Iowa DMV Driving Test

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1. To avoid glare from headlights of an approaching car: Flash your high beams. Stay focused on the center line on the road. Keep looking briefly to the side of the road.

2. When a truck is trying to pass your vehicle, you can help the truck driver by Keeping to the far side of your lane and reducing your speed slightly. Reducing your speed and driving in a no-zone. Increasing your speed. Keeping to the near side of your lane and reducing your speed slightly.

3. Roads become very slippery: Right after the rain has stopped. The day after it rains. When it has been raining for an hour or more. For the first 10 to 15 minutes of a rain storm.

4. You may pass if the line dividing two lanes is a ____ line. Broken white. Double solid yellow. Solid yellow. Solid white.

5. Which of these is a good way to spot driving hazards? Focus on the vehicle ahead. Focus on your inside mirrors. Scan ahead of your vehicle. Always use your high-beam headlights.

6. A curb painted red means: No parking or stopping. Loading zone. Reserved for passengers pick up or drop off.

7. To reduce the effects of headlight glare at night, you should look: To the right edge of the road. Over your shoulder. Straight ahead At the center of the road.

8. What causes most rear-end accidents? Looking in your rearview mirror too often. Following other vehicles too closely. Failing to pay attention. Weaving in and out of traffic.

9. If you miss your exit on a freeway, you should not: Back up on the road or shoulder. Proceed to the next exit where you can re-enter the freeway and return to your proper exit. Continue on the freeway and find an alternative route

10. Select the statement below that is true: People with more body fat are less prone to alcohol intoxication. Body weight has no effect on the rate of intoxication. Alcohol is able to be absorbed by water. Food in the stomach prevents alcohol intoxication.

11. When changing lanes: Check the inside rearview mirror. Slow down. Look over your shoulder to make sure the lane is clear.

12. As fog can greatly reduce visibility of other vehicles, pedestrians and traffic signals, you should: Drive cautiously and reduce speed. All answers are correct. Do not use your high headlight beams Use low headlight beams to better illuminate the road and objects.

13. Slowing down just to look at collisions or anything else out of the ordinary: Improves traffic flow by preventing collisions. Prevents rear-end collisions. Causes traffic congestion.

14. Your brake lights tell other drivers that you: Are making a turn. Are changing lanes. Are slowing down or stopping. Have your emergency brake on.

15. In a parking space reserved for people with disabilities, a non-disabled driver May park in an emergency. May not park, but stop in an emergency. May not park or stop, but may stand in an emergency May neither park, stop nor stand.

16. What is a safety zone? An empty space next to the freeway dividers. A space set aside for pedestrians. The median strip on a divided highway. A space around your vehicle that allows you to react to driving hazards.

17. Your license can be suspended for being convicted of 3 moving violations in what time period? 12 months. 3 years. Your entire lifetime 6 months. 5 years.

18. You may park or stop along the shoulder of the freeway: If you need to look at a map for directions. Only if you have an emergency. If no part of your vehicle is on the road As long as you turn on your 4-way (emergency) flashers.

19. When stopped at railroad tracks with no crossing gates, you may cross: As soon as the train has passed your roadway. Only when the train is completely out of sight. Only when you can see clearly in both directions. Only if it is not raining.

20. This arrow sign indicates that

Right turns are prohibited. Lane changing is not allowed in the right lane. U-turns are not allowed Passing is not allowed in the right lane.

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To operate a motorcycle in Iowa, you must have a Class M license or a motorcycle endorsement on your driver's license. Licenses are issued by the Motor Vehicle Division (MVD). At age 14, you can apply for a motorcycle instruction permit or moped-only license. At age 16, you can apply for a motorcycle endorsement or Class M license. A motorcycle permit or license allows you to operate a motorcycle, motorbike, scooter, or moped on public roads.

To receive a motorcycle instruction permit, or moped-only license, you must apply, submit your documentation, pass the vision screening and motorcycle knowledge exam, and pay the fees. The moped-only license also requires that you pass the operator knowledge test, if you do not already have an instruction permit or license, and complete a moped education course. A driving test may also be required. To receive a Class M license, you must apply, submit your documentation, pay the fees, and pass the vision screening, motorcycle knowledge test, operator knowledge test, and the motorcycle skills test. To receive a motorcycle endorsement on your current license, you must pass the vision screening, motorcycle knowledge test, and motorcycle skills test.

Tests are scheduled through the MVD. The motorcycle knowledge test contains 25 questions covering road rules and safe riding practices. You must answer 20 of the questions correctly to pass. The motorcycle rider skills test assesses your ability to operate your motorcycle safely. If you fail a test, you must wait one business day to retake it.