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#1. With an intermediate driver's license may not drive alone between:

2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m

A. 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m

11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m

B. 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m

1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m

C. 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m

You may not drive alone between 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. except to and from a school activity, job, or an emergency.

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#2. As a defensive driver, you should:

Avoid looking in your mirrors when going faster than 40 mph

A. Avoid looking in your mirrors when going faster than 40 mph

Keep your eyes moving and be alert

B. Keep your eyes moving and be alert

Expect others to always follow traffic signals and signs

C. Expect others to always follow traffic signals and signs

To avoid making mistakes, or being in an accident because of someone else’s mistake, you must drive defensively. As a defensive driver you should keep your eyes moving, expect other drivers to make mistakes, be ready to react, and know what to do if a mistake happens.

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#3. Which method helps you determine a safe following distance between you and the vehicle ahead?

Flashing your headlights

A. Flashing your headlights

Using a three-second rule

B. Using a three-second rule

Using a three-car-length rule

C. Using a three-car-length rule

A good way to measure your safe following distance is to use the three-second rule.

Choose an object near the road ahead, like a sign or telephone pole. As the vehicle ahead of you passes it, count slowly, One thousand one, one thousand two, and one thousand three. If you reach the object before you finish counting, you are too close to the vehicle ahead.

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#4. When entering an interstate highway or a controlled access highway, you should be driving:

At the legal speed limit

A. At the legal speed limit

At, or near the same speed as the flow of traffic

B. At, or near the same speed as the flow of traffic

Faster than the flow of traffic

C. Faster than the flow of traffic

Use the ramp and acceleration lane to increase your speed to match the speed of the vehicles on the highway

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#5. A white cloth tied to a radio antenna or a door handle indicates:

Hazardous load

A. Hazardous load

A vehicle breakdown

B. A vehicle breakdown

Slow moving vehicle

C. Slow moving vehicle

If your vehicle breaks down on a highway, make sure other drivers can see you and your vehicle. If at all possible, get your vehicle off the road and away from traffic. Alert other drivers by turning on your emergency flashers. It is also helpful to raise the hood, or tie a white cloth to the antenna.

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#6. When driving on a clear night with a steady stream of oncoming traffic, you should use:

Parking lights

A. Parking lights

Headlights on low beam

B. Headlights on low beam

Headlights on high beam

C. Headlights on high beam

When driving in areas with heavy traffic at night always use your low beams. High beams should only be used when there are no oncoming vehicles.

Never drive with parking lights when headlights are required.

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#7. What should you do if you suddenly hear a thumping sound from your tires?

Step hard on the brakes

A. Step hard on the brakes

Keep speed and immediately steer off the road

B. Keep speed and immediately steer off the road

Grip the steering wheel firmly, ease off gas and steer straight

C. Grip the steering wheel firmly, ease off gas and steer straight

If you have a tire blowout, the steering wheel may jerk, and you may lose control of your vehicle. Don’t try to steer off the road before the car has slowed down.

• Hold the steering wheel tightly.
• Take your foot off the accelerator, but do not hit the brakes.
• Steer completely off the road and apply the brakes when the vehicle is almost stopped.
• Turn on your emergency flashers.
• Change the tire only if you can do so without placing yourself in danger.

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#8. If you refuse to take a test to measure how much alcohol is in your system:

You will be issued a restricted driving permit

A. You will be issued a restricted driving permit

You cannot be convicted of a DWI or BAC

B. You cannot be convicted of a DWI or BAC

Your driver's license will be suspended for 12 months

C. Your driver's license will be suspended for 12 months

If a police officer stops you and you refuse to take a chemical test to determine your BAC, your driver’s license will be taken away for one year.

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#9. With after-market glass tinting, the windshield may be darkened up to:

20 percent

A. 20 percent

0 percent (not allowed)

B. 0 percent (not allowed)

35 percent

C. 35 percent

Tinting or sun-screening material is permitted on the side and rear windows only (front door windows at no more than 65 percent light blockage).

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#10. Traffic in a roundabout:

Travels counter-clockwise

A. Travels counter-clockwise

Exits by making a left turn

B. Exits by making a left turn

Must yield to entering traffic

C. Must yield to entering traffic

At a roundabout, drivers who approach the intersection make a slight right turn to go counterclockwise around a circular center island. NEVER make a left turn to enter a roundabout.

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#11. When you hear an emergency vehicle approaching from any direction on an undivided highway, you must:

Slow down

A. Slow down

Pull to the right side of the road and stop

B. Pull to the right side of the road and stop

Continue driving in your lane at the same speed

C. Continue driving in your lane at the same speed

Pull over to the right edge of the road, or as near to the right as possible, when you see or hear an emergency vehicle approaching from any direction. If you are in an intersection, drive through the intersection before you pull over. Remain stopped until the emergency vehicle passes. Follow any instructions given over the emergency vehicle’s loudspeaker. Emergency vehicles may follow each other so proceed only when the way is clear.

