Examen de Conocimientos del Reglamento de Tránsito — Estado de México (Secretaría de Movilidad)

Under Article 42 of the Reglamento de Tránsito del Estado de México, which license lets a person drive private cars, pickups and trucks of private service?

• ALicencia de automovilista, which also covers private trucks
• BLicencia de chofer para servicio particular
• CLicencia de motociclista
• DPermiso provisional de práctica, valid for one year

A 15-year-old in the Estado de México obtains a permiso provisional de práctica "A". What conditions does Article 42 attach to it?

• AIt is valid for two years and lets the minor drive alone on secondary streets by day
• BIt allows driving a motorcycle with a helmet
• CIt allows driving any private vehicle at night only with an adult
• DValid up to one year, not extendable, and always with a licensed responsible adult

For how long can SEMOV issue a private-service license (automovilista, motociclista or chofer particular) in the Estado de México?

• AOne, two, three or four years
• BOnly three years
• CPermanently, with no expiry date for private licenses
• DFive or ten years, at the applicant's choice

When must an applicant take SEMOV's knowledge exam on the Reglamento de Tránsito del Estado de México?

• AAt every renewal, regardless of how many years the license was valid
• BOnly when changing address
• CFor a first-time (new) license or practice permit in the state
• DOnly after receiving a fine for a serious traffic infraction in the state

In addition to passing the knowledge exam, what must a first-time applicant present in 2026 to obtain a motociclista license in the Estado de México?

• AA certificate from a private driving school only, in place of any competency certificate
• BA letter from an employer
• CProof of owning a motorcycle under 250 cc
• DA CONOCER certificate in competency standard EC1631 "Conducción de Motocicleta"

According to the official SEMOV study guide, what insurance must every private motor vehicle in the Estado de México have?

• AA current policy covering at least third-party damage to persons and property
• BComprehensive coverage, including theft and total loss of the insured vehicle
• CCoverage only for the driver's medical expenses
• DNo insurance is required for private vehicles

According to the official SEMOV guide, how many passengers may travel in a vehicle?

• AAs many as fit in the vehicle, as long as all of them wear seat belts
• BUp to five in any car
• CThe number indicated on the tarjeta de circulación
• DUp to seven, if two of the passengers are children under 12

A passenger throws trash out of the window of a moving car in the Estado de México. According to the official SEMOV guide, who is responsible and subject to the sanction?

• AThe passenger only
• BThe vehicle owner, even if absent
• CNo one, if the trash is small
• DThe driver of the vehicle

According to the official SEMOV guide, which vehicles may circulate with polarized windows in the Estado de México?

• AAny vehicle, if the aftermarket tint lets at least 50% of light through
• BOnly vehicles used at night
• COnly vehicles with out-of-state plates, which follow their own state's rules
• DVehicles whose polarized windows were installed at the factory

According to the official SEMOV guide, when may a license plate be removed from a vehicle registered outside the Estado de México?

• AWhen it has unpaid fines for Reglamento de Tránsito infractions
• BWhenever it circulates during Hoy No Circula hours in the metropolitan area
• CWhen its verification hologram was issued by another state's program
• DNever; only Edomex plates can be removed

According to the official SEMOV guide, which conduct is a cause for cancelling a driver's license?

• AParking in a paid zone without paying, when repeated three times in a year
• BHonking once in a hospital zone
• CDriving with a dirty windshield
• DDriving under the effects of drugs or psychotropics, or driving drunk

According to the official SEMOV guide, which situation would stop a driver's license or permit from being issued or reissued?

• AHaving a current license from another state
• BBeing older than 65
• CThe documents shown are false or the application contains false information
• DOwning more than one vehicle

Under Article 90 of the Reglamento de Tránsito del Estado de México, which environmental obligation applies to drivers?

• AVerification is optional for vehicles newer than five years
• BNot driving without a current hologram, while visibly polluting, or under an environmenta…
• COnly public transport must respect environmental restrictions
• DEnvironmental restrictions apply only during contingencies that CDMX declares for the who…

Under Article 90 of the Reglamento de Tránsito del Estado de México, which items must a driver verify that the vehicle carries?

• AA spare tire, a fire extinguisher, and tools
• BA first-aid kit only
• CA tow rope and jumper cables
• DTwo spare tires and snow chains

How does the official SEMOV guide classify traffic signs, and what does each class do?

• AMandatory (green), optional (blue), and tourist (brown)
• BPreventive (yellow) warn; restrictive (red and black) limit or prohibit; informative (blu…
• CPreventive (red) prohibit; restrictive (yellow) warn of danger; informative (white) name…
• DUrban, rural, and federal

According to the official SEMOV guide, what is the purpose of restrictive signs?

