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Tennessee DMV driver's license practice test 6

Here are 25 free Tennessee driver's license practice questions drawn from the Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual. They focus on Section B-2: Tennessee Safety Belt Laws (3), Section B-1: Getting Familiar With Your Vehicle (2), and Section B-4: Rules of the Road (4). The test opens with: "What happens when alcohol is combined with tranquilizers or sedatives?" You get an explanation after each answer, and you need no account.

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Questions
25
Passing score
80% (20 of 25)
Mistakes allowed
5
Official handbook
Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual

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What happens when alcohol is combined with tranquilizers or sedatives?

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Every question comes from one of these sections of the Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual.

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  1. Question 1: What happens when alcohol is combined with tranquilizers or sedatives?

    • A. The two effects cancel each other out
    • B. The effects multiply
    • C. Only the stronger of the two has an effect

    Source:Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, Section B-7: Alcohol, Other Drugs and Driving

  2. Question 2: At a BAC of .15, your chance of causing a crash rises to:

    • A. 7 times that of a sober driver
    • B. 50 times that of a sober driver
    • C. 25 times that of a sober driver

    Source:Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, Section B-7: Alcohol, Other Drugs and Driving

  3. Question 3: At an all-way stop, two cars arrive at the same time. Who goes first?

    • A. The car going straight, then the one turning
    • B. The car on the left
    • C. The car on the right

    Source:Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, Section B-4: Rules of the Road

  4. Question 4: What is the first thing alcohol affects?

    • A. Your sense of balance
    • B. Your hearing
    • C. Your judgment

    Source:Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, Section B-7: Alcohol, Other Drugs and Driving

  5. Question 5: On busy urban interstates, emergency reference markers are placed every:

    • A. Half mile
    • B. 1,000 feet
    • C. Mile, at each exit

    Source:Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, Section B-3: Traffic Signs and Signals

  6. Question 6: Nearly half of the drivers arrested for DUI are:

    • A. Drivers under the age of 21
    • B. Drivers with prior DUI convictions
    • C. Social to moderate drinkers

    Source:Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, Section B-7: Alcohol, Other Drugs and Driving

  7. Question 7: Which is a common mistake new drivers make when backing?

    • A. Looking over the right shoulder
    • B. Moving too fast
    • C. Using idle speed

    Source:Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, Section B-1: Getting Familiar With Your Vehicle

  8. Question 8: A falling rocks sign in hilly areas warns about rocks that may be:

    • A. Thrown up by the trucks in front
    • B. On the road ahead of you
    • C. Dropping onto your car from above

    Source:Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, Section B-3: Traffic Signs and Signals

  9. Question 9: It is illegal in Tennessee for a child under what age to ride in the bed of a pickup truck?

    • A. 16
    • B. 6
    • C. 3

    Source:Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, Section B-2: Tennessee Safety Belt Laws

  10. Question 10: Fluorescent pink (coral) signs are used for what?

    • A. Pointing drivers to bike routes and hiking trails
    • B. Managing traffic around crashes, fires, or spills
    • C. Marking school zones and the busiest pedestrian crosswalks

    Source:Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, Section B-3: Traffic Signs and Signals

  11. Question 11: The driver is responsible for making sure children are restrained up to what age?

    • A. 16
    • B. 18
    • C. 12

    Source:Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, Section B-2: Tennessee Safety Belt Laws

  12. Question 12: Object markers warn you about what?

    • A. Objects just off the edge of the road
    • B. The start of a no-passing zone
    • C. Objects that have fallen into your lane

    Source:Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, Section B-3: Traffic Signs and Signals

  13. Question 13: Which will affect you more?

    • A. Both affect you exactly the same
    • B. Three drinks spread over three hours
    • C. Three drinks in one hour

    Source:Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, Section B-7: Alcohol, Other Drugs and Driving

  14. Question 14: How many points does a reckless driving conviction add?

    • A. 8
    • B. 3
    • C. 6

    Source:Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, Section B-8: Driving Responsibilities

  15. Question 15: In bad weather, at night, on the interstate at high speed, or behind a motorcycle, allow at least:

    • A. Two seconds, same as usual
    • B. Four seconds
    • C. One second

    Source:Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, Section B-4: Rules of the Road

  16. Question 16: You are in the left lane and a faster car comes up behind you. You should:

    • A. Move one lane to the right
    • B. Tap your brakes to slow them down
    • C. Hold your speed; you're within the limit

    Source:Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, Section B-5: Interstate Driving

  17. Question 17: A metro bus has signaled and is pulling back into traffic from a bus stop. You must:

    • A. Yield to it
    • B. Stop as you would for a school bus
    • C. Pass it quickly before it merges

    Source:Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, Section B-4: Rules of the Road

  18. Question 18: When hydroplaning, stopping distances may be:

    • A. Cut in half
    • B. About the same as on dry pavement
    • C. Tripled

    Source:Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, Section B-6: Driving at Night and in Inclement Weather Conditions

  19. Question 19: Where are children 12 and under safest in a car with air bags?

    • A. In the back seat
    • B. In the front seat with the air bag on
    • C. In the front seat pushed all the way back

    Source:Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, Section B-2: Tennessee Safety Belt Laws

  20. Question 20: Which shape is used only for the stop sign?

    • A. A three-sided triangle
    • B. An eight-sided octagon
    • C. A diamond turned on its point

    Source:Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, Section B-3: Traffic Signs and Signals

  21. Question 21: A car at 55 mph can stop in about 240 feet. How far does a truck at 55 mph need?

    • A. About 150 feet
    • B. About 240 feet, the same as a car
    • C. About 450 feet or more

    Source:Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, Section C-3: Sharing the Road Safely

  22. Question 22: What does the law say about following a fire truck answering an alarm?

    • A. It is allowed if you use your flashers
    • B. It is allowed at 500 feet back
    • C. It is illegal to follow it

    Source:Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, Section B-4: Rules of the Road

  23. Question 23: What does food in your stomach do to alcohol?

    • A. Slows how fast it is absorbed
    • B. Speeds up how fast the liver breaks it down
    • C. Keeps some of it from reaching the blood

    Source:Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, Section B-7: Alcohol, Other Drugs and Driving

  24. Question 24: Where should your hands be on the steering wheel?

    • A. At 9 o'clock and 3 o'clock
    • B. At 12 o'clock with one hand
    • C. At 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock

    Source:Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, Section B-1: Getting Familiar With Your Vehicle

  25. Question 25: A small speed plate mounted below a yellow warning sign shows:

    • A. The recommended maximum safe speed
    • B. The posted limit for the whole road
    • C. The minimum speed you must keep

    Source:Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, Section B-3: Traffic Signs and Signals

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