Oklahoma: Seat belts and child safety Practice Test
Oklahoma’s seat belt and child passenger restraint laws, car seats, booster seats and air bags.
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Questions are original and based on the official manual "Oklahoma Driver Manual" (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), Service Oklahoma.
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Under Oklahoma's seat belt requirement, who must wear a properly adjusted and fastened seat belt?
- Only the driver of the vehicle
- Every driver and front-seat passenger
- Only drivers under 18
- Only passengers in the back seat
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Correct answer: Every driver and front-seat passenger
Every driver and every front-seat passenger must wear a properly adjusted and fastened seat belt.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 17 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 17)
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What must be true of the seat belt you wear?
- It may be any aftermarket belt sold at an auto parts store
- It must be checked by Service Oklahoma every year
- It must be replaced after every two years of use
- It must be factory-installed and meet federal safety standards
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Correct answer: It must be factory-installed and meet federal safety standards
The seat belt has to be installed at the factory and meet federal safety standards.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 17 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 17)
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In a collision, what do seat belts do to the force of impact against the vehicle's interior?
- Reduce it
- Increase it
- Have no effect on it
- Move it to the back seat
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Correct answer: Reduce it
Seat belts lower the force with which you strike the inside of the vehicle in a collision.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 17 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 17)
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In a collision, what can a seat belt keep from happening to you?
- Having the airbag open
- Losing your insurance coverage
- Being thrown out of the vehicle
- Having your tires blow out
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Correct answer: Being thrown out of the vehicle
In a collision you can be thrown out of the vehicle; a seat belt keeps you inside, where you are safer.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 17 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 17)
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How can seat belts keep a fender bender from becoming a major collision?
- They make the brakes stop the car faster
- You stay in position to control your vehicle
- They make the airbags open more quickly
- They signal other drivers to slow down
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Correct answer: You stay in position to control your vehicle
A belted driver stays in place behind the wheel and can keep controlling the vehicle, so a minor crash is less likely to become a major one.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 17 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 17)
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Oklahoma's child passenger restraint rule applies when a driver transports a child under what age?
- 5 years
- 6 years
- 10 years
- 8 years
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Correct answer: 8 years
The child passenger restraint requirement covers every driver transporting a child under 8 years of age on Oklahoma roads.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 17 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 17)
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A child passenger restraint system must be rear-facing until the child reaches what age, or the seat's weight or height limit?
- 2 years
- 1 year
- 3 years
- 5 years
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Correct answer: 2 years
The restraint must face the rear until the child turns 2, or until the child reaches the weight or height limit the manufacturer allows for that seat.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 17 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 17)
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Infant and child safety restraint systems must meet crash-test standards set by whom?
- Service Oklahoma
- Your auto insurance company
- The U.S. Department of Transportation
- The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety
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Correct answer: The U.S. Department of Transportation
Child restraint systems must meet the federal crash-test standards set by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 17 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 17)
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What does the manual say about letting a child ride without being restrained?
- It is fine on short trips close to home
- No child should be allowed to ride that way
- It is fine if the child sits in the back seat
- It is fine when you drive below 25 mph
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Correct answer: No child should be allowed to ride that way
Small children are at special risk even in sudden stops, so no child should ride unrestrained.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 17 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 17)
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What do studies show about an adult in the front seat holding an infant?
- The adult protects the baby better than a child seat does
- The baby is safe as long as the adult wears a seat belt
- The baby is safe if the vehicle has a passenger air bag
- The adult cannot keep the baby from going through the windshield
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Correct answer: The adult cannot keep the baby from going through the windshield
An adult's arms cannot hold an infant in a crash; studies show the baby can still go through the windshield on impact.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 17 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 17)
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The explosive power of an air bag has killed children and elderly adults under what height?
- 5 feet
- 4 feet
- 5 feet 6 inches
- 6 feet
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Correct answer: 5 feet
Air bags deploy with explosive force that has killed children and elderly adults shorter than 5 feet.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 17 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 17)
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If your car has a passenger-side air bag, children under what age are recommended to ride in the back seat?
- 6
- 10
- 12
- 16
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Correct answer: 12
With a passenger-side air bag, the Highway Safety Administration recommends that children under 12 ride in the back seat.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 17 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 17)
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Even without air bags, why is the back seat safer than the front seat?
- Back seats have stronger seat belts than front seats
- Most serious crashes involve the front of the vehicle
- The back seat sits lower than the front seats
- Rear doors are locked automatically in a crash
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Correct answer: Most serious crashes involve the front of the vehicle
The back seat is safer because most serious crashes involve the front of the vehicle.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 17 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 17)