• ATo warn of a danger or a change in the road
• BTo guide to towns and services
• CTo indicate certain limitations or prohibitions that regulate traffic
• DTo advertise nearby businesses

According to the official SEMOV guide, what is the purpose of preventive signs?

• ATo warn of a danger or a change of situation on the road
• BTo name streets
• CTo prohibit parking along a stretch of road or next to a curb
• DTo mark tourist sites, museums and other places of cultural interest

According to the official SEMOV guide, what is the purpose of informative signs?

• ATo indicate the maximum and minimum speed limits on each stretch of road
• BTo guide drivers to streets, roads, towns and places with services
• CTo warn of curves
• DTo order drivers to stop completely before entering an intersection

According to the official SEMOV guide, what must drivers do when the traffic light is red?

• ASlow down and continue if the intersection is clear of pedestrians and vehicles
• BStop in the middle of the intersection so that cross traffic can see you
• CStop at the "alto" line without invading the pedestrian crossing
• DStop only if pedestrians are crossing

According to the official SEMOV guide, under what circumstance may a driver pass a red traffic light?

• AOnly if a traffic officer indicates it
• BAfter midnight if the road is empty
• CWhen turning right, in every case
• DWhen the light has been red for more than two minutes

Article 90 of the Reglamento de Tránsito del Estado de México lists the obligations of drivers. What does it say about traffic-light signals?

• ADrivers may cross on amber if they speed up before the light turns red
• BDrivers must refrain from going through red or amber signals
• CAmber means the same as green
• DOnly red lights are binding at night; amber may then be treated as green

According to the official SEMOV guide, what are longitudinal lines on the pavement for?

• ATo indicate where to stop
• BTo mark pedestrian crossings and the stopping limit at intersections
• CTo mark parking spaces
• DTo delimit traffic lanes and guide drivers within them

According to the official SEMOV guide, what are transverse lines on the pavement for?

• ATo separate lanes going in the same direction and guide drivers within them
• BTo mark bicycle lanes and separate them from the general traffic lanes
• CTo prohibit passing
• DTo mark the vehicle stopping limit and the pedestrian crossing zone

According to the official SEMOV guide, what is the function of the fantasmas (roadside delineator posts)?

• ATo show the distance to the next town
• BTo indicate a school zone
• CTo delimit the edge of the shoulders
• DTo mark speed cameras

Your car's turn signals are not working and you need to turn right. According to the official SEMOV guide, what hand signal must you make?

• AExtend the left arm horizontally
• BExtend the left arm pointing downward
• CPoint with the right arm through the passenger window
• DExtend the left arm upward

According to the official SEMOV guide, what color must a vehicle's front headlights be?

• AWhite
• BRed
• CBlue
• DGreen

Article 88 of the Reglamento de Tránsito del Estado de México regulates lights. What does it require?

• AHeadlights only on highways and toll roads; city streets are lit well enough at night
• BHeadlights and rear lights at night or in low visibility, without dazzling
• CUse high beams in all urban areas at night so that pedestrians can see the vehicle coming
• DFog lights at all times

According to the official SEMOV guide, when do ambulances, police patrols and fire vehicles have priority of passage?

• AAt all times, even with their lights and sirens off, because of their public function
• BOnly on vías primarias and highways, where they have exclusive lanes
• CWhen they circulate with the siren or the flashing light on
• DOnly at night

In a glorieta without traffic lights in the Estado de México, who has priority?

• AVehicles entering from the widest street
• BVehicles already circulating in the glorieta
• CThe vehicle arriving from the right
• DPublic transport only

At a crossing with no traffic light and no agent, two vehicles arrive at the same time on streets of similar width and traffic. What does Article 75 of the Reglamento de Tránsito del Estado de México establish?

• AThe vehicle coming from the left crosses first, then the one on the right
• BBoth cross at the same time at reduced speed, watching each other carefully
• CThe larger vehicle has priority
• DThey alternate, beginning with the vehicle coming from the right

Under Article 75 of the Reglamento de Tránsito del Estado de México (2025 reform), who has priority at a crossing with no traffic light when one street is much wider or carries notably more traffic?

• AVehicles on the wider or busier street
• BVehicles on the narrower street
• CWhoever arrives from the right
• DWhoever sounds the horn first

According to the official SEMOV guide, what must drivers do when they want to join a vía primaria?

• AMerge at the same speed and force a gap
• BGive way to the vehicles circulating on it
• CStop in the right lane of the vía primaria
• DSound the horn and enter

Under Article 76 of the Reglamento de Tránsito del Estado de México (2025 reform), what must drivers traveling on the laterals of a vía primaria do?

