Arkansas ODS Permit Practice Test 4
Test 4 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. On a school speed limit sign, the part carrying the word SCHOOL is shown
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Answer A: in black on a fluorescent yellow-green background
The SCHOOL portion of the school speed limit sign uses the same fluorescent yellow-green background as school warning signs, while the speed portion keeps the standard regulatory appearance.
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2. What does Arkansas impose for a fourth refusal to submit to testing within five years?
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Answer C: Lifetime revocation
A fourth refusal to test within a five-year span results in lifetime revocation of the Arkansas driving privilege.
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3. How does Arkansas grade a distracted driving offense when the resulting crash causes serious physical injury or death?
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Answer A: As a Class A misdemeanor
Arkansas Code 27-51-1506 and 27-51-1607 make the driver guilty of a Class A misdemeanor upon conviction when the collision causes serious physical injury or death.
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4. When does Arkansas law forbid a driver of any age to use a wireless telecommunications device near a school?
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Answer C: When passing a school building or zone during school hours with children present and outside
Arkansas Code 27-51-1605 bans device use while passing a school building or school zone during school hours when children are present and outside the building, except in an emergency.
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5. You are driving through patchy fog on a highway. What should you be ready for?
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Answer B: Sudden dense banks where visibility drops within a few car lengths
Patchy fog can go from clear to nearly blind in a moment, so keep your speed low enough that a sudden bank does not leave you without room.
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6. Alcohol is classified as which kind of drug?
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Answer B: A depressant that slows the central nervous system
As a depressant, alcohol slows the brain and nervous system, which lengthens reaction time and dulls the coordination that driving depends on.
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7. A bicyclist ahead of you extends the left arm out with the forearm bent upward. What does that signal mean?
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Answer A: The bicyclist intends to turn right
Bicyclists use the same hand signals as drivers: left arm straight out means left, left arm bent up means right, and left arm bent down means stop or slow.
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8. A pedestrian signal changes to a flashing upraised hand. What does that indication mean?
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Answer C: Do not start crossing, but finish a crossing already begun
The flashing upraised hand is the pedestrian change interval: nobody may start to cross, but a pedestrian already in the crosswalk may continue to the far side or to a median.
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9. A sign with a green background and a white legend normally provides
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Answer A: directions, distances and destinations
Green is the background color of the guide sign series, which names routes and destinations and gives the distance to them.
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10. Why is dusk one of the harder times of day to drive?
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Answer B: The failing light blurs shapes into the background
In fading light there is not enough contrast to pick objects out, yet it is not dark enough for headlights to do the work, so pedestrians and cyclists disappear.
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11. In Arkansas, up to what age must all children wear an appropriate safety restraint while the vehicle is in motion?
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Answer C: Under 15 years old
Arkansas law requires every child under the age of fifteen to wear an appropriate safety restraint whenever the vehicle is moving.
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12. What is the minimum fine in Arkansas for passing a stopped school bus that has its red lights flashing?
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Answer C: $250
Arkansas treats this as a misdemeanor with a fine of at least two hundred fifty dollars and up to one thousand dollars, plus possible jail time of up to ninety days.
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13. What is the maximum speed limit for a passenger car on an Arkansas controlled-access highway that lies outside an urban area and has at least four lanes divided by a median strip?
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Answer D: 75 miles per hour
Arkansas Code 27-51-201 sets 75 miles per hour as the maximum for a motor vehicle on a controlled-access highway outside an urban area with at least four lanes divided by a median.
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14. What should you do with the key and your belongings when you leave the vehicle in a public lot?
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Answer D: Take the key with you, lock up and put valuables out of sight
Most vehicle thefts are opportunistic: a key left behind or a bag in plain view is the invitation.
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15. Reaching for a drink in the cup holder is which kind of distraction?
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Answer A: Manual and visual at the same time
Your hand leaves the wheel and your eyes flick down to find the cup, so a task that feels trivial takes away two of the three things driving needs.
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16. A white arrow painted in your lane points only to the right, and a sign above the lane shows the same movement. What must you do?
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Answer C: Turn right from that lane
Pavement arrows used with lane-use signs are regulatory, so a driver occupying that lane must make the movement shown.
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17. At which location is this sign normally installed?
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Answer D: Facing traffic that could turn into a one-way roadway or ramp against the flow
It is posted where a driver could otherwise enter a ramp or a one-way roadway from the wrong end, so it faces exactly the traffic that has to be kept out.
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18. What range of points does the Arkansas driver improvement system assess for a moving violation?
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Answer B: Three to eight points, according to severity
Arkansas assesses a point range of three to eight points on all moving violations, depending on how serious the violation is.
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19. What field of vision does Arkansas require of a driver's license applicant?
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Answer D: 140 degrees with two functional eyes, 105 degrees with one
Arkansas Code 27-16-704 sets the field of vision standard at 140 degrees for a person with two functional eyes and 105 degrees for a person with one functional eye.
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20. Under Arkansas law, when can a driver be charged with DWI at an alcohol concentration between 0.04 and 0.08 percent?
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Answer D: When the driver is involved in a traffic crash or a serious traffic offense
Arkansas allows a DWI charge in the 0.04 to 0.08 percent range when the driver is involved in a traffic crash or a serious traffic offense.
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21. A driver is following you far too closely and you have a turn coming up. How should you slow down for it?
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Answer B: Signal early and slow gradually well before the turn
Early signals and gentle braking give a tailgater the time and distance they have failed to leave for themselves.
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22. What does Arkansas law say about an officer's access to a phone that a driver hands over to show insurance electronically?
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Answer C: It does not authorise a search of any other content without a warrant or probable cause
Arkansas Code 27-22-104 states that showing insurance in electronic form does not authorise a search of any other content of the device without a search warrant or probable cause.
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23. What is true about an airbag once it has inflated in a crash?
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Answer B: It must be replaced by a technician before the car is driven any further
An airbag is a single use device, and the module and often the belts must be replaced before the vehicle protects anyone again.
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24. You are on an entrance ramp joining a busy freeway. What should you do with your speed in the acceleration lane?
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Answer D: Build it up to about the speed of the traffic you are joining
Merging works when your speed matches the traffic stream, because a large speed difference forces the drivers already on the freeway to brake or swerve.
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25. What does Arkansas require of every occupant when a driver holding an instruction permit is at the wheel?
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Answer D: All passengers must wear seat belts
Arkansas requires that all passengers riding in a motor vehicle with an instruction permit holder wear seat belts, without the exemptions that apply to other drivers.