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Kentucky DMV quick permit practice test 4

Use this 12-question Kentucky quick test when you only have a few minutes. The questions come from our full tests and lean on Section Eleven: Special Driving Situations (1), Section Four: Before You Drive (1), and Section One: The Driver's License (2). It opens with: "After moving to Kentucky, how long do you have to get a Kentucky driver's license?" Explanations follow every answer.

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Questions
12
Passing score
80% (10 of 12)
Mistakes allowed
2
Official handbook
Kentucky Driver Manual

Practice questions

Question 1 of 120 of 12 answered

After moving to Kentucky, how long do you have to get a Kentucky driver's license?

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What this test covers

Every question comes from one of these sections of the Kentucky Driver Manual.

All 12 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.

  1. Question 1: After moving to Kentucky, how long do you have to get a Kentucky driver's license?

    • A. 30 days after establishing residence
    • B. 10 days after establishing residence
    • C. 90 days after establishing residence

    Source:Kentucky Driver Manual, Section One: The Driver's License

  2. Question 2: A round yellow sign with an "X" symbol and black "RR" letters, placed before a crossing, tells you to do what?

    • A. Speed up to clear the tracks before a train arrives
    • B. Slow down, look and listen for a train, and be ready to stop
    • C. Come to a complete stop immediately, no matter what happens next at all

    Source:Kentucky Driver Manual, Section Six: Rules of the Road

  3. Question 3: When entering a multi-lane highway from an acceleration lane, who has the right of way?

    • A. The existing traffic already on the roadway
    • B. The merging driver, since they're entering the flow
    • C. Whichever vehicle is closest to the merge point

    Source:Kentucky Driver Manual, Section Seven: General Driving

  4. Question 4: According to AAMVA, sending or receiving a text takes a driver's eyes off the road for how long on average?

    • A. About 30 seconds
    • B. About half a second
    • C. About 4.6 seconds

    Source:Kentucky Driver Manual, Section Three: Be in Shape to Drive

  5. Question 5: If you place emergency flares behind a broken-down vehicle, about how far back should they go?

    • A. 10 to 20 feet behind the vehicle
    • B. 200 to 300 feet behind the vehicle, giving drivers time to react
    • C. A mile behind the vehicle, far past where other drivers would notice them

    Source:Kentucky Driver Manual, Section Nine: Emergency Situations and Avoiding Crashes

  6. Question 6: How closely may you legally follow an emergency vehicle using its lights and siren?

    • A. No closer than 500 feet
    • B. No closer than 50 feet
    • C. There's no minimum distance

    Source:Kentucky Driver Manual, Section Ten: Sharing the Road

  7. Question 7: If the written test is given orally for someone who can't read English, what's still required of them?

    • A. They must answer the signs portion from their own knowledge and understanding
    • B. They must bring their own translator regardless
    • C. They must retake the entire test in English again within a year of the oral one

    Source:Kentucky Driver Manual, Section One: The Driver's License

  8. Question 8: If you're on an entrance or acceleration ramp to a limited access highway, who has the right of way?

    • A. You, since you're the one merging into the flow of traffic
    • B. Drivers already on the highway
    • C. Whoever signals first

    Source:Kentucky Driver Manual, Section Six: Rules of the Road

  9. Question 9: When exiting a parallel parking space, when should you move forward into traffic?

    • A. When the door post of your vehicle clears the rear bumper of the vehicle parked ahead
    • B. As soon as your front bumper becomes visible to the oncoming traffic behind you and to the side
    • C. Immediately after signaling your intent, regardless of your vehicle's position

    Source:Kentucky Driver Manual, Section Seven: General Driving

  10. Question 10: The manual suggests looking how far ahead down your planned path of travel?

    • A. Only as far as the car directly in front of you
    • B. 2 to 3 seconds ahead
    • C. 20 to 30 seconds ahead

    Source:Kentucky Driver Manual, Section Eight: Safe Driving Tips

  11. Question 11: In the penny test for tire tread, what does it mean if you can see all of Lincoln's head?

    • A. The tire has plenty of tread left and is perfectly safe to keep driving on
    • B. The tire is too worn and should be replaced right away for safety
    • C. The tire pressure is too low

    Source:Kentucky Driver Manual, Section Four: Before You Drive

  12. Question 12: What license does an autocycle operator need in Kentucky?

    • A. A valid operator's license; no motorcycle license or endorsement is required
    • B. A Class M motorcycle license is always required, with absolutely no exceptions
    • C. No license of any kind is required

    Source:Kentucky Driver Manual, Section Eleven: Special Driving Situations

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