Iowa DOT Permit Practice Test 8
Test 8 of 10. Pick an answer for each question to see if it is right and why; your score appears at the end. You need 20 correct answers to pass, the same ratio as the real Iowa test.
- Questions25
- Correct to pass20
- Passing score80%
- Minimum age14 years
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1. What are front fog lights for?
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Answer D: Adding a low, wide beam close to the car when visibility is poor
Fog lights throw a low, wide beam under the fog, which is why they are mounted low and are used only in poor visibility.
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2. At what level of property damage to one person does Iowa require an uninsured driver to deposit security after a crash?
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Answer D: One thousand five hundred dollars or more
Iowa Code section 321A.5 requires the department to suspend the license and registrations unless security is deposited after a reported crash causing injury, death, or damage to one person's property of one thousand five hundred dollars or more.
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3. A school sign combined with an AHEAD plaque, or with a plaque giving a distance in feet, forms an assembly that
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Answer B: warns of a school crossing located further along the road
The school advance crossing assembly is placed before the crosswalk to give drivers notice, while a different assembly marks the crossing itself.
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4. Unless the restriction is waived by a parent or guardian, how many unrelated minor passengers may a new Iowa intermediate licensee carry during the first six months?
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Answer B: One
Iowa Code section 321.180B limits an intermediate licensee to one unrelated minor passenger for the first six months, unless a parent or guardian waives the restriction when the license is issued.
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5. Besides serving the revocation, what must an Iowa driver complete before a license revoked under the intoxication chapter is reinstated?
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Answer D: A course for drinking drivers plus substance use evaluation and any recommended treatment
Iowa Code section 321J.17 requires the person to enroll in and complete a course for drinking drivers and to submit to evaluation and treatment, with proof presented before reinstatement.
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6. After a crash, what information should you exchange with the other driver?
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Answer B: Name, address, driver license, vehicle registration and insurance details
Identification, registration and insurance information are what the other party and the insurers need. Sensitive financial details are never required.
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7. A police officer in the intersection raises a hand toward you although your signal is green. What should you do?
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Answer B: Stop and wait for the officer to wave you on
An officer directing traffic overrides signals and signs, and drivers must follow the officer even when the light says otherwise.
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8. Under Iowa's second habitual offender definition, how many reportable driving offenses within two years are needed?
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Answer C: Six or more
Iowa Code section 321.555 also treats as an habitual offender a driver with six or more separate and distinct reportable offenses within a two-year period.
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9. When should you enter a destination into a navigation device?
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Answer B: Before you start driving, or after parking in a safe place
Programming a route is a visual, manual and mental task at the same time, so it belongs to the moments before the vehicle moves rather than to any point in traffic.
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10. How does Iowa apply the proof of financial liability coverage requirement to a public parking lot?
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Answer B: It applies, because such a vehicle is presumed to have reached the lot by highway
Iowa Code section 321.20B conclusively presumes that a vehicle driven on a parking lot open to the public without charge was driven on the highways in order to enter the lot.
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11. You are passing a line of slow traffic in the lane beside you and you notice a gap in that line ahead. What should you expect?
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Answer A: A vehicle may pull out of that gap into your lane
A gap in a slow line is an invitation to any driver waiting to turn out of a side street or to change lanes, and they are looking at the gap rather than at you.
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12. What administrative fee does an Iowa county treasurer charge to issue new plates after an insurance violation is resolved?
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Answer B: Fifteen dollars
Iowa Code section 321.20B requires the owner to pay a fifteen dollar administrative fee to the county treasurer, who then issues new license plates and registration.
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13. You realize at the last moment that you have passed the street where you meant to turn. What should you do?
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Answer D: Keep going and turn around where it is safe and legal
A missed turn is a minor inconvenience; braking suddenly, backing up or turning across traffic to recover it causes crashes.
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14. You pass into a work zone with a reduced speed limit but you see no workers. What speed applies?
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Answer D: The posted work zone limit, whether or not workers are present
A posted work zone speed limit is a regulatory limit in force at all times, and narrow lanes and uneven surfaces remain dangerous when nobody is working.
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15. Besides alcohol, what else makes a driver guilty of operating while intoxicated under Iowa law?
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Answer A: Any amount of a controlled substance present in the blood or urine
Iowa Code section 321J.2 makes it an offense to operate a motor vehicle while any amount of a controlled substance is present in the person, as measured in the blood or urine.
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16. How far may an Iowa special minor's restricted license holder drive unsupervised between the point of origin and the destination?
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Answer C: No more than 25 miles
Iowa Code section 321.194 limits unsupervised driving under a special minor's restricted license to a driving distance of no more than twenty-five miles between the point of origin and the destination.
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17. You are approaching a sharp curve. When should you reduce your speed?
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Answer D: Before you enter the curve, so you can accelerate gently through it
Braking hard inside a curve uses up the traction that is already being demanded for cornering, so the slowing must be finished before you enter.
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18. How long must an Iowa instruction permit be held before the holder may apply for an intermediate license?
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Answer C: A minimum of 12 months
Iowa Code section 321.180B requires the applicant to have held the instruction permit for a minimum of twelve months immediately preceding the application for an intermediate license.
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19. In Iowa, what is the speed limit for all vehicular traffic where no other speed restriction applies or is posted?
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Answer C: 55 miles per hour
Iowa Code section 321.285 sets fifty-five miles per hour as the speed limit for all vehicular traffic unless another restriction in that section applies.
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20. Driving at night you notice that the raised markers along the line beside you are throwing back red light. What does that tell you?
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Answer C: You are facing traffic and must get off that roadway
Red retroreflection is shown only toward traffic that should not be there, so a red return means the vehicle is heading the wrong way.
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21. You have parked a manual transmission car facing downhill. Which gear should you leave it in?
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Answer D: Reverse, along with the parking brake set firmly
Facing downhill the car would roll forward, so reverse gear opposes that movement while the parking brake and turned wheels back it up.
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22. The green left-turn arrow ends and a steady red ball comes on for your lane, at an intersection where no turn on red is allowed. What must you do?
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Answer D: Stop and wait, because no turn is allowed while the red ball is lit
Once a red indication faces your lane and no turn on red is permitted there, the turn is over; only a vehicle already inside the intersection completes its movement.
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23. Besides emergency vehicles, which stationary vehicles trigger Iowa's move over duty when they display flashing lights?
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Answer C: Tow, utility, municipal and highway maintenance, construction, and solid waste or recycling collection vehicles
Iowa Code section 321.323A extends the lane change or slow down duty to stationary towing or recovery, utility maintenance, municipal maintenance, highway maintenance, construction, and solid waste or recycling collection vehicles displaying flashing lights.
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24. Besides its height, what else matters about a head restraint?
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Answer C: That it is close to the back of the head, and not far behind it
A restraint that sits far behind the head lets the head snap back before it is caught, so a small gap is important.
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25. Where among these is parking specifically prohibited?
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Answer A: On a bridge, in a tunnel or on railroad tracks
Bridges and tunnels have no safe refuge and cannot be widened, and a vehicle left on railroad tracks cannot be avoided by an approaching train.