2024 South Dakota Permit Test 11
The following questions are from real DMV written tests. These are some of the actual permit questions you will face in South Dakota. Each permit practice test question has three answer choices. Select one answer for each question and select "grade this section." You can find this button at the bottom of the drivers license quiz. For a complete list of questions and answers for South Dakota please visit https://cheat-sheets.dmv-written-test.com/en/south-dakota/car.
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9. You are entering a freeway. Check traffic on the freeway by:
Explanation
When entering any roadway, you must be aware of traffic conditions. Use your side mirror and look over your shoulder to help you see and anticipate traffic when entering a freeway.
10. What should you do when you see this sign?
Explanation
A round sign means you are approaching a railroad crossing. This sign is posted a few hundred feet in front of the tracks and tells drivers to slow down, look, listen, and prepare to stop.
11. To enter a gap in highway traffic:
Explanation
Whenever you want to change lanes or enter traffic, you must be sure that there are no vehicles in your way in the lane you want to enter. Always check for traffic to the side of and behind your vehicle before you change lanes.
12. It is necessary to use your low beams any time you are:
Explanation
Use your low beams when driving in fog, snow, rain, or mist. Light from high beams will reflect off of precipitation, causing a glare and making it even more difficult to see. Some vehicles are equipped with fog lights that should be used in addition to low beam headlights.
13. You want to turn left at an upcoming corner. Yield the right-of-way to:
Explanation
When making a left turn, you must yield to pedestrians, bicyclists, or other vehicles moving on their green light.
14. Head restraints should be:
Explanation
Head restraints are designed to prevent whiplash if your vehicle is hit from behind. They should be adjusted to contact the back of your head.
15. This road sign means:
Explanation
This sign prohibits drivers from making a U-turn. You cannot turn around to go in the opposite direction at an intersection where this sign is posted.
16. When you drive through a construction zone, you should:
Explanation
