Wyoming Permit Practice Test 2
A second full-length Wyoming practice test: 30 fresh multiple-choice questions with zero repeats from Test 1. You need 80% correct to pass the real WYDOT Written test, delivered on Wyoming's automated testing system (also called the knowledge test).
Question 1 of 30
1. A solid white line, instead of a broken one, separates your lane from the next lane going the same way. What is it telling you?
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Correct answer: A. A solid white line between same-direction lanes discourages lane changes, and it appears where drifting is risky, such as near intersections and ramps. The firmer the line looks, the firmer the message: hold your lane.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. How should a lap and shoulder belt be worn so it protects you in a crash?
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Correct answer: D. Wear the lap belt low and snug over your hips and the shoulder belt across your chest, because those strong bones absorb crash forces safely. Belts on your belly or behind your back can cause serious internal injuries.
5. 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.
6. Which driving skill does alcohol usually weaken first, often before you feel any different?
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Correct answer: A. Alcohol reaches your judgment before anything else, so you lose the very skill needed to notice you are impaired. That is why drinkers often insist they are fine. Remember: the first thing to go is the ability to know.
7. A Wyoming school bus has its red lights flashing. In which case are you NOT required to stop?
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Correct answer: C. Wyoming drivers must stop for flashing red school bus lights from either direction, but not when the bus sits on a separate roadway of a divided highway. A physical divider between you and the bus is the exception.
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. A Wyoming driver under 21 is stopped, and a test taken 90 minutes after driving shows a detectable alcohol concentration. Can that result still be used?
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Correct answer: C. Wyoming's youthful driver law reaches a test measured within two hours after driving, not just at the wheel. Waiting out the clock after a lawful stop does not erase the reading.
10. Which parking spot is illegal no matter how briefly you plan to stay?
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Correct answer: D. Parking within the cleared space around a fire hydrant is always illegal, because firefighters may need instant access to connect hoses. Blocking a hydrant can cost lives during a fire. If you see a hydrant, leave the whole area open.
11. You cannot change lanes because a stopped emergency vehicle sits along a two lane Wyoming road posted at 60 mph. What speed does the law require?
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Correct answer: D. On a two lane Wyoming road posted at 45 mph or higher, you must slow to 20 mph under the limit when passing a stopped emergency vehicle. No lane to move into means you cut 20 off the sign instead.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. You pass a round yellow sign marked with a large black X and the letters R R. What is it telling you?
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Correct answer: A. The round yellow RXR sign is the advance warning for a railroad crossing, posted well before the tracks. It gives you time to slow, quiet distractions, and scan for trains. Round and yellow means railroad ahead, not at, the sign.
15. You approach an intersection with no signs or signals, and another vehicle approaches from a cross street at about the same time. Who should yield?
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Correct answer: A. At an uncontrolled intersection, slow down and yield to any vehicle that reaches it at about the same time from your right. Without signs, this default rule sorts out conflicts. Same tiebreaker as a four-way stop: right goes first.
16. A friend in Wyoming 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 Wyoming, 0.08% is the per-se limit for adults, and measurable impairment often shows up well before a driver reaches it.
17. Setting cruise control on a rural Wyoming interstate posted at the state maximum, you should set it no higher than which speed?
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Correct answer: B. The state maximum in Wyoming is 80 mph, so cruise control should never be set above it where that limit is posted. Think of the posted limit as a ceiling for ideal conditions, never a required speed.
18. 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.
19. In Wyoming, a driver who is 21 or older breaks the law by driving with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) at or above what level?
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Correct answer: A. Wyoming law makes it illegal to drive with a BAC of 0.08% or higher. Alcohol slows judgment and reaction time, and impairment can begin well below that number. Treat 0.08% as a legal line, never a safe target.
20. You are studying for the Wyoming 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 Wyoming, 15 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.
21. 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.
22. Before turning left across oncoming traffic, why should you look twice for motorcycles?
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Correct answer: A. A motorcycle's narrow profile fools your eyes: it looks farther away and slower than it really is. Many rider deaths happen when cars turn left across their path. Look twice and judge twice before you commit.
23. In Wyoming, 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 Wyoming, 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.
24. Why is it illegal to park on a sidewalk or in a crosswalk?
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Correct answer: B. Sidewalks and crosswalks are reserved walking space; a parked car there pushes pedestrians, strollers, and wheelchairs out into traffic lanes. The law keeps walking paths continuous and safe. If people walk there, your car never belongs there.
25. A 17-year-old in Wyoming claims, 'I only need to stay under the adult limit.' Under zero tolerance, the BAC that actually applies to under-21 drivers is what?
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Correct answer: C. The adult limit is irrelevant for minors. Wyoming's zero-tolerance law applies at 0.02% for drivers under 21, because any alcohol raises a new driver's crash risk. If you are under 21, drinking and driving simply never mix.
26. You are 16 and have held a Wyoming intermediate permit for six months. What else must you finish before Wyoming grants you full driving privileges?
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Correct answer: D. Wyoming grants full privileges at 16 only with six months on the intermediate permit plus an approved driver education course. Skip the course and you wait until you turn 17 instead.
27. Graduated driver licensing (GDL) in Wyoming 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 Wyoming 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.
28. Children are playing near the curb on an unposted neighborhood street in Wyoming. 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 Wyoming 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.
29. You stop at a red light planning to turn right, and a white sign beside the signal reads NO TURN ON RED. What does the sign change?
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Correct answer: A. Many places allow a right turn on red after a complete stop, but a NO TURN ON RED sign removes that option. It appears where crosswalks or sight lines make red-light turns risky. When posted, red simply means wait.
30. You hit a stretch of heavy rain and patchy fog on the highway. How should you adjust your speed?
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Correct answer: B. In rain or fog, reduce speed until you could stop within the distance you can actually see, since wet pavement stretches stopping distance and fog hides hazards. Drive by sight distance: if you cannot see it, slow for it.
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