2025 Wisconsin Permit Test 20
The following questions are from real DMV written tests. These are some of the actual permit questions you will face in Wisconsin. 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 Wisconsin please visit https://cheat-sheets.dmv-written-test.com/en/wisconsin/car.
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1. You may drive around the gates at a railroad crossing:
Explanation
You are required to stop at all railroad crossings when signals warn of an approaching train. These signals may include flashing red lights, a lowered crossing gate, a flagger signaling, or a train’s audible signal of warning. Do not attempt to go around a lowered gate.
2. You are driving on the freeway. The vehicle in front of you is a large truck. You should drive:
Explanation
When you follow so closely behind a truck that you cannot see the truck driver’s side view mirrors, the trucker cannot see you and has no way of knowing you are there. Tailgating a truck, or any vehicle, is dangerous because you take away your own cushion of safety if the vehicle in front of you stops quickly.
3. To turn left from a multilane one-way street onto a one-way street, you should start your turn from:
Explanation
When turning left from a one-way street onto another one-way street, you should begin the turn from the far left lane.
4. You must stop for a school bus:
Explanation
You must stop when approaching a school bus that is displaying flashing red lights while stopped to pick up or drop off children. On a two-lane road, traffic moving in both directions must stop and remain stopped as long as the red lights near the top of the bus are flashing and/or the stop arm on the left side of the bus is extended.
5. This sign is used to warn drivers that:

Explanation
Warning signs are usually yellow with black markings. They alert you to conditions that are immediately ahead. This sign warns drivers that the number of lanes is reduced ahead and that traffic should merge left.
6. To know where traffic is behind you:
Explanation
Drivers should check their rearview mirrors often to stay aware of the position of traffic behind them.
7. At a light rail intersection, always:
Explanation
You should never drive around lowered crossing gates. Always look both ways before turning across train tracks and always obey signs and traffic signals. Trains share the road with motor vehicles and bicyclists.
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