Applying Your Driving Skills — Iowa Driver's License Practice Test

This Iowa Driver's License Applying Your Driving Skills practice set has 104 practice questions based on the official exam materials, each with an instant explanation. You need 80% on the real Iowa Driver's License knowledge test to pass.

Sample questions

Three questions from the Applying Your Driving Skills bank with the correct answer and an explanation. The practice quiz above draws 30 questions at random from the same bank.

1. Which of the following counts as an intersection where traffic merges or crosses?

   • A parking lot entrance, a driveway, or a side street — Correct answer
   • Only a four-way intersection with traffic signals
   • Only places marked with painted crosswalks
   • Only intersections of two paved highways

   Explanation: Intersections are any place where traffic merges or crosses, including cross streets, side streets, driveways, parking lots, and any roadway open to public travel.

   Handbook: Applying Your Driving Skills — Intersections

2. What should you do before entering an intersection?

   • Look ahead to identify the type of intersection and any traffic control devices — Correct answer
   • Speed up so you can clear it quickly
   • Honk your horn to warn cross traffic
   • Assume the other drivers will stop for you

   Explanation: Look ahead to identify the type of intersection and any traffic control devices so you know how to proceed safely.

   Handbook: Applying Your Driving Skills — Intersections

3. Why should you scan an intersection before proceeding through it?

   • To make sure the path is clear all the way through the intersection — Correct answer
   • To memorize the names of the cross streets
   • To check the posted speed limit only
   • Because scanning is only needed at night

   Explanation: Scanning the intersection ensures the path is clear all the way through before you commit to crossing.

   Handbook: Applying Your Driving Skills — Intersections