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North Carolina permit practice test
Practice for the NCDMV knowledge test, then follow the three levels of the North Carolina teen license with their hours and hours of the day.
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| Practice target: 16 of 20 (80 %) |
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Practice questions written from the state handbook and federal rules. Not the official test.
North Carolina licenses teens in three levels. Level 1, the limited learner permit, is available from 15 years once the teen has finished a driver education course of at least 30 hours in class and 6 behind the wheel and passed the NCDMV knowledge, sign and vision tests; it costs $25.50. A failed knowledge test can be retaken after 7 calendar days. The permit is held 9 months, and the log must show 60 hours of supervised driving, 10 of them at night, with no more than ten hours counted in any one week. Level 2, the limited provisional license, follows at 16 years at the earliest and costs $25.50; it bans unsupervised driving from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. except for work or volunteer fire and rescue duty. North Carolina does not publish the length or pass mark of its knowledge test on the pages we read, so the practice test uses 20 questions and an 80 % target.
Supervised practice hours you still need
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30 h
| Required by the state | 60 h |
| Night hours required | 10 h |
| Night hours left | 6 h |
Questions and state rules by Radif Partners · Editorial policy · How the questions are written
Sixty hours, ten a week
North Carolina asks for more practice than most states, and caps the hours that count each week, so the log cannot be filled in a summer. Enter what is done:
Supervised practice hours you still need
Hours left
30 h
| Required by the state | 60 h |
| Night hours required | 10 h |
| Night hours left | 6 h |
| North Carolina | Virginia | South Carolina | Georgia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permit age | 15 years | 15 years 6 months | 15 years | 15 years |
| Held at least | 9 months | 9 months | 6 months | 12 months |
| Supervised hours | 60 | 45 | 40 | 40 |
| Retake wait | 7 calendar days | Under 18: a full 15 days; 18+: once per day | not confirmed | 1 day (7 days after a second failure) |
The three levels
Level 1. Level 1: 5 a.m.-9 p.m. only (with supervisor) for first 6 months. Level 1: no one but supervising driver in front seat.
Level 2. Unsupervised driving is allowed from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.; one passenger under 21 outside the household, unless every young passenger lives in the same house. Phones are banned for drivers under 18.
Level 3. The full provisional license comes after six months of Level 2 without a conviction, and the provisional label lasts until 18.
Sources
Fees, hours and levels are those of the NCDMV graduated licensing pages and the North Carolina Driver Handbook. This site is independent of NCDMV.