Free Nebraska Permit Practice Test 3 (2026)
Real questions from the official Nebraska 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:
- Traffic Signs & Signals — 11
- Traffic Lanes, Passing & Turning — 3
- Adverse Conditions — 1
- Alcohol, Drugs & the Law — 1
- Licensing & Permits — 1
- Right-of-Way & Intersections — 1
- Safe Driving — 1
- Vehicle Equipment — 1
Heaviest on Traffic Signs & Signals (11 of 20) — that is the section to revise first if you miss several here.
1 are Nebraska-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 Nebraska driver under 18 may not apply for a full license until they have held the POP for 12 months without:
- A vision test
- Accumulating three or more points
- Paying a fee
- Moving
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Answer: Accumulating three or more points
You must not have accumulated three or more points during the prior 12 months.
2. A broken (dashed) yellow center line means:
- Bike lane ahead
- No passing at any time
- The road is one-way
- You may pass when it is safe to do so
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Answer: You may pass when it is safe to do so
A broken yellow line means passing is permitted from your side when it's safe.
3. The color GREEN on signs is used for:
- Warnings
- Guidance — directions, distances, and destinations
- Construction
- Prohibitions
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Answer: Guidance — directions, distances, and destinations
Green signs give directions and destination guidance.
4. Opposing up/down arrows on a yellow sign warn of:
- A one-way street
- A passing zone
- A parking area
- Two-way traffic ahead — keep right
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Answer: Two-way traffic ahead — keep right
This warns that the road ahead carries two-way traffic; keep right and don't pass.
5. On a long trip, to stay alert you should:
- Drink energy drinks only
- Take regular breaks and share driving if possible
- Drive faster to finish sooner
- Drive straight through
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Answer: Take regular breaks and share driving if possible
Take breaks about every couple of hours, and share the driving on long trips.
6. A muffler is required to:
- Increase speed
- Improve mileage only
- Reduce excessive noise and control exhaust
- Look sporty
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Answer: Reduce excessive noise and control exhaust
A working muffler is required to prevent excessive noise and control exhaust.
7. Even one or two drinks can:
- Only affect vision
- Slow reaction time and impair judgment
- Improve driving
- Have zero effect
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Answer: Slow reaction time and impair judgment
Impairment starts with the first drink — reaction and judgment suffer before you feel drunk.
8. A yellow center line that is solid on your side but broken on the other means:
- Neither side may pass
- Both may pass
- It's a bike lane
- You may pass; the other side may not
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Answer: You may pass; the other side may not
Solid on your side = no passing for you; broken on the other side lets that direction pass.
9. A yellow sign showing a symbol of a bump or dip warns you to:
- Speed up
- Slow down for a rough spot in the road
- Stop
- Turn around
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Answer: Slow down for a rough spot in the road
Bump/dip signs warn of a rough change in the road surface; slow down.
10. Two solid yellow lines between lanes of opposing traffic mean:
- Bike lane
- A turn lane
- Passing allowed both ways
- No passing in either direction
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Answer: No passing in either direction
Double solid yellow = no passing for traffic in either direction.
11. A diamond symbol painted in a lane indicates:
- A turn-only lane
- A no-parking zone
- A high-occupancy vehicle (carpool) lane
- A bike lane
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Answer: A high-occupancy vehicle (carpool) lane
The diamond marks an HOV (carpool) lane, reserved for vehicles with a required number of occupants.
12. What does this sign tell you?
- Detour
- Two-way traffic
- Wrong way
- Traffic flows in one direction — the way the arrow points
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Answer: Traffic flows in one direction — the way the arrow points
A one-way sign means traffic moves only in the direction of the arrow.
13. Signaling and getting into the correct lane early before a turn helps:
- Save the signal bulb
- You speed up
- No one
- Other drivers anticipate your move
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Answer: Other drivers anticipate your move
Early lane position and signaling let others predict and react to your turn.
14. This sign shape warns of:
- A hospital
- A school zone or school crossing
- A railroad crossing
- A dead end
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Answer: A school zone or school crossing
The pentagon shape marks a school zone or school crossing ahead.
15. After completing a turn, you should:
- End up in any open lane
- Stop to check traffic
- End your turn in the correct lane — the one nearest the one you came from
- Cross all lanes
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Answer: End your turn in the correct lane — the one nearest the one you came from
Finish the turn in the proper lane (turn into the nearest lane) rather than swinging across lanes.
16. When roads are wet, you should increase your following distance to:
- The same 3-4 seconds
- More than the normal 3-4 seconds
- Zero
- 1 second
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Answer: More than the normal 3-4 seconds
Wet roads lengthen stopping distance — leave more than the normal following gap.
17. White lane lines separate:
- Lanes of traffic moving in the same direction
- Bike lanes from sidewalks
- Traffic moving in opposite directions
- Parking spaces
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Answer: Lanes of traffic moving in the same direction
White lines separate lanes of traffic going the same direction; yellow separates opposing directions.
18. A white rectangular sign reading 'DO NOT PASS' means:
- No passing allowed here
- Pass on the right
- Passing lane ahead
- Pass carefully
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Answer: No passing allowed here
'Do Not Pass' is a regulatory sign prohibiting passing in that area.
19. In a roundabout, traffic flows:
- Clockwise
- Only when a light is green
- Counter-clockwise; yield on entry and signal to exit
- In both directions
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Answer: Counter-clockwise; yield on entry and signal to exit
Roundabout traffic moves counter-clockwise. Yield to traffic already circulating, then exit when you reach your street.
20. Turning left at a green light with oncoming traffic present, you should:
- Turn from the right lane
- Wait in the intersection (if legal) and turn when there's a safe gap
- Turn quickly first
- Back up
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Answer: Wait in the intersection (if legal) and turn when there's a safe gap
You may enter to wait, then complete the left turn when oncoming traffic clears.