Hawaii HDOT MVSO Permit Practice Test 8
Test 8 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. You are hosting a party and a guest who has been drinking wants to drive home. What should you do?
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Answer D: Stop serving and arrange a ride or a bed
Only time removes alcohol, so a host who wants to prevent a crash has to remove the driving, not try to speed up sobering that cannot be sped up.
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2. What is the minimum age to operate a low-speed electric bicycle in Hawaii?
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Answer B: Fifteen years
Hawaii law provides that no person under the age of fifteen shall operate a low-speed electric bicycle.
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3. How far from a stopped school bus with its visual signals actuated must a Hawaii driver stop?
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Answer C: Not less than twenty feet
Drivers in the lane occupied by the school bus and in all adjacent lanes must stop not less than twenty feet from the bus and wait until it moves off or the signals go out.
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4. An angry driver is following you closely and gesturing at you. What is the safe response?
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Answer B: Drive to a police station or to a busy public place and call for help
Never stop to confront an aggressive driver and never lead one home; go somewhere public and get the police involved.
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5. How far ahead should you normally be looking while driving?
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Answer D: About 12 to 15 seconds of travel ahead
Looking that far ahead, roughly a block in town and much farther on a highway, gives you time to see a problem developing and adjust before it becomes an emergency.
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6. Under Hawaii's zero tolerance rule, drivers under 21 may not operate a vehicle with what blood alcohol content?
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Answer C: .02 or more
Hawaii prohibits drivers under 21 from operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content of .02 or more.
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7. An adult convicted of impaired driving in Hawaii was carrying a passenger younger than fifteen. What is added to the sentence?
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Answer B: A fine of five hundred dollars and forty-eight hours of imprisonment
A person aged eighteen or over who drove with a passenger under fifteen faces an extra mandatory five hundred dollar fine and forty-eight hours of imprisonment, and the revocation becomes at least two years.
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8. A high-occupancy vehicle lane is separated from the general lanes by a pair of solid white lines with a gap every so often. Where may you enter or leave it?
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Answer D: Only at the openings where the solid lines are broken
The solid lines forbid crossing, so entry and exit are limited to the designated openings where the marking is broken.
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9. Why should you stay out of an intersection you cannot clear, even on a green light?
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Answer B: Because you would block cross traffic when their signal turns green
A vehicle stranded in the intersection blocks the cross street when its light turns green, which stalls the whole junction and traps emergency vehicles.
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10. Many signs use a symbol instead of words. The main advantage is that a symbol
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Answer C: can be read from farther away and by more people
A symbol is recognized at greater distance than a line of text and does not depend on the reader knowing English.
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11. A yellow diamond showing the silhouette of a deer warns that
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Answer D: large animals may cross the road in that area
The sign marks a stretch where animals are known to cross, so drivers should reduce speed and scan both roadsides, especially around dawn and dusk.
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12. What must a Hawaii driver satisfy to convert a provisional license into a full driver's license?
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Answer C: Be at least 17 years old and have held the provisional license for six months
Hawaii requires the driver to reach age 17 and to have held the provisional license for six months before the full license is issued.
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13. You are stopped in slow traffic and a motorcycle comes up between the lanes. What should you do?
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Answer D: Hold your position and avoid any sudden lane change
The danger to a rider between lanes comes from a vehicle moving sideways without warning, so staying predictable is what protects them.
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14. A driver who has been drinking has two cups of strong coffee. What has changed?
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Answer D: The driver is more awake but just as impaired
Coffee can make a drinker feel alert, but nothing except time removes alcohol from the blood, so a wide awake drinker is still an impaired driver.
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15. In which case may the examiner of drivers waive both the written examination and the driving demonstration for a new Hawaii applicant?
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Answer A: The applicant is at least eighteen and holds a valid license from another state
Hawaii may waive the knowledge test and the road test for an applicant aged eighteen or over who holds a valid license from another state or a listed reciprocal jurisdiction.
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16. Which headlight setting should you use in dense fog?
