Oregon DMV Permit Practice Test 5
Test 5 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. Which clue tells you that a parked vehicle is about to pull into traffic?
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Answer D: Exhaust smoke, brake lights, front wheels turned out or a driver in the seat
A running engine, lit brake lights, turned wheels or a person behind the wheel all mean the vehicle may move. Slow down and give it room.
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2. How often should you check your mirrors while driving?
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Answer C: Every few seconds, so you always know what is around you
Traffic behind and beside you changes constantly. Frequent, brief mirror checks keep a picture of your surroundings current so nothing surprises you.
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3. Oregon's basic speed rule requires a driver to have due regard for which set of conditions when choosing a safe speed?
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Answer D: Traffic, the road's surface and width, hazards at intersections, weather, and visibility
ORS 811.100 requires a driver to have due regard for traffic, the surface and width of the highway, hazards at intersections, weather, visibility, and any other existing conditions when judging a safe speed.
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4. You are on a two-lane road where a broken yellow line runs on your side of the center. What does that pattern allow?
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Answer C: Passing when the way ahead is clear and it is otherwise legal
A broken yellow center line marks a stretch where passing is permitted for traffic on that side when it can be completed safely.
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5. You wait in the aisle with your signal on for a space that is about to be vacated. What is the risk?
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Answer D: You block the aisle and drivers behind may try to squeeze past
A stopped vehicle turns a two-way aisle into a bottleneck, and drivers who try to get around it pass close to pedestrians and reversing cars.
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6. Why is the road often most slippery during the first few minutes of rain after a long dry spell?
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Answer C: Oil and dust on the surface mix with the water into a slick film
Oil drippings and road dust build up on dry pavement, and the first light rain lifts them into a slippery film before heavier rain washes it away.
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7. You park on level ground in a lot. Where should the front wheels be pointing?
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Answer C: Straight ahead, so the car would not veer if it moved
On the level the wheels go straight so that the car stays in its own space, and so that a shunt from behind does not send it across a lane.
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8. You are stopped at the yield line of a roundabout when an emergency vehicle comes up behind you with lights and siren. What should you do?
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Answer A: Stay out of the roundabout and pull over to the right of your lane if there is room
Never enter a roundabout ahead of an emergency vehicle and never stop inside one; wait clear of the entry so the crew can get through.
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9. You park facing downhill on a one-way street where the curb is on your left. Which way do the front wheels go?
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Answer A: Left, toward the curb on that side
Standard practice follows the curb rather than the side of the road: facing downhill the wheels point into the curb so a rolling vehicle is stopped by it. States differ on whether this is legally required.
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10. Under Oregon law, a person with a disability operating a golf cart or similar low-speed vehicle may not do so on a highway posted above what speed?
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Answer C: 25 miles per hour
ORS 820.220 makes it a Class D traffic violation for a person with a disability to operate a golf cart or substantially similar low-speed vehicle on a highway posted above 25 miles per hour.
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11. You are about to drive a rental car that you have never driven before. What should you do?
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Answer A: Adjust the seat and the mirrors and find the controls before moving off
Hunting for the wipers or the lights in traffic is a distraction, so learn the layout while the vehicle is stopped.
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12. Besides the three-major-conviction path, Oregon's habitual offender law also revokes driving privileges after a large number of lesser driving convictions within five years. How many such convictions normally trigger this second path?
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Answer A: 20 or more convictions within a five-year period
ORS 809.600 also revokes driving privileges as a habitual offender after 20 or more qualifying convictions within a five-year period, extended to a 21st conviction if a two-year gap occurs before it.
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13. The tire pressure monitoring symbol lights up on your dashboard. What is the system telling you?
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Answer A: At least one tire is significantly underinflated
The system warns when a tire falls well below the recommended pressure. Check all four with a gauge and inflate to the placard figure while they are cold.
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14. You are driving down a parking aisle and reach the main lane that runs along the front of the store. What is the usual rule?
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Answer C: The main through lane has the right of way over the vehicles leaving the aisles
In a parking lot the wide lane that runs across the ends of the aisles works like a through road, and drivers leaving an aisle yield to it.
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15. A driver sees this sign on a quiet road with no other traffic in either direction. What is the correct response?
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Answer C: Slow down, look and listen for a train, and be ready to stop
The sign gives advance notice of a highway-rail grade crossing, so the driver reduces speed, checks both directions along the tracks and keeps enough room to stop short of the rails.
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16. You are stopped inside an intersection waiting for a gap to turn left. How should your front wheels be positioned?
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Answer C: Pointing straight ahead until you actually begin the turn
If your wheels are already turned left and another vehicle strikes you from behind, you would be pushed into oncoming traffic.
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17. 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.
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18. Under Oregon law, what must be true before an emergency vehicle or ambulance driver may lawfully proceed past a red signal or stop sign?
