North Dakota Car / Permit: Parking & Stopping Practice Test

Question 1

Where must the wheels be when you make an emergency stop along a highway?

Accepted Answer

Entirely off the traveled pavement if you can manage it — An emergency stop should put all four wheels off the traveled surface whenever that is possible, keeping the vehicle clear of moving traffic.

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Inside the nearest travel lane with hazards on

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On the centerline until help arrives

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Half on the pavement so you stay visible

Question 2

How far from a fire hydrant does North Dakota forbid parking?

Accepted Answer

10 feet — The manual bars parking inside 10 feet of a hydrant, the same distance it applies to a crosswalk at an intersection.

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5 feet

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15 feet

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25 feet

Question 3

How much clearance must you leave a stop sign or a traffic signal mounted beside the road when parking?

Accepted Answer

15 feet — Leave 15 feet of clearance from a roadside beacon that flashes, from a stop sign, and from a signal mounted at the edge of the road.

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10 feet

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30 feet

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5 feet

Question 4

Within what range of the tracks must a school bus or a gasoline truck stop at a rail crossing?

Accepted Answer

Between 15 and 50 feet — Buses carrying passengers, school buses, and vehicles hauling explosives or flammable liquids must come to rest no closer than 15 feet and no farther out than 50 feet from the rails.

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Between 5 and 20 feet

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Between 50 and 100 feet

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Anywhere before the crossbuck

Question 5

What does North Dakota call parking on the street side of an already parked vehicle?

Accepted Answer

Double parking — Leaving your car alongside another one that is already at the curb is double parking, and the manual lists it among the prohibited spots.

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Emergency parking

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Angle parking

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Shoulder parking

Question 6

Which way should the front wheels point when you park facing downhill next to a curb?

Accepted Answer

Toward the curb — Facing downhill you aim the front wheels in toward the curb, so a car that starts to roll is caught by the curb instead of drifting into the street.

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Straight ahead

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Away from the curb

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Toward the center of the road

Question 7

How far before a railroad crossing must you stop when a train is going through?

Accepted Answer

15 feet — With a train occupying the crossing, drivers must hold back no less than 15 feet from it, and the manual forbids stopping or parking on the tracks under any circumstances.

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50 feet

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100 feet

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5 feet

Question 8

Which way should the wheels point when you park facing uphill against a curb?

Accepted Answer

Away from the curb — Pointed uphill with a curb available, you turn the wheels away from it so the car settles back against the curb if it creeps.

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Toward the curb

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Perfectly straight

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Toward the shoulder

Question 9

What is the first step in the manual's parallel parking sequence?

Accepted Answer

Signal and stop beside the vehicle ahead, about two feet out — You begin by signaling, then pulling up alongside the car ahead of the space and holding roughly two feet of separation from it.

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Pull past the space and reverse straight back

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Turn the wheels toward the curb before moving

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Back in at a sharp angle from the traffic lane

Question 10

You park facing uphill on a road with no curb. Where do the wheels go?

Accepted Answer

Toward the shoulder — With no curb to catch the vehicle, the wheels are turned toward the shoulder so a rolling car heads off the pavement rather than into the traffic lane.

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Toward the center stripe

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It does not matter without a curb

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Straight ahead

Question 11

A car is parked on a public highway after dark. What lighting does North Dakota require?

Accepted Answer

One white or amber lamp facing forward plus a red one behind, each showing for 1,000 feet — From a half hour past sundown until a half hour before dawn, the vehicle needs at least one white or amber lamp facing forward and a red one at the back, each visible for 1,000 feet.

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Headlights on high beam

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No lighting is required if the road is lit

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Only the hazard flashers

Question 12

Which of these places does the manual list as off limits for parking?

Accepted Answer

A bridge or an overpass — Bridges, overpasses, tunnels, and underpasses all appear on the manual's list of places where a vehicle may not be left standing.

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A gravel shoulder outside town

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An angled space at a shopping center

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A metered space downtown

North Dakota Car / Permit: Parking & Stopping practice test

Study questions with answers

1. Where must the wheels be when you make an emergency stop along a highway?

2. How far from a fire hydrant does North Dakota forbid parking?

3. How much clearance must you leave a stop sign or a traffic signal mounted beside the road when parking?

4. Within what range of the tracks must a school bus or a gasoline truck stop at a rail crossing?

5. What does North Dakota call parking on the street side of an already parked vehicle?

6. Which way should the front wheels point when you park facing downhill next to a curb?

7. How far before a railroad crossing must you stop when a train is going through?

8. Which way should the wheels point when you park facing uphill against a curb?

9. What is the first step in the manual's parallel parking sequence?

10. You park facing uphill on a road with no curb. Where do the wheels go?

11. A car is parked on a public highway after dark. What lighting does North Dakota require?

12. Which of these places does the manual list as off limits for parking?

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