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Answer B: Low beams
High beams reflect off the water droplets in fog and bounce glare back at you, while low beams aim downward and light the road without that mirror effect.
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17. Who must consent before a Hawaii instruction permit is issued to a person under eighteen?
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Answer A: Each living parent or legal guardian, unless married or emancipated
Hawaii requires parental consent from each living parent or legal guardian named in legal custody documents unless the applicant is married or emancipated.
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18. What is the safest way to pass a bicyclist on a road with two lanes going your way?
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Answer D: Change lanes completely, as you would for a car
A bicycle is entitled to the room a vehicle needs, and moving into the next lane gives the rider space to swerve around a drain or a pothole.
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19. You must cross a stretch of water lying across the road that you know is shallow. What is the right technique?
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Answer A: Slow down before you reach it and cross steadily in a low gear
Slow before the water, then keep a steady low speed so you do not throw water over the engine or lose steering. Test the brakes gently once you are through.
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20. Your passengers are being noisy and you are losing concentration. What should you do?
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Answer B: Ask them to settle down, or pull over safely until they do
The driver is responsible for the conditions inside the vehicle, and stopping is always better than driving distracted.
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21. A Hawaii driver is convicted of inattention to driving after causing a minor collision. What is the maximum fine?
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Answer A: Five hundred dollars
Inattention to driving carries a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment of not more than thirty days, or both, and a trauma system surcharge of up to one hundred dollars.
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22. Which of these is included in Hawaii's definition of an emergency vehicle for the stopped vehicle rule?
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Answer A: A tow truck
Hawaii's definition covers police and fire vehicles, ocean safety vehicles, emergency medical services vehicles, freeway service patrol vehicles, sheriff and emergency management vehicles, harbours and conservation enforcement vehicles, and tow trucks.
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23. A grade crossing is marked only with a crossbuck and has no lights or gates. What does the crossbuck require of you?
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Answer C: Yield to rail traffic and cross only when no train is approaching
The crossbuck requires road users to yield the right-of-way to rail traffic, so you must look and listen and be ready to stop.
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24. A yellow diamond shows an arrow that doubles back on itself. What kind of curve lies ahead?
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Answer C: A turn of 135 degrees or more, nearly doubling back
The hairpin curve sign is used where the road changes direction by 135 degrees or more, and it is normally backed up by chevrons or a large arrow through the bend.
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25. What fine does Hawaii impose on a driver convicted of having no motor vehicle insurance policy in force?
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Answer B: Five hundred dollars
Where the driver is convicted of having had no policy in force when the citation was issued, the fine is five hundred dollars for the first offense.
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26. Two drivers each have three drinks, one over three hours and one in half an hour. What is the difference?
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Answer C: The fast drinker reaches a higher peak level
The liver removes alcohol at a steady rate, so drinking faster than the body can clear it pushes the blood alcohol level much higher.
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27. A signal stands part way up a freeway entrance ramp and turns green briefly again and again. How many vehicles does such a signal normally release on each green?
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Answer A: One for each lane of the ramp
A ramp control signal releases a single vehicle per lane on each green so that vehicles reach the merge one at a time instead of in a bunch.
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28. You want to turn left at an intersection with no signs or signals and a vehicle is coming straight toward you from the opposite direction. What must you do?
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Answer C: Yield and turn after the oncoming vehicle has passed
A driver turning left always gives way to oncoming traffic that is close enough to be a hazard, whether or not the intersection is controlled.
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29. What is the maximum fine for passing a stopped school bus with its red lamps flashing on a Hawaii state highway?
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Answer A: One thousand dollars
The general maximum is five hundred dollars or community service, but where the offense happens on a state highway the maximum fine doubles to one thousand dollars.
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30. Besides the traffic behind you, what else must you check before moving into the next lane?
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Answer D: That there is room ahead in the new lane for your normal following distance
Moving into a gap that is too short leaves you tailgating the vehicle ahead with a vehicle close behind you.