Nevada Permit Test: Emergencies Practice Questions

Correct answer: Place the vehicle in park

Use the parking brake and shift to a lower gear, but NEVER place the vehicle into park.

Source: Chapter 5: Special Driving Conditions – Driving Emergencies

Correct answer: Drive slowly in low gear while lightly braking

Put the car in low gear, drive slowly and lightly apply the brakes, testing about every 200 feet until they return to normal.

Source: Chapter 5: Special Driving Conditions – Driving Emergencies

Correct answer: Press the pedal hard and release

Quickly press the pedal hard and release; if it stays stuck, shift to neutral, brake and pull off.

Source: Chapter 5: Special Driving Conditions – Driving Emergencies

Correct answer: Burning gasoline floats on water and spreads

Don't use water: burning gasoline floats on water and spreads the fire. Use an extinguisher, sand or dirt, and move 100 feet away if needed.

Source: Chapter 5: Special Driving Conditions – Driving Emergencies

Correct answer: At least 100 feet

If you can't stop the fire or it gets out of control, move well away—at least 100 feet.

Source: Chapter 5: Special Driving Conditions – Driving Emergencies

Correct answer: Slow, honk, flash lights and pull right

Slow down, sound your horn, flash your headlights and pull right; don't swing into the lane it left.

Source: Chapter 5: Special Driving Conditions – Driving Emergencies

Correct answer: Stay on the shoulder until in control, then ease back

Take your foot off the accelerator, grip the wheel, don't swerve back; stay on the shoulder until in control, then ease back on.

Source: Chapter 5: Special Driving Conditions – Running Off the Pavement

Correct answer: Hitting the brakes

Grip the wheel, ease off the gas and don't hit the brakes; brake gently only once under control and slowed.

Source: Chapter 5: Special Driving Conditions – Blowouts

Correct answer: Brake quickly with maximum pressure

Ease off the gas; if the car heads off the road or toward a person or vehicle, apply the brakes quickly with maximum pressure.

Source: Chapter 5: Special Driving Conditions – Driving Emergencies

Correct answer: Less than 1 inch

Less than 1 inch of water can cause loss of control, and most vehicles can float in 2 feet or less.

Source: Chapter 5: Special Driving Conditions – Tips for Driving in a Flash Flood

Correct answer: Only 6 inches

Cars traveling at a high rate of speed can be pushed off the road by only 6 inches of water.

Source: Chapter 5: Special Driving Conditions – Tips for Driving in a Flash Flood

Correct answer: Abandon it and seek higher ground

If your vehicle stalls in rising water and you can safely do so, abandon it immediately and seek higher ground.

Source: Chapter 5: Special Driving Conditions – Tips for Driving in a Flash Flood

Correct answer: Move to the shoulder, use flashers and stay near the car

Move to the shoulder, turn on four-way flashers and, if possible, stay in or near your car on the side away from traffic; a trooper will stop.

Source: Chapter 3: Driving Safely – In an Emergency

Correct answer: Slow down, lower the window to see, and pull off

Slow down, lower the window and look out so you can see, then move off the highway to the right and stop.

Source: Chapter 5: Special Driving Conditions – Driving Emergencies