Impaired Driving & Penalties — Alaska
Alaska CDL practice test: 416 free practice questions (Based on the official driver handbook). The official format is not yet verified; check the official site before your test. Impaired Driving & Penalties: 17 questions.
Blood alcohol limits, drugs and fatigue, licence suspensions, demerit points and fines.
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| Topic / Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Topic | Impaired Driving & Penalties |
| License test | Alaska CDL permit (CLP) knowledge tests |
| Topic questions | 17 (4% of 416 total) |
| Review status | This topic page is still being reviewed against the official handbook. Until review is finished it is hidden from search engines. |
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Questions (17)
1. If you are feeling tired and yawning a lot while you are driving, you should:
- Pull over and take a nap. ✓
- Get some coffee.
- Drive faster.
Answer: A. Pull over and take a nap.
You should pull over and take a nap. Yawning a lot is a sign of fatigue, and the handbook says to stop driving when you notice any sign of fatigue. It tells tired drivers to sleep for the night or take a short nap of about 15 to 20 minutes. The handbook also says forcing yourself to continue when tired is more dangerous than many people realize and is a major cause of deadly crashes. So the safe action is to get off the road and rest, not to keep driving.
2. Distracted driving can be avoided by:
- Pre-programming radio stations. ✓
- Smoking while driving.
- Eating while driving.
Answer: A. Pre-programming radio stations.
Pre-programming radio stations is a way to avoid distracted driving because it removes the need to adjust the radio while you are driving. The handbook tells drivers to set radio stations before they begin driving and to clear and secure the vehicle. It also says to avoid smoking, eating, and drinking while driving. Another passage lists adjusting the radio, eating, drinking, and smoking as activities inside the vehicle that can take your attention away from the driving task. Setting stations ahead of time means you are not fiddling with the radio once you are moving. The handbook warns that distracted driving can cause collisions with injury, death, or property damage.
3. Texting while driving should:
- Only be done on straightaways.
- Only be done in curves.
- Not be done. ✓
Answer: C. Not be done.
Texting while driving should not be done at all, so the choice that says it should not be done is correct. The handbook prohibits texting by commercial motor vehicle drivers, and it notes that carriers may not require or allow drivers to text. It also explains why: texting pulls your eyes off the road, the odds of a safety-critical event are far higher for drivers who text, and a text takes your eyes away for several seconds, long enough to cover a lot of ground without looking. The rules also carry disqualification and civil penalties, with a narrow exception for contacting law enforcement or emergency services.
4. Alcohol begins to affect the body:
- After only one drink. ✓
- After several drinks have been consumed.
- At the legal limit.
Answer: A. After only one drink.
Alcohol begins to affect the body after only one drink. The handbook explains that alcohol enters the bloodstream and reaches the brain, and it lists mild effects such as a mellow feeling and slight body warmth among the early BAC effects. It also says the liver handles only about one drink per hour, so alcohol from a single drink is present and can affect you before it clears. The effects are tied to rising BAC, not to reaching the legal limit or to having several drinks first.
5. Which of the following is not a type of distraction?
- Physical
- Mental
- Obtuse ✓
Answer: C. Obtuse
Obtuse is not a type of distraction. The handbook says a distraction is anything that takes your attention away from driving, and it gives examples such as talking to passengers, adjusting controls, eating or drinking, texting, and daydreaming or being occupied with other mental distractions. Those examples include physical actions and mental attention. The handbook never lists obtuse as a distraction category, and nothing in the passage ties that word to something that pulls your attention from driving.
6. A distracted driver:
- Usually follows the rules of the road.
- Usually has slowed perception. ✓
- Is a good person to follow.
Answer: B. Usually has slowed perception.
A distracted driver usually has slowed perception. The handbook lists slowed perception as one effect of distracted driving. It explains that this can make a driver late to notice, or miss entirely, something important happening in traffic. The same section also mentions delayed decisions and wrong inputs to steering, accelerator, or brakes. Because the manual ties distraction to slowed perception, the statement about slowed perception fits.
7. Alcohol can be removed from your system:
- By exercising.
- By drinking coffee.
- By waiting. ✓
Answer: C. By waiting.
Alcohol can be removed from your system only by waiting. The handbook explains that alcohol enters the bloodstream and is processed by the liver at a fixed rate. It says the liver handles only a small amount per hour, so the process cannot be rushed. The passage specifically says that time, not black coffee or a cold shower, will sober you up. That makes waiting the only listed way for alcohol to leave your system. The handbook does not mention exercise as a way to remove alcohol, and it directly rules out coffee as a sober-up method.
8. The only way to sober up after consuming alcohol is to:
- Take a cold shower.
- Exercise.
- Wait. ✓
Answer: C. Wait.
The only way to sober up is to wait — time is what clears alcohol from your body. The handbook explains that alcohol travels through the bloodstream to the brain and then to the liver, and the liver burns it off at a fixed rate of one-third of an ounce per hour. Because that rate cannot be sped up, the passage says plainly that only time will sober you up, and it names black coffee and a cold shower as things that will not. So sitting still and letting your body do its work is the only real option.
9. When experiencing cold weather, be sure to check your vehicle's alcohol evaporator:
- Every three hours.
- Every day. ✓
- Every other week.
Answer: B. Every day.
10. Texting while driving is:
- Allowed if you are contacting your employer.
- Allowed when driving on rural roads.
- Not allowed. ✓
Answer: C. Not allowed.
Texting while driving is not allowed. The handbook states plainly that you may not send or read text messages while driving, and the texting section says federal rules prohibit commercial motor vehicle drivers from texting. It also bars motor carriers from requiring or allowing drivers to text. The only exception described is texting when necessary to reach law enforcement or emergency services, which does not cover ordinary employer contact or a quiet rural road. That makes texting while driving not allowed.
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Last checked: 2026-10-17 · Verified from official source
Updated: · Based on the official driver handbook