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South Carolina permit practice test 1
Twenty questions on the basics every new South Carolina driver needs: traffic lights and right turn on red, STOP and YIELD signs, the four-second following distance, beginner's permit age and supervision, the under-21 alcohol law, the primary seat belt law, emergency vehicles, roundabouts, parking distance from the curb, hydroplaning, pedestrians with white canes and low beams in fog. Every answer comes from the South Carolina Driver's License Manual or the SCDMV's own pages, and road sign questions are mixed in, as on the real test. The SCDMV does not publish how many questions its knowledge test has or the score needed to pass, so 20 questions is our own practice size and we count 16 correct (80 percent) as a pass. There is no time limit.
Exam mode: timed, answers at the end, like the real test. Practice mode: untimed, the answer and explanation after each question.
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Covers: signals and signs (2) · road signs (2) · right of way (2) · safe driving (2) · licensing and records (2) · alcohol and drugs (2) · sharing the road (2) · night and weather (2) · lanes and turns (1) · warning (1) · parking (1) · collisions and insurance (1)
A sample question
An emergency vehicle with its siren and flashing lights on is coming up behind you. What should you do?
- Speed up to stay ahead of it
- Stop immediately in your lane
- Pull over to the edge of the road so it can pass
- Keep driving at the same speed and let it go around
Marked when you take the test; the explanation appears in your review.