Pennsylvania Permit Practice Test 1 (2026)

Question 1 of 20

What should you do when you see this sign in the rain?

1. Keep your speed
2. Use cruise control
3. Slow down, increase following distance and avoid quick braking

Question 2 of 20

You are pulled over at night. What should you turn on before the officer approaches?

1. High beams
2. The radio
3. The interior light

Question 3 of 20

An aggressive driver is following you. Where should you go?

1. Straight home
2. To a police station or busy public place, not home
3. Stop and confront them

Question 4 of 20

How far from the curb may you park in Pennsylvania?

1. No more than 18 inches
2. No more than 3 feet
3. No more than 12 inches

Question 5 of 20

You hear a siren and see red and blue flashing lights approaching. What must you do?

1. Pull over to the curb or side of the road and stop
2. Speed up to get out of the way
3. Stop in the middle of the intersection

Question 6 of 20

If you must park on the roadway, from how far must your car be visible?

1. At least 500 feet in both directions
2. At least 100 feet
3. At least 50 feet

Question 7 of 20

At an intersection without a traffic light and without a marked crosswalk, must you yield to a crossing pedestrian?

1. No, only at marked crosswalks
2. Yes, with or without a crosswalk
3. Only if the pedestrian waves

Question 8 of 20

A funeral procession is going through an intersection. What should you do?

1. Yield and do not cut into the procession
2. Join the procession
3. Honk to get through

Question 9 of 20

You are turning left at an intersection. To whom must you yield?

1. No one with a green light
2. Oncoming vehicles going straight
3. Only buses

Question 10 of 20

The car in the lane next to you has stopped at a crosswalk. What should you do?

1. Pass it quickly
2. Slow down and do not pass until you are sure no pedestrians are crossing
3. Honk

Question 11 of 20

What must you do near a blind pedestrian with a white cane or guide dog?

1. Honk to warn them
2. Slow down, always yield and be ready to stop
3. Pass quickly

Question 12 of 20

You are pulling out of an alley onto a public road. What must you do?

1. Honk and pull out
2. Go if you signal
3. Wait until the main road is clear

Question 13 of 20

What is the penalty for not stopping for a school bus with its stop arm out?

1. 2 points only
2. 60-day suspension, 5 points and a fine
3. A warning

Question 14 of 20

Two vehicles reach an uncontrolled intersection from different roads at about the same time. Who yields?

1. The driver on the left yields to the one on the right
2. The driver on the right yields
3. The one going straight always goes

Question 15 of 20

After an emergency vehicle passes you, how far behind it must you stay?

1. At least 50 feet
2. At least one block
3. At least 500 feet

Question 16 of 20

A school bus stops with red lights flashing and stop arm out. How far away must you stop?

1. At least 5 feet, only from behind
2. No need to stop if coming toward it
3. At least 10 feet, from behind or from the front

Question 17 of 20

When do you not have to stop for a school bus with red lights flashing?

1. When you are on the opposite side of a divided highway
2. When you are late
3. When there is no stop arm

Question 18 of 20

Where may you not pass?

1. On a straight road with a broken line
2. On a four-lane highway
3. Within 100 feet of an intersection, railroad crossing, bridge or tunnel

Question 19 of 20

An emergency vehicle approaches while you are in a roundabout. What should you do?

1. Stop immediately where you are
2. Speed up and circle again
3. Exit the roundabout, then pull to the side; never stop inside

Question 20 of 20

After passing, when may you move back into the lane?

1. When you see both headlights of the passed vehicle in your rearview mirror
2. Right after your rear bumper passes it
3. After counting to two