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Vermont DMV driver's license practice test 5

Try this free Vermont practice test for the driver's license knowledge exam: 25 questions from the Vermont Driver's Manual 2025. The sections it covers most are Chapter 7: Interstate Driving and Passing (3), Chapter 6: Fees, Renewals & Replacements (1), and Chapter 9: Vehicle Ownership (1). To start, you'll answer this: "What is the only way to reduce the effects of alcohol?" Explanations follow every answer.

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Questions
25
Passing score
80% (20 of 25)
Mistakes allowed
5
Official handbook
Vermont Driver's Manual 2025

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Question 1 of 250 of 25 answered

What is the only way to reduce the effects of alcohol?

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Every question comes from one of these sections of the Vermont Driver's Manual 2025.

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  1. Question 1: What is the only way to reduce the effects of alcohol?

    • A. Time
    • B. A cold shower
    • C. Drinking coffee
    • D. Exercise

    Source:Vermont Driver's Manual 2025, Chapter 7: Impaired and Distracted Driving

  2. Question 2: Which direction must your vehicle face when parked on a street?

    • A. Against the flow of traffic
    • B. Either direction on quiet streets
    • C. The same direction as traffic
    • D. Nose-in toward the curb

    Source:Vermont Driver's Manual 2025, Chapter 7: Parking Your Vehicle

  3. Question 3: Strong winds bring down wires across the road. What should you do?

    • A. Drive over them slowly
    • B. Cross if your tires are rubber
    • C. Never get near or cross them
    • D. Move them with a branch

    Source:Vermont Driver's Manual 2025, Chapter 7: Hazardous Driving Conditions

  4. Question 4: A sign is covered by snow. How can you still tell its general meaning?

    • A. By its shape
    • B. By its height
    • C. By the pole it's on
    • D. By where it's placed

    Source:Vermont Driver's Manual 2025, Chapter 7: Traffic Lights, Road Signs, and Highway Markings

  5. Question 5: What is the maximum speed on a Vermont Interstate unless otherwise posted?

    • A. 75 mph
    • B. 65 mph
    • C. 70 mph
    • D. 55 mph

    Source:Vermont Driver's Manual 2025, Chapter 7: How to Drive Safely

  6. Question 6: How many points for a first conviction of using a device in a work zone where workers are present?

    • A. Two
    • B. None
    • C. Ten
    • D. Five

    Source:Vermont Driver's Manual 2025, Chapter 7: Impaired and Distracted Driving

  7. Question 7: What is the least tread depth your tires may legally have in Vermont?

    • A. 1/32 inch
    • B. 1/16 of a foot
    • C. 2/32 inch
    • D. 1/64 inch

    Source:Vermont Driver's Manual 2025, Chapter 7: Vehicle Care, Safety Belts and Child Seats

  8. Question 8: How must a child under two years old ride?

    • A. In a booster seat
    • B. In a forward-facing seat with a lap belt
    • C. On an adult's lap
    • D. In a rear-facing car seat with a harness

    Source:Vermont Driver's Manual 2025, Chapter 7: Vehicle Care, Safety Belts and Child Seats

  9. Question 9: A truck swings left before turning right. What should you avoid?

    • A. Watching the truck's turn signals
    • B. Cutting between the truck and the curb
    • C. Staying well behind the truck
    • D. Waiting behind the truck until it finishes the turn

    Source:Vermont Driver's Manual 2025, Chapter 7: Sharing the Road

  10. Question 10: Whom must you yield to when you reach an intersection?

    • A. Anyone already in the intersection, including walkers and cyclists
    • B. No one at all, as long as your own traffic light is showing green
    • C. Only large vehicles such as trucks and buses
    • D. Only the vehicles coming from your left side

    Source:Vermont Driver's Manual 2025, Chapter 7: Right-of-Way, Roundabouts and Police Stops

  11. Question 11: After how long past its expiration date does a Vermont license stop being valid for driving?

    • A. 3 years
    • B. 60 days
    • C. 14 days
    • D. 6 months

    Source:Vermont Driver's Manual 2025, Chapter 6: Fees, Renewals & Replacements

  12. Question 12: A pedestrian with a white cane or guide dog is crossing or waiting to cross ahead. What must you do?

    • A. Stop and yield the right-of-way
    • B. Slow down and pass behind them
    • C. Turn right on red to clear the way
    • D. Honk so they know you're there

