General Driving Knowledge — Hawaii

Hawaii permit practice test: 530 free practice questions (Based on the official driver handbook). The official format is not yet verified; check the official site before your test. General Driving Knowledge: 72 questions. Updated

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TopicGeneral Driving Knowledge
License testHawaii Car learner's permit test
Topic questions72 (14% of 530 total)
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Questions (72)

1. Which of the following commonly causes traffic accidents?
  1. Inattentive driving
  2. Excessive speed under the driving conditions
  3. Following other vehicles too closely
  4. All of the above ✓

Answer: D. All of the above

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2. Your blind spot is the area of the road:
  1. You cannot see without moving your head. ✓
  2. Directly behind your vehicle.
  3. You see in your rearview mirror.
  4. You see in your side mirror.

Answer: A. You cannot see without moving your head.

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3. An inattentive driver is a driver who:
  1. Stares at objects off the roadway or daydreams while driving.
  2. Maintains eye contact during a conversation with a passenger while driving.
  3. Only watches the vehicle ahead of their vehicle.
  4. All of the above. ✓

Answer: D. All of the above.

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4. The most important thing in any driving situation is:
  1. The vehicle.
  2. The environment.
  3. The driver. ✓
  4. The time of day.

Answer: C. The driver.

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5. Stress can affect your driving by:
  1. Lowing your ability to focus on driving. ✓
  2. Decreasing your chances of an accident.
  3. Causing you to fall asleep at the wheel.
  4. Making you more aware of others around you.

Answer: A. Lowing your ability to focus on driving.

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6. To help prevent crashes, you should:
  1. Communicate with other road users. ✓
  2. Ignore other drivers on the road.
  3. Drive only on side streets and back roads.
  4. Avoid driving during rush hour.

Answer: A. Communicate with other road users.

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7. Information you need in order to drive safely is gained primarily by:
  1. Seeing. ✓
  2. Talking to yourself.
  3. Following other traffic.
  4. Turning the radio.

Answer: A. Seeing.

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8. Anything that requires you to ____ could cause you to crash.
  1. Take your eyes off the road
  2. Take your hands off the wheel
  3. Take your attention away from the task of driving
  4. All of the above ✓

Answer: D. All of the above

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9. Roads freeze quickly when they are:
  1. Flat.
  2. Curvy.
  3. In the sun.
  4. Shaded. ✓

Answer: D. Shaded.

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10. Lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions are divided by ____ lines.
  1. White
  2. Red
  3. Black
  4. Yellow ✓

Answer: D. Yellow

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Last checked: 2026-10-17 · Verified from official source

Updated: · Based on the official driver handbook