New Hampshire Permit Practice Test 2
A second full-length New Hampshire practice test: 30 fresh multiple-choice questions with zero repeats from Test 1. The real DMV Driver License Knowledge Test has 40 questions, and you need 32 correct (80%) to pass.
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1. A yellow diamond-shaped sign ahead shows a black walking figure. As you approach the marked crossing, what is the required response?
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Correct answer: B. A pedestrian crossing warning sign means people may be entering the roadway ahead, so reduce speed and prepare to stop. Pedestrians always lose in a collision with a car. Treat the walking figure as a person already stepping off the curb.
2. What do financial responsibility laws require of you before you drive?
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Correct answer: D. Every state requires drivers to show they can pay for harm they cause, and auto insurance is the usual proof. Crashes create huge bills in seconds, so the rule protects victims. Simple memory hook: no coverage, no keys.
3. New Hampshire never issues learner's permits. How can you legally practice driving on New Hampshire roads before you have a license?
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Correct answer: C. Under RSA 263:25, New Hampshire skips permits entirely: from age 15½ you may practice with a parent, guardian, or responsible licensed adult 25 or older beside you. Remember: no paper permit — the supervising adult is your permit.
4. As a New Hampshire youth operator under 20, you are convicted of a qualifying traffic offense for the first time. After a hearing, how long can the DMV suspend your license?
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Correct answer: B. New Hampshire's RSA 263:14 sets escalating suspensions for drivers under 20: 20-40 days for a first conviction, 45-90 for a second, 90-180 for a third. Hook: the window roughly doubles each time you reoffend.
5. You earned your New Hampshire Youth Operator License two months ago and you are 16. Without a licensed adult 25 or older aboard, how many non-family passengers under age 25 may ride with you?
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Correct answer: A. For your first six months licensed, New Hampshire lets under-18 youth operators carry only one non-family passenger under 25 unless a licensed adult 25 or older rides along. Think: six months, one young friend — family members don't count.
6. Under New Hampshire's zero-tolerance law, what BAC level counts as a violation for a driver under 21?
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Correct answer: B. New Hampshire's zero-tolerance law sets the under-21 threshold at 0.02%, far stricter than the adult standard. Underage drinking is illegal to begin with, so the safest and simplest rule is zero alcohol before driving, always.
7. You hold a New Hampshire Youth Operator License and are under 18. During which hours are you banned from driving?
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Correct answer: B. New Hampshire bars youth operators under 18 from driving between 1:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m., hours that combine darkness, fatigue, and little traffic supervision. Hook: one-to-four, stay parked — three quiet hours, no driving.
8. What is the safest way to carry young children in your vehicle?
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Correct answer: B. Children are safest buckled in the back seat, and a rear-facing seat must never sit in front of an active airbag, which can strike the seat with deadly force. Little riders belong behind you, away from the bag.
9. Smoke and flames start coming from under your hood while you drive. What should you do?
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Correct answer: C. Stop away from buildings and fuel, shut off the engine, and move everyone well back. Opening the hood feeds the flames air, and burning vehicles can explode, so fight nothing bigger than a tiny fire. Distance saves lives.
10. A school bus ahead stops with its red lights flashing on a two-lane road with no median. Which vehicles must stop?
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Correct answer: D. On a road without a dividing median, traffic in both directions must stop for a school bus with flashing red lights and remain stopped until the lights turn off. Children may cross from either side, so every lane freezes.
11. Which parking spot is illegal no matter how briefly you plan to stay?
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Correct answer: D. Parking within the cleared space around a fire hydrant is always illegal, because firefighters may need instant access to connect hoses. Blocking a hydrant can cost lives during a fire. If you see a hydrant, leave the whole area open.
12. The vehicle ahead displays an orange triangle with a red border on its rear. What does that tell you?
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Correct answer: D. The orange triangle is the slow-moving vehicle emblem, common on farm equipment and horse-drawn wagons. You close in on these vehicles faster than you expect, so back off early and pass only with a clear, legal gap.
13. A yellow diamond sign shows a car with wavy skid marks trailing behind its tires. When does this warning matter most?
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Correct answer: D. The skidding-car sign warns that the road ahead becomes slippery when wet, so slow down and avoid sudden braking or sharp steering in rain, snow, or ice. The first minutes of rain are often the slickest, as water lifts oil off the pavement.
14. An 18-year-old in New Hampshire has one beer at a graduation party and then drives. At what BAC could this driver already be violating the zero-tolerance law?
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Correct answer: C. One beer can push a young driver to 0.02%, the level where New Hampshire's zero-tolerance law kicks in. The rule protects new drivers, whose crash risk rises quickly with alcohol. Skip every drink if you plan to drive.
15. What does a posted speed limit actually tell you?
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Correct answer: A. A posted limit is the top legal speed when conditions are ideal: dry pavement, good visibility, light traffic. In worse conditions, a safe speed is lower. Treat the number as a ceiling to stay under, never a target to hit.
