Oregon DMV 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 28 correct answers to pass, the same ratio as the real Oregon test.
- Questions35
- Correct to pass28
- Passing score80%
- Minimum age15 years
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1. Why should you not leave the engine running when you walk away from your vehicle?
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Answer C: Because the vehicle can be stolen or can move on its own
An unattended running vehicle is an easy theft and, if the transmission slips or is knocked out of park, it can roll away with nobody at the wheel.
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2. You are turning left from a one-way street onto a two-way street. How should the turn be made?
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Answer B: Start in the far left lane and finish just to the right of the center line
Left turns begin from the lane nearest the left edge of the street you are leaving and must finish on the right-hand side of the center line of a two-way street.
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3. You leave your car so that its rear overhangs a marked crosswalk. What is wrong with that?
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Answer B: Pedestrians must step around it into the traffic lane
A crosswalk has to stay completely clear; anything sticking into it pushes people on foot out into the path of moving vehicles.
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4. A person convicted of DUII in Oregon must carry proof of insurance meeting what enhanced minimum limits, maintained for three years, instead of the standard statewide minimums?
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Answer B: $50,000 per person, $100,000 per accident, and $10,000 property damage
ORS 806.075 requires a DUII-convicted driver to maintain insurance of at least $50,000 per person, $100,000 per accident, and $10,000 property damage for three years from the first required filing.
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5. A hot drink tips over onto your lap while you are driving. What should you do?
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Answer A: Keep hold of the wheel and stop when it is safe
The spill is painful but the crash risk comes from letting go of the wheel or braking suddenly, so keep control and deal with it once you are stopped.
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6. How should you follow a school bus in traffic?
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Answer A: Far enough back to see its lights and stop in time
A school bus stops often and with little warning, so a longer following distance gives you time to see the lights come on and stop clear of it.
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7. How does alcohol typically affect a driver's vision?
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Answer D: It blurs vision, weakens night vision and narrows attention to the sides
Alcohol slows the eye muscles and the brain's processing of what is seen, degrading focus, night vision, depth perception and awareness of movement at the edges of the field of view.
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8. What does a flashing yellow traffic light mean?
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Answer B: Slow down and proceed with caution
A flashing yellow lets you enter the intersection cautiously after yielding to pedestrians and to conflicting traffic that is already there.
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9. You are turning right where a paved trail crosses the road just past the corner. What should you look for?
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Answer B: Cyclists and walkers arriving from either direction on the trail
A shared use path carries two-way traffic on foot and on bicycles, so scan both directions along the trail before crossing it.
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10. How long is an Oregon instruction permit valid?
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Answer C: Two years
An Oregon instruction permit is valid for two years from the date it is issued.
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11. How does being tired change your total stopping distance?
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Answer A: It lengthens it, because you take longer to notice and react
Fatigue stretches perception and reaction time, and every extra fraction of a second is added distance before the brakes even begin to work.
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12. Why is it worth planning your route before a long drive?
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Answer B: So that you are not reading a map or a screen while the car is moving
A driver who knows the route is not navigating at the wheel, which is one of the commonest sources of distraction.
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13. A rectangular marker with alternating black and retroreflective yellow stripes set at a slant is used to
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Answer C: mark an obstruction, with the stripes sloping down toward the side on which traffic should pass
This striped panel is an object marker, and the direction in which the stripes slope shows the driver which side of the obstruction to pass on.
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14. Your vehicle stalls on railroad tracks and you see a train approaching. What should you do?
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Answer D: Get everyone out and run toward the train at an angle away from the tracks
Leave the vehicle at once. Running toward the oncoming train and away from the tracks keeps you clear of the wreckage, which is thrown forward in the direction the train is moving.
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15. What does electronic stability control do that ordinary brakes cannot?
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Answer C: It brakes single wheels to bring the vehicle back on your intended path
The system compares where you have steered with where the vehicle is actually going, then brakes individual wheels to pull it back into line.
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16. The driver ahead of you is straddling the lane line and is not signaling. How should you respond?
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Answer B: Stay back until you can see which lane that driver will take
A vehicle astride the line could move either way, so the only safe place is behind it where both possibilities are still covered.
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17. Which color scheme is standard for the drums and barricades that channel traffic through a work zone?
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Answer C: Alternating orange and white retroreflective stripes
Drums and barricades carry alternating orange and white retroreflective stripes, and the traffic cones used in the same zones are predominantly orange.
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18. You are using the parking brake to slow a vehicle whose brakes have failed. How should you apply it?
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Answer D: Gradually, holding the release so you can let it off if the rear slides
The parking brake works on two wheels only, so applying it hard can lock them and spin the vehicle. Keep the release held so you can back it off instantly.
