Kansas Permit Practice Test 2
A second full-length Kansas practice test: 30 fresh multiple-choice questions with zero repeats from Test 1. The real DOV Knowledge Test has 25 questions, and you need 20 correct (80%) to pass.
Question 1 of 30
1. Why can driving much slower than the vehicles around you be dangerous?
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Correct answer: D. A vehicle crawling well below the flow of traffic makes others brake hard, bunch up, and pass, which multiplies conflict points. Crashes often come from speed differences, not speed alone, so avoid blocking the normal flow.
2. Smoke and flames start coming from under your hood while you drive. What should you do?
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Correct answer: C. Stop away from buildings and fuel, shut off the engine, and move everyone well back. Opening the hood feeds the flames air, and burning vehicles can explode, so fight nothing bigger than a tiny fire. Distance saves lives.
3. The light is steady green as you reach an intersection. Which statement is true?
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Correct answer: B. A green light means you may proceed, but only after yielding to pedestrians and vehicles still clearing the intersection. Green grants permission, not protection, so look left, right, and left again before you enter.
4. What can happen if you drive without a valid license or permit?
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Correct answer: C. Driving without a valid license or permit is illegal in every state; you can be cited, the vehicle may be towed or impounded, and the offense can push your real license further away. Patience now beats penalties later.
5. Traffic around you on a Kansas highway posted at the state maximum starts flowing faster than the signs allow. Your personal legal limit remains which speed?
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Correct answer: C. Other drivers speeding never raises your limit; on Kansas's fastest highways it stays 75 mph. Move right and let them pass instead of matching them. Speed limits bind each driver individually, whatever the surrounding traffic does.
6. On a four-lane Kansas highway, you approach a stopped emergency vehicle using its flashing lights. What does Kansas law require you to do first?
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Correct answer: A. K.S.A. 8-1530 requires drivers approaching a stationary emergency vehicle with flashing lights to change into a non-adjacent lane when possible; if you cannot, slow down and proceed with caution. Hook: move over or slow down.
7. 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.
8. You are on an entrance ramp about to merge onto a freeway. Who is responsible for yielding?
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Correct answer: A. Drivers merging onto a freeway must yield to traffic already on it, using the ramp to match speed and slide into a gap. Through traffic cannot stop safely at highway speeds, so the entering driver adapts.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. In Kansas, a driver who is 21 or older commits a per-se drunk-driving offense once their blood alcohol concentration reaches which level?
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Correct answer: B. 'Per se' means the number alone proves the offense. In Kansas, that number is 0.08%. No other proof of bad driving is needed at that level, and alcohol can still impair you below it.
12. When you finish parallel parking, how should your car be positioned?
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Correct answer: A. End a parallel park close to the curb and parallel with it, so your vehicle does not poke into the traffic lane. A car sticking out invites sideswipes and mirror strikes. Tuck in tight; the lane belongs to traffic.
13. You are studying for the Kansas permit knowledge exam and want to schedule it as early as the law allows. You can hold a learner's permit beginning at which age?
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Correct answer: C. In Kansas, 14 is the earliest age for a learner's permit, so plan your knowledge exam around that date. Study the official handbook, since permit questions come from it, and arrive with the required documents ready.
14. Under zero-tolerance laws, what happens to a driver under 21 caught with any measurable alcohol in their system?
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Correct answer: A. Every state enforces zero tolerance: drivers under 21 face penalties, typically license loss, for any measurable amount of alcohol. Because underage drinking is illegal, no level is acceptable. For young drivers, the only safe number is zero.
15. To earn a Kansas restricted license at age 15, which combination of requirements must you complete?
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Correct answer: A. A 15-year-old needs an approved driver education course, 25 supervised practice hours, and a state permit held for a full year. Driver ed replaces further written testing. Memory hook: at 15 — ed, 25, one year.
