Georgia Permit Practice Test 2
A second full-length Georgia practice test: 30 fresh multiple-choice questions with zero repeats from Test 1. The real DDS Knowledge Exam (comprising the Road Rules Test and the Road Signs Test) has 40 questions, and you need 30 correct (75%) to pass.
Question 1 of 30
1. You are parking facing uphill on a street with a curb. Which way should you turn your front wheels?
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Correct answer: B. When parking uphill with a curb, turn the wheels away from the curb and let the car roll back until a tire rests against it. The curb then works as a block. Up and away is the memory cue.
2. Your right wheels drop off the pavement onto a soft shoulder. What should you do?
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Correct answer: B. If your wheels leave the pavement, do not yank the wheel; ease off the gas, slow down, and steer back gently once traffic allows. A sudden jerk against the pavement lip can flip or launch the car.
3. In Georgia, how is a fourth DUI violation within a 10-year period treated?
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Correct answer: B. In Georgia, a fourth DUI within 10 years is charged as a felony, carrying up to a $5,000 fine and five years in prison. Each repeat offense escalates sharply. Hook: four DUIs in a decade equals a felony.
4. What is a reliable way to judge whether you are following the vehicle ahead too closely?
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Correct answer: A. Pick a fixed marker like a pole or shadow; when the vehicle ahead passes it, count seconds until you arrive. Counting seconds works at any speed, unlike guessing car lengths. The road itself becomes your measuring tape.
5. After drinking, what is the only thing that will actually sober you up?
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Correct answer: C. Only time makes you sober, because your liver removes alcohol at its own steady pace. Coffee, cold showers, and exercise just create a wide-awake drunk. Memory hook: you cannot rush the liver; you can only wait it out.
6. A wide white bar is painted across your lane just before an intersection with a stop sign. Where must you stop?
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Correct answer: D. A stop line marks the exact place to stop: bring your vehicle to a halt before the bar, not on or past it. It keeps you clear of crosswalks and cross traffic. The bar is the boundary.
7. You have held your Georgia Class D license for more than one full year. How many passengers under 21 who are not immediate family may ride with you?
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Correct answer: D. After the first full year with a Georgia Class D license, you may carry at most three passengers under 21 who are not immediate family. The cap stays until you upgrade to Class C. Memory hook: one year, three friends.
8. A 19-year-old is pulled over in Georgia after a party. Under the zero-tolerance law, what BAC is enough for an underage drinking-and-driving violation?
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Correct answer: D. For drivers under 21 in Georgia, a violation begins at 0.02%. Zero-tolerance laws exist because young, inexperienced drivers face high crash risk with any alcohol. If you are underage, the only legal amount is none.
9. It is late at night and the unposted residential streets in your Georgia neighborhood are empty. The legal maximum for these streets remains which speed?
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Correct answer: C. Empty or busy, day or night, the default limit on unposted residential streets in Georgia stays 30 mph. Darkness actually cuts how far you can see and react, so conditions may call for less, never more, than the limit.
10. At a railroad crossing you see a white X-shaped sign reading RAILROAD CROSSING, with no gates or flashing signals. How should you treat it?
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Correct answer: B. The crossbuck is a regulatory sign that legally works like a yield sign at the tracks. Trains cannot swerve or stop quickly, so you must give way every time. At passive crossings, your eyes and ears are the only warning system.
11. A friend in Georgia says, 'I feel fine, so I can drive.' Feelings aside, the law sets the illegal BAC for drivers 21 and older at which number?
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Correct answer: B. Feeling fine proves nothing; alcohol dulls the very judgment you use to check yourself. In Georgia, 0.08% is the per-se limit for adults, and measurable impairment often shows up well before a driver reaches it.
12. A passenger claims some Georgia highways have unlimited speed like the German autobahn. In reality, the state's highest legal limit is which of these?
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Correct answer: D. Every road in Georgia has a limit, and the statewide ceiling is 70 mph on designated highways. Higher speeds multiply crash energy dramatically, so no US state allows unlimited speed. Follow whatever limit is actually posted.
13. In Georgia, state law sets a default limit for residential districts that applies wherever no speed limit sign is posted. That default is which of the following?
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Correct answer: B. Georgia law fixes the unposted residential default at 30 mph. Lawmakers keep it low because residential streets are full of crossings, parked cars, and pedestrians. Remember: no sign means the default applies, and posted signs override it.
14. You are entering a roundabout. Which statement describes the correct way to use it?
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Correct answer: B. Entering drivers yield to vehicles already circulating in the roundabout, then merge and travel counterclockwise to the exit. Because everyone flows one way and entries wait, roundabouts avoid head-on conflicts. The circle already moving always wins.
