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Alaska Car / Permit: Right-of-Way practice test
Who goes first at intersections, four-way stops, roundabouts, and crosswalks, and how to yield to pedestrians and emergency vehicles.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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12 sample Right-of-Way questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the official handbook reference. Read through them, then take the quiz above.
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1. An authorized emergency vehicle approaches with red or blue lights flashing. What must an Alaska driver do?
Correct answer: Slow, pull to the right edge clear of the intersection, and stop until it passes
No matter which way you are headed, and whether or not a siren is sounding, slow down, pull over to the roadway’s right-hand edge at a spot clear of any intersection, and wait there until it has gone past.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual — Emergency Vehicles
2. Two vehicles reach an uncontrolled Alaska intersection at about the same moment and a collision is possible. Who yields?
Correct answer: The driver on the left yields to the driver on the right
Alaska's right-of-way law puts the burden on the driver on the left, who must give way to the driver on the right.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual — Right of Way Law
3. A person is walking or biking through an uncontrolled Alaska intersection. Who has the right-of-way?
Correct answer: The non-motorized user
Non-motorized users hold the right-of-way over motor vehicles at uncontrolled intersections, so you must give way to them.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual — Right of Way Law
4. On a highway with separated roadways offering two or more lanes each way, you meet a stopped school bus going the other direction with its red lights on. What does Alaska require?
Correct answer: You need not stop
Where the roadways are physically separated and each direction has at least two lanes, a driver headed the opposite way from the bus is not obliged to stop, even with the stop arm out and the red lamps flashing.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual — Meeting a School Bus
5. You are pulling out of an alley, a driveway or a building onto an Alaska street. What is required?
Correct answer: Stop and yield to traffic on the street you are entering
The manual lists this among the situations that call for a stop: halt and give way to traffic on the street you are joining.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual — Stops Required
6. You are about to enter an Alaska roundabout. What does the manual tell you to do?
Correct answer: Slow down, keep the center island on your left, and yield to circulating traffic and pedestrians
Slow on the approach, enter to the right of the central island when a gap appears, and give way to vehicles already circulating as well as to people walking or biking.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual — Roundabouts
7. Where do pedestrians hold the right-of-way in Alaska, according to the manual's discussion of crosswalk lines?
Correct answer: At marked crosswalks and at intersections, painted or not
Painted lines are not required for the right-of-way to exist. People on foot have it at marked crosswalks and at intersections, and drivers should always yield rather than force a pedestrian to give way.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual — Marking
8. You are making a left turn from a two-way Alaska street. Which yielding rules apply?
Correct answer: Yield to oncoming vehicles and to pedestrians
Get into the correct lane early, signal through the final 100 feet, and give way both to oncoming vehicles and to people on foot before you complete the turn into the proper lane.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual — Left Turn
9. Which direction does traffic move around the central island of an Alaska roundabout?
Correct answer: Counterclockwise
Vehicles circulate counterclockwise around the island, and approaching drivers give way to whatever is already in the circle.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual — Roundabouts
10. A school bus ahead is flashing yellow or amber warning lights in Alaska. What should you do?
Correct answer: Slow down and prepare to stop when the bus halts and the red lights and stop arm come on
Those amber lamps are the warning stage. Reduce speed and be ready to come to a full stop once the bus halts, the red lamps come on and the stop arm swings out.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual — Meeting a School Bus
11. You are approaching an uncontrolled Alaska intersection from the right. What does the manual warn?
Correct answer: You have it only when the other driver yields it and no vehicle is already in the intersection
Do not assume the way is yours. It becomes yours only if the other driver hands it over, and only when no vehicle has already entered the intersection.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual — Right of Way Law
12. A school bus ahead of you stops with red lights flashing and its stop arm out. What must you do in Alaska?
Correct answer: Stop before reaching the bus and stay stopped until the arm retracts and the red lights go off
Drivers coming up behind the bus may not pass it, and must be fully stopped before they reach it. Stay stopped until the arm folds in, the red lamps go off and the bus moves again, or the driver waves you on.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual — Overtaking a School Bus with Red Lights Activated
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