ILLINOIS PRACTICE PERMIT TEST

When applying for an Illinois driver’s license, you may be required to complete a vision screening, as well as written and driving exams. The IL DMV practice permit test covers the contents of the Illinois DMV Driver’s Handbook. It requires you to identify traffic signs, signals and pavement markings, and answer questions about traffic laws, driving and safety rules, vehicle equipment and crash prevention. The Illinois DMV written test consists of 35 questions, 15 of which will address traffic sign identification. To pass the test, you must correctly answer at least 28 questions.

1. Drinking alcohol affects:

Your coordination.
Your vision.
All of the above.

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

merge into expressway traffic as soon as possible.
enter the expressway and accelerate quickly.
stop and wait for a large space in traffic.

3. This road sign means:

Trucks use second gear
Hill ahead
Falling rocks

4. Road signs that point out scenic areas and parks are:

green and white.
brown and white.
black and orange.

5. Defensive driving is the operation of a motor vehicle in a manner that is likely to endanger persons or property.

6. The sign in the picture:

lists the maximum recommended safe speed for an exit on an expressway.
shows the highest speed drivers can travel at the exit of the intersection.
shows the minimum safe speed for an exit on an highway.

7. Drivers in a funeral procession should:

have their headlights and hazard lights turned on.
yield the right of way to all vehicles in the procession.
pass other vehicles in the procession.

8. Passing on a two-lane, two-way road is not allowed:

within 500 feet of an intersection or railroad crossing.
in an area marked by a broken yellow line on your side of the center of the road.
when a vehicle has stopped at an intersection to allow a pedestrian to cross.

9. Unless otherwise posted, the speed limit on interstates and tollways is:

55 MPH.
70 MPH.
65 MPH.

10. This road sign means:

Steep downgrade
Slippery when wet
Road work ahead

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Number of questions:	35
Signs questions:	15
Correct answers to pass:	28
Passing score:	80%
Minimum age to apply:	15

Number of questions:	35
Signs questions:	15
Correct answers to pass:	28
Passing score:	80%
Minimum age to apply:	15

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ILLINOIS PRACTICE PERMIT TEST

IL DMV Written Test Facts