Michigan Permit Test (Segment 1 / SOS Knowledge Test) — All Questions
22 questions
A red, eight-sided sign requires a driver to:
- a.Make a complete stop✓
- b.Slow down only
- c.Yield to trucks only
- d.Merge left
A red octagon is a STOP sign; you must stop completely at the stop line or crosswalk before proceeding when safe. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, signs)
A yellow, diamond-shaped sign usually means:
- a.A hospital is nearby
- b.A one-way street
- c.Warning of a hazard or change ahead✓
- d.A posted speed limit
Yellow diamond signs are warning signs that alert you to hazards or road changes ahead. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, warning signs)
A steady yellow traffic light means:
- a.The signal is about to turn red; prepare to stop✓
- b.Speed up to beat the red
- c.The light is out of order
- d.Stop and stay stopped
A steady yellow warns that the light is about to turn red, so stop if you can do so safely. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, signals)
A single broken (dashed) white line between lanes means:
- a.The road ends ahead
- b.You may change lanes when it is safe✓
- c.Traffic moves in opposite directions
- d.Passing is never allowed
A broken white line separates lanes going the same direction and may be crossed to change lanes when it is safe. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, pavement markings)
A solid white line along the edge of the road marks:
- a.A passing zone
- b.A bike-only lane in all cases
- c.The center of the road
- d.The right edge of the traffic lane✓
A solid white edge line marks the right boundary of the roadway to help keep you in your lane. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, pavement markings)
At a four-way stop, if two vehicles stop at the same time, right of way goes to:
- a.The vehicle on the right✓
- b.The larger vehicle
- c.The vehicle turning left
- d.Whoever arrived fastest
When two vehicles stop together at a four-way stop, the driver on the left yields to the driver on the right. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, right of way)
When you turn left at an intersection on a green light, you must:
- a.Yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians✓
- b.Turn ahead of oncoming cars
- c.Sound your horn and turn
- d.Stop fully before every left turn
On a solid green light a left turn must yield to oncoming vehicles and to pedestrians before completing the turn. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, turns)
You approach a crosswalk where a pedestrian is crossing. You must:
- a.Stop and yield to the pedestrian✓
- b.Continue if you can go around
- c.Honk to warn them
- d.Speed up to clear the crosswalk
Drivers must yield and stop for pedestrians in a crosswalk. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, pedestrians)
Michigan's Move Over law requires that, when approaching a stopped emergency, police, or service vehicle with flashing lights, you:
- a.Speed past quickly
- b.Slow down and, if safe, move over one lane✓
- c.Stop in the road
- d.Ignore it if you are not in that lane
The Move Over law requires slowing down and moving over a lane, when it is safe, for stopped emergency and service vehicles with flashing lights. (Michigan Move Over law)
When merging onto a freeway from an entrance ramp, you should:
- a.Stop at the end of the ramp and wait
- b.Match the speed of freeway traffic and merge into a gap✓
- c.Merge at a very slow speed
- d.Force other cars to brake for you
Use the acceleration lane to reach freeway speed, then merge smoothly into an open gap. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, freeway driving)
A common rule for a safe following distance in good conditions is to stay at least:
- a.One car length back
- b.Right on the bumper ahead
- c.Ten car lengths at all speeds
- d.Two to three seconds behind the vehicle ahead✓
A two- to three-second gap gives time to react and stop, and it should increase in poor conditions. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, following distance)
Before you change lanes, you should always:
- a.Close the gap ahead first
- b.Check your blind spot by looking over your shoulder✓
- c.Turn without signaling
- d.Rely only on your mirrors
Mirrors leave blind spots, so glance over your shoulder before moving into another lane. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, lane changes)
When sharing the road with a bicyclist, a driver should:
- a.Pass with only inches of space
- b.Expect the cyclist to ride on the sidewalk
- c.Pass at a safe distance and allow the cyclist room✓
- d.Follow closely behind
Give bicyclists room and pass at a safe distance, since they have the right to use the road. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, sharing the road)
A school bus ahead of you stops and shows flashing red lights on a two-lane road. You must:
- a.Pass on the right
- b.Continue if no child is visible
- c.Stop until the red lights stop flashing✓
- d.Pass slowly on the left
You must stop for a school bus displaying flashing red lights and remain stopped until the lights turn off and the bus moves. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, school buses)
Under Michigan's basic speed law, you must:
- a.Always drive the posted maximum
- b.Never drive below the limit
- c.Drive as fast as traffic allows
- d.Drive at a speed that is safe for the conditions✓
The basic speed law requires a speed reasonable and safe for current road, weather, and traffic conditions, even below the posted limit. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, speed)
The maximum speed limit on most Michigan freeways, where posted, is:
- a.70 mph✓
- b.80 mph
- c.65 mph
- d.55 mph
Most Michigan freeways are posted at 70 mph, though some rural stretches are posted higher and others lower. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, speed limits)
On a snowy or icy Michigan road, you should:
- a.Brake hard and often
- b.Follow closely to stay in tire tracks
- c.Slow down and increase your following distance✓
- d.Keep your normal speed
Ice and snow reduce traction and lengthen stopping distance, so slow down and leave extra space. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, winter driving)
In a residential area with no posted sign, a common Michigan default speed limit is:
- a.25 mph✓
- b.10 mph
- c.45 mph
- d.55 mph
Unless posted otherwise, the default limit in Michigan residential areas is 25 mph. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, speed limits)
In Michigan, a driver 21 or older is legally intoxicated at a blood alcohol content (BAC) of:
- a.0.10% or higher
- b.0.08% or higher✓
- c.0.12% or higher
- d.0.05% or higher
The per-se legal limit for drivers 21 and older in Michigan is a BAC of 0.08% or higher. (Michigan: What Every Driver Must Know, alcohol)
Under Michigan's Zero Tolerance law, a driver under 21 may be charged with a BAC as low as:
- a.0.05%
- b.0.02%✓
- c.0.10%
- d.0.08%
Michigan's Zero Tolerance law makes it illegal for drivers under 21 to drive with a BAC of 0.02% or higher. (Michigan Zero Tolerance law)
In Michigan's Graduated Licensing, a Level 1 (learner) driver may drive only when:
- a.Between midnight and 5 a.m.
- b.Only on freeways
- c.Supervised by a licensed parent or adult in the front seat✓
- d.Alone at any time
A Level 1 licensee must always be supervised by a licensed parent or designated adult 21 or older seated in the front passenger seat. (Michigan Graduated Licensing, Level 1)
A Michigan Graduated Licensing Level 2 (intermediate) driver typically faces which restriction?
- a.Must have an adult at all times
- b.May never carry passengers
- c.Limits on late-night driving and on young passengers✓
- d.No driving on any road
Level 2 drivers face restrictions on late-night driving and on the number of unrelated passengers under 21, before earning a full Level 3 license. (Michigan Graduated Licensing, Level 2)