Nebraska: Emergencies and bad weather — Part 2 Practice Test
Questions in this part include: “If you are stranded, what should you turn on at night?” · “What should you obtain from witnesses of a crash?”
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Questions are original and based on the official manual "Nebraska Driver's Manual" (January 2025), Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles.
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On a slippery road, what should you do with the brake pedal in a vehicle NOT equipped with antilock (ABS) brakes?
- Pump it to keep the brakes from locking up
- Press it firmly without pumping
- Press it once and hold it down
- Keep your foot off it until the vehicle stops
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Correct answer: Pump it to keep the brakes from locking up
Without ABS you pump the brake pedal to keep the brakes from locking up, because there is no steering control unless the tires are rolling.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual (January 2025), page 63 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 63)
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On a slippery road, what should you do with the brake pedal in a vehicle equipped with antilock (ABS) brakes?
- Pump it quickly several times
- Tap it lightly and release it
- Press it firmly and do not pump the brakes
- Press it only after the wheels stop turning
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Correct answer: Press it firmly and do not pump the brakes
With antilock brakes you press the brake pedal firmly and do not pump the brakes.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual (January 2025), page 63 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 63)
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Which conditions does a blizzard combine?
- The flooding of heavy rain, the glare of night, and the slippery roads of ice and snow
- The limited visibility of fog, the loose gravel of dirt roads, and the heavy traffic of rush hour
- The limited visibility of fog, the slippery roads of ice and snow, and the steering corrections caused by wind
- The glare of low sun, the slippery roads of ice and snow, and the steering corrections caused by wind
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Correct answer: The limited visibility of fog, the slippery roads of ice and snow, and the steering corrections caused by wind
A blizzard combines the limited visibility of fog, the slippery roads of ice and snow, and the unexpected steering corrections of wind.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual (January 2025), page 63 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 63)
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What does the manual say about driving in blizzard conditions?
- Driving is not advised
- It is safe if you use low beams
- It is acceptable if you use emergency flashers
- It is acceptable if you stay on the interstate
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Correct answer: Driving is not advised
The manual says driving is not advised in blizzard conditions.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual (January 2025), page 63 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 63)
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If you are stranded in a blizzard, what should you do about your vehicle?
- Leave it and walk for help
- Leave it and shelter in a nearby field
- Leave it and flag down the next car
- Stay with the vehicle
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Correct answer: Stay with the vehicle
If stranded, you should not panic and should stay with the vehicle.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual (January 2025), page 63 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 63)
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If you are stranded, how should you run the engine and heater?
- Continuously, with all of the windows closed tightly
- Sparingly, and only with a slightly open window for ventilation
- Continuously, with the heater turned up as high as it goes
- Not at all, even for a short time
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Correct answer: Sparingly, and only with a slightly open window for ventilation
To conserve fuel you run the engine and heater sparingly, and only with a slightly open window for ventilation.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual (January 2025), page 63 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 63)
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If you are stranded in snow, what should you keep from blocking the exhaust (tail) pipe?
- Snow
- Mud
- Ice from the windows
- Leaves
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Correct answer: Snow
Snow must be kept from blocking the exhaust (tail) pipe when you run the engine while stranded.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual (January 2025), page 63 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 63)
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If you are stranded, what should you turn on at night?
- Your high beams
- Your fog lights
- Your dome light
- Your parking lights only
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Correct answer: Your dome light
While stranded you use your emergency flashers, and at night you also turn your dome light on.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual (January 2025), page 63 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 63)
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If you are stranded, what should you use to make your car more visible to work crews?
- Your high beam headlights
- Your emergency flashers
- Your horn
- Your windshield wipers
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Correct answer: Your emergency flashers
The manual says to use your emergency flashers to make your car more visible to work crews.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual (January 2025), page 63 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 63)
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If more than one person is in a stranded car, what should they do?
- All stay awake until help arrives
- All sleep so the fuel lasts longer
- Split up and look for help
- Take turns keeping watch and sleeping
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Correct answer: Take turns keeping watch and sleeping
People in a stranded car take turns keeping watch and sleeping.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual (January 2025), page 63 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 63)
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The wheels of your vehicle drop off the pavement edge. What should you do with the steering wheel?
- Turn it sharply to bring the wheels back onto the roadway at once
- Release it so the vehicle straightens itself on the shoulder
- Hold it firmly and steer so the wheels straddle the edge of the roadway
- Steer away from the road edge and into the ditch beside it
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Correct answer: Hold it firmly and steer so the wheels straddle the edge of the roadway
If the wheels drop off the pavement edge, you hold the steering wheel firmly and steer so the wheels straddle the edge of the roadway.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual (January 2025), page 63 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 63)
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After your wheels drop off the pavement edge, how should you return to the roadway?
