Vehicle Equipment & Safe Operation — Hawaii

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Brakes, tires, lights, mirrors, seat belts, child seats and basic vehicle control.

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TopicVehicle Equipment & Safe Operation
License testHawaii Car learner's permit test
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Questions (40)

1. A leaking exhaust system can:
  1. Cause excessive oil use.
  2. Require your vehicle to have a tune-up sooner than normal.
  3. Make you drowsy while driving. ✓
  4. Set grass fires on country roads.

Answer: C. Make you drowsy while driving.

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2. What is the first thing you should adjust, if needed, when you get into a car to drive?
  1. Your seat belt
  2. The steering wheel
  3. Your rearview mirror
  4. Your seat ✓

Answer: D. Your seat

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3. You are late to work and in a hurry. Before you back into the street, you should:
  1. Honk your horn.
  2. Check for children and other objects around your car. ✓
  3. Rev your engine so that animals will get out of the way.
  4. Check for traffic before getting into your vehicle.

Answer: B. Check for children and other objects around your car.

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4. While driving, your wheels slip off the edge of the road. You should:
  1. Jerk the steering wheel to force the vehicle back onto the pavement.
  2. Speed up and steer back onto the pavement gradually.
  3. Slam on your brakes and stop.
  4. Slow down by gently using the brakes. Turn the steering wheel to return to the pavement at a safe speed. ✓

Answer: D. Slow down by gently using the brakes. Turn the steering wheel to return to the pavement at a safe speed.

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5. When towing a trailer large enough to obstruct your inside rearview mirror, you are required to:
  1. Have an outside rearview mirror installed on the driver’s side of your vehicle.
  2. Have an outside rearview mirror installed on the side of your vehicle opposite the driver.
  3. Have outside rearview mirrors installed on both sides of your vehicle. ✓
  4. Have a person in the vehicle to clear you for right turns.

Answer: C. Have outside rearview mirrors installed on both sides of your vehicle.

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6. When towing a trailer, you must make sure that:
  1. The trailer has a safety chain securely attached to the trailer hitch.
  2. The trailer has a safety chain securely attached to the vehicle’s bumper.
  3. The trailer has a safety chain securely attached to the frame of the towing vehicle. ✓
  4. The trailer hitch is equipped with a fail-safe latch.

Answer: C. The trailer has a safety chain securely attached to the frame of the towing vehicle.

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7. Your tire blows out while you are driving. You should:
  1. Slam on your brakes.
  2. Hold your steering wheel tightly and slow to a stop. ✓
  3. Keep driving normally.
  4. Turn on your emergency flashers and continue driving.

Answer: B. Hold your steering wheel tightly and slow to a stop.

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8. Newer vehicles are equipped with a brake warning lamp on the instrument panel. This lamp:
  1. Should come on when the parking brake is released.
  2. Comes on to indicate that the brake system is defective. ✓
  3. Will never come on.
  4. Comes on to indicate that the brake lights are operational.

Answer: B. Comes on to indicate that the brake system is defective.

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9. You may honk your horn when you:
  1. Have to stop quickly.
  2. Are passing another car.
  3. Have lost control of your car. ✓
  4. Are passing a bicyclist.

Answer: C. Have lost control of your car.

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10. When towing a loaded trailer that weighs more than one-half of the towing vehicle's weight, or is 3,000 pounds or more, the trailer must be equipped with:
  1. Brakes.
  2. Breakaway protection.
  3. Hub caps.
  4. Brakes and breakaway protection. ✓

Answer: D. Brakes and breakaway protection.

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

Updated: · Based on the official driver handbook