Arkansas ODS Permit Practice Test 10
Test 10 of 10. Pick an answer for each question to see if it is right and why; your score appears at the end. You need 20 correct answers to pass, the same ratio as the real Arkansas test.
- Questions25
- Correct to pass20
- Passing score80%
- Minimum age14 years
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1. How does going a long time without sleep compare with drinking?
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Answer A: It can impair a driver in much the same way
Long periods awake produce slow reactions, poor judgment and lapses of attention that resemble the effects of alcohol, which is why fatigue counts as impairment.
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2. The low sun is directly ahead and glare makes it hard to see. What should you do?
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Answer C: Slow down, use the sun visor or sunglasses, and increase following distance
Sun glare can hide pedestrians, brake lights and signals. Reducing speed and adding space gives you time to react to what you cannot yet see.
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3. You are turning left from a one-way street onto a two-way street. How should the turn be made?
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Answer B: Start in the far left lane and finish just to the right of the center line
Left turns begin from the lane nearest the left edge of the street you are leaving and must finish on the right-hand side of the center line of a two-way street.
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4. What does the Arkansas manual tell a driver to do if an emergency vehicle approaches while the driver is inside an intersection?
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Answer A: Drive through the intersection first, then pull over
Arkansas instructs drivers already in an intersection to go ahead and drive through it before pulling over for the approaching emergency vehicle.
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5. Your lane is ending ahead in slow, heavy traffic and drivers in the next lane are already bumper to bumper. What is the recommended way to merge?
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Answer C: Take turns, one vehicle from each lane at the merge point
Alternating one for one at the merge point keeps both lanes moving and is the safest way to combine slow traffic.
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6. It is dark, it is raining and you are towing a trailer. How should you set your following gap?
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Answer B: Add extra seconds for each condition, well beyond three
Each factor that lengthens your stopping distance or shortens your view calls for another second or more, and they add up when several occur together.
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7. A notification appears on your smart watch while you are driving. What should you do?
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Answer B: Treat it as you would a phone and leave it
A watch screen demands the same eyes and the same attention as a phone, and a wrist is no safer a place to read a message than a dashboard.
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8. A person who is not an Arkansas resident but is physically present in the state must obtain an Arkansas driver's license after how long?
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Answer A: Six months
Arkansas Code 27-16-606 requires a nonresident who has been physically present in the state for six months to obtain an Arkansas driver's license.
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9. What liability coverage must an Arkansas transportation network company driver carry while engaged in a prearranged ride?
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Answer A: At least $1,000,000
Arkansas requires at least one million dollars of cover for death, bodily injury and property damage while a rideshare driver is engaged in a prearranged ride.
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10. In Arkansas, when are oncoming drivers excused from stopping for a school bus that is loading or unloading with red lights flashing?
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Answer B: When a median at least 20 feet wide separates the opposing lanes
Arkansas exempts drivers approaching in the opposite direction only when the roadway is divided by a median twenty feet or more in width.
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11. How much following distance should you keep behind a motorcycle?
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Answer C: At least three to four seconds
A motorcycle can slow or stop very quickly and is easily upset by a surprise, so allow three to four seconds instead of the usual car gap.
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12. What does Arkansas law require when a driver decides it is unsafe or impossible to change lanes for a stopped authorized vehicle?
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Answer D: Reduce speed and keep it reduced through the area
Arkansas Code 27-51-310 requires the driver who cannot change lanes safely to reduce speed, exercise due caution and maintain a reduced speed through the area where the vehicle is stopped.
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13. When does the restriction on an Arkansas Learner's License finally come to an end?
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Answer A: When the holder turns 16 and has completed six months of restricted driving
The Arkansas Learner's License stays restricted until the holder's sixteenth birthday and until the six months of restricted driving have been completed, so both conditions must be met.
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14. A streetcar is coming along tracks in the middle of the street as you wait to turn across them. What should you do?
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Answer A: Let the streetcar pass before you cross the tracks
Rail vehicles cannot steer around you and need a long distance to stop, so drivers yield to a streetcar or light rail train.
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15. How often should the spare tire be checked?
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Answer C: Regularly, because a spare loses pressure while it sits unused
Spares lose air slowly over months, and a flat spare is useless at the moment you need it.
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16. Why should you not leave the engine running when you walk away from your vehicle?
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Answer C: Because the vehicle can be stolen or can move on its own
An unattended running vehicle is an easy theft and, if the transmission slips or is knocked out of park, it can roll away with nobody at the wheel.
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17. What penalties may an Arkansas court impose on a driver found guilty of violating the Move Over Law?
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Answer B: A fine of up to $500, jail time, or both, plus a possible license suspension of up to six months
Arkansas allows a fine of up to five hundred dollars, jail time or both, and the court may add community service or suspend the license for up to six months.
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18. How close may an Arkansas driver follow another vehicle before the manual says low beam headlights must be used?
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Answer B: Closer than 200 feet
The Arkansas manual tells drivers to dim to low beams within five hundred feet of an oncoming vehicle and to use low beams when following another vehicle closer than two hundred feet.
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19. What ceiling does Arkansas law place on a prima facie speed limit that a local authority raises by ordinance?
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Answer A: 45 miles per hour
Arkansas Code 27-51-206 lets local authorities authorise higher prima facie speeds by ordinance but forbids any ordinance speed above forty-five miles per hour.
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20. What does a broken line indicate, whatever color it is painted?
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Answer C: That crossing it is permitted
A broken line always describes a permissive condition, and the color then tells the driver whether the traffic beyond it runs the same way or the opposite way.
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21. You are calling 911 to report a crash. Which information matters most?
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Answer C: The exact location, how many people are hurt and any hazard such as fire
Dispatchers need to know where to send help, how much help to send, and what dangers the crews will meet on arrival.
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22. What effect does the Arkansas texting law have on city and county rules about texting while driving?
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Answer A: It supersedes and preempts them
Arkansas Code 27-51-1505 states that the subchapter supersedes and preempts all county or municipal ordinances on using a wireless device for texting while driving.
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23. You are turning left at an intersection and an oncoming bicyclist is approaching in the bike lane. What must you do?
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Answer B: Yield and complete the turn only after the bicyclist has passed
A bicycle in the roadway has the same right of way as a vehicle, so a left-turning driver must yield to an oncoming rider just as to an oncoming car.
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24. What condition does Arkansas place on an out-of-state driver's license presented when applying for an Arkansas license?
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Answer B: It cannot be expired by more than 30 calendar days
An applicant may use a valid hard copy license from another state, and Arkansas accepts it only if it has not been expired for more than thirty calendar days.
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25. You are stopped at a stop sign where your road ends at a two-way through street and you plan to turn left. What must you yield to?
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Answer B: Traffic from both directions and any pedestrians crossing
A left turn from the stem of a T crosses the near lane and joins the far one, so you give way to traffic in both directions and to pedestrians.