Not affiliated with any state DMV. Original questions based on the North Carolina driver handbook (Revised May 2025).
North Carolina permit test: practice test with original questions from the driver handbook
Practice for the North Carolina driver's permit knowledge test with 64 original questions written from the North Carolina driver handbook (Revised May 2025), in English and Spanish.
These 64 practice questions were written from North Carolina Driver Handbook (Revised May 2025) and checked against it on Oct 28, 2026.
64 questions · Modes: Study, Topic drill, Daily 5
About this test
Practice for the North Carolina driver's permit (learner's) knowledge test with original questions written from the official North Carolina driver handbook (Revised May 2025). Every correct answer is backed by a passage of the handbook and checked by two independent verifiers.
- Study: every question with a short explanation.
- Topic drills: signs and markings, rules of the road, safe driving, alcohol and penalties, your license.
- Mock test: not offered, because the state does not publish the number of questions on its test.
The questions are written in our own words in English and Spanish; this is not the state's question bank. Signs are described in words (no images).
Topics
- Traffic signs · 12
- Pavement markings · 7
- Traffic signals · 7
- Alcohol and the law · 4
- Graduated licensing · 4
- Seat belts and child safety · 4
- Licensing · 3
- Railroad crossings · 3
- Emergency vehicles · 2
- Passing · 2
- School buses · 2
- Sharing the road · 2
- Work zones · 2
- Driver license points · 1
- Hydroplaning · 1
- Night driving · 1
- Pedestrians · 1
- Right of way · 1
- Signaling · 1
- Skids · 1
- Speed · 1
- Traffic officers · 1
- Weather · 1
Sources and version
- North Carolina Driver HandbookCovers: Revised May 2025
Covers: Revised May 2025 · Verified current as of Oct 28, 2026
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How this page was made
Built from the sources listed above and reviewed before it was published. Where the source licence allows it the questions keep the source wording; otherwise they are original questions based on the source. Every answer shows its source. This is not legal, immigration, medical or financial advice.