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Answer A: The exemption applies subject to conditions, limitations, and penalties set for such drivers, not as an unconditional right
ORS 820.300 allows an emergency vehicle or ambulance driver to proceed past a red signal or stop sign, but only subject to the conditions, limitations, and penalties established for such drivers, not as an unconditional exemption.
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19. 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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20. In Oregon, refusing to take a breath or urine test for intoxicants when lawfully requested carries what specific consequence, on top of any license action?
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Answer C: A presumptive fine of $650
ORS 813.095 classifies refusal to take a test for intoxicants as a specific fine traffic violation with a presumptive fine of $650, in addition to license consequences.
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21. Does Oregon's move-over / safe-distance statute apply only to police cars and other government emergency vehicles that are stopped?
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Answer C: No, it applies to any stopped vehicle displaying required warning or hazard lights, or emergency flares or signs
ORS 811.147 is written broadly to cover any stopped motor vehicle displaying required warning or hazard lights, or a person indicating distress with emergency flares or signs, not just government emergency vehicles.
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22. Once a person is sentenced for a Class C felony DUII in Oregon, what mandatory minimum incarceration term applies, without reduction for any reason?
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Answer C: 90 days
ORS 813.011 requires a mandatory minimum of 90 days of incarceration for a felony DUII conviction, and that minimum cannot be reduced for any reason.
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23. How does Oregon law classify an electric assisted bicycle for purposes of the Oregon Vehicle Code, unless a statute specifically provides otherwise?
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Answer A: As a bicycle, not a motor vehicle
ORS 814.405 provides that an electric assisted bicycle is considered a bicycle, rather than a motor vehicle, for purposes of the Oregon Vehicle Code, except where a statute specifically says otherwise.
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24. A vehicle ahead of you displays a reflective orange triangle on its rear. What does that emblem tell you?
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Answer B: The vehicle is built to travel at 25 mph or less
The orange triangle is the slow moving vehicle emblem used on farm and construction equipment designed for 25 mph or less, warning you that you are closing on it much faster than it appears.
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25. You and an opposing driver reach a four-way stop at the same time and both of you are turning right. What should happen?
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Answer C: Both may turn at the same time into their own lanes
Two opposing right turns take drivers into different lanes without crossing, so both can proceed together once pedestrians are clear.
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26. Your green left-turn arrow goes out and a steady green ball stays lit. What may you do?
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Answer A: Continue turning left, but only after yielding to oncoming traffic
When the arrow ends and a green ball remains, the turn changes from protected to permissive, so it is still allowed but oncoming traffic goes first.
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27. Every signal head at an intersection is flashing red in all directions. How should you treat the intersection?
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Answer C: As an all-way stop, stopping and then going in turn
Red flashing in every direction means each approach must stop, so the intersection works exactly like an all-way stop.
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28. If you must abandon a vehicle stuck on the tracks with a train coming, why do you move toward the train and away at an angle?
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Answer D: Because debris from the impact is thrown forward, away from the train
A train pushes wreckage down the track ahead of it, so walking toward the train and off to the side keeps you out of the debris path.
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29. Oregon's Schedule II suspension periods for certain repeat driving offenses within a five-year window escalate in which pattern?
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Answer C: 1 year first offense, 3 years for a repeat within five years
ORS 809.428 sets Schedule II at 1 year for a first offense and 3 years for a second or any subsequent offense committed within a five-year period.
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30. Your wiper blades smear the windshield instead of clearing it. What should you do?
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Answer C: Replace the blades, because smearing means that the rubber is worn
Worn or hardened rubber cannot wipe cleanly, and blades are cheap compared with driving without a clear view.
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31. Two vehicles meet on a steep, narrow mountain road with no room to pass. Which driver should back up?
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Answer C: The driver heading downhill, who has more control while reversing
On a narrow mountain road the vehicle facing downhill yields, because backing uphill gives better control than reversing down a grade.
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32. In heavy stop-and-go traffic, why does using both lanes right up to a merge point help?
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Answer D: It stores the queue in two lanes, so the backup is shorter
Filling both lanes halves the length of the queue and keeps it away from the traffic upstream, which is why alternating at the merge point works better when traffic is slow.
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33. Besides being at least 21 years old, what additional requirement must someone meet to supervise an Oregon instruction permit holder's practice driving?
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Answer B: They must have held valid driving privileges for at least 3 years
The Oregon Driver Manual requires the supervising driver to be at least 21 years old and to have had valid driving privileges for at least 3 years.
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34. A signal beside a fire station stays dark until apparatus is about to leave, when it shows yellow and then red. What must a driver do?
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Answer B: Stop on the red and wait until the signal goes dark again
An emergency vehicle signal is a real traffic signal, so its red indication must be obeyed while the apparatus pulls out into the street.
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35. Your left-turn lane shows a flashing yellow arrow. What does that indication allow?
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Answer B: A left turn after yielding to oncoming traffic and to pedestrians
A flashing yellow arrow marks a permissive left turn: the movement is allowed, but oncoming vehicles and pedestrians keep the right-of-way.