Texas Car / Permit Practice Test 9

1.A Texas teen holding a provisional (under-18) license is restricted from:

driving to and from schooldriving with a licensed parent in the cardriving from midnight to 5 a.m. and carrying more than one non-family passenger under 21driving on any city street

2.Your right tires drift off the pavement onto a lower shoulder. The best response is to:

ease off the gas, keep control, and steer back gently when it is safebrake hard and turn sharply back onto the roadspeed up to climb back onto the pavementyank the steering wheel to the left immediately

3.You reach a light rail crossing where the gate arms have come down. What is required of you?

Drive around the arms if no train is in sightCross slowly, because light rail trains stop quicklyBack up and take another route, since crossing there is never allowedWait for the crossing to clear instead of steering around the arms

4.An officer pulls you over after dark. Besides stopping well to the right, what should you do?

Step out of the car so the officer can see you clearlyHave your license and insurance out of the glove box before the officer arrivesLeave your headlights on high beam to light up the areaSwitch on the dome light and rest both hands where they can be seen

5.In good conditions at speeds above 30 mph, what is the smallest gap you should keep behind the vehicle in front?

One secondTwo secondsEight secondsFour seconds

6.A yellow diamond-shaped sign with a merging-arrow symbol is posted ahead. What does it mean?

A steep downgrade is ahead; use a lower gear and check your brakes.A curve in one direction followed by a curve in the opposite direction.Traffic merges from the side ahead; adjust speed to allow vehicles to merge.A roundabout (circular intersection) is ahead; slow down and prepare to yield.

7.If you are lawfully arrested for DWI and refuse to give a breath or blood sample, Texas law provides for:

no penalty at allonly a verbal warninga free second chance to test lateran automatic suspension of your driver license

8.When driving at night, you should not 'overdrive' your headlights. This means you should:

keep your speed low enough to stop within the distance your lights showalways use high beams no matter the trafficfollow the car ahead closely to use its lightsturn your lights off on well-lit streets

9.Which of these will actually lower a person's blood alcohol concentration after drinking?

only the passage of timedrinking a cup of strong coffeetaking a cold showereating a large meal

10.On a two-lane road, a solid yellow line painted on your side of the center line means:

you may pass whenever the road ahead is clearthe road ahead becomes one-wayyou may not pass on your side