Rhode Island: Right-of-way and turning — Part 5 Practice Test
Questions in this part include: “The roundabout procedures in this manual refer to which kind of roundabout?” · “In the manual's roundabout diagram, the label A marks which feature?”
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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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Instead of stop signs or traffic signals, what does a roundabout use to guide traffic?
- Yield signs, directional signs, pavement markings
- Flashing red lights and railroad gates
- Stop lines, crossing guards and turn arrows
- Green arrows and horizontal signals
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Correct answer: Yield signs, directional signs, pavement markings
A roundabout has no stop signs or traffic signals; it uses yield signs, directional signs and pavement markings.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 40
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The roundabout procedures in this manual refer to which kind of roundabout?
- Multi-lane roundabouts
- Single lane roundabouts
- Roundabouts with traffic signals
- Roundabouts with stop signs
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Correct answer: Single lane roundabouts
The manual says its information is about single lane roundabouts and warns that many states use multi-lane ones.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 40
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When navigating a roundabout, what speed should a motorist drive?
- Maintain highway speed
- Drive at the speed of the vehicle behind you
- Speed up to merge ahead of other vehicles
- Slow down to the posted speed
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Correct answer: Slow down to the posted speed
A motorist navigating a roundabout should slow down to the posted speed.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 40
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In a roundabout, who has the right-of-way over a motorist?
- Pedestrians and other motorists
- Only emergency vehicles
- Only vehicles about to exit
- Only bicyclists
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Correct answer: Pedestrians and other motorists
The motorist must yield to pedestrians and other motorists because they have the right-of-way.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 40
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What should a motorist ensure before entering a roundabout?
- That the horn works
- That the center island is clear of pedestrians
- An adequate safe gap
- That all other vehicles have exited
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Correct answer: An adequate safe gap
The motorist must make sure of an adequate safe gap and move to the proper lane position.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 40
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When may a driver stop inside a roundabout?
- To let a pedestrian cross in the center
- Only in an emergency
- When the exit is not yet visible
- When traffic ahead is moving slowly
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Correct answer: Only in an emergency
The manual says never to stop in a roundabout unless it is an emergency.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 40
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How should a driver leave a roundabout?
- Exit to the left after stopping in the circle
- Exit to the right without signaling
- Stop at the exit and wait for a gap
- Signal, exit to the right and yield to pedestrians
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Correct answer: Signal, exit to the right and yield to pedestrians
The exit step is to signal, then leave the roundabout to the right and yield to pedestrians.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 40
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In the manual's roundabout diagram, the label A marks which feature?
- Splitter or refuge
- Center island
- Entry lane
- Yield sign
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Correct answer: Splitter or refuge
The diagram labels A as the splitter or refuge, B as the crosswalk and C as the center island.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 40
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In the absence of any traffic control device or sign, whom must a driver about to enter a rotary yield to?
- All vehicles already in the rotary
- Only vehicles approaching from the right
- Only emergency vehicles
- No one, because the entering driver has the right-of-way
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Correct answer: All vehicles already in the rotary
Under R.I.G.L. 31-17-8, the driver entering a rotary yields to every vehicle already in it, whichever direction the driver comes from.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 41
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What is an intersection with no signs or signals called?
- A protected intersection
- An uncontrolled intersection
- A shared intersection
- A signaled intersection
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Correct answer: An uncontrolled intersection
Intersections without signs or signals are known as uncontrolled intersections.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 41
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How must motorists treat an uncontrolled intersection?
- As if there were a stop sign present
- As if the light were flashing red
- As if they had the right-of-way
- As if there were a yield sign present
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Correct answer: As if there were a yield sign present
When approaching uncontrolled intersections, motorists must treat them as if a yield sign were there.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 41
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How does the manual define right-of-way?
- The legal duty to stop and wait at every intersection you come to
- The right to drive at the posted speed limit on every roadway at all times
- The permission to pass another vehicle on a two-lane road when it is clear
- The privilege of having or giving other motorists immediate use of a roadway
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Correct answer: The privilege of having or giving other motorists immediate use of a roadway
The manual defines right-of-way as the privilege of having or giving other motorists immediate use of a certain roadway.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 41
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When turning left at an intersection, how should you treat oncoming bicyclists?
- Turn first, because bicycles are slower
- Sound your horn and then turn
- Treat them like pedestrians and turn behind them
- Yield to them just as you would to oncoming vehicles
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Correct answer: Yield to them just as you would to oncoming vehicles
The manual says to yield to oncoming bicyclists as you would to oncoming vehicles when turning left.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 55
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Before turning right at an intersection or driveway, what should you check?
- For bicyclists on your right or behind you going straight ahead
- That no bicyclist is ahead of you on the left side of the road
- That the bicycle lane is empty on the far side of the intersection
- That no pedestrians are waiting on the opposite curb
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Correct answer: For bicyclists on your right or behind you going straight ahead
Bicyclists going straight on your right or behind you may be in your path when you turn right.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 55
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In Rhode Island, what is the rule for turning right at a red light?
- Permitted, not required, after a stop unless a sign prohibits it
- It is never permitted at any red light
- It is required whenever the way is clear
- It is permitted without stopping if no traffic is coming
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Correct answer: Permitted, not required, after a stop unless a sign prohibits it
Right on red is allowed but not required, and only after a full stop. A “no turn on red” sign forbids it.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 58
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Before turning right on a red light after stopping, whom must you yield to?
- Pedestrians only, not other vehicles
- Only vehicles approaching from behind you
- All oncoming traffic and pedestrians
- Only emergency vehicles
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Correct answer: All oncoming traffic and pedestrians
A driver turning right on red must first give way to all oncoming traffic and to pedestrians.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 58
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With no signs or signals, two vehicles from different streets reach an intersection at about the same time. Which driver must yield the right-of-way?
- The driver of the vehicle on the right
- The driver of the larger vehicle
- The driver of the faster vehicle
- The driver of the vehicle on the left
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Correct answer: The driver of the vehicle on the left
Where there are no signs or signals, the driver on the left yields to the vehicle on the right.
Source: Rhode Island Driver’s Manual (April 2024), page 58