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Questions are original and based on the official manual "Maryland Driver’s Manual" (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration.
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Which of these are the licensing requirements for a driver's license?
- Vision screening, knowledge test, and driving skills test
- Vision screening, hearing test, and driving skills test
- Knowledge test, driving skills test, and a written essay
- Vision screening, knowledge test, and a driving-history review
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Correct answer: Vision screening, knowledge test, and driving skills test
The Maryland Driver's Manual lists a vision screening, a knowledge test and a driving skills test as the licensing requirements.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 7
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Before you drive, what does the manual say you should adjust?
- Your tire pressure
- Your seat and mirrors
- Your windshield wipers
- Your headlight angle
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Correct answer: Your seat and mirrors
The manual says that before you drive you should adjust your seat and mirrors.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 13
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What is a stop line?
- A wide white line painted across the road that shows where you must stop at an intersection
- A broken white line painted along the edge of the road that shows where you may park
- A solid yellow line painted along the road that shows where passing is allowed
- A wide white sign beside the road that shows how fast you may drive
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Correct answer: A wide white line painted across the road that shows where you must stop at an intersection
A stop line is a wide white line painted across the road that shows where you must stop at an intersection.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 17
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Which describes a limited access highway?
- A large road with no intersections or traffic lights
- A road with traffic lights only at its ramps and exits
- A two-lane road with very few driveways or side roads
- A road that only trucks and buses are allowed to use
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Correct answer: A large road with no intersections or traffic lights
The manual describes limited access highways as large roads with no intersections or traffic lights and a limited number of places to enter and exit.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 31
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What are you responsible for when your vehicle is parked?
- Making sure it faces the same way as traffic
- Making sure it is not a hazard
- Making sure the engine is kept running
- Making sure its lights stay switched on
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Correct answer: Making sure it is not a hazard
You are responsible for making sure that your vehicle is not a hazard when it is parked.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 16
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A sign has a red background. What kind of information does it give?
- General warning of what to expect ahead
- Stop, yield, do not enter, or wrong way
- Destinations, distances, and directions
- Services like food, gas, and rest areas
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Correct answer: Stop, yield, do not enter, or wrong way
A red sign background means stop, yield, do not enter, or wrong way.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 20
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What are regulatory signs about?
- Suggestions you may follow if convenient
- Traffic laws that you must obey
- Places of recreation and culture
- Directions to nearby towns
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Correct answer: Traffic laws that you must obey
Regulatory signs are about traffic laws, and you must obey them.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 21
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Which of these can tell you to do something different from what a traffic control device says?
- A police officer or other emergency personnel
- A passenger riding in your vehicle
- A driver who is honking behind your vehicle
- A pedestrian waiting at the curb
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Correct answer: A police officer or other emergency personnel
Everyone must obey traffic control devices except when a police officer or other emergency personnel, or a uniformed school crossing guard, tells drivers to do something different.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 17
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What does the manual say about the right-of-way?
- Never assume you automatically have it
- The driver of the larger vehicle always has it
- The driver traveling at the higher speed has it
- You have it whenever you are the first to signal
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Correct answer: Never assume you automatically have it
Although the rules say who should yield, you should never assume you automatically have the right-of-way.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 13
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What is a railroad grade crossing?
- A bridge that carries a road over railroad tracks
- A tunnel that carries railroad tracks under a road
- Where the railroad tracks are level with the road
- A signal that lowers a gate across the road
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Correct answer: Where the railroad tracks are level with the road
A railroad grade crossing is where the railroad tracks are level with the road.
Source: Maryland Driver’s Manual (October 2025 Edition (DL-002 10-25)), page 14