Hawaii HDOT MVSO 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 24 correct answers to pass, the same ratio as the real Hawaii test.
- Questions30
- Correct to pass24
- Passing score80%
- Minimum age15 years 6 months
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1. What is wrong with slowing to a crawl at a stop sign and then rolling on through?
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Answer C: It is not a stop, and you may miss a pedestrian or cross traffic
A rolling stop is a violation and it also cuts short the moment you need in order to look carefully in each direction before entering.
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2. A bicycle symbol topped by two chevrons is painted in the middle of a travel lane. What does that marking indicate?
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Answer D: Bicyclists share the lane with motor vehicles and may ride away from the curb
A shared lane marking shows drivers where bicyclists are likely to ride in a lane used by both bicycles and motor vehicles.
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3. A Hawaii provisional licensee may normally carry only one passenger under eighteen. Which young passengers do not count against that limit?
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Answer A: A household member, or a household member's foster or hanai child
Hawaii excludes household members, and a household member's foster or hanai child, from the single passenger limit that applies to provisional licensees.
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4. What is expressly NOT a consequence of breaching Hawaii's stopped emergency vehicle rule?
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Answer C: A requirement to furnish proof of financial responsibility
The statute states that a violation is not subject to the section requiring proof of financial responsibility to be furnished.
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5. You are driving at night through heavy falling snow. Which headlight setting works better and why?
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Answer C: Low beams, because high beams bounce off the falling flakes back at you
Falling snow reflects light the way fog does, so high beams build a white wall of glare while low beams still give a usable view.
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6. What happens to a Hawaii driver whose test shows a blood alcohol content of .08 or more, or who refuses the test?
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Answer A: The license is taken away and a 30-day temporary driving permit is issued, with the right to request a hearing
Under Hawaii's administrative license revocation process the license is taken and a 30-day temporary permit is issued, and the driver may request a hearing.
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7. An upward-pointing pentagon with a yellow legend and border on a blue background is used as
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Answer D: a county route marker
The pentagon serves both the school warning series and county route markers, and the blue background with yellow legend identifies the county route version.
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8. A driver has to stop for a train at this sign. How far back from the nearest rail should the vehicle be held?
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Answer C: No closer than roughly fifteen feet
A train and its load overhang the rails, so stopping no closer than about fifteen feet keeps the vehicle outside the space the train actually sweeps.
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9. What is the usual result of driving well above the flow of traffic on a typical trip?
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Answer B: Very little time saved, with much greater risk
Signals, traffic and short distances swallow the theoretical gain, while crash risk and crash severity both climb sharply with speed.
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10. How long may a Hawaii license be revoked for refusing a requested alcohol test?
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Answer D: Two, four or eight years, depending on prior alcohol enforcement contacts
Hawaii revokes the license of a driver who refuses testing for two, four or eight years according to prior alcohol enforcement contacts, double the one, two or four year periods that apply to a driver who tests .08 or more, and the driver can still be charged with driving under the influence.
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11. What are front fog lights for?
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Answer D: Adding a low, wide beam close to the car when visibility is poor
Fog lights throw a low, wide beam under the fog, which is why they are mounted low and are used only in poor visibility.
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12. How long is a Hawaii temporary instruction permit valid?
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Answer B: One year
The examiner of drivers issues an instruction permit entitling the holder to drive for one year, with a shorter term where the permit is tied to a driver training course.
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13. A person using a wheelchair is waiting to cross at a corner ahead. How should you treat that person?
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Answer B: As a pedestrian with the right of way at the crossing
A wheelchair or a mobility scooter user has the rights of a pedestrian, so yield the whole crossing and wait until the crossing is finished.
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14. You are leaving a private driveway and entering a public street. What are you required to do?
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Answer B: Stop and yield to traffic on the street and to pedestrians on the sidewalk
A driver entering a roadway from a driveway, alley or private road must stop and yield to traffic on the roadway and to pedestrians on the sidewalk being crossed.
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15. Which vehicles must display a slow moving vehicle emblem on a Hawaii public highway?
