Massachusetts Permit Test: Alcohol & Drugs Practice Questions

Correct answer: 0.08

Drivers are over the legal limit with a BAC of 0.08 or higher. Drivers under 21 face penalties at 0.02.

Source: Chapter 3: Keeping Your License – Alcohol, Drugs, and Driving – Alcohol Tests

Correct answer: 0.02

Massachusetts has a zero-tolerance law: a driver under 21 caught driving with a BAC as low as 0.02 will lose their license.

Source: Chapter 3: Keeping Your License – Alcohol, Drugs, and Driving – Under-21 Alcohol Offenses

Correct answer: You agreed to a breath or blood test in some cases

Under the Implied Consent Law, every licensed driver agrees to a breath or blood test in certain cases, such as after an OUI arrest. Refusing leads to license suspension.

Source: Chapter 3: Keeping Your License – Alcohol, Drugs, and Driving – Alcohol Tests

Correct answer: Take your license; suspension starts now

If your BAC is over the limit or you refuse a breath or blood test, the officer must take your license and give you a notice of suspension that is effective immediately.

Source: Chapter 3: Keeping Your License – Alcohol, Drugs, and Driving – Alcohol Tests

Correct answer: 180 days

For drivers over 21 with no prior OUI, refusing a chemical test brings a 180-day suspension. Penalties are far longer for repeat offenders and for drivers under 21.

Source: Chapter 3: Keeping Your License – License Suspension Periods for Refusing a Chemical Test

Correct answer: Three years plus 180 days

Drivers age 18 to 21 who refuse a chemical test face three years plus an additional 180 days, even with no prior OUI offenses.

Source: Chapter 3: Keeping Your License – License Suspension Periods for Refusing a Chemical Test

Correct answer: 30 days plus an additional 180 days

Drivers 18 to 21 who fail a chemical test are suspended 30 days plus 180 more days; on a first OUI case the 180 days can be waived by entering an approved alcohol education program.

Source: Chapter 3: Keeping Your License – License Suspension Periods for Failed Chemical Tests

Correct answer: One year

A first OUI conviction carries a one-year license suspension, a $500 to $5,000 fine and up to 2 1/2 years in jail; a court may allow an alcohol education course to shorten the suspension.

Source: Chapter 3: Keeping Your License – Penalties for Operating Under the Influence

Correct answer: Eight years

A third OUI offense is a felony with an eight-year suspension; a second is two years, a fourth ten years and a fifth lifetime.

Source: Chapter 3: Keeping Your License – Penalties for Operating Under the Influence

Correct answer: A 5-ounce glass of wine

A 12-ounce beer, a 5-ounce glass of wine and 1 1/2 ounces of 80-proof liquor each contain about the same amount of alcohol; any one can raise an average person's BAC by about 0.02.

Source: Chapter 3: Keeping Your License – Alcohol, Drugs, and Driving – Blood Alcohol Content

Correct answer: Time

Coffee, cold showers, exercise or food might make you feel more alert, but none of them speed up how fast alcohol leaves your body. Only time does.

Source: Chapter 3: Keeping Your License – Alcohol, Drugs, and Driving – Blood Alcohol Content

Correct answer: Twelve times

Alcohol makes a crash five times more likely; alcohol combined with marijuana makes it twelve times more likely.

Source: Chapter 3: Keeping Your License – Alcohol, Drugs, and Driving – Alcohol

Correct answer: No; it is still a criminal OUI offense

Operating a motor vehicle under the influence of marijuana remains a criminal offense, and the OUI penalty chart still applies.

Source: Chapter 3: Keeping Your License – Alcohol, Drugs, and Driving – Marijuana

Correct answer: Yes; impairment by any substance is illegal

You can be considered OUI with prescription drugs; it is illegal to operate a motor vehicle while impaired by any substance.

Source: Chapter 3: Keeping Your License – Alcohol, Drugs, and Driving – Other Drugs

Correct answer: $100 to $500

You may not have an open alcoholic drink in your vehicle, even if someone else is holding it. The fine is $100 to $500; drivers under 21 are also arrested and suspended.

Source: Chapter 3: Keeping Your License – Alcohol, Drugs, and Driving – Open Container Law