Montana: Highway driving Practice Test
Entering and leaving a high-speed road, merging, and making room for drivers who enter the highway.
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Questions are original and based on the official manual "Montana Driver Manual" (Revised April 2024), Montana Department of Justice, Motor Vehicle Division.
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When you merge with traffic, at what speed should you try to enter?
- The same speed that traffic is moving
- Slower than traffic, so drivers can see you
- Faster than traffic, to make room quickly
- Whatever speed lets you stay in the right lane
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Correct answer: The same speed that traffic is moving
When you merge, try to enter at the same speed that traffic is moving.
Source: Montana Driver Manual (Revised April 2024), page 61
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Besides signaling, what should you do when you merge with traffic?
- Rely on your mirrors and keep your eyes forward
- Use your rearview mirror and look over your shoulder
- Look over your shoulder only if you hear a horn
- Flash your high beams and wait for traffic to yield
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Correct answer: Use your rearview mirror and look over your shoulder
The manual says to signal your intent to merge, use your rearview mirror, and look over your shoulder.
Source: Montana Driver Manual (Revised April 2024), page 61
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Why do high-speed roadways generally have ramps?
- To keep trucks separate from cars
- To let drivers stop and check for traffic
- To give drivers a place to park and rest
- To give you time to build up speed
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Correct answer: To give you time to build up speed
High-speed roadways generally have ramps to give you time to build up speed, so you should use the ramp to reach the speed of other vehicles.
Source: Montana Driver Manual (Revised April 2024), page 61
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Why should you not drive to the end of the entrance ramp and stop?
- There is not enough room left to get up to the speed of traffic
- Other drivers on the ramp need the room to pass you
- Vehicles on the main road must stop for you there
- The end of the ramp is reserved for emergency vehicles
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Correct answer: There is not enough room left to get up to the speed of traffic
Stopping at the end of the ramp does not leave enough room to reach the speed of traffic, and drivers behind you will not expect you to stop.
Source: Montana Driver Manual (Revised April 2024), page 61
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If you must wait for space to enter a roadway, what should you do on the ramp?
- Stop at the end of the ramp and wait for a gap
- Keep your speed and edge onto the shoulder to merge
- Slow down so you have room to speed up before you merge
- Stop on the ramp and wait until the road is empty
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Correct answer: Slow down so you have room to speed up before you merge
The manual says to slow down on the ramp so you have some room to speed up before you have to merge.
Source: Montana Driver Manual (Revised April 2024), page 61
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On a controlled-access highway, what should you do whenever possible when you see another driver entering?
- Move to your right so they may enter safely
- Speed up so they can enter behind you
- Move to your left so they may enter safely
- Brake sharply to let them in ahead of you
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Correct answer: Move to your left so they may enter safely
The manual says that when you observe another driver entering a controlled-access highway, you should whenever possible move to your left so they may enter safely.
Source: Montana Driver Manual (Revised April 2024), page 61
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When you leave a main road that has exit ramps, when should you begin to slow down?
- Once you move onto the exit ramp
- As soon as you signal your intent to exit
- Well before the exit, in the main traffic lane
- When you first see the exit sign
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Correct answer: Once you move onto the exit ramp
The manual says to signal your intent to exit but not to slow down until you move onto the exit ramp.
Source: Montana Driver Manual (Revised April 2024), page 62