Minnesota Permit Practice Test 2
A second full-length Minnesota practice test: 30 fresh multiple-choice questions with zero repeats from Test 1. You need 80% correct to pass the real DVS Class D written test.
Question 1 of 30
1. On a multilane highway, white lines separate the lanes. What does the white color tell you about the traffic around you?
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Correct answer: B. White lines divide lanes of traffic that flow the same way, while yellow divides opposing flows. Reading line color at a glance tells you instantly where oncoming cars can be. White means with you, yellow means toward you.
2. 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.
3. Leaving a one-way street, you see a yellow diamond sign with two vertical arrows pointing in opposite directions. What is it warning you about?
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Correct answer: A. The two-way traffic sign warns that the one-way section is ending and vehicles will now come toward you. Keep to the right and use extra care when passing. Two opposite arrows mean the road now flows both ways.
4. While planning a road trip across Minnesota, you look up the fastest speed any of its highways allow. What is that statewide maximum?
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Correct answer: A. Minnesota's top speed limit is 70 mph, found only on its fastest designated highways. Expect lower posted limits on most stretches, and remember signs always control: the maximum applies only where a sign actually posts it.
5. You are driving in a lane with a large white arrow painted on the pavement curving to the right. What does this marking require?
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Correct answer: B. A curved lane-use arrow makes that lane turn-only: follow the arrow or change lanes before the intersection. The arrows sort traffic early so no one swerves at the last second. The pavement is telling you your path.
6. In Minnesota, supervised behind-the-wheel practice with a permit can begin once a teen reaches which age?
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Correct answer: C. Supervised practice starts at 15 in Minnesota, once the teen holds a learner's permit. Every practice hour with a licensed adult builds judgment that classroom study alone can never teach, which is why the permit stage exists.
7. You are in a left-turn lane facing oncoming traffic, and the signal shows a steady red arrow. What does the arrow mean?
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Correct answer: A. A steady red arrow prohibits the movement it points toward; you must stop and stay put until the signal changes. It shields turning drivers from crossing busy oncoming lanes. Think of a red arrow as a closed gate.
8. You must park on a hill where the road has no curb. Which way should you turn your wheels?
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Correct answer: A. With no curb to catch the car, always turn your wheels toward the road's edge, uphill or downhill. A runaway car then rolls off the travel lanes instead of into traffic. No curb: aim for the shoulder.
9. In Minnesota, 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 any detectable amount can cost a driver under 21 their license in Minnesota, 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.
10. You received your Minnesota provisional license two months ago. In which situation may you legally drive at 1 a.m.?
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Correct answer: D. During the first six months, Minnesota provisional drivers may drive between midnight and 5 a.m. only for work, for school events without school transportation, or with a licensed driver at least 25. Memorize the passes: work, school, or 25-plus.
11. What is the safest way to handle your speed through a sharp curve?
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Correct answer: B. Slow to a safe speed before the curve begins, then hold steady or gently accelerate through it. Braking mid-curve can break tire grip and cause a skid. Do your slowing on the straightaway, your steering in the bend.
12. A school bus ahead stops with its red lights flashing on a two-lane road with no median. Which vehicles must stop?
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Correct answer: D. On a road without a dividing median, traffic in both directions must stop for a school bus with flashing red lights and remain stopped until the lights turn off. Children may cross from either side, so every lane freezes.
13. Under Minnesota's implied consent law, what can happen if you refuse a blood, breath, or urine test when an officer has probable cause of impaired driving?
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Correct answer: C. In Minnesota, refusing a required blood, breath, or urine test is itself a crime, and your license can be revoked for one to six years depending on your record. Refusal is not a loophole; saying no still costs the license.
14. A tire blows out while you are driving at highway speed. What is the safest response?
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Correct answer: B. During a blowout, hold the wheel firmly, lift off the gas, and let the car slow on its own before easing off the road. Hard braking on three good tires invites a spin. Steady hands beat fast feet.
15. The vehicle ahead displays an orange triangle with a red border on its rear. What does that tell you?
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Correct answer: D. The orange triangle is the slow-moving vehicle emblem, common on farm equipment and horse-drawn wagons. You close in on these vehicles faster than you expect, so back off early and pass only with a clear, legal gap.
