Nevada Road Test Checklist 2026 (Free Printable)

Study sheet for before your test. Notes aren’t allowed in the DMV test room. Every state bans notes, phones and printouts during the knowledge test, in person and online.

Study sheet for before your test. Notes aren’t allowed in the DMV test room.
Source: Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles and Nevada law, sources numbered below · Checked October 4, 2026 · Printed Oct 12, 2026 · drivingtestpal.com/nevada/study-sheets/road-test-checklist/

Nevada · Road test

Nevada road-test checklist

Driving skills test (road test)

Tick each box during practice drives in the weeks before your test. The numbers in brackets are the sources listed at the bottom.

How it’s scored: The examiner grades your driving performance and penalizes any traffic-law violation. Serious violations (for example speeding or failure to yield) and using a cell phone are automatic failures. Nevada does not publish its score sheet, point values or the number of errors allowed. [1, 3]

Bring to the test [1, 3]

Parent or guardian (teens, to sign forms)
Instruction permit
Proof of identity and residency
Completed driving log (DLD-130 or RoadReady app printout)
Driver education Certificate of Completion (teens)
Application for Driving Privileges or ID Card
A vehicle with valid registration and insurance (no rentals)
$25 test fee ($10 for a retest)

Vehicle check before you go [3]

Vehicle registration and license plates
Evidence of insurance card
Working headlights, taillights, brake lights and turn signals
Working horn
Seat belts
Safe tires
Working windshield wipers
Brakes, speedometer and muffler in good working order
Safe, clean passenger seat for the examiner
No passengers or animals in the vehicle
No rental vehicles
Driver-assist features such as parking assist and cruise control may not be used

Maneuvers the examiner scores [2, 3]

Vehicle inspection and preparing to drive
Turns (left)
Turns (right)
Parking
Backing up
Stopping on a grade (may be tested)
Passing

Skills checked throughout [3]

Vehicle control
Entering traffic
Lane use
Speed control
Stopping
Attention to traffic situations

Automatic failures: never do these [1, 3]

Using a cell phone during the drive test
Serious traffic violations, for example speeding or failure to yield

Sources

dmv.nv.gov: roadtestteens
dmv.nv.gov: parentsguide (PDF)
dmv.nv.gov: dlbook (PDF)