Mississippi Permit Practice Test 2
A second full-length Mississippi practice test: 30 fresh multiple-choice questions with zero repeats from Test 1. Check the DPS site for the current question count and passing score.
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Question 1 of 30
1. An emergency vehicle is coming up behind you with lights and siren on a two-lane street. What should you do?
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Correct answer: B. Pull to the right and stop, clearing the lane. If you are in an intersection, clear it first, then pull over. Do not slam-stop in the path. Lights and siren mean yield the road, not freeze in the middle.
2. On its fastest highways, Mississippi allows a top posted speed limit of which value?
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Correct answer: A. The highest speed limit in Mississippi 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.
3. How long does a passing Mississippi Computerized Exam score stay valid?
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Correct answer: A. A passing Computerized Exam score stays valid for two years. Anyone caught cheating or with an electronic device in the testing area has the test cancelled and cannot retest for six months. A routine fail wait is not published on official pages.
4. Your younger sibling asks when they can get a learner's permit in Mississippi. What age do you tell them?
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Correct answer: A. Tell them 15; that is when Mississippi 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.
5. A quiet electric car is coming up behind a pedestrian in a parking lot. What extra care should you take?
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Correct answer: B. EVs and hybrids are hard to hear at low speed. Handbooks increasingly mention that quiet approach. In lots and on neighborhood streets, expect people to step out without looking. If they cannot hear you, you have to see for them.
6. A pedestrian has stepped into a marked crosswalk on your street, and the light is green for you. What must you do?
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Correct answer: B. Pedestrians in a crosswalk have the right-of-way even when your light is green. Stop or slow until they are clear. A green light does not let you run someone over. People in the stripes go first.
7. If it becomes hard to control the car, what does Ready.gov tell you to do?
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Correct answer: A. Official Ready.gov car-safety guidance says If it becomes hard to control the car, pull over, stop the car and set the parking brake. The leftover pump-the-failed-brake list is not on that page; this nearby official loss-of-control sentence is.
8. Unless signs say otherwise, what is the maximum speed for a passenger car on a Mississippi two-lane state highway?
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Correct answer: D. Two-lane state and U.S. highways in Mississippi carry a 55 mph ceiling, lower than the 65 allowed on four-lane routes, because oncoming traffic sits one paint stripe away. Fewer lanes, lower limit: five-five for two lanes.
9. A yellow diamond sign shows a side lane curving in to join the main road ahead. You are on the main road. What does the sign mean?
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Correct answer: C. A merge sign warns that another roadway joins yours ahead. Entering drivers must yield, but you should adjust your speed or change lanes when safe to open a gap. Merging works best when both drivers cooperate like a zipper.
10. A white vertical rectangle reads SPEED LIMIT 55. What does that number legally mean?
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Correct answer: C. A white rectangular speed limit sign is a regulatory sign, so the number is the maximum lawful speed in ideal conditions. Rain, fog, or heavy traffic can make even that speed illegal. Treat the posted number as a ceiling, not a target.
11. What is double parking, and why is it against the rules?
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Correct answer: D. Double parking means standing or parking in the roadway alongside a vehicle already parked at the curb. It blocks a travel lane, hides pedestrians, and pins in the parked car, so the practice is prohibited on public streets.
12. What does the term "no-zone" mean when you drive near a large truck?
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Correct answer: C. No-zones are the huge blind spots in front of, behind, and beside a large truck where the driver simply cannot see you. A quick test: if you cannot see the driver's face in the truck's mirror, you are invisible.
13. You are passing a slow truck on a Mississippi highway posted at the state's maximum limit. Even while passing, your legal ceiling stays at which speed?
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Correct answer: B. Passing grants zero extra speed allowance; in Mississippi the ceiling on those top-posted highways stays 70 mph. If you cannot complete the pass within the limit, wait for a better gap. The limit binds every maneuver.
14. While you wait to turn, the green arrow changes to a steady yellow arrow. What is the signal telling you?
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Correct answer: D. A steady yellow arrow warns that the protected turning phase is about to end. Stop if you can do so safely; drivers already at the point of no return may finish the turn cautiously. Yellow arrow means wrap up, not speed up.