16. Children are playing near the curb on an unposted neighborhood street in Minnesota. Unless a sign says otherwise, the fastest you may legally drive here is which speed?
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Correct answer: A. The default residential limit in Minnesota is 30 mph unless otherwise posted. With children nearby, you should often go slower still, because stopping distance grows quickly with speed and kids can dart into the street without warning.
17. How can a Minnesota teen's required supervised driving log be reduced from 50 hours to 40 hours?
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Correct answer: B. If a parent or guardian completes a class from a Minnesota-approved driver education program, the teen's log drops to 40 hours, still with 15 at night. Trained supervisors coach better, so the parent class buys back ten hours.
18. Minnesota enforces 'zero tolerance' for underage drinking and driving. In practice, a driver under 21 violates this law at what BAC?
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Correct answer: A. Zero tolerance in Minnesota means the under-21 line sits at any detectable amount, so even one drink can end in a suspended license. The memory hook is simple: under 21 means zero drinks before you drive.
19. An emergency vehicle is stopped on the shoulder ahead with lights flashing. What do move-over laws require?
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Correct answer: D. Every state has a move-over law: shift a lane away from stopped emergency or service vehicles with flashing lights, or slow well down when changing lanes is unsafe. Roadside workers stand inches from traffic; give them that lane.
20. An officer stops an adult driver in Minnesota and a breath test is given. At what BAC reading can that driver be charged with driving under the influence, even if their driving looked steady?
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Correct answer: C. A BAC of 0.08% or more is enough by itself for a DUI charge in Minnesota. The law uses a fixed number because alcohol impairs everyone, and drivers are poor judges of their own impairment behind the wheel.
21. Who may legally park in a space reserved for people with disabilities?
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Correct answer: C. Reserved accessible spaces are only for vehicles showing a valid disability placard or plate, used when the person it was issued to is aboard. These wide, close-in spots are essential access, which is why enforcement is strict everywhere.
22. What is the minimum license revocation for a first-offense DWI in Minnesota?
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Correct answer: A. A first DWI offense in Minnesota brings a revocation of at least 90 days, and aggravating factors stretch it longer. The state removes impaired drivers quickly because alcohol crashes are so deadly. Anchor it: first DWI, three months gone.
23. Besides nighttime, when should you turn on your headlights?
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Correct answer: D. Turn on your headlights whenever conditions cut visibility, including rain, fog, snow, dusk, or dawn, because lights help other drivers spot you as much as they help you see. Handy habit: wipers on or gray sky means lights on.
24. You are driving at night and can only make out the eight-sided outline of a sign ahead. Even before reading it, what does that shape tell you to do?
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Correct answer: C. The octagon is reserved for stop signs alone, so the shape itself orders a full stop. This lets you obey the sign even when snow, glare, or darkness hides the word. Eight sides always equals stop.
25. Your GPS routes you through a Minnesota neighborhood of homes and parked cars with no posted speed limit. State law caps your speed there at what value?
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Correct answer: D. State law gives unposted residential areas in Minnesota a default cap of 30 mph. Parked cars shrink your view of crossing pedestrians, which is exactly why the cap is low. Posted signs, where present, replace the default.
26. Only one road sign is shaped like a sideways pennant, a triangle with its point aimed to the right. Which sign is it?
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Correct answer: A. The sideways yellow pennant is used for one message only: NO PASSING ZONE. It stands on the left side of the road where passing begins to be unsafe. One shape, one meaning makes it instantly recognizable.
27. What is the difference between a suspended license and a revoked license?
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Correct answer: A. A suspension parks your driving privilege for a set time or until you meet conditions, while a revocation cancels it entirely, usually forcing you to reapply later. Think of suspension as paused and revocation as erased.
28. Where does modern guidance tell you to place your hands on the steering wheel?
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Correct answer: D. Hold the wheel near the 9 and 3 o'clock positions, level on each side. This grip gives balanced control and keeps your arms out of the path of a deploying airbag. Think low and wide, clear of the bag.
29. Your car stalls on railroad tracks and a train is coming. What should everyone in the car do?
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Correct answer: D. Abandon the car immediately and run toward the oncoming train at an angle leading away from the tracks, so flying wreckage sails past you instead of into you. Trains cannot stop quickly. Cars are replaceable; people are not.
30. You are passing a slow truck on a Minnesota 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 Minnesota 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, always.
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