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#12. Which is true about large trucks and tractor-trailers?

They have smaller blind spots than cars

A. They have smaller blind spots than cars

They take longer to stop than cars

B. They take longer to stop than cars

They accelerate quicker than cars

C. They accelerate quicker than cars

Tractor-trailers take longer to stop than cars traveling at the same speed. The average passenger car traveling at 55 mph can stop in about 130-140 feet, almost half the length of a football field. A fully loaded tractor- trailer may take almost 400 feet to come to a complete stop. They also accelerate slowly and have bigger blind spots than cars.

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#13. Where is a U-turn always illegal?

On a one-way street

A. On a one-way street

From a shared center lane

B. From a shared center lane

In front of a police station

C. In front of a police station

U-turns are illegal on a one-way street (you will be driving against traffic).

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#14. Which light tells you to slow down and proceed with caution through an intersection?

Flashing red

A. Flashing red

Steady red

B. Steady red

Flashing yellow

C. Flashing yellow

A flashing yellow light tells you to slow down and proceed with caution. You do not need to stop for a flashing yellow light, but you must be especially alert before entering the intersection.

A steady yellow means you must not enter the intersection, if you can stop safely.

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#15. When driving on a highway with one lane in each direction, you may cross the center line for passing:

Only when making a legal left turn

A. Only when making a legal left turn

Under no circumstances

B. Under no circumstances

When there are no oncoming vehicles and no solid yellow line

C. When there are no oncoming vehicles and no solid yellow line

When driving on a highway with a total of two lanes (one lane in each direction), drive in the right-hand lane. You may cross the center line for passing when there are no oncoming vehicles and no solid yellow line.

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#16. You must obey directions, signals, and instructions from:

Drivers of commercial vehicles

A. Drivers of commercial vehicles

Traffic or police officers

B. Traffic or police officers

Drivers stopped on the highway

C. Drivers stopped on the highway

Traffic control can be provided by law enforcement and firefighters. Drivers must obey directions from these individuals, even if the directions are different than what the traffic lights and signs indicate. You must also stop for a work zone flagman and a school crossing guard.

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#17. When you are being followed too closely by another driver, you should:

Tap your horn as a warning

A. Tap your horn as a warning

Move over to the right lane if possible

B. Move over to the right lane if possible

Brake quickly to discourage the tailgater

C. Brake quickly to discourage the tailgater

If you are followed too closely by another driver, and there is a right lane, move over to the right. If there is no right lane, wait until the road ahead is clear and then reduce speed slowly. This will encourage the tailgater to drive around you. Never slow down quickly to discourage a tailgater. This will only increase your risk of being hit from behind.

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#18. Which of the following vehicles must always stop before crossing railroad tracks?

A truck with heavy load

A. A truck with heavy load

A passenger car with young children

B. A passenger car with young children

A passenger bus

C. A passenger bus

The following vehicles must always stop at railroad crossings:

• Motor vehicles carrying passengers for hire.
• School buses.
• Motor vehicles carrying material that is corrosive, flammable, explosive, or poisonous.
• Motor vehicles used for the transportation of flammable or corrosive liquids in bulk, whether loaded or empty.

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#19. An adult car passenger must always wear a safety belt:

When in either the front or back seat

A. When in either the front or back seat

When in a front seat

B. When in a front seat

When in a back seat

C. When in a back seat

Missouri law requires the operator and front seat occupants of all passenger vehicles to wear a properly adjusted and fastened seat belt. Seat belts are not required for adult backseat passengers.

However, all passengers accompanying an intermediate driver’s license holder must be properly restrained.

Remember, seat belt laws have changed rapidly over the past decade and the laws are different depending on which state you are in. Even if the law requires only passengers in the front seat to wear seat belts, it is still a good idea to encourage everyone to buckle up.

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#20. When you park your car on any hill:

Let your front wheels point straight ahead, unless there is a curb

A. Let your front wheels point straight ahead, unless there is a curb

Set your parking brake and leave the vehicle in gear or in the park position

B. Set your parking brake and leave the vehicle in gear or in the park position

Let the rear wheels touch the curb

C. Let the rear wheels touch the curb

Drivers are responsible for making sure that their vehicle is not a hazard when it is parked. Always set your parking brake when you park. Leave the vehicle in gear if it has a manual transmission or in park if it has an automatic transmission.

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#21. When moving off in winter weather, you should start slowly and:

Test your steering control and braking ability

A. Test your steering control and braking ability

Turn off defroster

B. Turn off defroster

Flash your headlights a few times

C. Flash your headlights a few times

Once you have started on snowy or icy roads, try to get the feel of the road. Gently brake while driving to see how slippery the road is and then adjust your speed for the road conditions.

