Iowa Permit Test: Lanes & Passing Practice Questions

Correct answer: 100 feet

Do not pass within 100 feet of an intersection, railroad crossing, or signed narrow bridge, viaduct or tunnel.

Source: Chapter 4: Basic Driving Skills – 4.10 Passing

Correct answer: When the passed car's front shows in your rearview mirror

When you see the front of the passed car in the rearview mirror and are well clear, signal and move back.

Source: Chapter 4: Basic Driving Skills – 4.10 Passing

Correct answer: No

Do not pass when the solid line is in your lane; traffic on the side with the dashed line may pass.

Source: Chapter 4: Basic Driving Skills – 4.10 Passing

Correct answer: No, the manual lists it as illegal

The manual's list of illegal passing situations includes passing on the right.

Source: Chapter 4: Basic Driving Skills – 4.10 Passing

Correct answer: Right or center lane except to pass

On three or more lanes, stay in the right or center lane except to pass; use the center lane if there's a lot of entering traffic.

Source: Chapter 2: Traffic Signs & Rules of the Road – 2.18 General Lane Use

Correct answer: No

Never pass on the shoulder, paved or not; other drivers won't expect you and may pull off without looking.

Source: Chapter 2: Traffic Signs & Rules of the Road – 2.18 General Lane Use

Correct answer: Keep the steering wheel straight

Keep the wheel straight; people tend to turn their arms in the same direction as their head.

Source: Chapter 4: Basic Driving Skills – 4.9 Changing Lanes

Correct answer: One

Only change lanes one lane at a time, yielding to vehicles already in that lane.

Source: Chapter 4: Basic Driving Skills – 4.9 Changing Lanes

Correct answer: Move over, slow down or speed up to let them in

Traffic already on an interstate or highway should move over, slow down or speed up to allow ramp traffic to enter.

Source: Chapter 5: Applying Your Driving Skills – 5.2 Interstate and Highway Driving

Correct answer: Stopping completely unless absolutely necessary

Use the acceleration area to reach traffic speed and merge; don't completely stop on the ramp unless absolutely necessary.

Source: Chapter 5: Applying Your Driving Skills – 5.2 Interstate and Highway Driving