Colorado Permit Test (DMV Written Test) — All Questions

What must you do when you approach a red, eight-sided sign?

• a.Slow down and merge to the right
• b.Come to a complete stop, then go when it is safe✓
• c.Yield only to large trucks
• d.Stop only if another car is waiting

A red octagon is a STOP sign; you must come to a full stop at the stop line or crosswalk, then proceed when it is safe. (Colorado Driver Handbook, signs)

A yellow, diamond-shaped sign usually tells you that:

• a.A hazard or change in the road is ahead✓
• b.You have reached the posted speed limit
• c.You are entering a one-way street
• d.Food and fuel are available nearby

Diamond-shaped yellow signs are warning signs that alert you to hazards or changes in the road ahead. (Colorado Driver Handbook)

A flashing red traffic light means you should:

• a.Speed up to clear the intersection
• b.Treat it as a green light
• c.Stop, then proceed when it is safe✓
• d.Continue without slowing

A flashing red light is treated exactly like a stop sign: stop fully, then proceed when the way is clear. (Colorado Driver Handbook, signals)

A solid yellow line on your side of the center of a two-way road means:

• a.You may not cross it to pass✓
• b.You may pass whenever traffic is light
• c.The road ahead ends
• d.Parking is allowed

A solid yellow center line on your side means passing is not allowed; yellow lines separate traffic moving in opposite directions. (Colorado Driver Handbook, markings)

A white rectangular sign showing a speed number is:

• a.A warning of a curve
• b.A guide sign for services
• c.A construction advisory only
• d.A regulatory sign stating a law you must obey✓

White rectangular signs are regulatory signs; a posted speed limit is a law you must obey. (Colorado Driver Handbook, signs)

At a four-way stop where you and another driver stop at the same time, who has the right of way?

• a.The driver on the left
• b.The driver on the right✓
• c.The faster vehicle
• d.Whoever honks first

When two vehicles reach a four-way stop at the same time, the driver on the left yields to the driver on the right. (Colorado Driver Handbook, right of way)

At an uncontrolled intersection with no signs or signals, you should:

• a.Always go first because you have priority
• b.Speed up to get through quickly
• c.Yield to any vehicle already in the intersection or approaching on your right✓
• d.Stop only if a police officer is present

With no signs or signals, yield to vehicles already in the intersection and to the vehicle approaching on your right. (Colorado Driver Handbook, right of way)

When you are making a left turn at an intersection, you must:

• a.Yield to oncoming traffic and to crossing pedestrians✓
• b.Turn immediately before oncoming cars
• c.Sound your horn and proceed
• d.Expect oncoming traffic to stop for you

A left-turning driver must yield to oncoming vehicles and to pedestrians crossing the path of the turn. (Colorado Driver Handbook, turns)

As you approach a roundabout, you should:

• a.Enter quickly before other cars
• b.Drive clockwise around the circle
• c.Stop in the middle of the circle to let others in
• d.Yield to traffic already in the circle before entering✓

Traffic already circulating in a roundabout has the right of way; slow down, yield, and enter when there is a safe gap, traveling counterclockwise. (Colorado Driver Handbook)

When an emergency vehicle approaches with lights and siren on, you should:

• a.Stop immediately in your lane
• b.Pull over to the right and stop until it passes✓
• c.Speed up to stay ahead of it
• d.Continue at the same speed

Pull to the right edge of the road and stop, and stay stopped until the emergency vehicle has passed. (Colorado Driver Handbook, emergency vehicles)

The three-second rule helps you judge:

• a.A safe following distance behind the vehicle ahead✓
• b.How fast to take a curve
• c.When a traffic light will change
• d.The correct tire pressure

The three-second following rule gives you enough space to stop safely; add more time in poor conditions. (Colorado Driver Handbook, following distance)

When passing a bicyclist on a Colorado road, you must give at least:

• a.No specific distance
• b.One foot of space
• c.Three feet of space✓
• d.Ten feet of space

Colorado law requires drivers to allow at least three feet of clearance when passing a bicyclist. (Colorado Driver Handbook, sharing the road)

A pedestrian is waiting to cross at a marked crosswalk. You should:

• a.Honk and drive through
• b.Yield and let the pedestrian cross✓
• c.Speed up to clear the crosswalk first
• d.Wave the pedestrian into the next lane of traffic

Drivers must yield to pedestrians in marked and unmarked crosswalks and never pass a vehicle stopped for a pedestrian. (Colorado Driver Handbook, pedestrians)

