Rhode Island: Alcohol and drugs — Part 1 Practice Test
Questions in this part include: “What is the legal drinking age in Rhode Island, according to the manual?” · “After drinking, what is the only thing that will reduce the effects of alcohol?”
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Questions are original and based on the official manual "Rhode Island Driver’s Manual" (April 2024), Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
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What is the legal drinking age in Rhode Island, according to the manual?
- Eighteen (18)
- Twenty-one (21)
- Nineteen (19)
- Twenty (20)
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Correct answer: Twenty-one (21)
The manual states that the legal drinking age in Rhode Island is twenty-one.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 60
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According to the manual, what is by far the greatest hazard for a driver?
- Bad weather
- Heavy traffic
- Poor road conditions
- Alcohol
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Correct answer: Alcohol
The manual calls alcohol by far the greatest hazard for a driver.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 60
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Once alcohol reaches the brain, what does it affect first?
- Your sense of hearing
- Your sense of taste
- Your ability to read road signs only
- The control of your judgment and skill
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Correct answer: The control of your judgment and skill
Alcohol reaches the brain within seconds and first affects the control of judgment and skill.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 60
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Alcohol affects your ability to estimate distance. What is this ability also called?
- Peripheral vision
- Depth perception
- Night vision
- Reaction time
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Correct answer: Depth perception
The manual names the ability to estimate distance as depth perception, and says alcohol affects it.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 60
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Why do some people appear stimulated after drinking?
- Alcohol sharpens the senses and the mind
- Alcohol speeds up how the liver works
- Alcohol lowers inhibition and self-control
- Alcohol improves reflexes and vision
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Correct answer: Alcohol lowers inhibition and self-control
Some people look stimulated because alcohol lowers inhibition and self-control, even though it slows reflexes and judgment.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 60
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A 12-ounce container of beer has about the same amount of alcohol per serving as which of these?
- A 4-to-5-ounce glass of wine
- A 10-ounce glass of wine
- A 3-ounce shot of hard liquor
- A 20-ounce glass of wine
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Correct answer: A 4-to-5-ounce glass of wine
The manual says a 12-ounce beer, a 4-to-5-ounce glass of wine and a 1 to 1 1/2 ounce shot of liquor have about the same alcohol.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 60
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How does drinking on an empty stomach affect you, compared with drinking after eating?
- It affects the body faster
- It affects the body more slowly
- It makes no difference
- It affects only your judgment
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Correct answer: It affects the body faster
Alcohol acts faster on an empty stomach than after a meal.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 60
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When are alcohol’s effects greater, according to the manual?
- When you drink early in the morning
- When you drink along with a full meal
- When you are taking medicine or are tired
- When you drink very slowly over hours
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Correct answer: When you are taking medicine or are tired
The manual says alcohol’s effects are greater when you are taking medicine or are tired.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 60
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After drinking, what is the only thing that will reduce the effects of alcohol?
- Coffee
- Time
- Fresh air
- Exercise
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Correct answer: Time
Coffee, food, fresh air or exercise may wake an intoxicated person but will not sober him or her up; only time reduces alcohol’s effects.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 60
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Which of these is one of the three methods by which the body eliminates alcohol?
- Dilution by drinking lots of water
- Burning it off through exercise
- Absorption by the stomach lining
- Oxidation (removed by the liver)
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Correct answer: Oxidation (removed by the liver)
The body eliminates alcohol by breathing, perspiring and oxidation, which is removal by the liver.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 60
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What can most drugs taken for headaches, colds, hay fever, allergy, or to calm nerves do to a driver?
- Make you more alert to hazards on the road ahead
- Improve your reaction time and your judgment
- Have no effect on your driving ability at all
- Make you drowsy and affect your control of the vehicle
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Correct answer: Make you drowsy and affect your control of the vehicle
These common drugs can cause drowsiness and reduce control of a motor vehicle.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 60
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When taking prescription medicine, what does the manual say is important to do?
- Take a double dose of it a few minutes before driving
- Ask your doctor about side effects that relate to driving
- Drive only in the daytime while taking the medicine
- Take it only when your stomach is completely empty
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Correct answer: Ask your doctor about side effects that relate to driving
The manual advises asking your doctor about any side effects that relate to driving.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 60
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Some drugs make you alert for a short time. What can they cause when they wear off?
- Longer-lasting alertness that continues for many hours
- Better vision and sharper concentration
- The opposite effect, making you tired and less attentive
- Faster reflexes and quicker decisions
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Correct answer: The opposite effect, making you tired and less attentive
After the short alert period, such drugs can leave you tired and less attentive.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 60
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What do tranquilizers or sedatives do to a driver, especially when mixed with alcohol?
- Make you drowsy and make driving very dangerous
- Make you more alert
- Improve your concentration
- Make you drive more slowly and more safely
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Correct answer: Make you drowsy and make driving very dangerous
The manual says they cause drowsiness and make driving very dangerous, especially when mixed with alcohol.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 60
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Which effect of marijuana on drivers is stated in the manual?
- Increased lane weaving
- Steadier lane keeping
- Sharper attention to the road
- Better night vision
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Correct answer: Increased lane weaving
Marijuana can affect reaction time, alter attention to the road and increase lane weaving.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 60
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How does marijuana affect a driver’s adjustment to the glare of headlights?
- Visual adjustments become faster
- Glare no longer affects vision
- Visual adjustments take longer
- It has no effect on night driving
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Correct answer: Visual adjustments take longer
Drivers under the influence of marijuana need longer visual adjustments to headlight glare.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 60
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LSD, cocaine, and heroin are examples of dangerous drugs that make users do what?
- Become more aware of everything around them
- Become unaware or indifferent to their surroundings
- Judge speed better
- React faster to hazards
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Correct answer: Become unaware or indifferent to their surroundings
The manual says these drugs make users unaware or indifferent to their surroundings and unable to drive safely.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 60
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What does the manual say combining alcohol with another drug can cause?
- An effect that cancels out both of the substances
- An effect that wears off within minutes
- An effect limited to the stomach
- A synergistic effect, in which the effects are multiplied
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Correct answer: A synergistic effect, in which the effects are multiplied
Mixing alcohol with another drug can multiply the effects, which the manual calls a synergistic effect.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 60