North Carolina Permit Test Marathon (All Questions)
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What is the youngest age at which a North Carolina teen can get a Level 1 limited learner permit?
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About this test
These questions were written from the North Carolina Driver Handbook (Revised May 2025). 75 of the 121 North Carolina questions in this test cover rules that are specific to North Carolina 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 a North Carolina teen can get a Level 1 limited learner permit?
- A 16
- B 15 1/2
- C 15
- D 14 1/2
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C. 15
A Level 1 limited learner permit is for teens who are at least 15 and under 18 and live in North Carolina. They must also have finished an approved driver education course before testing.
For a driver 21 or older in a regular car, what blood alcohol concentration (BAC) by itself proves driving while impaired in North Carolina?
- A 0.10 percent or more
- B 0.08 percent or more
- C 0.04 percent or more
- D 0.05 percent or more
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B. 0.08 percent or more
North Carolina can prove DWI either by showing your faculties are appreciably impaired or by a BAC of 0.08 or more. Commercial drivers face a lower 0.04 limit, and you can be impaired below 0.08.
In North Carolina, accumulating how many driver license points may get you assigned to a driver improvement clinic?
- A 7
- B 12
- C 10
- D 5
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A. 7
At seven points you may be sent to a driver improvement clinic, and finishing it removes three points. The clinic is an early warning before you reach the suspension level.
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On a two-lane road, a school bus ahead stops with its red lights flashing to let children off. Who must stop?
- A All traffic in both directions
- B Only drivers who see children crossing
- C Only traffic behind the bus
- D Only traffic meeting the bus
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A. All traffic in both directions
On a two-lane road, traffic from both directions must stop for a school bus loading or unloading passengers. Children often cross in front of the bus, so oncoming drivers are in their path too.
According to the handbook, how far behind a tractor-trailer can a car be hidden in the truck driver's blind spot?
- A Up to 200 feet
- B Up to 20 feet
- C Up to 500 feet
- D Up to 50 feet
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A. Up to 200 feet
Trucks have large blind spots, or No-Zones: up to 20 feet in front of the cab, along both sides and up to 200 feet behind. If you cannot see the driver in their side mirror, they cannot see you.