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Arkansas Car / Permit: Handling Emergencies practice test
What to do when things go wrong — brake failure, tire blowouts, skids, and stalling on railroad tracks.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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1. A tire blows out at highway speed. What should you do?
Correct answer: Hold the wheel firmly, keep your line, and slow gradually
The guide asks for a tight grip, a straight course, a foot off the gas and only light braking, then a stop clear of the roadway.
Source: Arkansas Driver License Study Guide — Chapter 9, Blowouts
2. Police must be told immediately after a crash involving injury, death, or property damage above
Correct answer: $1,000
The guide adds that a driver may not leave a scene involving injury or death until officers have taken the information they need.
Source: Arkansas Driver License Study Guide — Chapter 9, Traffic Crashes
3. Your headlights go dark on a country road. After trying the switch again, the guide says to
Correct answer: put on the hazard lights, turn signals or fog lamps and get off the road
Anything that makes the car visible buys time, but the guide wants the vehicle off the roadway as soon as that can be managed.
Source: Arkansas Driver License Study Guide — Chapter 9, Headlight Failure
4. In a car without antilock brakes, what should you do if the wheels lock during a hard stop?
Correct answer: Release the pedal briefly, then press again once the skid stops
The guide describes repeating that release-and-reapply cycle until the vehicle has come to rest.
Source: Arkansas Driver License Study Guide — Chapter 9, Stopping
5. What does the guide identify as the cause of the great majority of skids?
Correct answer: Driving faster than the conditions allow
It describes a skid as the point where the tires can no longer hold the road, and blames excessive speed for most of them.
Source: Arkansas Driver License Study Guide — Chapter 9, Skids
6. Your brake pedal sinks and the car will not slow. What does the guide tell you to try first?
Correct answer: Pump the pedal repeatedly to build pressure back up
Pumping will often restore enough pressure to bring the car to a halt; the guide moves on to the parking brake and lower gears only if that fails.
Source: Arkansas Driver License Study Guide — Chapter 9, Brake Failure
7. Arkansas law tells a driver involved in a crash to
Correct answer: stop, then move the vehicle clear of the travel lanes if that can be done
The guide requires the driver to stop and then clear the roadway so the wreck does not block traffic.
Source: Arkansas Driver License Study Guide — Chapter 9, Traffic Crashes
8. Making an emergency stop in a car with antilock brakes, you should
Correct answer: push the pedal down hard and keep it there even as it pulses back
The system only works while the pedal is held down, so the guide warns drivers not to lift off when they feel it push back.
Source: Arkansas Driver License Study Guide — Chapter 9, Stopping
9. When the only alternative is a head-on collision, the guide says it is generally better to
Correct answer: leave the roadway
It puts running off the road ahead of a head-on impact, while warning drivers to keep control after any evasive turn.
Source: Arkansas Driver License Study Guide — Chapter 9, Turning
10. What is the right steering input during a skid?
Correct answer: Turn toward the place you want the car to end up, then straighten as it comes back
The guide warns that failing to unwind the steering as the car straightens can throw it into a second skid the other way.
Source: Arkansas Driver License Study Guide — Chapter 9, Skids
11. The guide lists three ways to avoid a collision. Which set is correct?
Correct answer: Stop, turn, or speed up
It notes that a car can usually be steered away from trouble faster than it can be stopped, and that accelerating out of danger sometimes works best.
Source: Arkansas Driver License Study Guide — Chapter 9, Avoiding Collisions
12. Once your car starts to skid, what does the guide say about the brakes?
Correct answer: Stay off them, because braking can make the slide worse
Brakes cannot do their work until the car slows, and the guide warns that using them during a skid can extend it.
Source: Arkansas Driver License Study Guide — Chapter 9, Skids
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