15. A diamond-shaped orange sign with black markings is posted ahead of a lane shift. What class of message is that?
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Correct answer: B. Orange diamonds are reserved for temporary traffic-control in work zones. They warn that the road, lanes, or workers ahead are not in their usual place. When the background turns orange, expect cones, narrowed lanes, and people on foot.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. You approach a red circle with a slash over a U-turn arrow. What is prohibited?
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Correct answer: B. The slashed U-turn symbol bans reversing direction at that location, usually because sight distance or oncoming traffic makes the turn dangerous. Find a safer place — a driveway or a later intersection — to turn around.
19. In which situations should you add extra following distance behind the vehicle ahead?
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Correct answer: C. Add following distance whenever stopping gets harder or seeing gets worse: slick roads, tailgaters behind you, big trucks blocking your view, or motorcycles that can stop quickly. More risk calls for more room ahead of you.
20. You are on a Mississippi divided highway with four or more lanes. A school bus is stopped on the other side. Must you stop?
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Correct answer: A. Mississippi generally requires a stop for a school bus regardless of your direction of travel. The listed exception is a divided highway with four or more lanes and at least two lanes each way: opposite-direction traffic may continue, while same-direction traffic must still stop until children are clear, the bus moves, the red lights stop, and the stop sign retracts.
21. What is the maximum speed for any vehicle in a Mississippi school zone?
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Correct answer: B. Mississippi caps every vehicle at 15 mph in school zones because children step out unpredictably and short stopping distances save lives. Memory hook: fifteen for the under-fifteens, so slow to a crawl wherever kids cross.
22. An orange sign with a black arrow reads DETOUR. What is this sign telling you?
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Correct answer: A. Detour signs guide you along a temporary route when the normal road is closed, often for construction or an emergency. Keep following the arrows until the detour ends, and the route will return you to your original road.
23. After two drinks at a barbecue in Mississippi, you consider driving home. For a driver 21 or older, that becomes illegal starting at which BAC?
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Correct answer: A. Driving in Mississippi becomes a per-se DUI at a BAC of 0.08%. Drinks affect people differently, so you cannot reliably guess your number. When you have been drinking, the smart decision is simply to skip driving.
24. An officer in Mississippi stops a driver who is 18. A test shows a very small amount of alcohol. The under-21 threshold that can trigger a violation is:
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Correct answer: C. Under-21 drivers in Mississippi are not judged by the adult 0.08%-style line. The threshold is 0.02%. That is why testers keep asking the youth number separately from the adult number.
25. A parent in Mississippi wants to start permit practice as soon as the law allows. The earliest learner's-permit age is:
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Correct answer: C. Mississippi opens the learner's-permit door at 15. Starting then, with a supervising adult, is how GDL is supposed to work. Younger than that, the answer is still wait.
26. In Mississippi, 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 Mississippi, that number is 0.08%. No other proof of bad driving is needed at that level, and alcohol can still impair you below it.
27. The posted limit is unchanged, but traffic, weather, and light have all gotten worse. What does the basic speed rule require?
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Correct answer: C. The basic speed rule says you may not drive faster than conditions safely allow, no matter what the sign posts. Rain, darkness, and crowds shrink your margin for error. Conditions set the real limit; the sign sets the ceiling.
28. What is parallel parking, according to the official CA handbook wording used nationwide?
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Correct answer: A. Official California Driver Handbook wording says Parallel parking is when you park in line with the road and other parked vehicles. State inch-from-curb finish numbers differ, so this leftover uses that nationally applicable definition instead of inventing a national inch rule.
29. Drivers under 21 in Mississippi are held to a stricter alcohol standard than adults. What is the BAC threshold for these younger drivers?
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Correct answer: B. Adults have a higher per-se number, but the under-21 standard in Mississippi is 0.02%. Alcohol is already off-limits for minors, so the driving rule matches: for young drivers, the practical limit is zero drinks.
30. How does NHTSA say alcohol changes the abilities needed to drive?
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Correct answer: A. Official NHTSA drunk-driving guidance says Alcohol is a substance that reduces the function of the brain, impairing thinking, reasoning and muscle coordination. All these abilities are essential to operating a vehicle safely.
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