Arizona MVD permit warm-up test

  • Questions30
  • Correct to pass24
  • Passing score80%
  • Minimum age15 years 6 months

10 questions. Pick an answer to see if it is right and why; you need 8 correct answers to pass.

  1. 1. How long can cannabis affect a driver?

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    Answer A: For hours after the strongest effects have passed

    Slowed reactions, poor tracking and weak judgment of distance can last for hours, well beyond the point where the user believes the effects are over.

  2. 2. The red lights on a stopped school bus go out and the bus begins to move away. What should you do?

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    Answer B: Move off slowly and keep watching for children near the road

    Children who have just left the bus may still be near the roadway or crossing behind it, so pull away gently and keep looking for them.

  3. 3. Your headlights suddenly go out while you are driving at night. What should you do?

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    Answer A: Try the dimmer switch and the headlight switch, turn on the hazard lights and pull off the road

    Switching between high and low beams or cycling the light switch sometimes restores the lights. If not, use the hazard and parking lights to get off the road safely.

  4. 4. What does Arizona law say about wireless devices behind the wheel?

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    Answer B: Holding or supporting a wireless device while driving is prohibited, but hands-free and voice-to-text use is allowed

    Arizona bans holding or supporting a wireless device while driving, along with reading or writing text-based communication and watching, recording or broadcasting video, while permitting hands-free and voice-to-text operation.

  5. 5. On an overhead guide sign, the small exit number panel sits above the left-hand end rather than the right. What does that placement tell you?

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    Answer A: The exit leaves from the left side of the roadway

    The exit number plaque is placed on the side from which the ramp leaves, which gives advance notice of the unusual left-hand exit.

  6. 6. Why should you stay out of an intersection you cannot clear, even on a green light?

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    Answer B: Because you would block cross traffic when their signal turns green

    A vehicle stranded in the intersection blocks the cross street when its light turns green, which stalls the whole junction and traps emergency vehicles.

  7. 7. How long must an applicant for an Arizona graduated license have held an Arizona instruction permit?

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    Answer C: At least 6 months, and the permit must still be valid at the time of application

    Arizona requires at least six months of permit holding, the permit must be valid on the day of application, and time held on an out-of-state permit is credited.

  8. 8. What does a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 mean for the driver of a car?

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    Answer B: It is the level almost every state treats as legally intoxicated

    In almost every state a driver at 0.08 or above is legally intoxicated whatever the driver seems like, but impairment starts well before that level is reached.

  9. 9. What do flashing yellow lights on a school bus mean?

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    Answer A: The bus is about to stop to load or unload, so prepare to stop

    The amber lights are the warning phase that comes before the red lights and the stop arm, so drivers should slow down and get ready to stop.

  10. 10. A sign on a freeway restricts trucks to the two right-hand lanes. What should a car driver expect in those lanes?

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    Answer A: More heavy vehicles and slower changes of speed

    A truck lane restriction concentrates heavy vehicles on the right, and those vehicles accelerate, brake and change lanes far more slowly than cars.