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#22. Two solid yellow lines on the pavement mean that passing is:

Not allowed

A. Not allowed

Allowed for all drivers

B. Allowed for all drivers

Allowed if you are at the top a hill

C. Allowed if you are at the top a hill

You should never cross the two solid yellow lines to pass. Two-lane roads may have no passing zones marked with a solid yellow line. No passing zones are on hills or curves where you cannot see far enough ahead to pass safely. You must complete passing before you enter the no passing zone. You may cross solid yellow lines for a left turn, when safe.

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#23. What does the basic speed rule mean?

That you may never drive at a speed that endangers you or anyone else

A. That you may never drive at a speed that endangers you or anyone else

That you can drive 5 mph faster than posted speed limit, if conditions allow

B. That you can drive 5 mph faster than posted speed limit, if conditions allow

That you must always drive at a speed that is considerably less than the posted speed limit

C. That you must always drive at a speed that is considerably less than the posted speed limit

Speed limit signs indicate the maximum speed allowed by law, and do not mean that all parts of the road can be safely driven at those speeds under all conditions. By law, when conditions demand it, you must adjust your speed. This is known as the basic speed rule.

Remember, a person shall operate a motor vehicle in a careful and prudent manner and at a rate of speed so as not to endanger the property of another or the life or limb of any person and shall exercise the highest degree of care.

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#24. Hand signals or the vehicle's turn signals should always be used when:

You prepare to change lanes

A. You prepare to change lanes

You enter an intersection

B. You enter an intersection

You want another driver to pass

C. You want another driver to pass

Before you stop, turn or change lanes, let the other drivers know what you are going to do by signaling. You can signal with your hand and arm or with your vehicle’s turn signals and brake lights. You should signal at least 100 feet before you turn so the other drivers can be ready. Check your vehicle’s turn signals often to ensure they are working properly.

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#25. You should use extra caution when approaching a pedestrian using a white cane because:

He or she has impaired hearing

A. He or she has impaired hearing

He or she is visually impaired

B. He or she is visually impaired

He or she has a walking problem

C. He or she has a walking problem

A white cane is used by many people who are blind or visually impaired, both as a mobility tool and as a courtesy to others. You must always yield the right-of-way to persons who are blind. When a pedestrian is crossing a street or highway guided by a dog or carrying a white cane (or a white cane with a red tip), you must come to a complete stop.

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Facts about Your Missouri Written Test

Missouri License & Permit Practice Test

This practice test for your Missouri written knowledge exam has 25 random questions based on the Driver Guide and actual tests released by MO Driver’s License Bureau. You can take the practice test as often as needed. Since all tests have random questions from a large bank, the questions on each test differ.

After each question, you get the correct answer and an explanation. When you complete the test, you will see your score.

The passing score in Missouri is 80 percent, which means you must answer at least 20 questions correctly. When you study, you should go for a 100% score. That way, you will know that you can pass the actual examination.

Missouri 4-part Driver Examination

To get your full unrestricted driver’s license in Missouri, you must pass four different tests:

• Vision screening
• Road sign recognition test
• Written knowledge test
• Road skills test

This practice test focuses on the 25-question written knowledge test. To check your knowledge of common road signs described in the Missouri Driver Guide, you should try this practice test: Missouri Road Sign Recognition Test .

1   Start by Getting the Missouri Driver Guide

When you are ready to prepare for the first steps of your driver’s examination, you should start by getting the Missouri Driver Guide.

The latest version of the Driver Guide is available at your local Driver Licensing Office and online.

You must know the basic Missouri traffic laws and safe driving practices described in this guide. Read it at least two or three times over a week or two. It is best to take your time digesting all the new information.

2   Use the Practice Test to Check Your Progress

When you think you have mastered the guide’s contents, use these practice tests to check whether you are ready for the real exam.

A practice test is a learning and diagnostic tool but not a good cheat sheet.

The sample questions help you understand the types of questions on the exam and which areas they may cover. The practice test has many sample questions but may not include all possible questions that the Driver Examination Division may throw at you when the day comes.

You should also be aware that Driversprep.com is not affiliated with any Missouri state or government entity. What you see here is not the official online knowledge test certifying your permit or license eligibility.

Who Must Take the MO Written Knowledge Test?

Requirements differ slightly depending on your age, whether you are applying for a new license or permit, renewing one, or recently moved to Missouri.

You must take the complete four-part driver examination if:

  You are a new driver.

New drivers must pass all tests to be eligible for a driver’s license.

