NWT Class 7: Intersections and right-of-way

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1. A rural stop sign has no stop line and no marked crosswalk. Where must you stop?

   1. Wherever you can see best
   2. Right beside the sign
   3. Within 3 m of the intersecting road
   4. Within 10 m of the intersecting road

2. Another driver must yield to you, but it is clear they are not going to. What should you do?

   1. Sound your horn and continue
   2. Keep going, since you have the right-of-way
   3. Do what you can to avoid a collision
   4. Speed up so they see you

3. Traffic is backed up past the intersection ahead and your light is green. What should you do?

   1. Enter and wait inside the intersection
   2. Go and stop in the crosswalk
   3. Wait until there is room to clear it
   4. Enter if your front end will fit

4. A stop sign has no stop line, but there is a marked crosswalk. Where must you stop?

   1. Just past the crosswalk
   2. Before the marked crosswalk
   3. Inside the crosswalk
   4. Even with the stop sign

5. You stop at a stop sign where a stop line is painted before a marked crosswalk. Where do you stop?

   1. Past the crosswalk
   2. At the stop line
   3. At the edge of the cross street
   4. In the crosswalk

6. You reach an intersection with no signs or signals. Another car is coming from your right. Who should yield?

   1. You should yield to the car on your right
   2. The car on your right yields to you
   3. Whoever is going faster
   4. The car turning left

7. You are leaving a parking lot onto a main street and there is no sign. What must you do?

   1. Stop before the sidewalk and yield
   2. Sound your horn and pull out
   3. Stop only if a car is coming
   4. Slow down and merge into traffic

8. You and another car arrive at a four-way stop at the same time. The other car is on your right. Who goes first?

   1. The car turning left
   2. Whoever signals first
   3. You do
   4. The car on your right

9. You plan to leave a two-lane traffic circle at the first exit. Which lane should you use?

   1. The right-hand lane
   2. The left-hand lane
   3. The inside lane, then move over
   4. Either lane

10. The car in the lane beside you has stopped at a crosswalk. You cannot see why. What must you do?

    1. Sound your horn and continue
    2. Change lanes and pass
    3. Do not pass it; be ready to stop
    4. Pass carefully in your lane

11. You reach a yield sign and there are no vehicles or pedestrians to yield to. What may you do?

    1. Go through without stopping
    2. Wait three seconds, then go
    3. Stop fully, then go
    4. Sound your horn, then go

12. What should you do as you leave a traffic circle?

    1. Use your right turn signal
    2. Use your hazard lights
    3. Signal only if traffic is behind you
    4. Use your left turn signal

13. At a four-way stop, who normally goes first?

    1. The larger vehicle
    2. The vehicle on the left
    3. The vehicle that arrived first
    4. The vehicle going straight

14. How are intersections in a parking lot treated, unless there is a sign?

    1. As four-way stops
    2. As yield intersections
    3. As private property with no rules
    4. As uncontrolled intersections

15. In an NWT traffic circle, two vehicles are side by side in the circle. Which one must yield?

    1. The vehicle on the right
    2. The vehicle on the left
    3. Neither; they go together
    4. The vehicle that entered last

16. You are entering a traffic circle. Who has the right-of-way?

    1. You do, as the entering driver
    2. Traffic already in the circle
    3. The largest vehicle
    4. Traffic on your right