12 sample questions from a bank of 240.
1. In Illinois, unless otherwise posted, what is the maximum speed limit on interstates and tollways?
- · 55 mph
- · 65 mph
- ✓ Answer: 70 mph
- · 75 mph
Source: Illinois Rules of the Road — Speed Limits
2. Unless otherwise posted, what is the Illinois speed limit in an alley?
- ✓ Answer: 15 mph
- · 20 mph
- · 25 mph
- · 30 mph
Source: Illinois Rules of the Road — Speed Limits
3. On an Illinois school day between 6:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. when children are present and signs are posted, what is the speed limit in a school zone?
- · 10 mph
- · 30 mph
- · 25 mph
- ✓ Answer: 20 mph
Source: Illinois Rules of the Road — School Zones
4. Unless otherwise posted, what is the Illinois speed limit in city or town areas?
- · 25 mph
- ✓ Answer: 30 mph
- · 35 mph
- · 45 mph
Source: Illinois Rules of the Road — Speed Limits
5. Unless otherwise posted, what is the Illinois speed limit on other highways and rural areas (two-lane, non-interstate)?
- ✓ Answer: 55 mph
- · 50 mph
- · 45 mph
- · 65 mph
Source: Illinois Rules of the Road — Speed Limits
6. Unless otherwise posted, what is the maximum Illinois speed limit on a highway with four lanes?
- · 55 mph
- · 60 mph
- ✓ Answer: 65 mph
- · 70 mph
Source: Illinois Rules of the Road — Speed Limits
7. At a four-way stop in Illinois, when two vehicles on different roadways arrive at the same time, which driver must yield?
- · The vehicle on the right yields to the vehicle on the left
- · The larger vehicle yields
- · The faster vehicle yields
- ✓ Answer: The vehicle on the left yields to the vehicle on the right
Source: Illinois Rules of the Road — Right of Way
8. At a four-way stop where vehicles arrive at clearly different times, who should proceed first?
- · Whoever is turning left
- ✓ Answer: The first driver to come to a complete stop
- · The vehicle going straight
- · The vehicle on the widest road
Source: Illinois Rules of the Road — Right of Way
9. Two vehicles on different roadways reach an UNCONTROLLED intersection (no signs or signals) at the same time. Who must yield?
- · The vehicle on the right
- · Neither; both stop fully
- ✓ Answer: The vehicle on the left
- · The vehicle traveling downhill
Source: Illinois Rules of the Road — Right of Way
10. You are on the terminating highway of a 'T' intersection in Illinois that has no traffic control signs or signals. What must you do?
- ✓ Answer: Yield to cross traffic on the through road
- · Proceed first because you reach the through road
- · Sound your horn and proceed
- · Stop only if a vehicle is within 100 feet
Source: Illinois Rules of the Road — Right of Way
11. In Illinois, before turning right on a red light, a driver must:
- · Slow to 5 mph but need not stop
- · Wait for a green arrow
- · Yield only to pedestrians, not vehicles
- ✓ Answer: Come to a complete stop and yield the right of way
Source: Illinois Rules of the Road — Right of Way
12. Under Illinois law, a driver may turn LEFT at a red light after stopping only when:
- · Turning from any two-way street onto a one-way street
- ✓ Answer: Turning from a one-way street onto another one-way street with traffic moving left
- · No oncoming traffic is visible for 500 feet
- · A police officer is not present
Source: Illinois Rules of the Road — Right of Way