VADETs terms

If you wish to become an organ donor you must check YES on your learner's permit application. _ will appear on your permit to indicate your wishes.

A heart

Upon failing the DMV Learner's Permit Test, applicants must wait ten days to retake the test?

False

The curfew for under 18 is what time of day?

Midnight to 4 a.m.

Behind-the-wheel instruction requires how many periods of driving and how many periods of observation?

7 for both

What is the passing score on the DMV Knowledge Test?

80%

In order to obtain your TDL-180, you must _ if you are under age 18.

all are correct

A licensed driver must be how old to accompany the driver with a learner's permit?

21 years if not an immediate family member or 18 years old if an immediate family member

For juvenile licensing, the court will send notice to appear in court within 180 days (unless the area in which you live mails the driver's license via United States Postal Service).

True

What colors are used on traffic signals, and how do you respond to each color?

Green = go if clear; Yellow = use caution/prepare to stop; Red = stop completely at stop line or before crosswalk

Driver inexperience and attitude are responsible for most teen crashes.

True

If traffic signals are not functioning, the driver should

: treat the intersection as a four-way stop

This alert/warning symbol indicates that a door is open.

True

Select two gauges found on the instrument panel.

speedometer, odometer

When preparing to drive and when driving, where should the driver rest their left foot?

on the dead pedal

This alert/warning symbol indicates a phone charger.

False

When passing a bicyclist, drivers must slow to a reasonable speed and keep the right edge of their vehicle (including the mirror) at least __ feet to the left of the overtaken bicycle and its rider.

3

This alert/warning symbol indicates tire pressure.

True

A driver should allow at least how many inches between the driver's chest and the steering wheel?

10 inches

When adjusting the head restraint in a vehicle, it should be in what position, relative to the driver or passenger?

level with the ears, four inches from the head

This alert/warning symbol indicates left/right turns.

True

This alert/warning symbol indicates low beams headlights.

False

A ___ helps drivers organize information into meaningful categories so decisions can be made easily and quickly.

space management system

Your field of vision allows you to read and see details.

focal

_ is the series of continuous positions your vehicle will occupy while traveling toward your target area.

Path of travel

What vision allows one to see distant objects more clearly than near ones?

farsighted

_ is the distance you can see ahead of your vehicle.

Visual lead

__ refers to the amount of motion an object has.

Momentum

_ is compromised by the constantly changing weight on the tire patches.

Vehicle balance

No parking is allowed within 100 feet of a railroad crossing.

False

Hydroplaning occurs when

: a film of water builds up between the road surface and the vehicle's tires

What is the recommended hand position for driving?

8 and 4 o'clock

A speed limit is the maximum legal speed a driver can travel on a road under any conditions.

False

are points used to help determine where the vehicle is in relation to the road and other vehicles.

Reference points

The footprint is the area around the vehicle that the driver cannot see from the driver's seat.

True

describes when a vehicle shifts weight from side to side.

Roll

describes the transfer of the vehicle's weight when the rear-end swings to the right, to the left, or back and forth.

Yaw

A left turn should begin in lane and end in lane _.

1, 3

If two vehicles arrive at an uncontrolled intersection at the same time, who must yield?

vehicle on the left

Which car must yield right of way?

(No correct answer provided in the data)

Checking traffic is the first step before changing lanes.

True

You should never pass a funeral procession.

True

In a work zone the __ area is where lanes narrow or merge, and the traffic pattern changes.

transition

help warn motorists of oversize vehicle loads.

Pilot cars

Bicyclists must follow the same right-of-way laws as motorists.

True

More than 50 percent of pedestrian-motorist crashes occur at ___.

intersections

When passing a bicycle rider, Virginia law requires _ feet of passing space.

3

Mopeds/scooters cannot be driven on a roadway where the speed limit is faster than mph.

35

A driver must __ pedestrians in crosswalks, whether marked or unmarked.

Yield to

Oversteer is also known as "plowing".

False

What is the safest maneuver for avoiding collision if there is enough room?

Braking

With ABS brakes it is most effective to press down hard on the brake pedal when stopping.

False

Understeer is known as "fishtailing".

False

In addition to braking, you should leave yourself an "out" if the vehicle ahead of you "suddenly" stops?

True

Which of the following does NOT affect inertia?

front wheel vs. rear wheel drive vehicles

The diagram illustrates what type of interchange?

trumpet

If you experience power steering failure, you should _.

continue steering until you can safely get off the roadway

To accompany someone with a learner's permit, the licensed driver must be _ years old if a family member and at least ____ years old if not a family member.

