Washington DMV quick permit practice test 4
Use this 12-question Washington quick test when you only have a few minutes. The questions come from our full tests and lean on Chapter 5: Hazards (4), Chapter 3: Drivers (2), and Chapter 4: Roads (5). It opens with: "If you need corrective lenses, what does the guide say about wearing them at night?" Explanations follow every answer.
By the QuizDMV Editorial TeamChecked on
- Questions
- 12
- Passing score
- 80% (10 of 12)
- Mistakes allowed
- 2
- Official handbook
- Washington Driver Guide
Practice questions
Question 1 of 120 of 12 answered
If you need corrective lenses, what does the guide say about wearing them at night?
What this test covers
Every question comes from one of these sections of the Washington Driver Guide.
- Chapter 2: Vehicles1 question
- Chapter 3: Drivers2 questions
- Chapter 4: Roads5 questions
- Chapter 5: Hazards4 questions
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.
Question 1: If you need corrective lenses, what does the guide say about wearing them at night?
- A. Wear them only on unlit roads
- B. Avoid dark or tinted lenses
- C. Take them off to reduce glare
- D. Switch to sunglasses with your prescription
Question 2: You missed your freeway exit. What should you do?
- A. Cross the median to turn around
- B. Back up slowly on the shoulder
- C. Stop in the lane and wait for a gap
- D. Continue to the next exit
Question 3: What is the first step to control bleeding?
- A. Give the person water
- B. Apply pressure with your hands
- C. Raise the person's legs
- D. Apply a tourniquet
Question 4: Besides carpools, vanpools, and buses, which vehicles may use HOV lanes?
- A. Motorcycles
- B. Any vehicle towing a trailer
- C. Trucks with more than two axles
- D. Any electric car with one person
Question 5: At a two-way stop, who has the right-of-way?
- A. The vehicle turning left
- B. The vehicle turning right
- C. The vehicle going straight
- D. The vehicle that arrived first
Question 6: What is an advantage of hand-to-hand (pull/push) steering?
- A. It lets you steer with one hand at 12 o'clock
- B. It is the method used when recovering from a skid
- C. It lets you take both hands off during a turn
- D. Your hands never cross, away from the airbag
Question 7: Where can ice form even when the rest of the road is clear?
- A. In freeway tunnels
- B. On newly paved roads
- C. On overpasses and bridges
- D. On sunny stretches of road
Question 8: What is the farthest you should travel in a shared center left-turn lane?
- A. 100 feet
- B. One full block
- C. 300 feet
- D. 500 feet
Question 9: A lane is closed ahead in slow traffic. How does a zipper merge work?
- A. Speed up so no one can merge ahead of you
- B. Merge as early as possible, far from the closure
- C. Use both lanes to the merge point, then take turns
- D. Stop and wait for the other lane to clear
Question 10: You're driving alone and start to feel tired. What does the guide recommend?
- A. Speed up to get home sooner
- B. Open the windows and turn up the radio
- C. Keep driving and chew gum
- D. Pull off the road for a 20-minute nap
Question 11: What is black ice?
- A. Snow packed down by traffic
- B. Ice that only forms at night
- C. A thin coating of ice that is hard to see
- D. Ice mixed with road oil
Question 12: An ambulance with lights and siren is approaching. What should you do?
- A. Pull to the left lane and slow down
- B. Pull to the right side of the road and stop
- C. Stop right where you are in your lane
- D. Speed up to get out of its way
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