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19. A blue motorist service sign showing a fuel symbol and an arrow means that
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Answer D: fuel is available in the direction shown, and the sign imposes no obligation
Service signs are informational: they tell the driver what is available and in which direction, but they create no requirement.
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20. Your right-turn lane shows a green arrow while the through lanes face a red ball. What does that mean?
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Answer C: Only the right turn is allowed, and it is protected while the arrow lasts
A green arrow gives a protected movement in that direction only; the red ball still stops the through traffic in the other lanes.
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21. How is the yield sign shaped and colored?
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Answer C: A downward-pointing triangle with a wide red border and a red legend on white
The yield sign is a downward-pointing equilateral triangle with a wide red border and the legend in red on a white background, an outline used for no other message.
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22. A sign reads REDUCED SPEED LIMIT AHEAD. What does it tell you?
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Answer D: A lower limit begins further along the road
The sign gives advance notice so a driver can slow gradually, and the new figure takes effect at the speed limit sign that follows.
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23. If an Oregon driver fails to file a required accident report, how long does the resulting DMV suspension of driving privileges continue?
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Answer B: Until the report is filed, or five years from the suspension date, whichever comes sooner
ORS 809.417 continues a suspension for failing to file a required accident report until the person files the report, or for five years from the date of suspension, whichever comes sooner.
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24. In Oregon, can a driver be cited for violating the basic speed rule even while driving below the speed that would normally be prima facie evidence of a violation?
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Answer A: Yes, because the basic speed rule independently requires a speed that is reasonable and prudent for the conditions
ORS 811.100 makes violating the basic speed rule a Class B traffic violation even at a speed below the prima facie threshold in ORS 811.105, because the rule is about safe conditions, not a fixed number.
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25. You are traveling beside a solid white lane line. What does it tell you?
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Answer B: Crossing it is discouraged or prohibited, so stay in your lane
A solid white line separates lanes going the same direction where lane changing is discouraged or prohibited, such as where a through lane meets a mandatory turn lane.
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26. You reach an intersection with no signs, signals or markings clearly before a vehicle that is approaching on your right. What is the rule?
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Answer B: You may go first because you got there first
At an uncontrolled intersection the first driver to arrive goes first; the yield to the right rule only settles a tie.
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27. On a first DUII conviction in Oregon, what minimum sentence must a court impose, in addition to fees and treatment requirements?
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Answer D: At least 48 hours of imprisonment, or community service in place of it
ORS 813.020 requires a court to impose at least 48 hours of imprisonment, or community service instead, on every DUII conviction, along with a fee and a screening and treatment program.
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28. Apart from giving you room to stop, what else does a longer following gap do for you?
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Answer D: It widens your view of the road and the traffic ahead
Sitting further back lets you see past and around the vehicle in front, so hazards reach your eyes seconds earlier.
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29. How long after a provisional license is first issued does Oregon's midnight-to-5-a.m. driving restriction apply, assuming the holder has not yet turned 18?
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Answer A: For the first year after the license is issued
ORS 807.122 applies the midnight-to-5-a.m. driving restriction for the first year after a provisional license is issued, unless the holder turns 18 sooner.
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30. A SHOULDER DROP OFF sign warns that
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Answer B: there is a step down from the pavement to the shoulder
The sign is used where the edge of the pavement stands several inches above the shoulder, which can grab a wheel and pull the vehicle sideways.
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31. What triggers Oregon's Flashing School Speed Limit Sign to require the reduced 20 mph limit, regardless of the time of day?
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Answer D: The yellow light on the sign actively flashing
The Oregon Driver Manual explains that any time the yellow light on a Flashing School Speed Limit Sign is flashing, it indicates children are arriving at or leaving school and the 20 mph limit applies.
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32. What mobile device rule applies to an Oregon driver under 18?
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Answer A: Use of a cell phone or mobile electronic device while driving is illegal, hands free included
Oregon bans drivers under 18 from using a cell phone or other mobile electronic device while driving, and the ban applies even with a hands free accessory.
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33. What class of traffic violation is driving uninsured itself under Oregon law?
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Answer A: A Class B traffic violation
ORS 806.010 classifies driving uninsured as a Class B traffic violation.
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34. How may a driver 18 or older in Oregon legally use a mobile electronic device while driving?
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Answer D: Only with a hands free accessory that needs minimal use of a finger to activate or deactivate
Oregon drivers 18 and older must use a hands free accessory, and the accessory may require no more than minimal use of a single finger to activate or deactivate the device.
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35. Why is smooth, early braking better than hard, late braking?
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Answer D: It keeps you in control and gives the driver behind more warning
Braking early and gently keeps the tires well within their grip and gives following drivers time to react to your brake lights.