Free Arkansas Permit Practice Test (2026)
Real questions from the official Arkansas 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 — 6
- Safe Driving — 4
- Alcohol, Drugs & the Law — 3
- Sharing the Road — 3
- Points & Penalties — 1
- Signaling & Communication — 1
- Speed Limits & Speed Management — 1
- Vehicle Equipment — 1
Heaviest on Licensing & Permits (6 of 20) — that is the section to revise first if you miss several here.
20 are Arkansas-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. When passing a bicyclist, you should:
- Give room and pass only when safe
- Speed up
- Honk and pass
- Pass close
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Answer: Give room and pass only when safe
Give bicyclists room and pass only when safe.
2. Safe drivers keep their eyes:
- On the phone
- Closed briefly
- Moving — scanning ahead, mirrors, and sides
- On the car ahead
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Answer: Moving — scanning ahead, mirrors, and sides
Keep scanning to spot hazards early.
3. Intermediate restrictions end when the driver reaches:
- 21
- Their 18th birthday AND completes 6 months of restricted driving
- 25
- 16
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Answer: Their 18th birthday AND completes 6 months of restricted driving
Restrictions end at the 18th birthday and once 6 months of restricted driving is complete.
4. A left arm extended straight out means:
- Right turn
- Go
- Left turn
- Stop
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Answer: Left turn
Arm straight out = left turn.
5. A Learner's License holder must be accompanied by a licensed driver at least:
- 21
- 16
- 25
- 18
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Answer: 21
A licensed driver 21+ must accompany a Learner's License holder.
6. Penalties for drinking and driving in Arkansas are:
- A warning
- Waived
- Minor
- Severe (arrest, fines, license consequences)
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Answer: Severe (arrest, fines, license consequences)
Penalties are severe — arrest, fines, and license consequences.
7. Texting while driving makes a crash about how much more likely?
- 20 times more likely
- No change
- Half as likely
- Slightly
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Answer: 20 times more likely
Texting makes a crash about 20x more likely.
8. An applicant under 18 needs:
- A lawyer
- Nothing
- A parent/legal guardian signature (Parent Affidavit)
- A CDL
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Answer: A parent/legal guardian signature (Parent Affidavit)
Applicants under 18 need a parent/guardian signature and the ASP-33 Parent Affidavit.
9. Keeping a safe following distance and a space cushion helps you:
- Drive faster
- Save fuel only
- Look important
- React to sudden hazards
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Answer: React to sudden hazards
Space around your vehicle gives time and room to avoid trouble.
10. Give a motorcycle:
- No room
- Half a lane
- A full lane
- The shoulder
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Answer: A full lane
Motorcycles are entitled to a full lane.
11. To ride a motorcycle in Arkansas you need:
- A CDL
- Class D only
- A Class M license or endorsement
- Nothing extra
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Answer: A Class M license or endorsement
A Class M license/endorsement is required for motorcycles.
12. Reading or writing a text at 55 MPH takes your eyes off the road long enough to:
- Travel the length of a football field blindfolded
- Do nothing
- Blink
- Save time
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Answer: Travel the length of a football field blindfolded
A ~4.6-second glance at 55 MPH covers a football field — texting makes a crash 20x more likely.
13. If you are involved in a crash, you must:
- Leave
- Stop and give information
- Call later
- Only photograph it
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Answer: Stop and give information
Stop and exchange information at any crash.
14. A regular (unrestricted) Class D license in Arkansas is issued at age:
- 17
- 18
- 21
- 16
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Answer: 18
The Class D license is the regular license, available at 18 (or when intermediate restrictions end).
15. As speed rises, stopping distance:
- Decreases
- Is irrelevant
- Increases sharply
- Stays the same
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Answer: Increases sharply
Higher speed greatly increases stopping distance.
16. Arkansas's Child Passenger Protection Act requires:
- Proper child restraints/car seats for young children
- Nothing
- Only for infants
- Only on highways
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Answer: Proper child restraints/car seats for young children
Young children must be in proper child restraints.
17. The Intermediate License in Arkansas is available at age:
- 18
- 16
- 15
- 14
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Answer: 16
The Intermediate License is for drivers 16 and up (with restrictions until 18).
18. In Arkansas, you can be arrested for DWI at a blood/breath alcohol concentration of:
- .10
- .02
- .08
- .05
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Answer: .08
DWI applies at 0.08% or more for adults.
19. If you're in a crash or serious offense, you can be charged with DWI at a lower BAC because:
- Only at night
- Nothing
- It's random
- Arkansas applies stricter thresholds in those cases
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Answer: Arkansas applies stricter thresholds in those cases
A crash or serious offense can bring DWI charges at a lower BAC.
20. Arkansas's Move Over Law requires you to:
- Speed up
- Stop in your lane
- Move over or slow down for stopped emergency vehicles with lights
- Ignore them
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Answer: Move over or slow down for stopped emergency vehicles with lights
Move over a lane (or slow down) for stopped emergency vehicles displaying lights.