16. An ice-cream truck is stopped ahead and children are gathered around it. How should you drive past?
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Correct answer: C. Slow way down and cover your brake near children or a stopped ice-cream truck, because kids chase treats and forget traffic completely. Expect someone small to dart out. Around children, drive as if one already has.
17. Two solid yellow lines run down the center of the road. What do they prohibit?
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Correct answer: D. Double solid yellow lines ban passing for traffic in both directions, because sight distance or traffic makes passing unsafe there. Crossing is generally allowed only to turn into a driveway or side road, never to overtake.
18. 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.
19. You park facing downhill on a street with a curb. Where should your front wheels point?
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Correct answer: C. When parking downhill with a curb, turn your front wheels toward the curb; if the car rolls, the tire wedges against the curb instead of drifting into traffic. Think downhill, dive toward the curb, and set the brake.
20. Your younger sibling asks when they can get a learner's permit in Kansas. What age do you tell them?
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Correct answer: A. Tell them 14; that is when Kansas allows a learner's permit application. Until then, driving on public roads is off the table. Graduated licensing phases in privileges so new drivers gain experience under lower-risk conditions.
21. How does the alcohol in a regular beer compare with a standard glass of wine or a single shot of liquor?
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Correct answer: B. A standard beer, glass of wine, and shot of liquor each deliver about the same alcohol, so switching drinks does not protect you. Your body counts drinks, not drink types. One is one, whatever the glass looks like.
22. Your rear wheels begin sliding sideways on a slippery road. How do you regain control?
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Correct answer: A. In a skid, ease off both pedals and look and steer where you want the front of the car to go, correcting gently as it straightens. Sudden braking or gas makes sliding worse. Eyes up, feet off, steer.
23. Many regulatory signs show a picture inside a red circle crossed by a red diagonal slash. In general, what does that design mean?
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Correct answer: D. In the MUTCD symbol system, a red circle with a diagonal slash over any picture means that action is not allowed, such as no trucks or no bicycles. It works without words, so drivers of any language understand instantly. Slash means stop doing it.
24. Outside urban areas, what default limit applies on a Kansas state or federal highway that is not a separated multilane highway and has no posted limit?
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Correct answer: D. Kansas sets 65 mph as the default on state and federal highways; only separated multilane highways can be designated up to 75. Two-lane highways carry more oncoming risk. Hook: two-lane highway, sixty-five.
25. A friend in Kansas 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 Kansas, 0.08% is the per-se limit for adults, and measurable impairment often shows up well before a driver reaches it.
26. Under Kansas's zero-tolerance law, what BAC level counts as a violation for a driver under 21?
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Correct answer: B. Kansas's zero-tolerance law sets the under-21 threshold at 0.02%, far stricter than the adult standard. Underage drinking is illegal to begin with, so the safest and simplest rule is zero alcohol before driving, always.
27. Which Kansas teen qualifies for a farm permit under K.S.A. 8-296?
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Correct answer: C. Kansas farm permits cover ages 14 up to 17 for teens living on or employed on a farm of at least 20 acres, with parent and employer affidavits. Hook: fourteen, farm, twenty acres.
28. You are delivering food to a house on an unposted residential street in Kansas. Unless a sign changes it, what speed limit applies?
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Correct answer: A. Unposted residential streets in Kansas carry a default limit of 30 mph. The rule exists so drivers can stop for the unexpected, like a car backing out of a driveway. When a sign is posted, obey the sign instead.
29. In Kansas, an under-21 driver can face a license suspension for alcohol at a much lower level than an adult DUI. That zero-tolerance level is which of these?
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Correct answer: D. Reaching 0.02% can cost a driver under 21 their license in Kansas, even when they show no obvious impairment. The state treats underage drinking and driving as a license issue first, aiming to stop the habit early.
30. You have signaled and checked your mirrors before a lane change. What is the one step left before you move over?
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Correct answer: C. Mirrors leave blind spots big enough to hide a whole car, so always turn your head for a quick over-the-shoulder check before moving over. Signal, mirrors, head check: the lane change is not done until your neck moves.
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