- Gradually, when it is safe, staying in the driving lane
- Quickly, with a sharp turn of the steering wheel
- By braking hard first and then turning back
- In one quick motion into the passing lane
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Correct answer: Gradually, when it is safe, staying in the driving lane
You gradually turn back onto the roadway when it is safe, staying in the driving lane.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual (January 2025), page 63 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 63)
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After a crash, where should you stop your vehicle?
- At the nearest police station before returning
- At the scene or as close to it as possible
- A mile down the road, then walk back to the scene
- At the next exit, where you can park safely
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Correct answer: At the scene or as close to it as possible
Stop the vehicle at the scene of the crash or as close as possible.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual (January 2025), page 73 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 73)
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What should you do for injured people at the scene of a crash?
- Move them into your vehicle and take them to a hospital yourself
- Leave them alone and wait for another driver to stop
- Give them food and drink to calm them until help arrives
- Assist if aid is necessary or requested, and notify emergency authorities
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Correct answer: Assist if aid is necessary or requested, and notify emergency authorities
Assist the injured if aid is necessary or requested and notify emergency authorities.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual (January 2025), page 73 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 73)
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What can you use at a crash scene to alert traffic from all directions?
- Flares, reflectors, or flashlights
- Your vehicle's horn sounded continuously
- Your high beams aimed down the road
- Warning signs borrowed from a nearby work zone
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Correct answer: Flares, reflectors, or flashlights
Use flares, reflectors, flashlights to alert traffic from all directions.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual (January 2025), page 73 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 73)
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Which of these should you exchange with the other drivers after a crash?
- Social Security number
- Name of your employer
- Insurance information
- Your vehicle's purchase price
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Correct answer: Insurance information
After a crash you exchange name, address and telephone number, license plate number, driver's license number, insurance information, and the make, model and year of the vehicle.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual (January 2025), page 73 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 73)
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What should you do if you hit an unattended vehicle?
- Move the unattended vehicle to the shoulder and then drive away
- Wait at the scene until the owner returns, however long it takes
- Contact the proper authorities and leave written information for the owner
- Report it to the owner's insurance company within ten days
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Correct answer: Contact the proper authorities and leave written information for the owner
If you hit an unattended vehicle, contact the proper authorities and provide written information where the owner can find it.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual (January 2025), page 73 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 73)
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What should you obtain from witnesses of a crash?
- Their names and addresses
- Their Social Security numbers
- Their employers' names
- Their dates of birth
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Correct answer: Their names and addresses
Obtain the names and addresses of witnesses.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual (January 2025), page 73 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 73)
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When may you leave the scene of a crash?
- As soon as you have exchanged information with the other drivers
- Once the injured have been taken away by another driver
- After 30 minutes if no police have arrived
- Only after you are released by proper authorities
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Correct answer: Only after you are released by proper authorities
Do not leave the scene of the crash until released by proper authorities.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual (January 2025), page 73 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 73)
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A crash injures or kills a person and no law enforcement officer investigates it. Within how many days must the driver send a Driver's Motor Vehicle Crash Report to the Department of Transportation?
- Three days
- Ten days
- Five days
- Thirty days
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Correct answer: Ten days
The report must be sent to the Department of Transportation within ten (10) days if any person is injured or killed, unless a law enforcement officer investigated.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual (January 2025), page 73 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 73)
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No one is hurt, and no law enforcement officer investigates the crash. A crash report is required if damage to the property of any one person apparently equals or exceeds how much?
- $1,500
- $500
- $2,500
- $5,000
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Correct answer: $1,500
A Driver's Motor Vehicle Crash Report is required when damage to the property of any one person apparently equals or exceeds $1,500 for any vehicle or piece of property.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual (January 2025), page 73 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 73)
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If a law enforcement officer investigates a crash, who submits the crash report?
- Each driver involved
- The driver who was most at fault
- The law enforcement officer
- The owner of the damaged property
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Correct answer: The law enforcement officer
If the crash was investigated by a law enforcement officer, the officer will submit the report.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual (January 2025), page 73 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 73)
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What is the penalty for failing to report a crash as required?
- A Class I felony with permanent loss of the license or privilege to drive
- A Class II or III misdemeanor, and the license or privilege to drive may be revoked
- A written warning for a first offense, with no effect on the license
- A traffic infraction that carries only a fine and no license action
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Correct answer: A Class II or III misdemeanor, and the license or privilege to drive may be revoked
Failure to report a crash as required is unlawful and is a Class II or III misdemeanor, and the license or privilege to drive may be revoked.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual (January 2025), page 73 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 73)