16. A traffic light turns steady yellow as you approach the intersection. What does this signal tell you?
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Correct answer: A. A steady yellow light warns that the signal is about to turn red. Stop if you can do it safely; if you are too close to stop smoothly, continue through with caution. Yellow means prepare, not race.
17. A sign at an intersection shows a left-curving arrow inside a red circle with a diagonal slash. What must you do there?
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Correct answer: D. A slashed left arrow forbids left turns at that intersection, often because turning across oncoming traffic there causes crashes or blocks flow. Plan another route, such as continuing straight and circling the block. The slash cancels only the movement shown.
18. Why do speed limits drop in highway work zones?
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Correct answer: A. Work zones squeeze traffic past workers, machinery, narrowed lanes, and sudden stops, so limits drop to give everyone more reaction time. Many places also raise fines there. Slow down where people are standing next to moving traffic.
19. A center lane is bordered on each side by a solid yellow line with a broken yellow line inside it, and white left-turn arrows are painted for both directions. How may you use this lane?
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Correct answer: A. A two-way left-turn lane is shared by both directions for left turns only. Enter just before your turn, watch for opposing drivers using the same lane, and never travel or pass in it. Turn, do not cruise.
20. Children are playing near the curb on an unposted neighborhood street in New Hampshire. Unless a sign says otherwise, the fastest you may legally drive here is which speed?
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Correct answer: A. The default residential limit in New Hampshire is 30 mph unless otherwise posted. With children nearby, you should often go slower still, because stopping distance grows quickly with speed and kids can dart into the street without warning.
21. Your car stalls on railroad tracks and a train is coming. What should everyone in the car do?
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Correct answer: D. Abandon the car immediately and run toward the oncoming train at an angle leading away from the tracks, so flying wreckage sails past you instead of into you. Trains cannot stop quickly. Cars are replaceable; people are not.
22. You see a white square sign showing a curved U-shaped arrow inside a red circle with a slash through it. What is prohibited?
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Correct answer: B. The slashed U-arrow bans U-turns at that location, usually because oncoming drivers cannot see you turn around in time. Continue to a spot where reversing direction is legal and safe. Red circle plus slash always means the pictured move is forbidden.
23. Who may legally park in a space reserved for people with disabilities?
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Correct answer: C. Reserved accessible spaces are only for vehicles showing a valid disability placard or plate, used when the person it was issued to is aboard. These wide, close-in spots are essential access, which is why enforcement is strict everywhere.
24. You are lawfully arrested for impaired driving and refuse the chemical test. What should you expect?
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Correct answer: C. Refusing the test triggers its own penalty: license suspension under implied-consent laws, separate from any court case. Refusal does not make the problem disappear. Remember, saying no to the test means saying goodbye to your license.
25. While planning a road trip across New Hampshire, you look up the fastest speed any of its highways allow. What is that statewide maximum?
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Correct answer: A. New Hampshire's top speed limit is 70 mph, found only on its fastest designated highways. Expect lower posted limits on most stretches, and remember signs always control: the maximum applies only where a sign actually posts it.
26. You are delivering food to a house on an unposted residential street in New Hampshire. Unless a sign changes it, what speed limit applies?
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Correct answer: A. Unposted residential streets in New Hampshire carry a default limit of 30 mph. The rule exists so drivers can stop for the unexpected, like a car backing out of a driveway. When a sign is posted, obey the sign instead.
27. A 30-year-old driver in New Hampshire takes a chemical test after a crash. Prosecutors can prove DUI from the test result alone once the BAC is at least which value?
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Correct answer: D. A test showing 0.08% or higher proves per-se DUI in New Hampshire without any other evidence of impairment. Lawmakers chose that threshold because crash risk climbs sharply near it, though alcohol degrades driving skills at lower levels too.
28. While you wait to turn, the green arrow changes to a steady yellow arrow. What is the signal telling you?
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Correct answer: D. A steady yellow arrow warns that the protected turning phase is about to end. Stop if you can do so safely; drivers already at the point of no return may finish the turn cautiously. Yellow arrow means wrap up, not speed up.
29. Setting cruise control on a rural New Hampshire interstate posted at the state maximum, you should set it no higher than which speed?
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Correct answer: B. The state maximum in New Hampshire is 70 mph, so cruise control should never be set above it where that limit is posted. Think of the posted limit as a ceiling for ideal conditions, never a required speed.
30. In New Hampshire, a driver who is 21 or older breaks the law by driving with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) at or above what level?
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Correct answer: A. New Hampshire law makes it illegal to drive with a BAC of 0.08% or higher. Alcohol slows judgment and reaction time, and impairment can begin well below that number. Treat 0.08% as a legal line, never a safe target.
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