Texas Driver License Knowledge Test
Right of way: practice questions
Our Texas Driving Test bank has 23 questions on this topic. Here are 5 of them with answers; the full mock exam draws from every topic, like the real one.
Question 1
On a frontage road of a controlled-access highway, who must yield?
- Vehicles exiting the highway must always yield to all traffic already moving on the frontage road
- Only trucks must yield
- Nobody; drivers take turns
- Drivers on the frontage road must yield to vehicles entering or leaving it from the highway
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D. Drivers on the frontage road must yield to vehicles entering or leaving it from the highway — This is a common Texas design.
Question 2
When entering a road from a driveway or alley, what must you do?
- Yield only to large vehicles; you may then enter with care
- Stop and yield to pedestrians and traffic on the road
- Honk and enter
- Yield only to trucks
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B. Stop and yield to pedestrians and traffic on the road — Stop before the sidewalk area.
Question 3
What is the penalty for failing to yield right of way and causing bodily injury in Texas?
- A fine of $500 to $2,000
- A $50 fine
- A warning only
- Loss of license for life
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A. A fine of $500 to $2,000 — Yield when the law requires.
Question 4
What must you do at a railroad crossing when a train is approaching or the signal is on?
- Slow down and cross the tracks as quickly as possible
- Stop at least 100 feet back
- Stop on the tracks and wait
- Stop between 15 and 50 feet from the nearest rail
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D. Stop between 15 and 50 feet from the nearest rail — Don't cross until it's safe.
Question 5
At a four-way stop, who goes first?
- The vehicle going straight, before any turning vehicle
- The vehicle on the left
- The first vehicle to arrive and stop
- The vehicle going straight always
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C. The first vehicle to arrive and stop — If two arrive at once, the vehicle on the right goes first.