Wisconsin Permit Practice Test 4
25 questions written from the Wisconsin Motorists' Handbook, with an explanation and page citation for every answer.
A school bus is stopped with red lights flashing. How far away must you stop?
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About this test
These questions were written from the Wisconsin Motorists' Handbook (2026). 13 of the 20 Wisconsin questions in this test cover rules that are specific to Wisconsin or differ between states. Every answer comes with an explanation and a link to the exact page it comes from, so you can check it yourself.
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A school bus is stopped with red lights flashing. How far away must you stop?
- A At least 10 feet
- B At least 50 feet
- C At least 100 feet
- D At least 20 feet
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D. At least 20 feet
Stop at least 20 feet from a school bus with flashing red lights, whether it is on your side of the road or the opposite side. Watch for children.
When turning at an intersection, how early should you start signaling?
- A About 300 feet (ten seconds) ahead of the turn
- B Only once you begin to steer into the turn
- C About 100 feet (three seconds) before the turn
- D About 50 feet (one second) before the turn
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C. About 100 feet (three seconds) before the turn
Start signaling about three seconds, or about 100 feet, before a turn at an intersection. That gives other drivers time to respond.
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What following-distance rule does the Wisconsin handbook teach in good conditions?
- A Four seconds
- B Two seconds
- C One car length per 10 mph
- D Three seconds
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A. Four seconds
Use the four-second following distance rule: pick a fixed object and count 'one thousand one' to 'one thousand four.' If you reach the object first, you are too close.
Besides passing the tests, what must a 15-year-old do before Wisconsin will issue an instruction permit?
- A Log 50 hours of supervised driving with a parent or guardian
- B Finish a full year of high school driver theory
- C Pass the road test with a DMV examiner
- D Be enrolled in driver education, including behind-the-wheel
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D. Be enrolled in driver education, including behind-the-wheel
Applicants under 18 must be enrolled in a driver education program that includes the behind-the-wheel portion. The behind-the-wheel school gives you a signed MV3001 application to bring to the DMV.
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You and another car reach an intersection with no signs or signals at the same time, on cross streets. Whom must you yield to?
- A Only vehicles that are larger than yours
- B No one, since you are going straight
- C Vehicles coming from your left
- D Vehicles coming from your right
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D. Vehicles coming from your right
At uncontrolled intersections, yield to vehicles coming from the right. Slow down and be ready to stop, since there is no sign or signal to control traffic.