If you are under 18 years, the Graduated Driver’s License (GDL) law requires you to complete a period of driving with a licensed driver (instruction permit) and restricted driving (intermediate license) before getting a full driver’s license.

  You let your license expire for more than six months.

If you let your Missouri driver’s license expire more than 184 days, you must retake all tests.

If you move to Missouri and have an out-of-state license that has been expired for more than 184 days, you must also pass all tests.

  You have a foreign license.

If you have a license from a country other than the United States and Canada, you must also pass all tests before you are eligible for a Missouri license.

  Your license was revoked

You must apply for a new license and pass all tests if your license was revoked because of too many points on your driving record or because of an Administrative Alcohol action.

  The Director of Revenue has reasons to ask for a re-examination.

When there are reasonable grounds, the Director of Revenue can require a re-examination, even if your current driver’s license is still valid.

When is the Knowledge Test Waived?

Your examiner will typically waive the knowledge test if you move to Missouri and transfer your out-of-state driver’s license to a Missouri license. Your out-of-state license must be valid. The Driver Examination Division will not issue a Missouri license if your out-of-state license has been suspended, revoked, or expired for more than six months.

Even if the clerk waives the written test, you must still pass the vision screening and the road sign identification test .

When you renew your Missouri driver’s license, you must also take the vision and road sign identification tests again.

The Official Written Test

The written test will verify your knowledge of Missouri traffic laws and driving methods.

The test is not an open-book test. Cheating, using, or attempting to use any recording, photographic, or two-way communication device during the test may be considered fraud. Fraud is a Class “A” misdemeanor that may result in the loss of your driving privilege for up to one year.

Missouri State Highway Patrol offers the written test on a computer or paper. Oral tests are also available, typically as part of the computer’s audio system. You can also request that an examiner read the test to you.

The written test on paper is available in 11 foreign languages plus English.

Not all languages are available on the computerized test. You can take the test on a computer in these languages:

If you fail the test, you can retake the test at the discretion of the examiner. There is no official wait time, but don’t expect that they will allow you to retake it. You are, however, usually allowed to retake it the next business day.

There is no time limit on the test.

You take your test at a Missouri State Highway Patrol testing location. They offer testing in all 114 Missouri counties.

Online Proctoring Test from Home

Missouri does not offer online proctoring tests from home just yet.

Missouri Graduated Licensing Program

All first-time drivers between 15 and 18 years must complete a period of driving with a licensed driver (instruction permit) and restricted driving (intermediate license) before getting a full driver’s license.

Step 1: Instruction Permit

To get your first instruction permit, you must:

  Be at least 15 years old.
  Pass vision screen, road sign recognition test, and the written knowledge test.
  Have a signed permission statement from a parent, legal guardian, or certified trainer.

You must present the test form to a local license office to apply for the temporary instruction permit. The six-month permit term begins when the instruction permit is issued, NOT the test form. Your test form from the Missouri State Highway Patrol is not valid for driving.

With a valid instruction permit, you may drive when accompanied in the front seat by a parent, legal guardian, or certified trainer with a federal residential job training program unless you are 16 years or older. If you are 16 years or older, you may drive when accompanied in the front seat by any driver who is at least 21 years old and has a valid driver’s license.

When you practice driving, you must always carry the permit with you. The driver and all passengers must wear seat belts, and you cannot use a hand-held electronic wireless communication device for sending, reading, or writing a text or electronic message.

The permit is valid for 12 months.

Step 2: Intermediate License

To qualify for the intermediate driver’s license, you must:

  Be at least 16 years old.
  Have held an instruction permit for 182 days (six months).
  Not have been convicted of alcohol-related offenses in the last 12 months.
  Not have been convicted of traffic offenses in the last six months.
  Have completed 40 hours of supervised driving, of which 10 must be at night.
  Pass vision, road sign, and written tests if previous results are more than one year old.
  Pass the road skills test.

With a valid intermediate license, you may drive without supervision. The license, however, comes with passenger restrictions and a night curfew.

  Passenger restriction:

• During the first six months, you cannot drive with more than one passenger who is under 19 years old and who is not a member of your immediate family.
• After the first six months, you cannot drive with more than three passengers who are under 19 years old and who are not members of your immediate family

  Night curfew:

You cannot drive alone between 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. except to and from a school activity, job, or emergency. You may also drive at night if a licensed driver at least 21 years old accompanies you.

Step 3: Unrestricted License

The next step is the Under-21 unrestricted license.

To get your license:

  Results from your previous Missouri written test and road skills test cannot be more than one year old.
  Your Missouri instruction permit must be valid or expired no more than six months ago.
  You must pass the vision screening and the road sign recognition test again.
  Your driver record cannot show any alcohol-related offenses or traffic convictions in the last 12 months.
  Your driving privilege cannot be suspended, revoked, or denied in any state.