District of Columbia Practice Permit Test (2025)

1. To avoid becoming an aggressive driver, you should:

Listen to heavy metal music.
Adjust your schedule to drive during times with the most highway traffic.
Allow enough travel time to reach your destination on schedule.
None of the above.

2. A good rule for passing is:

always remember to flash your lights and sound your horn to alert the other drivers that you are about to pass.
drive with the flow of traffic and pass only as needed.
pass on the right whenever possible.
try to get to the front of any line of slow moving traffic as soon as possible.

3. If the entrance lane is too short to allow acceleration to expressway speed, you should:

stop and wait for a large space in traffic.
enter the expressway and accelerate quickly.
accelerate to expressway speed and blend with traffic.
reduce your speed to 15 MPH or less and blend with traffic.

4. Drivers cannot to pass a vehicle on the left if:

they can not safely return to the right lane before the center line changes from a broken line to a solid one.
they approach the top of a hill on a two-way road and cannot see over it.
they are within 100 feet of a railroad crossing.
All of the above.

5. Two drivers reach an uncontrolled intersection at the same time. Who has the right of way?

The driver on the left.
The driver who does not control the car.
No one.
The driver on the right.

6. This signal means:

7. This sign tells drivers:

they must wait for the traffic signal to turn green before turning right or left.
turning right on red is forbidden.
they may not turn right or left during the red light.
All of the above.

8. This road sign means:

9. A driver cuts off another vehicle, or threatens another motorist or a pedestrian. These are examples of:

10. This road sign means:

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PRACTICE PERMIT TEST