Pennsylvania permit test: practice questions

Try three questions

Three questions from the United States (Pennsylvania) bank, as you'll see them in the app.

1. You reach an intersection where the traffic signal is completely dark because of a power cut. What do you do?

   1. Follow the car in front of you, since its driver will know the right thing to do
   2. Stop as at a stop sign and proceed only when it is safe after yielding
   3. Treat it as a yield sign and proceed if no other vehicle is close to the intersection
   4. Proceed at normal speed, because an intersection with no active signal has no control
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   Answer: Stop as at a stop sign and proceed only when it is safe after yielding

   If a traffic signal is out of operation, a driver facing a red or completely unlighted signal must stop as at a stop sign and then follow the stop-sign rules. 75 Pa.C.S. § 3112(c)(2).

2. A 19-year-old is stopped and tests positive for any alcohol, but at a very low level. What is the likely charge?

   1. Nothing, as long as the BAC is below 0.08 percent for any driver of any age
   2. Driving as a minor with any alcohol in the system, a separate summary offense
   3. A felony, because of the driver's age and the presence of alcohol
   4. Only a warning, since it is a first stop and the BAC is so low
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   Answer: Driving as a minor with any alcohol in the system, a separate summary offense

   A person under 21 may not drive, operate or be in physical control of a motor vehicle with any alcohol in the system; this carries a summary offense fine. 75 Pa.C.S. § 3718.

3. You hit an unattended parked car and cannot find the owner. What must you do?

   1. Leave your phone number on a card in the car, without informing the police about the crash
   2. Attach a written note with your name, address and insurance details, and notify the police
   3. Drive away if nobody saw the crash happen, since there is no one to notify about it at all
   4. Leave only a note that contains no contact details for the owner of the damaged car
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   Answer: Attach a written note with your name, address and insurance details, and notify the police

   The driver must stop and either find and tell the owner, or securely attach a note with name, address, financial-responsibility information and registration number, and notify the police without unnecessary delay. 75 Pa.C.S. § 3745(a).

Where the questions come from

Written from the published rules · Pennsylvania Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.) rules of the road (PennDOT Driver and Vehicle Services). See every official source

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