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2025 District Of Columbia Permit Test 17

The following questions are from real DMV written tests. These are some of the actual permit questions you will face in District Of Columbia. Each permit practice test question has three answer choices. Select one answer for each question and select "grade this section." You can find this button at the bottom of the drivers license quiz. For a complete list of questions and answers for District Of Columbia please visit https://staging.dmvwrittentest.cheat-sheets.com/en/district-of-columbia/car.

Number of Tests 24

Number of Question 25

Passing Score 20

1. This sign means:

No U-turn.

No left turn.

No right turn.

No turning.

This sign indicates that right turns are prohibited. Do not make a right turn at an intersection where this sign is posted.

2. If you drink alcohol socially, what helps ensure safe driving?

Drink coffee before driving.

Ride home with a friend who has not been drinking.

Take a cold shower before driving.

Stop drinking one half hour before driving.

One strategy to avoid driving while impaired or intoxicated is to arrange for a ride home with a friend who does not drink. Drinking coffee or taking a cold shower cannot reduce your blood alcohol content or reduce the effects of alcohol. On average, it takes about an hour for the body to eliminate the alcohol from a single drink.

3. Alcohol in any concentration is:

A stimulant.

A depressant.

Neither of the above.

Alcohol, in any concentration, is a depressant. It slows all nerve impulses and bodily functions, resulting in a lessening of inhibitions and negatively affecting a consumer's ability to concentrate and stay alert.

4. If you come to an intersection and your view to the side is blocked, you should:

Slow down and look both ways.

Maintain your speed and look both ways.

Stop, then inch forward until you can see clearly in both directions.

Drivers must slow down when approaching an intersection. If a clear view of cross traffic is obscured, a driver should come to a stop and inch forward until they can see clearly in both directions.

5. Driving under the influence of any medication which impairs your driving is permitted:

Under no circumstances.

If you don't feel drowsy.

If it is prescribed by a physician.

It is illegal to drive under the influence of any substance that impairs your ability to drive safely. This includes alcohol, prescription medications, over-the-counter medications, and illegal drugs.

6. When driving in fog, you should use your:

Low beam headlights.

High beam headlights.

Parking lights.

Hazard flashers.

If you must drive in foggy conditions, you should use your low beam headlights, as well as your fog lights, if your vehicle has them. High beams direct their light upwards, where it can bounce off the fog and into your eyes, reducing visibility even more.

7. To enter a gap in highway traffic:

Watch only the vehicles behind the gap.

Check behind you, then watch the vehicle ahead.

Speed up and let the other vehicles make way.

Whenever you want to change lanes or enter traffic, you must be sure that there are no vehicles in your way in the lane you want to enter. Always check for traffic to the side of and behind your vehicle before you change lanes.

You must travel through the intersection at the posted speed limit.

The maximum speed limit under ideal conditions is 55 mph.

You must not travel below the speed indicated.

Regulatory signs provide notice to road users of traffic laws that must be obeyed. This particular sign tells you the maximum speed limit for the stretch of highway where it is posted. You may drive more slowly than the posted speed limit, based on road conditions, but it is illegal to drive any faster than the posted speed limit.

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