Free Alaska Permit Practice Test (2026)
Real questions from the official Alaska driver handbook, each with a plain-English explanation. Free, unlimited retakes, no signup.
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This draw of 20 questions breaks down like this:
- Licensing & Permits — 4
- Vehicle Equipment — 4
- Alcohol, Drugs & the Law — 3
- Adverse Conditions — 2
- Signaling & Communication — 2
- Speed Limits & Speed Management — 2
- Points & Penalties — 1
- Right-of-Way & Intersections — 1
- Sharing the Road — 1
Heaviest on Licensing & Permits (4 of 20) — that is the section to revise first if you miss several here.
20 are Alaska-specific questions, drawn from the state handbook rather than general road rules.
Each test on this site draws a different set, so Test 1, 2 and 3 never repeat a question.
Questions on this test
1. A left arm extended straight out means:
- Stop
- Right turn
- Left turn
- Go
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Answer: Left turn
Arm straight out = left turn.
2. On snow or ice, the safe speed is:
- Unchanged
- Slower than the posted limit
- The posted limit
- Faster to keep momentum
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Answer: Slower than the posted limit
Reduce speed well below the limit on snow and ice.
3. A driver 18 or older may get a license without provisional restrictions:
- Only after driver ed
- Without parental consent
- Only in cities
- Only with a parent
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Answer: Without parental consent
At 18+, you can get an unrestricted license without parental consent.
4. If you start to skid on ice, you should:
- Ease off the gas and steer where you want to go
- Slam the brakes
- Turn sharply
- Accelerate
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Answer: Ease off the gas and steer where you want to go
Ease off the gas and steer toward your intended path.
5. You must also use headlights in the daytime when visibility is reduced to:
- 1,000 feet or less by fog, rain, snow, smoke, or dust
- 100 feet
- Never
- 5 miles
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Answer: 1,000 feet or less by fog, rain, snow, smoke, or dust
Use headlights in daytime when visibility drops to 1,000 feet or less due to weather.
6. Failing to yield to an emergency vehicle is:
- Encouraged
- Fine
- A parking issue
- Illegal and dangerous
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Answer: Illegal and dangerous
Always yield to emergency vehicles with lights and siren.
7. The only thing that lowers your BAC is:
- Time
- A shower
- Cold air
- Coffee
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Answer: Time
Only time removes alcohol from your body.
8. Higher-speed and reckless violations in Alaska carry:
- A discount
- Fewer points
- No points
- More points (up to 10)
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Answer: More points (up to 10)
Serious violations carry up to 10 points.
9. Under the basic speed law, you must drive:
- No faster than is reasonable and safe for conditions
- 10 over
- The fastest speed
- The posted number always
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Answer: No faster than is reasonable and safe for conditions
Never drive faster than is reasonable and safe for conditions.
10. When a school bus stops with red lights flashing on a two-lane road, traffic:
- May pass slowly
- Only behind stops
- Slows to 20
- In both directions must stop
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Answer: In both directions must stop
Both directions stop for a stopped school bus on a two-lane road.
11. Alaska recommends carrying in your vehicle:
- Nothing
- Only a phone
- A flashlight and flares
- Only water
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Answer: A flashlight and flares
Carry a flashlight and flares (important in Alaska's conditions).
12. Your brakes should:
- Be optional
- Barely work
- Be in good working order to stop the car
- Only be a parking brake
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Answer: Be in good working order to stop the car
Keep brakes in good working order.
13. Black ice is most likely on:
- Bridges, overpasses, and shaded areas
- Gravel
- Dry hills
- Sunny straightaways
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Answer: Bridges, overpasses, and shaded areas
Bridges, overpasses, and shady spots freeze first — watch for black ice.
14. With an instruction permit, a licensed driver 21+ must:
- Only be reachable by phone
- Stay home
- Sit in the seat beside you
- Follow in another car
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Answer: Sit in the seat beside you
A licensed driver 21 or older must occupy the seat beside a permit holder.
15. In winter conditions, Alaska drivers commonly use:
- Summer tires
- Winter or studded tires within the legal season
- Bald tires
- No tires
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Answer: Winter or studded tires within the legal season
Winter/studded tires (used within Alaska's allowed dates) improve winter traction.
16. A commercial driver in Alaska is DUI at a BAC of:
- .08
- .04
- .10
- .02
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Answer: .04
Commercial drivers are DUI at .04.
17. Provisional license restrictions in Alaska generally last until:
- Age 21
- Age 16
- Age 18
- Age 25
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Answer: Age 18
Provisional restrictions apply until 18 (removable at DMV once conditions are met).
18. Alaska's lighting law requires headlights:
- Only on interstates
- Only in tunnels
- Only after midnight
- A half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise, and in low daytime visibility
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Answer: A half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise, and in low daytime visibility
Headlights: sunset+½hr to sunrise-½hr, and daytime when visibility ≤1000 ft.
19. For a driver under 21 in Alaska, driving after drinking any alcohol is:
- Illegal (zero tolerance)
- Fine under .08
- Legal
- Only illegal at night
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Answer: Illegal (zero tolerance)
Alaska has zero tolerance for under-21 drinking and driving.
20. A provisional driver license in Alaska is available at age:
- 14
- 16
- 15
- 18
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Answer: 16
A provisional license is available at 16.