Minnesota DVS Permit Practice Test 2
Test 2 of 10. Pick an answer for each question to see if it is right and why; your score appears at the end. You need 32 correct answers to pass, the same ratio as the real Minnesota test.
- Questions40
- Correct to pass32
- Passing score80%
- Minimum age15 years
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1. Besides school signing, which warning signs may also use a fluorescent yellow-green background?
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Answer C: Pedestrian and bicycle warning signs
Pedestrian crossing, bicycle and playground warning signs may use either the standard yellow or the fluorescent yellow-green background, which draws extra attention where people outside vehicles are present.
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2. Where is the no passing zone pennant sign installed?
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Answer A: On the left side of the roadway
The pennant is placed on the left side of the roadway at the beginning of the no-passing zone, in the field of view of a driver who is thinking about overtaking.
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3. What is the minimum Minnesota bodily injury liability coverage for injury to one person in one accident?
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Answer D: 30,000 dollars
Minnesota Statutes 65B.49 requires residual bodily injury liability of at least 30,000 dollars because of injury to one person in any one accident.
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4. When may a Minnesota driver hold and use a phone in the hand while driving?
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Answer B: To obtain emergency help for a crash, a medical emergency or a road hazard
Minnesota Statutes 169.475 excepts use to obtain emergency assistance, including reporting a crash, a medical emergency, a serious road hazard or criminal activity.
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5. A yellow diamond shows a horse with a rider. Besides slowing down, what else should a driver do?
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Answer C: Avoid using the horn or revving the engine
The equestrian crossing sign warns of horses on or across the road, and a sudden noise can startle an animal into the traffic lane.
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6. At what alcohol concentration can a Minnesota driver be arrested for driving while impaired even without other evidence?
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Answer C: 0.08 percent
A person in control of a moving or parked vehicle with an alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or higher can be arrested for driving while impaired, and the commercial vehicle threshold is 0.04 percent.
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7. You are approaching a multilane roundabout. When should you choose your lane?
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Answer C: Before you enter, using the lane-choice sign on the approach
You select your lane on the approach the way you would at any multilane intersection, then stay in that lane all the way around, because changing lanes inside a roundabout creates side-impact conflicts.
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8. On a Minnesota two-lane highway posted at 55 mph or higher, what happens to the limit while lawfully passing another vehicle?
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Answer C: It increases by 10 mph
Minnesota allows a driver to exceed the posted limit by 10 mph while lawfully passing another vehicle traveling in the same direction on a two-lane highway posted at 55 mph or more.
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9. What counts as voice-activated or hands-free mode under Minnesota law?
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Answer C: Verbal or single-touch activation of a device function
Minnesota Statutes 169.475 defines the mode as verbal or single-touch activation of a function, and it excludes typing and scrolling.
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10. A pedestrian is crossing in a marked Minnesota crosswalk. What must an approaching driver do?
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Answer A: Stop and stay stopped until the pedestrian has cleared the lane
Minnesota Statutes 169.21 requires the driver to stop to yield to a pedestrian in a marked crosswalk or at an intersection with no marked crosswalk and to remain stopped until the pedestrian has cleared the lane.
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11. Which ability does alcohol usually affect first?
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Answer A: Judgment and self control
Alcohol reduces judgment and inhibition before a drinker notices any clumsiness, which is why an impaired driver often feels perfectly capable while already driving worse.
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12. The engine dies at speed and the dashboard lights go out on a dark road. What should you do?
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Answer C: Hold the wheel firmly, steer over to the shoulder and use the hazard lights
Never switch the ignition to lock, because the steering can lock; steer to the shoulder and warn traffic with the hazard lights.
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13. How far ahead should you normally be looking while driving?
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Answer D: About 12 to 15 seconds of travel ahead
Looking that far ahead, roughly a block in town and much farther on a highway, gives you time to see a problem developing and adjust before it becomes an emergency.
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14. On a multi-lane street, a yield line is painted well back from an unsignalized crosswalk rather than right at it. Why?
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Answer D: So drivers in the other lanes can see the pedestrian
Setting the yield line back keeps a stopped vehicle from hiding a crossing pedestrian from drivers in the next lane, which is a common cause of these crashes.
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15. What is the minimum Minnesota bodily injury liability coverage when two or more people are injured in one accident?
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Answer C: 60,000 dollars
Minnesota Statutes 65B.49 requires at least 60,000 dollars of residual bodily injury liability because of injury to two or more persons in any one accident.
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16. The only person offering you a ride home has been drinking. What should you do?
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Answer B: Do not get in; find another way home
A passenger in an impaired driver's vehicle shares all of the risk and can do nothing about it from the seat, so the only safe answer is another ride.
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17. A child has outgrown the rear-facing seat. What comes next?
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Answer D: A forward-facing seat with a harness, used up to its own stated limits
The stages run rear facing, then forward facing with a harness, then a booster, then the adult belt alone.
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18. A strong wind is blowing across an open stretch of road. Besides the gusts, what else should you watch for?
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Answer A: Branches, dust and loose objects blown into your path
High wind strips branches, litter and dust onto the roadway and can push other vehicles out of their lane, so scan much further ahead than usual.
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19. How does driving on overinflated tires affect the vehicle?
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Answer D: It gives a harsher ride and a smaller contact patch
An overinflated tire bulges in the middle, so less rubber touches the road, grip suffers and the ride becomes hard. The center of the tread wears first.
