New Mexico Permit Test: Alcohol & Drugs Practice Questions

Correct answer: 0.08% or more

You can be arrested for driving with a BAC of 0.08% or higher.

Source: Be In Shape to Drive – Drinking and Driving – Alcohol and the Law

Correct answer: 0.02%

Drivers under 21 can be arrested at a BAC of 0.02%.

Source: Be In Shape to Drive – Drinking and Driving – Alcohol and the Law

Correct answer: You can lose your driver license for one year

Refusing a requested BAC test can cost you your license for one year.

Source: Be In Shape to Drive – Drinking and Driving – Alcohol and the Law

Correct answer: 25 years

Any DWI conviction remains on your driving record for twenty-five years.

Source: Be In Shape to Drive – Drinking and Driving – Alcohol and the Law

Correct answer: Being ordered to install an ignition interlock

A first DWI conviction brings stiff fines and court costs, possible jail, ordered treatment and an ignition interlock device.

Source: Be In Shape to Drive – Drinking and Driving – Alcohol and the Law

Correct answer: 21

You may not buy, consume or possess alcohol unless you are 21.

Source: Be In Shape to Drive – Drinking and Driving – Alcohol and the Law

Correct answer: In 20 to 40 minutes

Alcohol passes from the stomach into the blood and reaches the brain in 20 to 40 minutes.

Source: Be In Shape to Drive – Drinking and Driving – Effects of Alcohol

Correct answer: A 5-ounce glass of wine

One drink is 1½ oz of 80-proof liquor, 12 oz of beer, or 5 oz of wine; specialty drinks can equal several drinks.

Source: Be In Shape to Drive – Drinking and Driving – Effects of Alcohol

Correct answer: About one drink

Your body eliminates roughly one drink per hour, and nothing speeds that up.

Source: Be In Shape to Drive – Drinking and Driving – Effects of Alcohol

Correct answer: Time

Coffee, fresh air, exercise and cold showers do not work; only time removes alcohol from your body.

Source: Be In Shape to Drive – Drinking and Driving – Effects of Alcohol

Correct answer: None; even one drink can affect your driving

There is no safe amount: even one drink affects driving, and with two or more you are impaired and could be arrested.

Source: Be In Shape to Drive – Drinking and Driving – Effects of Alcohol

Correct answer: It affects the parts of the brain that control judgment

Alcohol puts judgment on hold, so you often do not realize you have had too much until it is too late.

Source: Be In Shape to Drive – Drinking and Driving – Why is Drinking and Driving So Dangerous?

Correct answer: About 40%

Alcohol is involved in about 40% of traffic crashes in which someone is killed.

Source: Be In Shape to Drive – Drinking and Driving

Correct answer: Over-the-counter cold or allergy medicine

Drugs for headaches, colds, hay fever or allergies, and those to calm nerves, can cause drowsiness; check the label.

Source: Be In Shape to Drive – Drinking and Driving – Other Drugs and Driving

Correct answer: You may become nervous, dizzy, and unable to focus

These pills can make you feel alert briefly but later cause nervousness, dizziness, poor concentration and vision problems.

Source: Be In Shape to Drive – Drinking and Driving – Other Drugs and Driving