New Hampshire NH DMV Permit Practice Test 9
Test 9 of 10. Pick an answer for each question to see if it is right and why; your score appears at the end. You need 32 correct answers to pass, the same ratio as the real New Hampshire test.
- Questions40
- Correct to pass32
- Passing score80%
- Minimum age16 years
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1. When should you enter a destination into a navigation device?
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Answer B: Before you start driving, or after parking in a safe place
Programming a route is a visual, manual and mental task at the same time, so it belongs to the moments before the vehicle moves rather than to any point in traffic.
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2. What makes up the total distance needed to bring a vehicle to a stop?
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Answer A: The distance covered while you perceive the hazard, the distance covered while you react, and the braking distance
Total stopping distance combines the ground covered while you notice the hazard, the ground covered while you move your foot to the brake, and the ground covered while the brakes slow the vehicle.
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3. What does the solid white line running along the right side of a highway mark?
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Answer A: The right edge of the traveled way
A solid white edge line shows where the traveled way ends on the right, which is particularly useful at night and in poor visibility.
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4. You arrive at a four-way stop after two other vehicles have already stopped there. When is it your turn?
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Answer A: After both of the earlier vehicles have gone
Vehicles clear a four-way stop in the order they arrived, so the third driver to stop is the third to go.
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5. A speed limit sign carries a second panel reading TRUCKS 55. What does that panel do?
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Answer B: It sets a lower legal limit for trucks
A truck speed limit panel is regulatory, so trucks are bound by the lower figure while other traffic keeps to the main limit.
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6. What should a driver do first after passing this sign?
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Answer A: Move into the right-hand lane and stay there
Traffic returns to two-way operation, so the driver keeps to the right of the centerline and stops treating the left side as available.
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7. A yellow sign ahead of an underpass reads LOW CLEARANCE 12 FT 6 IN. What does the figure tell you?
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Answer B: The greatest height that can pass beneath the structure
The figure is the actual clearance available, so a vehicle taller than that must leave the road and take a marked alternative route.
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8. 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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9. What does a booster seat do for a child?
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Answer B: It lifts the child so that the adult belt crosses hips and shoulder
A booster raises the child so the adult belt lies on the strong parts of the body instead of the neck and the abdomen.
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10. When New Hampshire local authorities alter a prima facie speed limit after an engineering or traffic investigation, what bounds does the statute impose?
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Answer C: They may raise a limit inside an urban district to no more than 60 mph and may not lower a limit below 25 mph
RSA 265:63 lets local authorities increase a limit within an urban district up to 60 miles per hour and decrease limits, but never below 25 miles per hour.
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11. What is the maximum speed for a New Hampshire vehicle that is towing a house trailer?
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Answer A: 45 mph
RSA 265:66 caps a vehicle towing a house trailer at 45 miles per hour regardless of the limit posted for other traffic.
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12. A pedestrian using a white cane or walking with a guide dog starts to cross the street ahead of you. What must you do?
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Answer A: Yield and stay stopped until the person has finished crossing
A white cane or guide dog identifies a pedestrian who may not be able to see your vehicle, so you must yield and wait rather than maneuver around the person. The horn can confuse the pedestrian or the dog.
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13. A yellow diamond reading DIP warns a driver about
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Answer A: a short, sharp depression in the road surface
A dip is an abrupt low point that can jolt a vehicle or scrape its underside, so speed should be reduced before reaching it.
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14. Besides school signing, which warning signs may also use a fluorescent yellow-green background?
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Answer C: Pedestrian and bicycle warning signs
Pedestrian crossing, bicycle and playground warning signs may use either the standard yellow or the fluorescent yellow-green background, which draws extra attention where people outside vehicles are present.
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15. You have to leave a trailer parked on a slope. What extra step protects it?
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Answer D: Chock the trailer wheels as well as setting the brake
Chocks physically block the wheels, which is the only thing that still holds if a brake or a coupling lets go.
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16. Which occupants must be restrained under New Hampshire law?
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Answer D: Anyone under 18, with children under 7 and shorter than 57 inches in an approved child restraint
New Hampshire requires everyone under 18 to be restrained by a safety belt or child safety seat, and a child under 7 who is shorter than 57 inches must ride in an approved child passenger restraint.
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17. You realize at the last moment that you have passed the street where you meant to turn. What should you do?
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Answer D: Keep going and turn around where it is safe and legal
A missed turn is a minor inconvenience; braking suddenly, backing up or turning across traffic to recover it causes crashes.
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18. What must the classroom part of a New Hampshire approved driver education course include?
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Answer B: 45 minutes on motorcycle safety and 45 minutes on tractor-trailer awareness
RSA 263:19 requires the 30 classroom hours to include 45 minutes of an approved motorcycle safety course and 45 minutes of an approved tractor-trailer safety and awareness course.
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19. Is it acceptable to leave your vehicle across the entrance of an alley for a short time?
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Answer A: No, the entrance must stay clear at all times
Blocking an alley entrance traps the vehicles inside and can keep emergency services out, so it is prohibited however brief the stop.
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20. A turn restriction sign at the corner shows a range of times below the symbol. What does that mean?
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Answer A: The turn is banned only during the hours shown on the sign
Times posted under a regulatory symbol set the period during which the restriction applies; outside those hours the movement is permitted.