15. A person with a white cane is about to cross the street ahead of you. What must you do?
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Correct answer: A. A white cane or guide dog marks a pedestrian who is blind, and that person has the right-of-way every time. Stop if needed and never honk, which can confuse them. White cane means your brakes, not your horn.
16. You are involved in a crash with another vehicle. What does the law require you to do?
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Correct answer: D. After any crash you are part of, stop at once, get help for the injured, trade license, registration, and insurance details, and report the crash when required. Leaving without doing these turns an accident into a crime.
17. On a highway, you look for the way to your destination city. What kind of information do signs with a green background give you?
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Correct answer: D. Green guide signs point the way, listing destinations, how many miles remain, and which exits to take. They inform rather than command, so no action is required. Think of green as the color that says go this way.
18. What does a learner's permit allow you to do?
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Correct answer: B. A learner's permit is a practice license: you may drive only with a qualified licensed adult beside you in the front seat. That supervisor can coach you and take over. Permit means practice, and practice means supervised.
19. You are pulling out of a driveway onto a public street. What must you do?
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Correct answer: D. A driver entering a road from a driveway, alley, or private road must yield to sidewalk pedestrians and to all traffic already on the roadway. Public-road users cannot predict your exit, so the burden is on the driver emerging.
20. You are in the right lane when you see a yellow diamond sign showing the right lane narrowing into the left lane. What should you do?
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Correct answer: B. A lane-ends sign warns your lane will disappear, so signal, match the other lane's speed, and merge before the pavement runs out. Drivers in the ending lane must yield to through traffic. Early, smooth merges prevent the last-second squeeze.
21. Before a teen can get a Class D license in Georgia, Joshua's Law requires how much supervised driving practice?
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Correct answer: C. Georgia's Joshua's Law also demands 40 hours of supervised driving practice, including at least 6 hours after dark, before a teen earns a Class D license. Night driving is riskiest, so practice it. Hook: 40 total, 6 at night.
22. A yellow diamond sign shows a car with wavy skid marks trailing behind its tires. When does this warning matter most?
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Correct answer: D. The skidding-car sign warns that the road ahead becomes slippery when wet, so slow down and avoid sudden braking or sharp steering in rain, snow, or ice. The first minutes of rain are often the slickest, as water lifts oil off the pavement.
23. You keep yawning and your eyes feel heavy on a long drive. What actually fixes drowsiness?
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Correct answer: A. Only sleep cures sleepiness, so pull off somewhere safe and rest when drowsiness hits. Loud music, open windows, and caffeine wear off within minutes, and a driver who nods off is as dangerous as a drunk one.
24. When do reduced school zone speed limits typically apply?
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Correct answer: D. School zone limits usually apply during posted times, when the zone's beacons flash, or whenever children are present. Kids are small, quick, and unpredictable near schools. When you see the zone active, drop your speed and cover the brake.
25. On its fastest highways, Georgia allows a top posted speed limit of which value?
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Correct answer: A. The highest speed limit in Georgia is 70 mph, and only certain highways are posted that high. Most roads carry lower limits, so drive by the signs in front of you, and slow down when conditions worsen.
26. Under Georgia's Super Speeder law, a conviction for driving 85 mph or more on any road adds what state fee on top of local fines?
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Correct answer: B. Georgia's Super Speeder law adds a $200 state fee, on top of local fines, when you are convicted of driving 75 mph or more on a two-lane road or 85 mph or more anywhere. Hook: 75 on two lanes, 85 anywhere, $200.
27. At a crosswalk signal, what is the difference between the walking-person symbol and the raised-hand symbol?
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Correct answer: C. The walking-person symbol invites pedestrians to begin crossing, while the raised hand warns them not to start; a flashing hand means finish crossing if already in the street. Drivers should expect people in the crosswalk during these phases.
28. Graduated driver licensing (GDL) in Georgia moves teens through permit, intermediate, and full-license stages. Entry into the first stage, the learner's permit, begins at what age?
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Correct answer: A. GDL entry in Georgia starts with a learner's permit at 15. Each stage lifts restrictions as skill grows, because crash risk is highest in a driver's first solo months. The ladder starts at 15; climb it patiently.
29. An 18-year-old in Georgia has one beer at a graduation party and then drives. At what BAC could this driver already be violating the zero-tolerance law?
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Correct answer: C. One beer can push a young driver to 0.02%, the level where Georgia's zero-tolerance law kicks in. The rule protects new drivers, whose crash risk rises quickly with alcohol. Skip every drink if you plan to drive.
30. What do financial responsibility laws require of you before you drive?
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Correct answer: D. Every state requires drivers to show they can pay for harm they cause, and auto insurance is the usual proof. Crashes create huge bills in seconds, so the rule protects victims. Simple memory hook: no coverage, no keys.
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