A school bus ahead stops and turns on flashing red lights with its stop arm out. You must:

• a.Pass slowly on the left
• b.Continue if no children are visible
• c.Honk to warn the children
• d.Stop and stay stopped until the lights stop flashing✓

You must stop for a school bus showing flashing red lights and an extended stop arm, and remain stopped until the lights turn off and the bus moves. (Colorado Driver Handbook, school buses)

When driving down a long, steep mountain grade, you should:

• a.Shift to a lower gear so the engine helps control speed✓
• b.Ride the brakes the whole way down
• c.Shift into neutral to coast
• d.Turn off the engine to save fuel

Using a lower gear lets engine braking control your speed and prevents your brakes from overheating and failing on long downgrades. (Colorado Driver Handbook, mountain driving)

During a winter storm on a Colorado mountain corridor, the traction or chain law may require passenger vehicles to have:

• a.Only a full fuel tank
• b.Extra passengers for weight
• c.Snow tires, all-weather tires, or chains✓
• d.The windows rolled down

Colorado's traction and chain laws can require snow tires, adequate all-weather tires, or chains on mountain routes during severe winter weather. (Colorado Driver Handbook, winter driving)

An orange-and-red reflective triangle on the back of a vehicle means the vehicle:

• a.Is an emergency vehicle
• b.Travels slowly, under 25 mph✓
• c.Is carrying hazardous materials
• d.Has the right of way at all times

The orange-and-red triangle marks a slow-moving vehicle traveling under 25 mph; slow down and pass only when it is safe. (Colorado Driver Handbook, slow-moving vehicles)

Colorado's basic speed law means that you:

• a.May always drive the posted limit safely
• b.Can drive any speed on the highway
• c.Only need to slow down at night
• d.Must never drive faster than is safe for current conditions✓

Under the basic speed law you must reduce speed for rain, snow, ice, fog, traffic, or darkness, even when you are below the posted limit. (Colorado Driver Handbook, speed)

A driver age 21 or older can be charged with DUI in Colorado at a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of:

• a.0.02 or higher
• b.0.08 or higher✓
• c.0.12 or higher
• d.0.15 or higher

For drivers 21 and older, a BAC of 0.08 or higher is DUI in Colorado. (Colorado Driver Handbook, impaired driving)

Colorado's DWAI (Driving While Ability Impaired) charge can apply to an adult at a BAC as low as:

• a.0.05✓
• b.0.08
• c.0.10
• d.0.15

DWAI is a lesser impaired-driving offense that can apply at a BAC of 0.05 in Colorado. (Colorado Driver Handbook, impaired driving)

A driver under 21 in Colorado can face underage drinking-and-driving penalties at a BAC as low as:

• a.0.08
• b.0.05
• c.0.02✓
• d.0.15

Because of the under-21 zero-tolerance approach, a BAC as low as 0.02 can bring underage drinking-and-driving penalties. (Colorado Driver Handbook, underage drinking and driving)

By driving on Colorado roads, you have given implied consent to:

• a.Let anyone borrow your car
• b.Skip vehicle insurance
• c.Ignore posted speed limits
• d.A chemical test if lawfully arrested for impaired driving✓

Colorado's implied consent law means a lawful arrest for impaired driving requires you to submit to chemical testing; refusal can revoke your license. (Colorado Driver Handbook, implied consent)

Under Colorado's Graduated Driver Licensing rules, a newly licensed teen driver is subject to:

• a.No restrictions of any kind
• b.Limits on nighttime driving and teen passengers✓
• c.A ban on driving to school
• d.Unlimited passengers at all hours

Graduated Driver Licensing restricts nighttime driving and limits the number of young passengers for new teen drivers during their first months of licensing. (Colorado Driver Handbook, GDL)

In fog, heavy rain, or snow, you should turn on your:

• a.High-beam headlights
• b.Hazard lights while driving
• c.Low-beam headlights✓
• d.Interior dome light

Use low-beam headlights in fog, rain, or snow; high beams reflect off the moisture and reduce your visibility. (Colorado Driver Handbook, driving conditions)

Everyone in a vehicle on Colorado roads should be protected because:

• a.Seat belts save lives and their use is required by law✓
• b.Seat belts are optional in the back seat only
• c.Only the driver needs a seat belt
• d.Air bags make seat belts unnecessary

Seat belts greatly reduce injuries and deaths in crashes, and Colorado law requires drivers and passengers to buckle up. (Colorado Driver Handbook, occupant protection)