North Carolina 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: North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles (N.C. Department of Transportation) and North Carolina law, sources numbered below · Checked October 4, 2026 · Printed Oct 12, 2026 · drivingtestpal.com/north-carolina/study-sheets/road-test-checklist/

North Carolina · Road test

North Carolina road-test checklist

Driving skills (on-the-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: Pass or fail, scored by the driver license examiner on your ability to execute the required maneuvers. No point values or error limit are published. [3]

Bring to the test [1]

Level 1 learner permit
Driving log showing at least 60 hours (digital or printed)
Printed proof of liability insurance in the teen driver's name from an NC-licensed insurer (phone images not accepted)
Your own vehicle with its valid, original registration card (no photocopies)
A parent or guardian, or written parent/guardian consent for another supervising driver
If you tested at a certified driver education school: the certificate showing you passed

Vehicle check before you go [1, 2]

Your own vehicle
Valid, original registration card
Must pass a pre-trip inspection
Must be representative of the license class sought (a passenger vehicle for Class C)

Maneuvers the examiner scores [1, 2, 3]

Three-point turnabout
Quick stop
Backing
Right turns
Left turns
Approaching corners, stop signs and traffic lights
Pre-trip inspection

Skills checked throughout [2, 3]

Stopping, starting and parking
Use of the clutch
Turn signals and horn
Use of lanes
Following another vehicle
Passing and being passed
Yielding right of way
Driving posture
Use of vehicle operating equipment, brakes, starts and paying attention

Sources

ncdot.gov: level2
ncdot.gov: nc driver handbook (PDF)
reports.oah.state.nc.us: 19a ncac 03b .0201 (PDF)
ncdot.gov: driver license tests
ncdot.gov: driver schools road tests