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Connecticut permit practice test
Twenty-five questions and five mistakes allowed: practice the Connecticut knowledge test, then see the passenger and curfew rules that come with a first license.
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Practice questions written from the state handbook and federal rules. Not the official test.
Connecticut starts later than most states: the learner permit is available at 16 years. The DMV knowledge test has 25 questions and requires 20 correct, 80 %; it is offered in Spanish, and after a failure the wait is 7 days. The learner permit costs $19. Plus a $40 testing fee covering the vision, knowledge and road tests. The license itself is $84. Teens aged 16 and 17 must complete driver training, 30 h classroom (incl. 8-h safe driving practices) + 2-h parent class, or home training (22 h + 8-h course) + 40 h practice. The permit is held at least 4 months, and the license can follow at 16 years 4 months. Until 18 years, no driving 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., and passengers are strictly limited in the first year. The alcohol limit under 21 is 0.02. The practice test above uses Connecticut's 25 questions and its 20-answer pass mark.
Provisional license restrictions
Restrictions until
18
| Phone | Banned |
| Under 21: alcohol | 0.02 |
Under 18: no driving 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. (exceptions: employment, school, religious activities, medical necessity) · First 6 months: only instructor, parents/guardians or qualified trainer 20+; months 7-12: may add immediate family. Permit: only parent/guardian/qualified trainer
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Restrictions for Connecticut teens
Connecticut keeps some of the tightest passenger rules in the country for its newest drivers. The tool sums up the limits and the age at which they end:
Provisional license restrictions
Restrictions until
18
| Phone | Banned |
| Under 21: alcohol | 0.02 |
Under 18: no driving 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. (exceptions: employment, school, religious activities, medical necessity) · First 6 months: only instructor, parents/guardians or qualified trainer 20+; months 7-12: may add immediate family. Permit: only parent/guardian/qualified trainer
Curfew: Under 18: no driving 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. (exceptions: employment, school, religious activities, medical necessity). Driver training also involves the family: the Connecticut program includes a two-hour class for parents.
Connecticut applies its rules in layers. The permit holder may carry only only parent/guardian/qualified trainer. After the license, the first six months are limited to instructors, parents and qualified trainers, months seven to twelve add immediate family, and the curfew stays until 18 years. Phones are banned for these drivers, and the alcohol limit under 21 is 0.02.
Connecticut in the tri-state area
| Connecticut | New York | New Jersey | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permit age | 16 years | 16 years | 16 years |
| Knowledge test | 20 of 25 | 14 of 20 | 40 of 50 |
| Supervised hours | 40 | 50 | 50 |
| Permit fee | $19 | $80 | $10 |
All three start at 16 years. New Jersey asks twice as many questions; New York charges more for the permit, but that fee also covers the license.
Connecticut offers the knowledge test in Spanish. This site's practice test runs in Spanish too, with the same questions and the same 20-of-25 scoring, so a learner can prepare in either language and check the vocabulary in the other before the appointment.
Four months, forty hours
The Connecticut holding period is short, 4 months, but the 40 hours of practice must fit into it, which means close to three hours a week. The practice should cover highway merging, which is constant on I-95 and I-84, narrow town roads, and winter driving.
The age line is precise: the license can come at 16 years 4 months, only 4 months after the earliest permit age of 16 years. Any delay in passing the knowledge test moves that date by the same amount. After a failure the DMV makes you wait 7 days, so one bad attempt costs at least a week of the calendar.
For a 16- or 17-year-old, the training choice is between two routes: 30 h classroom (incl. 8-h safe driving practices) + 2-h parent class, or home training (22 h + 8-h course) + 40 h practice. Both end at the same road test.
Preparing for the test
The Connecticut Driver's Manual (revised March 2023) is the source of the questions. Study signs, signals and pavement markings, right of way, speed, the move-over rule, school buses, sharing the road, and the teen restrictions themselves, which appear on the test. Sign shapes and colors follow the federal MUTCD. The figures here come from the Connecticut DMV; this site is independent of the DMV.