2025 Iowa Permit Test 6
The following questions are from real DMV written tests. These are some of the actual permit questions you will face in Iowa. 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 Iowa please visit https://staging.dmvwrittentest.cheat-sheets.com/en/iowa/car.
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9. If you are driving near a large commercial vehicle, you should:
Explanation
Because large commercial vehicles have large blind spots on each side, you should avoid driving beside them for long periods of time.
10. Which of the following statements about driving speed is true?
Explanation
As driving speeds increase, the chance of a fatality in the case of a collision increases. If you are going faster than 80 miles per hour, you have almost no chance of living through a crash. The speed you drive affects your stopping distance, so you should increase your following distance as you increase your speed.
11. Double solid yellow line markings down the center of a road indicate that passing is:
Explanation
A double yellow centerline means that it is prohibited for traffic from either direction to cross the centerline to pass.
12. You are driving on the freeway. The vehicle in front of you is a large truck. You should drive:
Explanation
When you follow so closely behind a truck that you cannot see the truck driver’s side view mirrors, the trucker cannot see you and has no way of knowing you are there. Tailgating a truck, or any vehicle, is dangerous because you take away your own cushion of safety if the vehicle in front of you stops quickly.
13. To help avoid skidding on slippery surfaces, you should:
Explanation
Slow down before you enter a curve because you do not know what may be ahead. Braking on a curve may cause you to skid.
14. Which of the following is true about driving on a wet roadway?
Explanation
The faster you drive on a wet roadway, the less effective your tires will be at wiping the water from the road. If your speed becomes excessive enough, your tires will lose their grip on the road entirely and you will begin to hydroplane (that is, to slide down the road on a film of water).
15. When making a right turn on a green light, you must:
Explanation
Unless a posted sign prohibits it, you may turn right or left at a steady green light. When turning, you must yield to other vehicles and pedestrians within the intersection.
16. When approaching a four-way stop, drivers must yield the right-of-way to all motorists who arrived before them.
Explanation
At a four-way stop, you must yield the right-of-way to drivers who arrived before you. Wait your turn to enter the intersection.
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