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Emergency Procedures & Accidents Practice Test

California DMV practice test 2025 focused on emergency procedures & accidents. Perfect for targeted DMV written test online California preparation with 15 questions and detailed explanations for DMV Class C practice test success.

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11 Questions
80% Required to Pass
22.5 Minutes Time Limit

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1. This sign means:

  • The road ahead is closed to traffic in all directions
  • You cannot enter the road from your direction
  • Do not enter unless it is safe

'Do Not Enter' means you cannot enter from your direction.

2. California's 'basic speed law' says, in addition to obeying the maximum speed limit, drivers must keep in mind

  • The posted speed limit
  • Synchronized stop lights
  • Road, traffic and weather conditions

Basic speed law requires adjusting speed for conditions.

3. What should you do if an oncoming car at night approaches with its high-beams on?

  • Flash your high-beams quickly at the other driver
  • Slow down and look straight ahead
  • Look toward the right edge of your lane

Look toward right edge of lane to avoid being blinded by high beams.

4. The speed limit in a residential area is ___ unless otherwise posted.

  • 35 m.p.h.
  • 25 m.p.h.
  • 30 m.p.h.

The default speed limit in residential areas is 25 mph.

5. When five or more vehicles are following you on a narrow two lane road, you should:

  • Continue driving and ignore them
  • Speed up when they try to pass you
  • Pull off the road when it is safe and let them pass

Pull over when safe to let five or more vehicles pass on narrow roads.

6. Checking traffic behind you:

  • Will help you know if you are being followed by a tailgater
  • Is not a good idea. You should pay attention to traffic in front of you
  • Only when you are slowing down

Check mirrors regularly to be aware of tailgaters and traffic behind you.

7. It is illegal for a person 21 years of age or older to drive with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) that is _____ or higher.

  • 0.08% - Eight hundredths of one percent
  • 0.10% - One tenth of one percent
  • 0.05% - Five hundredths of one percent

In California, it is illegal for drivers 21 and over to drive with a BAC of 0.08% or higher. This is the legal limit for DUI.

8. The very first effect of even a small amount of alcohol on a person's safe driving ability is to reduce his or her:

  • Steering ability
  • Good judgment
  • Muscle control

Alcohol first impairs judgment before physical abilities.

9. You are driving on a freeway posted for 65 mph. The traffic is traveling at 70 mph. You may legally drive:

  • 70 mph or faster to keep up with the speed of traffic
  • Between 65 mph and 70 mph
  • No faster than 65 mph

Never exceed posted speed limit, even if traffic is going faster.

10. Signal for a turn during the last _____ feet before the turn.

  • 100
  • 50
  • 75

You must signal for at least 100 feet before making a turn in a residential or business district, and at least 200 feet on a highway or freeway.

11. You exit a freeway and see that the off ramp curves down hill. You should:

  • Slow to a safe speed before the curve
  • Wait until you have entered the curve to begin braking
  • Slow down as you approach curves and intersections

Slow down before entering a curve, especially on a downhill off-ramp. Braking in a curve can cause loss of control.

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