Free Connecticut Permit Practice Test 2 (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:
- Alcohol, Drugs & the Law — 6
- Licensing & Permits — 5
- Sharing the Road — 3
- Speed Limits & Speed Management — 3
- Safe Driving — 1
- Signaling & Communication — 1
- Vehicle Equipment — 1
Heaviest on Alcohol, Drugs & the Law (6 of 20) — that is the section to revise first if you miss several here.
19 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. When an emergency vehicle approaches with lights and siren, you must:
- Turn left
- Stop in place
- Speed up
- Pull to the right and stop until it passes
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Answer: Pull to the right and stop until it passes
Pull to the right (or as near right as possible) and stop until it passes.
2. In Connecticut, an adult (21+) is DUI at a BAC of:
- 0.10
- 0.05
- 0.08
- 0.02
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Answer: 0.08
Adults are DUI at 0.08.
3. Connecticut requires proper child restraints for:
- Young children by age/weight/height
- No one
- Only infants
- Only on highways
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Answer: Young children by age/weight/height
Young children must be in appropriate child restraints.
4. A Connecticut learner's permit is valid until you get a license or:
- 5 years
- 6 months
- 1 year
- 2 years
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Answer: 2 years
The permit is valid until you get a license or 2 years, whichever comes first.
5. In a school zone you must:
- Keep speed
- Speed up
- Obey the lower posted school-zone limit
- Stop fully
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Answer: Obey the lower posted school-zone limit
Obey the reduced school-zone limit.
6. The only thing that lowers your BAC is:
- Food
- Coffee
- A shower
- Time
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Answer: Time
Only time removes alcohol from your body.
7. After a Connecticut DUI, reinstatement requires you to install and maintain:
- A dash cam
- Nothing
- An Ignition Interlock Device (IID)
- A GPS
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Answer: An Ignition Interlock Device (IID)
An Ignition Interlock Device (IID) is required as a condition of reinstatement.
8. If arrested for DUI in Connecticut, you'll be asked to submit to a blood, breath, or urine test. Failing it suspends your license for at least:
- 1 year
- 10 days
- 30 days
- 45 days
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Answer: 45 days
Failing the test brings at least a 45-day suspension.
9. To ride a motorcycle in Connecticut you need:
- A CDL
- Nothing extra
- A motorcycle endorsement
- A car license only
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Answer: A motorcycle endorsement
A motorcycle endorsement is required.
10. The Connecticut curfew has exceptions for:
- Parties
- Employment, school, religious activities, medical necessity, or Safe Ride Program driving
- Shopping
- Nothing
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Answer: Employment, school, religious activities, medical necessity, or Safe Ride Program driving
Exceptions include employment, school, religious activities, medical necessity, and Safe Ride Program driving.
11. As speed rises, stopping distance:
- Is irrelevant
- Increases sharply
- Decreases
- Stays the same
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Answer: Increases sharply
Higher speed greatly increases stopping distance.
12. A Connecticut driver under 21 is DUI at a BAC of:
- 0.02
- 0.05
- 0.08
- 0.10
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Answer: 0.02
Under-21 drivers are DUI at 0.02.
13. You must not drive faster than is:
- Reasonable and safe for conditions
- 10 over
- The fastest car
- The posted number always
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Answer: Reasonable and safe for conditions
Never drive faster than is reasonable and safe for conditions.
14. Under Connecticut's Move Over Law, when any vehicle is pulled over on the road you must:
- Slow down below the posted limit AND move over one lane when safe
- Ignore it
- Speed up
- Stop in your lane
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Answer: Slow down below the posted limit AND move over one lane when safe
Slow below the posted limit and move over one lane when it's safe.
15. On snow or ice, you should:
- Speed up
- Drive normally
- Slow down and leave extra following distance
- Brake hard
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Answer: Slow down and leave extra following distance
Reduce speed and leave more room on snow and ice.
16. The Connecticut knowledge test has how many questions, and how many must you get right?
- 20 questions, 16 correct
- 30 questions, 24 correct
- 25 questions, 20 correct
- 40 questions, 32 correct
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Answer: 25 questions, 20 correct
The knowledge test is 25 questions; you need 20 correct to pass.
17. While driving you must:
- Memorize it
- Carry a copy only
- Leave your license home
- Carry your license and show it on request
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Answer: Carry your license and show it on request
Carry and present your license when asked.
18. Use headlights:
- At night and when visibility is reduced (and when wipers are on)
- Only on highways
- Only in tunnels
- Only after midnight
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Answer: At night and when visibility is reduced (and when wipers are on)
Use headlights at night, in low visibility, and when your wipers are on for weather.
19. After pulling over for an emergency vehicle, you must remain stopped until:
- 5 minutes pass
- The light changes
- You feel like going
- The emergency vehicle has passed (or an officer directs you)
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Answer: The emergency vehicle has passed (or an officer directs you)
Stay stopped until the emergency vehicle passes, unless an officer/firefighter directs otherwise.
20. Alcohol reaches your brain and affects driving within:
- A day
- Never
- Minutes
- A week
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Answer: Minutes
Alcohol affects the brain within minutes of drinking.