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21. You are approaching a multilane roundabout. When should you choose your lane?
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Answer C: Before you enter, using the lane-choice sign on the approach
You select your lane on the approach the way you would at any multilane intersection, then stay in that lane all the way around, because changing lanes inside a roundabout creates side-impact conflicts.
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22. What is wrong with steering through a turn using the palm of one hand on the wheel?
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Answer D: You have less control and cannot correct quickly if something goes wrong
One-handed palming gives poor leverage and slow response. Use hand-to-hand or hand-over-hand steering with both hands so you can react instantly.
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23. Why do bridges and overpasses deserve extra caution when temperatures are near freezing?
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Answer A: They lose heat from above and below, so they ice over before the surrounding road
A bridge deck is exposed to cold air on both surfaces and has no ground beneath it to hold heat, so ice can form there while the connecting road is still only wet.
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24. How does alcohol affect a driver's ability to handle several things at once?
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Answer B: It cuts the ability to divide attention between tasks
Driving means watching the road, the mirrors and the instruments together, and alcohol narrows attention so that one of those tasks is dropped without the driver noticing.
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25. For how long after the injury do New Hampshire medical payments benefits apply?
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Answer A: For medical costs incurred during the 3 years following the injury
RSA 264:16 limits medical payments coverage to reasonable medical costs incurred during the three years following the date the injuries were sustained.
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26. Which repeat conviction lets the New Hampshire director demand future proof of financial responsibility?
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Answer D: A second conviction for driving at an excessive rate of speed
RSA 264:2 lets the director require future proof of financial responsibility after convictions that include impaired driving, failing to stop and report a crash, and a second conviction for excessive speed or for reckless driving.
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27. How many demerit points does New Hampshire assess for a conviction under RSA 263:1, driving without the required license?
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Answer C: 4 points
Driving without the required driver license is a four-point conviction in New Hampshire, while merely failing to produce a license for an officer is worth two.
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28. A New Hampshire operator applicant misses a scheduled road test without cancelling at least 24 hours ahead. How long is the wait for a new test?
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Answer D: At least 30 calendar days
The NH DMV makes operator and motorcycle applicants who fail to appear, or who cancel with less than 24 hours notice, wait at least 30 calendar days, while CDL applicants wait at least 10.
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29. How does braking distance change if you double your speed?
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Answer D: It grows much more than twice as long
Braking distance increases with the square of speed, so doubling speed roughly quadruples the distance needed to stop.
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30. What is the main limit of stability and traction control systems?
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Answer B: They cannot create grip that the tires and the road do not have
These systems manage the grip that exists. If you enter a curve too fast for the surface, no amount of electronics will hold the vehicle on the road.
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31. Two lanes at the corner are marked for right turns. What does that require of you?
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Answer A: Keep your own lane through the turn and into the matching new lane
Dual turn lanes work only if each vehicle stays in its own lane all the way round and finishes in the corresponding lane of the new street.
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32. What fine does New Hampshire set for failing in the duties owed when approaching a highway emergency?
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Answer A: $75 plus penalty assessment, rising to $250 for a repeat within 12 months
RSA 265:37-a fines a violator $75 plus penalty assessment for a first offense and $250 plus penalty assessment for a subsequent offense within a 12-month period.
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33. What may lawfully appear on a screen visible to a New Hampshire driver while the vehicle is moving?
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Answer B: Navigation and traffic information and views that help the driver see around the vehicle
RSA 266:75 bars driving while viewing a television or video image but exempts navigation and traffic information, vehicle information and displays that supplement the driver's view around the vehicle.
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34. In slow summer traffic the temperature gauge climbs into the red. What should you do first?
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Answer A: Turn off the air conditioner and turn on the heater to draw heat from the engine
The heater core acts as an extra radiator, and shutting off the air conditioner reduces engine load. If the gauge keeps climbing, pull over and shut off the engine, and never open a hot radiator cap.
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35. You reach a stop-controlled intersection at the same time as a driver on your left, but that driver is already moving through the crossing. Who goes first?
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Answer C: The driver who is already inside the intersection
A vehicle already in the intersection has the right of way, and the rule about yielding to the right applies only before anyone has entered.
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36. The driver ahead of you is straddling the lane line and is not signaling. How should you respond?
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Answer B: Stay back until you can see which lane that driver will take
A vehicle astride the line could move either way, so the only safe place is behind it where both possibilities are still covered.
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37. 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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38. Apart from other vehicles, who else must a driver let go first at this sign?
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Answer A: Pedestrians and cyclists already in or entering the crossing
The duty to give way covers every road user who has the right of way at that point, including people walking or cycling across the driver's path.
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39. Trees block the view along the tracks as a driver approaches this sign. What approach speed is correct?
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Answer B: Slow enough to stop before the nearest rail once a train comes into view
Where the view along the track is obstructed, the only safe speed is one that still leaves stopping distance after a train first becomes visible.
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40. How long does a continuous certificate of insurance filed with the New Hampshire department stay in effect after the director receives written notice of cancellation?
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Answer B: No less than 20 days
RSA 264:21 keeps every continuous certificate in effect for no less than 20 days after the director receives written notice that it is to be canceled.