Colorado Permit Practice Test 3

Correct answer: 0.05%

Colorado’s impaired-driving table lists DWAI at a BAC of 0.05%. Because DWAI only requires impairment to the slightest degree, it applies at a lower BAC than the 0.08% DUI level.

Correct answer: A person 21 years or older who has a valid Colorado license

When driving with an instruction permit, you must have a person who is 21 years or older and holds a valid Colorado license in the front passenger seat.

Correct answer: Turn your front wheels away from the curb and let the vehicle roll back to it

Headed uphill where there is a curb, turn the front wheels away from the curb and let the vehicle roll back slowly until the rear part of a front wheel rests against the curb.

Correct answer: Apply hard, firm pressure and do not let up on the brake pedal

With ABS, apply the brakes with hard, firm pressure and do not let up. You may feel the pedal push back — that is the ABS working, and it only works with the pedal pushed down.

Correct answer: The vehicle on the right; the vehicle on the left must yield

At an uncontrolled intersection where more than one vehicle arrives at the same time, the vehicle on the left must yield to the vehicle on the right and allow it to go first.

Correct answer: Slow down

Always slow down before entering a curve. If you take a curve too fast, your tires cannot grip the road and the vehicle will skid.

Correct answer: Increase visibility or avoid obstacles such as the door zone of parked cars

Bicyclists may ride in the center of the travel lane to increase their visibility and safety, and to avoid obstacles such as the door zone of parked cars, broken glass or drainage grates.

Correct answer: A warning of a hazard — slow down and proceed with caution

A flashing yellow light is a warning of a hazard. Slow down and proceed with caution.

Correct answer: A traffic violation, unless due to road or weather conditions

Some roads, such as freeways, have minimum speed limits. Driving slower than the minimum speed limit is a traffic violation, unless it is due to road or weather conditions.

Correct answer: Pointed straight ahead

Never turn your front wheels toward the left while waiting to turn. If you are rear-ended, you would be pushed into oncoming traffic. Keep the wheels straight until you begin the turn.

Correct answer: 0.02%

Colorado has a zero-tolerance approach for drivers under 21. A license can be revoked for a BAC over 0.02% for an underage driver, far below the 0.08% adult per se limit.

Correct answer: Within 30 days

You have 30 days to notify the DMV of a name or address change.

Correct answer: Toward the edge of the road, so the vehicle would roll off the roadway

With no curb, turn your front wheels to the right toward the edge of the road, whether headed uphill or downhill, so that if the vehicle rolls it moves off the highway rather than into traffic.

Correct answer: Run off the road than to crash head-on into another vehicle

Generally it is better to run off the road than to crash head-on into another vehicle. Turning to avoid a collision is often possible even when stopping in time is not.

Correct answer: All vehicles already on the roadway you are merging with

When merging, you must yield to all vehicles on the roadway you are merging with. Do not merge if another vehicle must slow down for you.

Correct answer: Only after you reach the middle of the curve

Slow down before the curve and begin accelerating only after you reach the middle of it, once the vehicle is settled and your tires have a good grip.

Correct answer: Treat a stop sign as a yield sign

A 2022 law allows bicyclists 15 and older to treat stop signs as yield signs and stop lights as stop signs, but only when the intersection is clear and the bicyclist already has the right-of-way.

Correct answer: You may turn left but must yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians

A flashing yellow arrow means the driver turning left should proceed with caution and must yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians. Never rush through it; take time to check for a clear path.

Correct answer: You can be subject to double fines

Normal speed limits may be reduced in work or construction zones, and any reduced limits will be clearly marked. Failure to follow the speed limit in a work or construction zone can result in double fines.

Correct answer: When they can be made without endangering others and are not prohibited by a No U-turn sign

U-turns are forbidden unless they can be made without endangering other motorists and their passengers, and they are not allowed where posted with No U-turn signs. If you cannot safely make one, continue to the next turnaround.