18, 21

Which of the following is the SAFEST maneuver to avoid a collision, IF there is sufficient space?

Braking

This vehicle control symbol means

brake warning light. : brake warning light

Inertia wants to keep you going in a straight line.

True

A lack of _ reduces field of vision, visual acuity, depth perception, and color recognition when driving at night.

light

The type of insurance which pays for the replacement or repair of YOUR vehicle following a crash in which you are at fault is _ insurance.

collision

Airbags deploy at speeds up to _ mph.

200

Most vehicles today use which type of fuel?

Lead-free (unleaded) gasoline

_ occurs when a driver uses a vehicle or some other weapon to threaten or cause harm to another roadway user in response to a traffic incident.

Road rage

The body rids itself of most of the alcohol consumed through _.

the liver

What does a horizontal driver's license mean?

The individual is age 21+

Under Virginia's _ law, you agree to take a BAC test if asked.

implied consent

Drivers under the age of 21 with a blood alcohol concentration of _ or higher are considered to be alcohol impaired under law.

0.02%

The body's natural down time is between .

12 a.m.-6 a.m. and 1 p.m.-5 p.m.

A wet roadway is most slippery.

when the rain first begins

The vehicle's tires should be rotated primarily _.

to equalize tire wear

Your vehicle registration has an expiration month and an expiration year placed on the _.

license plate

A safety tip for driving at night is not to look at oncoming headlight instead look to the center line of the road.

False

Credit history does not apply when purchasing a vehicle?

False

Highway Safety Design may include guardrails, crash attenuators and breakaway sign posts?

True

A Yield sign is in the shape of an Octagon.

False

If both sides of the center lane are marked by a solid yellow line and a broken yellow line, drivers traveling in either direction may use the lane for making left turns. However, they are limited to travelling 150 feet maximum in this lane?

True

Most often this marking is used to designate special use lane from conventional lanes, as when used to separate a High Occupancy Vehicle lanes from the other lanes of an expressway. You may not cross these lines?

True

Vehicles on the solid yellow line side may only cross the line to pass pedestrians, bicyclists, and riders of scooters or skateboards, when the opposite lane is clear and you can pass safely.

True

A yield line is a line of triangles extending across the roadway that may be used with a yield sign to show the point at which you must yield or stop, if necessary.

True

HOV lanes can be used by any number of passengers in a vehicle at anytime?

False

_ installed in cars measure alcohol on the driver's breath.

Ignition Interlocks

If your car does not pass the annual inspection and you fail to make the required repairs, the inspector will place a rejection sticker on front windshield that is valid for days.

15 days

Quiet aggression while driving is cutting off, blocking, chasing, physically fighting or shooting?

False

What are traffic calming devices designed to do?

to slow vehicles to allow pedestrian crossings

What is the purpose of edge barriers?

(Answer not provided in data)

You may cross double solid yellow lines on the road if you are making a left turn or passing pedestrians, bicyclists, and riders of scooters or skateboards, when the opposite lane is clear and you can pass safely.

True

Over-the-counter drugs, like cold medicine, can affect your ability to drive and make decisions.

True

Bicyclists do not have to obey traffic signals.

False

A shared lane marking, or sharrow, consists of a bicycle symbol with a double chevron arrow above it and is used on travel lanes too narrow for motor vehicles and bicycles to share side-by-side.

True

The earliest age to receive a driver's license in Virginia is _ old.

16 years and 3 months

How old do you need to be to obtain a Virginia Learner's Permit?

15 years and 6 months

Supervised driving practice by law requires a minimum of how many hours, and how many of these hours must occur after sunset?

45 hours, 15 after sunset

This pavement marking means

yield. : yield

If you are 16 or 17 years old and have your license for less than one year, you may only have non-family member(s) under the age of 21 in the vehicle. After one year, you may have non-family member(s) under the age of 21 in the vehicle ONLY UNDER SPECIFIC circumstances.

(Data not provided)

A driver with a learner's permit is limited to _ non-family member passenger(s) under the age of 21.

1

Horizontal licenses are for individuals under the age of 21; vertical licenses are for individuals over the age of 21.

False

Passenger restrictions allow no more than one non-family passenger(s) under the age of 21 until you have held your license for one year.

True

How often must a driver's license be renewed?

(Data not provided)