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20. The electric windows will not work as your vehicle sinks in water. What is the best option?
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Answer C: Break a side window with a hard, pointed object and climb out through it
Side windows are tempered glass and can be broken, while the laminated windshield cannot, and water pressure holds the doors shut.
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21. You are on a four-lane divided highway and a vehicle in your lane is stopped waiting to turn left across the median. What is the normal way past?
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Answer D: Slow down and go by in the lane to the right when it is clear
On a multilane road the free lane beside you is the lawful place to go past a vehicle waiting to turn, and the median is not part of the roadway.
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22. An emergency vehicle approaches with lights and siren on a Minnesota one-way street. What must the driver do?
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Answer B: Move to the closest edge or curb and stop
On a one-way roadway Minnesota Statutes 169.20 directs the driver to the closest edge or curb rather than always to the right.
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23. Your light turns green, but a vehicle is still in the middle of the intersection. What should you do?
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Answer D: Wait until the intersection is clear before you move ahead
A green light means go only when the way is clear. Drivers already inside the intersection must be allowed to finish crossing.
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24. What Minnesota speed limit applies where no other statutory limit and no posted limit applies?
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Answer D: 55 mph
Minnesota Statutes 169.14 sets 55 miles per hour in locations other than those the section specifically lists.
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25. What minimum light transmittance does Minnesota require through a tinted side or rear window?
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Answer D: 50 percent
Minnesota Statutes 169.71 prohibits material with a light transmittance of less than 50 percent, plus or minus three percent, on side and rear windows.
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26. You have stopped at a stop line but parked cars hide the cross street. What comes next?
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Answer C: Edge forward to where you can see, stopping again if needed
The legal stop at the line is only the first stop; you then move up slowly to a point where you can see, and stop again if traffic requires it.
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27. Your vehicle is stuck in deep snow and you run the engine for heat while waiting for help. What must you check?
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Answer C: That the exhaust pipe is clear of snow
Snow packed around the tailpipe pushes exhaust back into the cabin, and carbon monoxide can kill without warning. Clear the pipe and crack a window open.
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28. Does using a hands free device remove the risk of distraction?
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Answer A: No, the conversation still takes attention away from driving
Hands free equipment removes the manual part of the distraction but not the mental part, and a driver deep in conversation can look straight at a hazard without registering it.
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29. What speed limit may a Minnesota road authority adopt for a residential roadway?
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Answer C: 25 mph
Minnesota Statutes 169.14 lets a road authority adopt a 25 mile per hour limit on residential roadways.
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30. What does the implied consent law mean for drivers?
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Answer D: By driving, you have agreed to a chemical test if lawfully arrested for impaired driving
Holding a license and driving on public roads is treated as consent to breath, blood or urine testing when an officer has grounds to arrest you. Refusing normally brings its own license penalties.
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31. A flashing red lamp is mounted above a stop sign at a rural intersection. What does it add?
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Answer C: Emphasis, while the required stop stays the same
A stop beacon makes an easily missed stop sign more visible, but it neither adds to nor takes away from the obligation the sign already imposes.
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32. Within what period after driving can a test result still establish a Minnesota impaired driving offense?
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Answer A: Two hours
Minnesota Statutes 169A.20 counts an alcohol concentration measured at the time of driving or within two hours of that time.
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33. The queue for an exit ramp has backed up into the right lane of the highway. What should you do if you want that exit?
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Answer B: Join the back of the queue in the lane instead of cutting in later
Passing a queue and forcing in at the front stops the whole line, and using the shoulder puts you where broken-down vehicles are expected to be.
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34. A pedestrian is waiting to cross ahead of you and you have slowed down. What helps most?
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Answer D: Making eye contact, so that you both know you have seen each other
Eye contact confirms that you have seen each other; waving someone across can send them into the path of another vehicle.
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35. You enter a work zone at night where one lane is closed and a flagger is on duty. What is the safest approach?
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Answer A: Slow early, merge before the closure and be ready to stop
Merging early at a reduced speed keeps the queue orderly and leaves you room to stop for equipment, workers or traffic that has halted ahead.
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36. What is a good rule for any task you want to do inside the vehicle?
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Answer D: If it needs more than a moment, do it stopped
A glance of a second or two is manageable, but any task that runs longer belongs to a stopped vehicle, because the road does not pause while you do it.
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37. Why does even a small reduction in speed matter so much where people are walking?
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Answer D: Because a pedestrian struck at a lower speed is far more likely to survive
The chance that a pedestrian survives falls steeply as impact speed rises, so a few miles per hour can decide the outcome.
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38. Which common non-prescription medicine is most likely to make a driver drowsy?
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Answer C: A cold or allergy remedy containing an antihistamine
Antihistamines in cold and allergy remedies are a leading cause of drowsiness behind the wheel, which is why the label carries a warning.
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39. The traffic around you is moving well above the limit on a wide highway. What should you do?
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Answer D: Keep to the limit and stay to the right, letting faster traffic pass
The limit is a legal maximum, and the safe way to differ from the traffic around you is to keep right and let it go by.
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40. A truck passes you in heavy rain and its spray blanks out your windshield. What should you do?
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Answer B: Hold the wheel steady, ease off slightly and let the wipers clear it
The blackout lasts a second or two. Keeping your line and easing off is far safer than braking hard or steering blind toward the shoulder.