Minnesota Permit Test: Safe Driving Practice Questions

Correct answer: 350 feet

High beams must light up objects at least 350 feet ahead.

Source: Chapter 2: Your vehicle – Vehicle requirements

Correct answer: 75 percent

Clean headlights as often as the windshield; dirt can cut their light output by up to 75 percent.

Source: Chapter 2: Your vehicle – Vehicle requirements

Correct answer: 1/16 inch

A tire with less than one-sixteenth inch of tread is illegal; the penny test is a quick way to check.

Source: Chapter 2: Your vehicle – Vehicle requirements

Correct answer: On the sticker inside the driver's door or in the owner's manual

Compare your gauge reading to the PSI on the driver's door sticker or owner's manual, not the number on the tire sidewall.

Source: Chapter 2: Your vehicle – Vehicle requirements

Correct answer: Snowplows, road maintenance equipment and authorized emergency vehicles

Blue lights are limited to snowplows, road maintenance equipment and authorized emergency vehicles.

Source: Chapter 2: Your vehicle – Vehicle requirements

Correct answer: The rear window of a pickup truck

Tint below 50 percent transmission (or above 20 percent reflection) is allowed only on a pickup's rear window or the rear and side windows of vans, limousines and funeral vehicles.

Source: Chapter 2: Your vehicle – Vehicle requirements

Correct answer: At least two

All cars and trucks need at least two separate brake systems, such as the foot brake and the parking/emergency brake.

Source: Chapter 2: Your vehicle – Vehicle requirements

Correct answer: Only emergency vehicles on duty

Backing up on freeways or expressways is not allowed except for emergency vehicles on duty; if you miss an exit, go to the next one.

Source: Chapter 3: Traffic laws and vehicle operation – Backing up

Correct answer: The driver and all passengers, including those in the back seat

Everyone in the vehicle, front and back, must wear a properly adjusted seat belt, and officers can stop you just for a seat belt violation.

Source: Chapter 3: Traffic laws and vehicle operation – Seat belt laws

Correct answer: Yes

Law enforcement can stop motorists solely for seat belt violations.

Source: Chapter 3: Traffic laws and vehicle operation – Seat belt laws

Correct answer: Snug across the hipbones or upper thighs

The lap belt should fit snugly across the hipbones or upper thighs, never across the soft abdomen.

Source: Chapter 3: Traffic laws and vehicle operation – Seat belt laws

Correct answer: 13

Children under 13 must ride in the back seat if it is available.

Source: Chapter 3: Traffic laws and vehicle operation – Infant and child safety seat laws

Correct answer: 2 years

Children under 2 must ride in a rear-facing car seat until they reach its height or weight limit.

Source: Chapter 3: Traffic laws and vehicle operation – Infant and child safety seat laws

Correct answer: 9

Children 4 to 9 who have outgrown a car seat must use a booster seat until age 9 or until they exceed its limits.

Source: Chapter 3: Traffic laws and vehicle operation – Infant and child safety seat laws

Correct answer: Six years

Child restraints expire six years from the date of manufacture unless a specific date is stamped on them.

Source: Chapter 3: Traffic laws and vehicle operation – Infant and child safety seat laws