Arkansas Car / Permit: Parking & Stopping Practice Test

Question 1

The guide's advice for getting out of a parked car is to

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check for traffic and use the curb-side door when you can — If the street side is the only option, the guide still wants the driver to look for traffic before the door swings open.

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always use the driver's door

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open the door quickly so traffic notices it

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step out only while the engine is running

Question 2

Arkansas bars parking within thirty feet of which of these?

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A traffic signal, a stop sign or a yield sign — The guide groups signals and those two signs together at thirty feet, and lists a pedestrian safety zone at the same distance.

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A fire hydrant

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A bus stop bench

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A school crossing guard's post

Question 3

How must a special certificate for accessible parking be displayed?

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Hung from the mirror or laid on the dashboard — The guide also requires the photo identification card that goes with the certificate to be on the person using the space.

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Kept in the glove compartment

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Taped inside the rear window

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Carried in the driver's wallet

Question 4

How close to a crosswalk at an intersection may a vehicle legally be parked?

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No closer than twenty feet — Keeping that gap preserves the sight lines drivers and pedestrians need at the crossing.

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No closer than ten feet

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No closer than thirty feet

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No closer than fifty feet

Question 5

When you finish parallel parking in Arkansas, the car should sit no further from the curb than

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eighteen inches — The guide sets that as the outer limit, and it also appears on the list of places a vehicle may not be left standing.

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six inches

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twelve inches

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twenty-four inches

Question 6

Stopping your car alongside another vehicle already parked at the curb is

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prohibited — Double parking appears on the guide's list of places a vehicle may not be left, because it forces other traffic around the obstruction.

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allowed for up to five minutes

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allowed with the hazard lights flashing

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allowed while a passenger stays aboard

Question 7

What does a yellow-painted curb indicate?

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Loading, or some other restriction on parking — Painted curbs are the guide's shorthand for restricted zones, and yellow marks loading and similar limits.

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A fire zone

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Free parking at weekends

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A designated accessible space

Question 8

A curb painted red in Arkansas marks

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a fire zone — The guide lists only two curb colors: red for a fire zone and yellow for loading or another restriction.

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a loading zone

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a passenger drop-off point

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spaces reserved for permit holders

Question 9

The parking rules keep vehicles at least how far back from a railroad crossing?

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Fifty feet — That figure comes from the guide's list of no-parking locations, which also bans stopping on the tracks themselves.

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Fifteen feet

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Twenty-five feet

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One hundred feet

Question 10

Parking on a slope, the guide tells you to turn the front wheels

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sharply toward the curb, away from the traffic lanes — Angling the wheels that way means a car that starts rolling meets the curb instead of drifting into passing traffic.

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straight ahead so the car rolls in a line

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sharply toward the traffic lanes

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toward the center line with the transmission in neutral

Question 11

A vehicle may use an accessible parking space on a special certificate only when

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the person the certificate belongs to is in the vehicle — The guide requires the certificate holder to be aboard and to get out of the vehicle when the marked space is used.

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the driver is running an errand for that person

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the stop will last under fifteen minutes

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no one else is using the space

Question 12

Parking is banned within what distance of a fire hydrant?

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Fifteen feet — The guide's list of prohibited spots keeps vehicles clear of the hydrant so crews can reach it in an emergency.

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Ten feet

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Twenty feet

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Thirty feet

Arkansas Car / Permit: Parking & Stopping practice test

Study questions with answers

1. The guide's advice for getting out of a parked car is to

2. Arkansas bars parking within thirty feet of which of these?

3. How must a special certificate for accessible parking be displayed?

4. How close to a crosswalk at an intersection may a vehicle legally be parked?

5. When you finish parallel parking in Arkansas, the car should sit no further from the curb than

6. Stopping your car alongside another vehicle already parked at the curb is

7. What does a yellow-painted curb indicate?

8. A curb painted red in Arkansas marks

9. The parking rules keep vehicles at least how far back from a railroad crossing?

10. Parking on a slope, the guide tells you to turn the front wheels

11. A vehicle may use an accessible parking space on a special certificate only when

12. Parking is banned within what distance of a fire hydrant?

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