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Answer A: Any vehicle designed to operate at twenty-five miles per hour or less
Hawaii requires the triangular emblem on any vehicle or combination designed to operate at twenty-five miles per hour or less, mounted base down between three and five feet above the ground.
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16. What is the maximum penalty in Hawaii for possessing an opened container of liquor while driving?
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Answer A: A fine of not more than two thousand dollars or thirty days in jail, or both
Consuming or possessing an opened container of intoxicating liquor while operating a motor vehicle or moped carries a fine of not more than two thousand dollars or imprisonment of not more than thirty days, or both.
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17. On which approach is this sign normally installed?
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Answer C: On the road that ends, far enough ahead for the driver to slow down
The warning belongs on the approach that terminates, placed early enough that the driver can lose speed and choose a direction before reaching the junction.
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18. You are waiting to turn and the traffic ahead has stopped. Where must you not come to rest?
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Answer D: On the crosswalk, which people need in order to cross the street
Stopping on a crosswalk forces pedestrians out into the traffic lanes to get around you, so you hold back before it instead.
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19. The center line beside your lane is solid yellow while the opposite side has a broken yellow line. What does this mean?
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Answer D: You may not pass, but traffic in the other direction may
A solid yellow line on your side of the center marks a no-passing zone for your direction only, while the broken line grants the opposing direction a passing zone.
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20. What is the minimum age for a Hawaii provisional license?
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Answer D: 16 years
Hawaii sets 16 as the minimum age for a provisional license, and the applicant must also complete a state certified driver's education course and pass a road test.
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21. What counts as excessive speeding under Hawaii law?
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Answer C: Exceeding the applicable limit by 30 miles per hour or more, or driving 80 miles per hour or more regardless of the limit
Hawaii defines excessive speeding as exceeding the state or county limit by 30 miles per hour or more, or reaching 80 miles per hour or more no matter what the limit is.
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22. You have printed directions or paperwork you need to check. When should you read them?
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Answer C: Before you leave, or after you park
Reading takes eyes and mind off the road for far longer than any safe glance, and a light that changes while you read leaves you moving off blind.
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23. A driver stopped on suspicion of impaired driving refuses to take a chemical test. What happens?
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Answer D: A license penalty follows for the refusal itself
Under implied consent, holding a license means agreeing to testing, so a refusal brings its own suspension separately from anything the court decides.
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24. How should a head restraint be adjusted?
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Answer D: So the top is at least as high as the back of your head and close behind it
A restraint set at head height and close behind limits how far the head snaps backward in a rear impact, which is what reduces neck injury.
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25. What does a traction control system do?
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Answer A: It limits wheel spin when you accelerate
Traction control cuts power or brakes a spinning wheel so the tires can grip when you pull away or accelerate on a slippery surface.
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26. What does a sign reading Slower Traffic Keep Right require?
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Answer C: Traffic moving slower than the general flow must use the right-hand lane
The sign applies to any vehicle traveling below the speed of the traffic around it, which must keep right so faster vehicles can use the lanes to the left.
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27. Besides the fine, what must a Hawaii court order on a first conviction for driving without insurance?
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Answer D: A three-month license suspension, or six months of nonrefundable cover
The court must either suspend the license of the driver or registered owner for three months on a first conviction, or require a nonrefundable motor vehicle insurance policy to be kept in force for six months.
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28. A Hawaii driver's license expired four months ago and nothing has been done about it. What happens now?
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Answer B: The holder is treated as an applicant for a new license and must be examined
If a Hawaii renewal is not applied for within ninety days after the expiration date, the applicant is treated as an applicant for a new license and must take the examinations again.
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29. A center lane is marked with a broken yellow line on each side and is controlled by overhead lane signals. How is that lane used?
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Answer A: It carries traffic one way or the other according to the signals
A reversible lane is marked with broken yellow lines on both sides and its direction of travel is set by the lane control signals above it.
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30. You reach an intersection showing a steady red light, and a stop line is painted across your lane. Where must you bring the vehicle to a complete stop?
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Answer C: Before the stop line
A steady red requires a complete stop before the marked stop line. Where there is no stop line you stop before the crosswalk, and where there is neither, before entering the intersection.