When the other driver flashes the lights
- C. When you can see it in your rearview mirror
- D. As soon as your back bumper clears its front
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Traffic Laws and the Rules of the Road
Question 4: According to the handbook, driver error causes what share of highway crashes?
- A. Less than 10%
- B. About half
- C. About 25%
- D. More than 90%
Question 5: Your car is missing vital equipment. Under Idaho law, who is responsible for fixing it?
- A. The county, at your next registration
- B. You, the person driving it
- C. The shop that last serviced it
- D. Nobody, until an officer writes a ticket
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Vehicle Equipment and Safety
Question 6: For licensing purposes, a vehicle is a commercial vehicle if its gross vehicle weight rating is at least:
- A. 10,001 pounds
- B. 26,001 pounds
- C. 16,000 pounds
- D. 80,000 pounds
Question 7: At a stop sign with no stop line, where must you stop?
- A. At the edge of the cross street's travel lane
- B. In the middle of the crosswalk
- C. Before the crosswalk on the near side
- D. Anywhere within 50 feet of the sign
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Highway and Vehicle Knowledge
Question 8: How many points does each moving violation add to your Idaho record?
- A. Always two
- B. One to four
- C. Five to ten
- D. None; only crashes add points
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, What Affects Your Driving Privilege and Record
Question 9: Where is a Share the Road plaque under a bicycle sign used?
- A. Only on roads closed to trucks
- B. Only in city parks and trails
- C. On roads with wide bike lanes
- D. On roads with no bike lanes
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Highway and Vehicle Knowledge
Question 10: When should you not use cruise control?
- A. When driving on an interstate
- B. When driving under 55 mph
- C. When the road is wet or icy
- D. When the sun is low
Question 11: Another car is about to hit you from the side. What may help?
- A. Braking hard
- B. Speeding up
- C. Shifting into neutral
- D. Turning toward the other car
Question 12: At a four-way stop, who has the right-of-way?
- A. The first vehicle to arrive
- B. The vehicle on the busiest road
- C. The vehicle on the left
- D. The vehicle turning right
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Traffic Laws and the Rules of the Road
Question 13: In a work zone you see a Lane Shift sign. What should you do?
- A. Stay in your lane as it shifts
- B. Take the next exit off the road
- C. Stop and wait for a flagger
- D. Move into the left lane right away
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Highway and Vehicle Knowledge
Question 14: You're following a vehicle with a hazardous materials placard toward a railroad crossing. What should you expect?
- A. It will pull over to let you pass
- B. It may cross only when no train is due
- C. It will speed up across the tracks
- D. It will stop at the crossing
Question 15: You're about to pass someone riding a horse on the road. What should you avoid?
- A. Sounding your horn
- B. Slowing down
- C. Giving them extra space
- D. Stopping if the horse acts up
Question 16: What can happen if you break a work zone speed limit?
- A. A warning, since workers may be gone
- B. The same fine as anywhere else
- C. An enhanced, fixed penalty
- D. Points, but no fine
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Traffic Laws and the Rules of the Road
Question 17: While you are enrolled in a driver training program, the DT permit lets you drive:
- A. With any licensed adult 18 or older
- B. Alone, in daylight hours only
- C. Only with a driver training instructor
- D. With a parent who signed as liability signer
Question 18: What colors may the rear turn signals of a motor vehicle be?
- A. Blue or amber
- B. Red or amber
- C. White or amber
- D. Green or red
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Vehicle Equipment and Safety
Question 19: Your car is off the travel lanes but still on the paved part of the highway. When must you move it?
- A. Only if an officer tags it
- B. Within 72 hours
- C. Never; the shoulder is a safe place
- D. Before dark, or it may be towed
Question 20: Unless posted otherwise, what is the maximum speed in a residential, business, or urban district?
- A. 35 mph
- B. 25 mph
- C. 30 mph
- D. 45 mph
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Traffic Laws and the Rules of the Road
Question 21: An approved Idaho driver training program includes how many hours of classroom instruction?
- A. 50 hours
- B. 6 hours
- C. 12 hours
- D. 30 hours
Question 22: Low beams must light the roadway at least how far ahead?
- A. 50 feet
- B. 100 feet
- C. 350 feet
- D. 500 feet
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Vehicle Equipment and Safety
Question 23: Compared with other highway crashes, how much greater is the chance of death or serious injury in a train crash?
- A. 4 times greater
- B. 40 times greater
- C. Twice as great
- D. 100 times greater
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Highway and Vehicle Knowledge
Question 24: What colors are regulatory signs in Idaho?
- A. Black on yellow, most of them diamond-shaped
- B. Orange and black, as in highway work zones
- C. Black and white, and some red and white
- D. White on green or white on blue
Source:Idaho Driver's Handbook, Highway and Vehicle Knowledge
Question 25: Your car is stranded in heavy snow. What does the handbook say?
- A. Stay with your vehicle
- B. Walk to the nearest town
- C. Run the engine with the exhaust buried
- D. Leave a note and look for help
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