• ANothing special; lateral traffic has priority over vehicles coming out of the central lan…
• BGive way only to buses
• CYield to pedestrians and to vehicles leaving the central lanes
• DUse the laterals only for parking and for loading and unloading goods

Your light is green, but there is no space in the next block to clear the intersection. What does Article 73 of the Reglamento de Tránsito del Estado de México say?

• AYou may continue because the light is green
• BYou may enter the intersection and wait there with hazard lights on
• CYou must wait behind the crosswalk only if pedestrians are present in the intersection
• DDo not continue if it would obstruct the intersection

What does Article 86 of the Reglamento de Tránsito del Estado de México establish about continuous turns (vuelta continua)?

• AThey are prohibited both ways unless a sign expressly allows them
• BThey are always allowed to the right after a full stop and a check for pedestrians
• CThey are allowed only for motorcycles
• DThey are allowed at night on empty roads, after a full stop at the light

A sign at an Edomex intersection permits a continuous right turn. According to Article 86, how should the driver carry it out?

• AUse the center lane and turn without slowing
• BFrom the right lane, stopping at red to check and yield, and ending in the right lane
• CTurn from any lane as long as the turn signal is on at least 30 meters before the corner
• DTurn only after the light turns amber

How must a driver prepare a right turn at an intersection under Article 85 of the Reglamento de Tránsito del Estado de México?

• AMove to the left lane to make a wider turn
• BTake the far-right lane in time and yield to cross traffic and pedestrians
• CTurn from the center lane whenever the right lane is blocked by parked cars
• DAccelerate through the turn to clear the crosswalk quickly before pedestrians step in

Under Article 82 of the Reglamento de Tránsito del Estado de México, when is it prohibited to pass another vehicle by using the opposite-direction lane?

• AOnly at night
• BOnly on toll highways and federal roads, where the speed limit is higher
• CWithin 30 m of a crossing or railway, near a hilltop, or on a curve
• DOnly when the vehicle being passed is a truck or bus, because of its length

According to the official SEMOV guide, where is it prohibited to pass another vehicle?

• AUsing the road shoulder (acotamiento)
• BOn a road with broken lane lines
• COn the left of a slower vehicle
• DOn a road with two lanes in the same direction

How far may a driver reverse under Article 87 of the Reglamento de Tránsito del Estado de México?

• AUp to 10 meters
• BUp to 50 meters
• CAny distance, if the hazard lights are on
• DUp to 20 meters with precautions, never on continuous-flow roads or at intersections

How close to a railway crossing must a driver make a full stop in the Estado de México?

• AAt a minimum distance of 5 meters from the nearest rail
• BRight on the first rail
• CAt 1 meter from the barrier or the painted stop line, whichever comes first
• DOnly when a train is visible or its horn can be heard nearby

According to the official SEMOV guide, when is it permitted to park in a second row (doble fila)?

• AFor up to five minutes with hazard lights
• BWhen dropping off children at school
• CIn no case
• DWhen all spaces are taken

Under Article 99 of the Reglamento de Tránsito del Estado de México, how must a car be parked on an urban street?

• AFacing either direction
• BIn the direction of traffic, wheels no more than 30 cm from the curb
• CAt least 1 meter from the curb so that doors can open safely on that side
• DWith two wheels on the sidewalk to leave more room for passing traffic

You park a car downhill in the Estado de México. What does Article 99 require besides the parking brake?

• AFront wheels pointed toward the curb
• BFront wheels pointed away from the curb
• CFront wheels straight
• DWheel chocks under the front wheels

Under Article 100 of the Reglamento de Tránsito del Estado de México, which of these is a place where parking is prohibited?

• AOn a secondary street without signs, facing the direction of traffic
• BIn a paid parking zone, after paying the fee at the parking meter
• CIn front of your own driveway
• DLess than 100 meters from a curve or hilltop without visibility

Which locations did the 2025 reform of Article 100 of the Reglamento de Tránsito del Estado de México add to the list of no-parking places in front of access points?

• AIn front of supermarkets, banks and shopping centers
• BAccess ramps for vulnerable groups, emergency exits, hydrants and siamese connections
• CIn front of all houses
• DIn front of gas stations only

A car needs an emergency repair on a two-way road in the Estado de México. Where does Article 101 require the warning devices?

• AOne device placed 5 meters behind the vehicle, in the lane it occupies
• BTwo devices on the roof
• COne device 30 m behind and another 30 m ahead, centered in the lane
• DOnly the hazard lights are required when the road has two-way traffic

What does Article 102 of the Reglamento de Tránsito del Estado de México prohibit?

• AParking in front of your own garage entrance on a residential street
• BParking electric or hybrid vehicles on the street outside designated charging spaces
• CParking at night
• DReserving street parking spaces or placing objects to block them