New York Learner Permit Test
Turning, passing and lanes: practice questions
Our New York Permit Test bank has 14 questions on this topic. Here are 4 of them with answers; the full mock exam draws from every topic, like the real one.
Question 1
If you miss your freeway exit, what should you do?
- Continue to the next exit
- Stop on the shoulder and back up slowly
- Make a U-turn across the median
- Stop and turn around
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A. Continue to the next exit — Backing up or crossing the median is illegal and dangerous.
Question 2
When passing another vehicle, when is it safe to return to your lane?
- Immediately after you pull alongside
- Immediately after your front bumper is level with the other car's front bumper
- When you hear the other car's horn
- When you can see the passed vehicle's headlights in your rear-view mirror
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D. When you can see the passed vehicle's headlights in your rear-view mirror — Signal before moving back.
Question 3
What does the hand signal with the left arm bent upward mean?
- Right turn
- Go ahead
- Slow down now
- Left turn
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A. Right turn — Some states also allow the right arm straight out for a right turn.
Question 4
What should you do before changing lanes?
- Use only the rear-view mirror
- Signal, check mirrors and look over your shoulder to check blind spots
- Honk
- Change lanes quickly
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B. Signal, check mirrors and look over your shoulder to check blind spots — Blind spots are not visible in mirrors.