Kansas DOV Permit Practice Test 3
Test 3 of 10. Pick an answer for each question to see if it is right and why; your score appears at the end. You need 20 correct answers to pass, the same ratio as the real Kansas test.
- Questions25
- Correct to pass20
- Passing score80%
- Minimum age14 years
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1. Your car has side curtain airbags. What should you avoid doing?
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Answer B: Resting your head against the window or the door pillar
A side airbag deploys from the pillar or roof rail, so a head leaning against that area is directly in its path.
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2. What is worth carrying in the vehicle during a winter trip?
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Answer A: A blanket, a flashlight, a scraper and a small shovel
A winter kit keeps you warm and visible if you are stopped for hours, and lets you clear glass and dig the wheels out. Hot water can crack cold glass.
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3. A single solid white line separates two lanes running in the same direction. What is it telling drivers?
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Answer A: Changing lanes there is discouraged
A solid white lane line discourages lane changing, typically where merging or weaving would create a hazard.
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4. What is the Kansas reinstatement fee after a registration or license is suspended over a lapse in financial security?
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Answer C: 100 dollars
K.S.A. 40-3104 sets the reinstatement fee at 100 dollars, rising to 300 dollars where a revocation follows another within one year.
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5. Who may sit in the front seat while a Kansas instruction permit holder under 17 is driving?
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Answer A: Only the supervising driver
K.S.A. 8-2,100 states that no person other than the supervising driver may occupy the front seat while the permit holder drives.
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6. You are entering a marked work zone. What should you expect?
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Answer B: A reduced posted speed, narrowed or shifted lanes, and traffic that may stop suddenly
Work zones change the geometry of the road and can bring traffic to a halt without warning, so the posted work zone speed and increased following distance both apply.
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7. Rain is heavy enough that you have your windshield wipers running. What else should you switch on?
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Answer A: Your headlights, so you can see and others can see you
Rain heavy enough to need wipers also cuts how far away you can be seen, so the headlights belong on. Many states write this into law as a wipers on, lights on rule.
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8. A crossing guard steps into the roadway ahead of this sign with one hand raised. What must the driver do?
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Answer B: Stop and stay stopped until the guard waves traffic on
An adult guard is controlling traffic at that crossing, so the instruction given by that person governs and the driver waits to be released.
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9. What is a marked loading zone for?
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Answer A: Loading and unloading only, not for general parking
A loading zone is reserved for actively loading or unloading goods or passengers; leaving a vehicle there for other reasons is a parking violation.
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10. How does Kansas enforce the safety belt requirement for a back seat occupant who is 18 or older?
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Answer D: Officers may only cite it after stopping the vehicle for another violation
K.S.A. 8-2503 requires occupants 18 and older to be belted but states that officers shall not stop drivers for a back seat violation alone, and a citation must cite the violation that caused the stop.
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11. You park facing downhill on a one-way street where the curb is on your left. Which way do the front wheels go?
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Answer A: Left, toward the curb on that side
Standard practice follows the curb rather than the side of the road: facing downhill the wheels point into the curb so a rolling vehicle is stopped by it. States differ on whether this is legally required.
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12. How many qualifying convictions inside the immediately preceding five years make a person a habitual violator in Kansas?
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Answer C: Three or more
K.S.A. 8-285 defines a habitual violator as a person convicted three or more times within the immediately preceding five years of the offenses it lists.
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13. How far ahead should you normally be looking as you drive?
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Answer C: About 12 to 15 seconds ahead, well beyond the vehicle in front
Looking that far down the road lets you see a problem developing and slow smoothly, instead of discovering it in time only for hard braking.
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14. What fine does Kansas impose for a second conviction of unlawfully passing a school bus within five years of the first?
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Answer A: 750 dollars
K.S.A. 8-2118 raises the fine to 750 dollars for a second school bus passing conviction within five years of a prior one.
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15. Loose items slide around your car and rattle every time you brake. What is the answer?
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Answer C: Secure them before you start driving
Sliding objects pull your attention and can roll under the pedals, so stow them in the trunk or wedge them before the trip rather than chasing them during it.
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16. At a four-way stop you and an opposing driver arrive together. You are going straight and the other driver is turning left across your path. Who goes first?
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Answer B: You do, because the left turn crosses your path
When two opposing drivers arrive together, the one going straight goes first and the left-turning driver yields.
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17. What is a driver being warned about here?
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Answer B: The pavement ahead carries vehicles traveling in the opposite direction
Beyond this point vehicles come the other way on the same pavement, which commonly happens where a one-way section or a separated stretch comes to an end.
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18. You are entering an angle parking space on your right. What should you do?
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Answer C: Stay a little left of the space, then turn in between the lines
Keeping a little left of the space gives the front wheels the room to turn in cleanly and leaves your car centered between the lines.
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19. How does Kansas treat a conviction for breaking the passenger limit on a restricted license?
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Answer A: As a moving traffic violation for the purposes of the suspension statute
K.S.A. 8-2,101 states that any conviction for violating the passenger restriction is construed as a moving traffic violation for the purpose of K.S.A. 8-255.
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20. What must a Kansas driver on a road with two lanes in the same direction do when approaching a stationary waste collection vehicle with its hazard lamps flashing?
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Answer C: Change if possible into a lane that is not next to the collection vehicle
K.S.A. 8-15,112 requires the driver to proceed with due caution and, where possible and safe, move into a lane that is not adjacent to the stationary waste collection vehicle.
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21. What does the Kansas wireless device statute prohibit while driving on a public road?
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Answer D: Manually typing, sending or reading a written communication such as a text or email
K.S.A. 8-15,111 bars using a wireless communication device to write, send or read a written communication, which it defines as manually typing, sending or reading a text message, instant message or electronic mail.
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22. How does heavy cargo on a roof rack change the way a vehicle handles?
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Answer D: It raises the center of gravity, so the vehicle tips more in turns and needs gentler steering
Weight carried high makes the vehicle lean more and roll over more easily, and extra weight lengthens stopping distance. Drive slower and steer smoothly with a loaded roof.
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23. When may a Kansas driver drive over an unprotected fire hose laid across a street?
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Answer C: Only with the consent of the fire department official in command
K.S.A. 8-1582 forbids driving over an unprotected fire department hose laid on a street, private road or driveway without the consent of the fire department official in command.
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24. At what age may a Kansas resident holding no other license obtain a class C license valid only for a motorized bicycle?
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Answer B: 15 years
K.S.A. 8-235 lets a person who is at least 15 and has passed the written and visual examinations receive a class C license marked valid only for motorized bicycles.
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25. On a Kansas two-lane road, how close to a stopped emergency vehicle or a highway work vehicle with flashing lights may you overtake and pass another vehicle?
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Answer A: You may not pass within 100 feet of it
K.S.A. 8-1520a prohibits overtaking and passing when approaching within 100 feet of a stationary authorized emergency vehicle or an authorized vehicle engaged in highway work on a two-lane road carrying traffic in opposite directions.