    Source:Vermont Driver's Manual 2025, Chapter 7: Sharing the Road

  13. Question 13: What minimum wait applies after you fail the road test three times?

    • A. One year
    • B. One week
    • C. Six months
    • D. One month

    Source:Vermont Driver's Manual 2025, Chapter 4: General License Information

  14. Question 14: When stranded in the snow, how long should you run the engine and heater?

    • A. Never, to save gas
    • B. Nonstop, with the windows closed
    • C. About 30 minutes each hour
    • D. About 10 minutes each hour

    Source:Vermont Driver's Manual 2025, Chapter 7: Hazardous Driving Conditions

  15. Question 15: What should you do behind a slow moving farm vehicle?

    • A. Pass right away, even on a curve
    • B. Honk until it pulls over for you
    • C. Keep back, maybe more than 4 seconds
    • D. Follow closely so the driver sees you

    Source:Vermont Driver's Manual 2025, Chapter 7: Sharing the Road

  16. Question 16: On the Interstate, you can't change lanes away from a stopped emergency vehicle. How much must you slow down?

    • A. To 10 mph below the speed limit
    • B. To 20 mph below the speed limit
    • C. To a full stop in your lane
    • D. To 5 mph below the speed limit

    Source:Vermont Driver's Manual 2025, Chapter 7: Interstate Driving and Passing

  17. Question 17: Another vehicle is passing you. What should you do?

    • A. Slow a little and keep right
    • B. Brake hard to let them by
    • C. Speed up so you can keep your place
    • D. Move left to block them

    Source:Vermont Driver's Manual 2025, Chapter 7: Interstate Driving and Passing

  18. Question 18: About how far does a passenger car need to stop on dry pavement at 60 mph?

    • A. 75 feet
    • B. 240 feet
    • C. 120 feet
    • D. 500 feet

    Source:Vermont Driver's Manual 2025, Chapter 7: Work Zones and Railroad Crossings

  19. Question 19: What does the manual say about snow tires?

    • A. Snow tires on the front wheels only
    • B. Waiting to put them on until after the first big snowfall
    • C. Good snow tires on all four wheels, early
    • D. Mix snow and summer tires for balance

    Source:Vermont Driver's Manual 2025, Chapter 7: Hazardous Driving Conditions

  20. Question 20: What does a solid yellow arrow mean?

    • A. Left turns have the right-of-way
    • B. The left-turn signal is about to change to red
    • C. You must not turn at all
    • D. You may turn after yielding to oncoming traffic

    Source:Vermont Driver's Manual 2025, Chapter 7: Traffic Lights, Road Signs, and Highway Markings

  21. Question 21: When may a Learner's Permit holder drive in Vermont with a qualified supervisor?

    • A. Only in daylight on weekdays
    • B. Only on roads posted under 50 mph
    • C. Only between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.
    • D. Anywhere, anytime

    Source:Vermont Driver's Manual 2025, Chapter 4: General License Information

  22. Question 22: Approaching a right turn, about how far from the right side of the road should your vehicle be?

    • A. About three feet
    • B. About six feet
    • C. About one foot from the center line
    • D. About ten feet

    Source:Vermont Driver's Manual 2025, Chapter 7: How to Drive Safely

  23. Question 23: You have insurance but can't show the card when stopped by police. How long do you have to show it?

    • A. 3 days
    • B. 30 days
    • C. 60 days
    • D. 15 days

    Source:Vermont Driver's Manual 2025, Chapter 9: Vehicle Ownership

  24. Question 24: A school bus has stopped with its alternately flashing red lights on. Who must stop?

    • A. Only drivers on public highways, not in school yards
    • B. Drivers from any direction, even in a school yard
    • C. Only drivers close to a school
    • D. Only the drivers behind the bus

    Source:Vermont Driver's Manual 2025, Chapter 7: Sharing the Road

  25. Question 25: When is it legal to stop on the Interstate?

    • A. To let a car merge ahead of you
    • B. To pick up a hitchhiker waiting on the entrance ramp
    • C. Whenever you need to check a map
    • D. Only in an emergency, in the breakdown lane

    Source:Vermont Driver's Manual 2025, Chapter 7: Interstate Driving and Passing

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