Free Connecticut Permit Practice Test (2026)
Real questions from the official Connecticut 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 — 5
- Safe Driving — 3
- Sharing the Road — 3
- Vehicle Equipment — 3
- Alcohol, Drugs & the Law — 2
- Points & Penalties — 2
- Signaling & Communication — 2
Heaviest on Licensing & Permits (5 of 20) — that is the section to revise first if you miss several here.
20 are Connecticut-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. The safest choice if you'll be drinking is to:
- Drink coffee
- Use a designated driver or ride
- Wait 10 minutes
- Drive slowly
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Answer: Use a designated driver or ride
Plan a sober ride — never drive impaired.
2. If your turn signals fail, you should:
- Not signal
- Turn without signaling
- Use hand signals until repaired
- Use headlights
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Answer: Use hand signals until repaired
Use hand signals if your signals fail.
3. When a school bus stops with red lights flashing on an undivided road, traffic:
- Only behind stops
- In both directions must stop
- Slows to 20
- May pass slowly
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Answer: In both directions must stop
Both directions stop for a stopped school bus on an undivided road.
4. Serious or repeated violations in Connecticut can lead to:
- Nothing
- Lower rates
- License suspension by the DMV Commissioner
- A reward
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Answer: License suspension by the DMV Commissioner
Serious/repeated violations can bring a license suspension.
5. A left arm extended straight out means:
- Left turn
- Go
- Stop
- Right turn
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Answer: Left turn
Arm straight out = left turn.
6. During the FIRST six months with a Connecticut license, a 16–17-year-old may drive only with:
- Three passengers
- Any friends
- A parent/instructor or a licensed driver providing instruction
- No one at all
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Answer: A parent/instructor or a licensed driver providing instruction
For the first 6 months, only a driving instructor or a parent/qualified licensed driver may ride along.
7. When passing a bicyclist, you should:
- Speed up
- Give room and pass only when safe
- Pass close
- Honk and pass
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Answer: Give room and pass only when safe
Give bicyclists room and pass only when safe.
8. If you become drowsy while driving, you should:
- Speed up
- Pull over safely and rest
- Push on
- Turn up music
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Answer: Pull over safely and rest
Only rest cures drowsiness — pull over.
9. Keeping a safe following distance helps you:
- React to sudden stops without a crash
- Look important
- Save fuel only
- Drive faster
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Answer: React to sudden stops without a crash
Space ahead gives you time to react and avoid rear-ending others.
10. Even at 25 mph, the force of a head-on crash is compared to:
- A gentle bump
- Pedaling a bicycle full-speed into a brick wall
- A car wash
- Nothing
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Answer: Pedaling a bicycle full-speed into a brick wall
At 25 mph a head-on crash hits like riding a bike full-speed into a brick wall — always buckle up.
11. Give a motorcycle:
- Half a lane
- A full lane
- The shoulder
- No room
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Answer: A full lane
Motorcycles are entitled to a full lane.
12. You should signal before turning for at least:
- 50 feet
- 100 feet
- 25 feet
- 10 feet
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Answer: 100 feet
Signal at least 100 feet before turning.
13. If you are involved in a crash, you must:
- Only photograph it
- Leave
- Stop and give information
- Call later
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Answer: Stop and give information
Stop and exchange information at any crash.
14. During the SECOND six months (months 7–12), the only additional passengers allowed are:
- No one
- Up to three friends
- Members of the driver's immediate family
- Any friends
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Answer: Members of the driver's immediate family
In months 7–12, only immediate family members may ride along.
15. In Connecticut, using a hand-held cell phone while driving is:
- Fine at stops
- Legal on highways
- Legal
- Illegal — use hands-free (no phone use for permit/teen drivers)
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Answer: Illegal — use hands-free (no phone use for permit/teen drivers)
Hand-held phone use is illegal; teen/permit drivers may not use a phone at all.
16. Connecticut's teen curfew prohibits driving between:
- 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.
- 1 a.m. and 5 a.m.
- 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.
- Midnight and 6 a.m.
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Answer: 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.
No driving 11 p.m.–5 a.m. unless for work, school, religious activities, medical necessity, or Safe Ride Program.
17. The minimum age for a learner's permit in Connecticut is:
- 18
- 16
- 14
- 15
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Answer: 16
You must be at least 16 for a learner's permit.
18. A commercial driver in Connecticut is DUI at a BAC of:
- 0.02
- 0.08
- 0.10
- 0.04
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Answer: 0.04
Commercial drivers are DUI at 0.04.
19. To get a permit you must pass a:
- Fitness test
- Vision test (plus the 25-question knowledge test)
- Hearing test
- Swim test
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Answer: Vision test (plus the 25-question knowledge test)
A vision test and the 25-question knowledge test are required.
20. Connecticut's 'Click It or Ticket' means:
- Only at night
- Only kids buckle
- Seat belts are required and enforced
- Optional belts
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Answer: Seat belts are required and enforced
Buckle up — seat belts are required and enforced.