West Virginia DMV Permit Practice Test 6
Test 6 of 10. Pick an answer for each question to see if it is right and why; your score appears at the end. You need 19 correct answers to pass, the same ratio as the real West Virginia test.
- Questions25
- Correct to pass19
- Passing score76%
- Minimum age15 years
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1. A high-occupancy vehicle lane is separated from the general lanes by a pair of solid white lines with a gap every so often. Where may you enter or leave it?
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Answer D: Only at the openings where the solid lines are broken
The solid lines forbid crossing, so entry and exit are limited to the designated openings where the marking is broken.
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2. What is the minimum penalty for a first conviction of passing a stopped school bus in West Virginia?
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Answer D: A 60 day suspension and a $500 fine
West Virginia sets a minimum 60 day driver's license suspension and a minimum $500 fine for a first offense of passing a stopped school bus.
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3. You are turning left from a divided highway through a median opening into a business on the other side. Who has the right of way?
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Answer C: The traffic on the roadway you are crossing
Turning through a median opening means crossing the opposite roadway, so you yield to all traffic on it before you go.
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4. During the first six months with a West Virginia Level 2 intermediate license, which passengers are allowed?
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Answer C: No non-family passengers under 20
For the first six months a Level 2 driver may carry no non-family passengers under the age of 20, and only one such passenger during the second six months.
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5. A law enforcement officer is directing traffic and waves you forward while the signal facing you shows red. What should you do?
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Answer A: Follow the officer's direction and proceed
Directions given by an officer controlling traffic take priority over signals, signs and pavement markings.
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6. On the West Virginia DMV's point scale, how many points does a THIRD or subsequent wireless communication device violation, in any combination of talking and texting, add to a driving record?
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Answer D: 3 points
The point scale chart assigns 3 points once a driver accumulates three or more wireless communication device violations in any combination of talking and texting.
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7. How may a West Virginia driver legally use an electronic communications device while driving on a public highway?
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Answer A: Only with hands-free equipment
West Virginia prohibits using an electronic communications device while driving unless the use is accomplished with hands-free equipment.
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8. What is a driver being warned about here?
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Answer B: The pavement ahead carries vehicles traveling in the opposite direction
Beyond this point vehicles come the other way on the same pavement, which commonly happens where a one-way section or a separated stretch comes to an end.
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9. West Virginia's move-over and slow-down duty toward a stationary vehicle displaying warning signals such as flashing lights, hazards, or flares applies to which vehicles?
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Answer B: Any stationary vehicle displaying the listed warning signals, not just official emergency vehicles
The statute's text is written broadly around any stationary vehicle displaying qualifying warning signals, rather than being limited to police, fire, or ambulance vehicles.
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10. How does a lap and shoulder belt protect you in a crash?
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Answer B: It holds you to the seat and spreads the force over the strong bones
The belt keeps you with the vehicle as it slows and puts the load on the hips and the chest rather than on soft tissue.
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11. Under West Virginia's seat belt law, which back-seat passengers are required to wear a safety belt?
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Answer C: Any back-seat passenger under 18 years of age
West Virginia's seat belt statute requires the driver, front-seat occupants, and any back-seat passenger under 18 to wear a safety belt.
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12. Red pavement markings are used on a roadway to show that
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Answer A: it must not be entered from that direction
Red markings identify a roadway that is not to be entered or used, and they also mark the pavement of truck escape ramps.
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13. 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.
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14. West Virginia Code sets a separate underage offense for drivers under 21. What blood alcohol concentration does it take to commit it?
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Answer B: 0.02 percent or more
West Virginia Code 17C-5-2 makes it an offense for a driver under 21 to drive with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.02 percent or more but less than 0.08 percent, and the handbook glossary gives the same 0.02 percent figure.
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15. School warning signs use which background and legend colors?
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Answer A: A black legend and border on a fluorescent yellow-green background
School warning signs carry a black legend and border on a fluorescent yellow-green background, a shade chosen so they stand out from ordinary yellow warning signs.
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16. How does heavy cargo on a roof rack change the way a vehicle handles?
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Answer D: It raises the center of gravity, so the vehicle tips more in turns and needs gentler steering
Weight carried high makes the vehicle lean more and roll over more easily, and extra weight lengthens stopping distance. Drive slower and steer smoothly with a loaded roof.
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17. At a four-way stop another driver pulls out ahead of you when it was clearly your turn. What is the correct response?
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Answer B: Let that driver go through, then take your turn when the way is clear again
Right of way is something you give, never something you take, so yielding to a driver who takes it wrongly avoids a crash you would otherwise share.
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18. How long is a regular (non-GDL) West Virginia instruction permit, issued to an applicant age 18 or older, valid before it expires?
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Answer A: Six months
The handbook states the regular instruction permit is valid for a period of six months, after which the vision and knowledge tests must be retaken if it lapses.
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19. Why is being predictable an important part of driving safely?
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Answer A: Because other road users are able to plan around what you are doing
Other drivers make their decisions from what they expect you to do, so surprises are what produce collisions.
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20. How should the inside rearview mirror be adjusted?
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Answer B: So you can see the entire rear window without moving your head
The inside mirror is for the view straight behind you. Framing the whole rear window from your normal seating position gives the widest useful view.
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21. What license suspension applies to a West Virginia driver found to have filed false or fraudulent motor vehicle insurance information?
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Answer C: A 90-day license suspension
The handbook states that filing false or fraudulent insurance information results in a 90-day suspension of the driver's license, on top of registration revocation.
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22. A regulatory message is normally carried on a sign whose shape is
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Answer A: a rectangle standing taller than it is wide
Regulatory signs that state a law, such as speed limits and turn restrictions, use a vertical rectangle with a black legend on a white background.
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23. Between what hours may a West Virginia Level 1 GDL instruction permit holder drive?
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Answer A: 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.
A Level 1 permit holder in West Virginia may drive only between 5 a.m. and 10 p.m., always with a licensed driver 21 or older in the front seat.
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24. A yellow lamp flashes above a warning sign at a sharp curve. What does it ask of a driver?
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Answer D: Slow down and pass the point with extra care
A warning beacon draws attention to the sign it is mounted with, and the message of the sign is what the driver must act on.
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25. When is it acceptable to reach into the back seat for something while driving?
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Answer A: Never; stop somewhere safe instead
Twisting round takes your eyes off the road and your control of the wheel with it, so anything in the back seat waits until the car is stopped.