Arizona: Emergencies — Part 2 Practice Test
Questions in this part include: “What may happen if you or your vehicle needs to be removed from a flooded road?” · “According to the manual, how often should you stop to walk and exercise to help stay alert on a long highway trip?”
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Questions are original and based on the official manual "Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide" (Revised March 2026), Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division (ADOT MVD).
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If your car hydroplanes, what should you do with the accelerator?
- Take your foot off it
- Press it harder to get across the water
- Tap it repeatedly
- Hold it at the same position
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Correct answer: Take your foot off it
If your car hydroplanes, you take your foot off the accelerator.
Source: Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (Revised March 2026), page 56
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If your car hydroplanes, what should you do about braking?
- Brake hard until the car stops
- Pump the brakes quickly
- Do not brake
- Brake lightly with your left foot
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Correct answer: Do not brake
The manual says not to brake if your car hydroplanes.
Source: Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (Revised March 2026), page 56
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If your car hydroplanes, what should you do with the steering wheel?
- Turn sharply in the direction the car is sliding
- Avoid steering changes if possible and hold it firmly
- Swing it from side to side to try to find grip
- Let go of it until the tires grip the road again
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Correct answer: Avoid steering changes if possible and hold it firmly
You avoid steering changes if possible and hold the wheel firmly until the tires grip the road again.
Source: Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (Revised March 2026), page 56
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What should you do about a flooded wash in Arizona?
- Cross it quickly at high speed
- Cross it behind the vehicle ahead of you
- Cross it with your headlights on low beam
- Do not cross it
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Correct answer: Do not cross it
The manual says not to cross flooded washes, because heavy rain frequently causes flash floods in them.
Source: Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (Revised March 2026), page 56
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Which of these is a danger of driving into flood water, according to the manual?
- The water can hide potholes
- The water can freeze the brake lines
- The water can fill the fuel tank
- The water can blow out the tires
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Correct answer: The water can hide potholes
The manual says water can stall your engine, hide potholes and carry your vehicle downstream.
Source: Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (Revised March 2026), page 56
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How does the manual say you can estimate the depth of water on a road?
- By walking into the water before you start to drive
- By checking whether it covers the road center line
- By looking at parked cars or other objects along the road
- By pushing a stick down from your driver window
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Correct answer: By looking at parked cars or other objects along the road
You estimate the depth by looking at parked cars or other objects along the road and watching other vehicles.
Source: Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (Revised March 2026), page 56
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What should two vehicles that would meet in deep water do?
- Both slow down and pass in the middle of the water
- One goes entirely through before the other starts
- Both enter the water together, side by side
- The larger one backs out of the water completely
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Correct answer: One goes entirely through before the other starts
One vehicle should go entirely through before another starts from the other direction, reducing stalling caused by waves.
Source: Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (Revised March 2026), page 56
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What may happen if you or your vehicle needs to be removed from a flooded road?
- Your license is suspended for a full year
- You must retake the knowledge test again
- Your vehicle registration is cancelled outright
- You may be charged for emergency response expenses
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Correct answer: You may be charged for emergency response expenses
The manual says you may be charged for emergency response expenses.
Source: Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (Revised March 2026), page 56
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A driver who drives around barricades set up due to flooding is liable for what?
- A fine for each barricade that the driver passes
- The cost of repairing or replacing all the barricades
- Emergency response costs to remove the driver or passengers
- The cost of towing the vehicle back to the driver's home
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Correct answer: Emergency response costs to remove the driver or passengers
The driver is liable for the expenses of any emergency response required to remove the driver or any passenger.
Source: Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (Revised March 2026), page 56
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What does "expenses of an emergency response" mean in the flood-area liability rule?
- The full cost of every vehicle damaged in the flood area
- Reasonable costs directly incurred by agencies responding appropriately
- All costs the driver or passengers later claim from insurers
- Any costs billed by private towing companies that clear a road
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Correct answer: Reasonable costs directly incurred by agencies responding appropriately
The manual defines it as reasonable costs directly incurred by agencies that make an appropriate emergency response to an incident.
Source: Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (Revised March 2026), page 56
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According to the manual, how often should you stop to walk and exercise to help stay alert on a long highway trip?
- Every hour
- Every two hours
- Every three hours
- Every 30 minutes
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Correct answer: Every hour
The manual says to stop every hour to walk and exercise, which helps keep you alert.
Source: Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (Revised March 2026), page 58
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What does the manual tell you to do any time you become tired while traveling?
- Speed up to finish the trip sooner
- Move to the left lane and keep going
- Pull over and rest
- Switch to local streets and keep driving
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Correct answer: Pull over and rest
The manual says that any time you become tired when traveling, you should pull over and rest.
Source: Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (Revised March 2026), page 58
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What is "Highway Hypnosis" or "White Line Fever" as the manual describes it?
- A loss of vision caused by glare from white lines at night
- A trance-like state during a long period of highway driving
- A fear of driving on freeways that comes from heavy traffic
- A short burst of anger at drivers who cross the white lines
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Correct answer: A trance-like state during a long period of highway driving
The manual defines it as a trance-like state that can occur during a long period of highway driving.
Source: Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (Revised March 2026), page 58
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Why does the manual tell you not to tailgate as a defense against wrong-way drivers?
- So the wrong-way driver can see your headlights from a greater distance
- So you have room to turn around and follow the wrong-way driver
- So you have time to react if the vehicle ahead suddenly changes lanes to avoid one
- So other drivers can merge in front of you during an alert
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Correct answer: So you have time to react if the vehicle ahead suddenly changes lanes to avoid one
The manual says to leave enough space so you will have time to react if the vehicle in front makes a sudden lane change to avoid a wrong-way driver.
Source: Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (Revised March 2026), page 58
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On a divided highway, you see a vehicle coming toward you. What does the manual say to do first?
- Brake hard and stop in your lane
- Slow down by easing your foot off the gas
- Flash your headlights and speed up
- Move to the left lane and stay there
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Correct answer: Slow down by easing your foot off the gas
The manual says to slow down by easing your foot off the gas when a vehicle is coming toward you on a divided highway.
Source: Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (Revised March 2026), page 58
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When you meet a wrong-way driver on a divided highway, what should you make sure of before steering away?
- That the wrong-way driver has turned on their lights
- That no emergency vehicle is behind you
- That your horn is working
- That there is no vehicle next to you
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Correct answer: That there is no vehicle next to you
The manual says to make sure there is no vehicle next to you and then steer away from the wrong-way driver.
Source: Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (Revised March 2026), page 58
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After avoiding a wrong-way driver, what does the manual tell you to do?
- Get to a safe place, call 911 and report the wrong-way driver
- Follow the wrong-way driver to see where it goes
- Keep driving and report it at the next MVD office
- Pull onto the shoulder and wait for the driver to return
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Correct answer: Get to a safe place, call 911 and report the wrong-way driver
The manual says to get to a safe place, call 911 and report the wrong-way driver.
Source: Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide (Revised March 2026), page 58