Washington Permit Test: Alcohol & Drugs Practice Questions

Correct answer: 0.08% or higher

For drivers 21 and older, a BAC of 0.08% or higher is considered DUI and can lead to legal consequences.

Source: Chapter 1: Licenses – 1.15 Maintaining Your License – Driving Under the Influence (DUI)

Correct answer: 0.02%

Drivers under 21 face the same potential consequences at a BAC of 0.02% that adults face at 0.08%.

Source: Chapter 1: Licenses – 1.15 Maintaining Your License – Driving Under the Influence (DUI)

Correct answer: More than 5 nanograms per milliliter

For drivers 21 and older, more than 5 nanograms of active THC per milliliter of blood is considered DUI.

Source: Chapter 1: Licenses – 1.15 Maintaining Your License – Driving Under the Influence (DUI)

Correct answer: Anything more than 0 nanograms

Drivers under 21 face DUI consequences for anything more than 0 nanograms of active THC per milliliter of blood.

Source: Chapter 1: Licenses – 1.15 Maintaining Your License – Driving Under the Influence (DUI)

Correct answer: To be tested if an officer suspects you are impaired

Under the Implied Consent Law (RCW 46.20.308), everyone who drives in Washington agrees to be tested if an officer suspects they are under the influence.

Source: Chapter 1: Licenses – 1.15 Maintaining Your License – Driving Under the Influence (DUI)

Correct answer: 90 to 730 days, or until age 21 if longer

Refusing the test can cost you your driving privilege for 90 to 730 days, or until you reach 21, whichever is longer.

Source: Chapter 1: Licenses – 1.15 Maintaining Your License – Driving Under the Influence (DUI)

Correct answer: Yes, DUI also covers being in physical control of a vehicle

DUI also applies to being in physical control of a vehicle, even if it is parked. If you can take control of its engine or operation, you are in physical control.

Source: Chapter 1: Licenses – 1.15 Maintaining Your License – Driving Under the Influence (DUI)

Correct answer: For life

Alcohol- and drug-related offenses appear on your driving record for life.

Source: Chapter 1: Licenses – 1.15 Maintaining Your License – Driving Under the Influence (DUI)

Correct answer: An ignition interlock device on your vehicle

DUI convictions can include suspension of 90 days to 4 years, a probationary license, an ignition interlock device, proof of financial responsibility, alcohol assessment and treatment, and retesting.

Source: Chapter 1: Licenses – 1.15 Maintaining Your License – Driving Under the Influence (DUI)

Correct answer: 90 days to 4 years

Convictions can include having your driving privileges suspended for 90 days to 4 years, along with other penalties.

Source: Chapter 1: Licenses – 1.15 Maintaining Your License – Driving Under the Influence (DUI)

Correct answer: In the trunk or truck bed

Open alcohol and cannabis products can only be transported in a trunk or truck bed, not in storage compartments the driver can reach.

Source: Chapter 1: Licenses – 1.15 Maintaining Your License – Open Container Law

Correct answer: Any person in the vehicle, including passengers

Under the open container law, it is a traffic infraction if any person in a vehicle on the road drinks alcohol or consumes cannabis.

Source: Chapter 1: Licenses – 1.15 Maintaining Your License – Open Container Law

Correct answer: Never; driving after consuming any cannabis is illegal

Recreational cannabis is legal for those 21 and over, but driving after consuming any cannabis is illegal for all ages. There is no safe amount for driving.

Source: Chapter 3: Drivers – 3.1 Impaired Driving

Correct answer: Alcohol

Alcohol is the most common impairing substance involved in impaired driving crashes.

Source: Chapter 3: Drivers – 3.1 Impaired Driving

Correct answer: Mixing drugs; it is the most common impairment in fatal crashes

Polydrug use is mixing more than one type of drug, including alcohol and cannabis. It can produce greater effects than any one drug and is the most common impairment involved in fatal crashes.

Source: Chapter 3: Drivers – 3.1 Impaired Driving