Georgia Permit Practice Test 1
26 questions written from the Georgia Drivers' Manual 2023-2024, with an explanation and page citation for every answer.
What is the youngest age at which you can apply for a Georgia Class C instructional permit (CP)?
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About this test
These questions were written from the Georgia Drivers' Manual 2023-2024 (2023-2024). 15 of the 21 Georgia questions in this test cover rules that are specific to Georgia or differ between states. Every answer comes with an explanation and a link to the exact page it comes from, so you can check it yourself.
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What is the youngest age at which you can apply for a Georgia Class C instructional permit (CP)?
- A Age 14
- B Age 16
- C Age 15 and a half
- D Age 15
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D. Age 15
In Georgia you can apply for a Class C instructional permit once you reach age 15. The permit is the first of three steps in Georgia's graduated licensing program, leading to a Class D license and later a full Class C.
Under Georgia's Hands-Free law, which way of using your phone while driving is allowed?
- A Talking through a phone in a mounted holder
- B Holding the phone on speaker near your face
- C Pinning the phone between ear and shoulder
- D Resting the phone in your lap to read a map
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A. Talking through a phone in a mounted holder
Georgia's Hands-Free law says drivers may not hold or support a phone for any reason. A phone may be used only with headphones, a wireless device, a phone holder or a mounted device.
You must stop for a stop sign, and there is a white stop line painted across your lane. Where do you stop?
- A At the stop line
- B Next to the stop sign itself
- C Inside the crosswalk
- D Wherever you can see cross traffic best
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A. At the stop line
When a stop line is present, drivers must come to a complete stop at the stop line, not at the actual stop sign or signal. Stop lines mark the point you should not cross.
What should you do at a flashing red traffic light?
- A Stop completely, then go when safe, as at a stop sign
- B Slow down and go through with caution
- C Stop and wait for the light to turn green
- D Go through if no cross traffic is visible
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A. Stop completely, then go when safe, as at a stop sign
A flashing red light means stop completely, as you would at a stop sign. Go only after yielding to pedestrians and other vehicles at the intersection.
A 19-year-old driver in Georgia is considered under the influence of alcohol at what BAC?
- A .08 or more
- B .05 or more
- C .00, any trace at all
- D .02 or more
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D. .02 or more
Drivers under 21 are considered under the influence at a BAC of .02 or more, which can be reached with very little alcohol. Since they cannot legally drink, Georgia uses this near-zero tolerance limit.