North Carolina Permit Practice Test 2025 – Questions with Correct Answers

NC PERMIT PRACTICE TEST 2025
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS



When driving in heavy traffic, you should do which of the following?

A. Watch out for drivers who make quick stops.
B. Yield to pedestrians only at marked crosswalks
C. Both A and B.
D. Neither A nor B. - correct-answer-A




If you are in the wrong lane for making a left turn at an intersection, you should:
A. Go to the next intersection and turn there.
B. Back up and move into the correct lane for turning.
C. Wait until all other cars have cleared the intersection and turn.
D. Signal the driver in the car beside you that you intend to turn in front of
him. - correct-answer-A




The most frequent type of accident on an interstate highways is:

A. A sideswipe collision.
B. Running off the road.
C. A rear-end collision.
D. A head-on collision. - correct-answer-C

,When taking a long trip on an interstate highway, you should plan on doing
which of the following?
A. Stopping every 100 miles at a rest area.
B. Scheduling some hours of night driving to avoid heavy traffic.
C. Both A and B.
D. Neither A nor B. - correct-answer-A




You are driving on an interstate highway when a breakdown forces you to the
shoulder. You should:
A. Sit in the car until help arrives.
B. Tie a handkerchief to the left door handle and stand beside the left front
fender.
C. Raise the hood and tie a white handkerchief to the left door handle.
D. Raise the hood and stand behind the car so drivers of oncoming cars can
see you. - correct-answer-C




Studies have shown that under normal conditions the chance of a car being
involved in an accident on an interstate highway is greater if the driver:
A. Maintains a steady speed.
B. Travels considerably below the posted speed limit.
C. Travels at the posted speed limit.
D. Maintains his position relative to cars in front and behind him in his
lane. - correct-answer-B

,If you miss your exit on an interstate highway, you can do which of the
following?

A. Make a U-turn.
B. Go on to the next exit.
C. Both A and B.
D. Neither A nor B. - correct-answer-B




A driver may be temporarily blinded at night by which of the following?
A. Glare from the headlights of other cars.
B. Flame from a match he strikes to light a cigarette.
C. Both A and B.
D. Neither A nor B. - correct-answer-C




In which of the following situations should you use your low beams?

A. At night in the city.
B. In foggy or misty weather.
C. Both A and B.
D. Neither A nor B. - correct-answer-C




If the driver of an approaching car fails to dim his/her lights, you should do

, which of the following?
A. Watch the road ahead to avoid looking at the lights of the other car.
B. Flick your headlight beams high and low once or twice.
C. Both A and B.
D. Neither A nor B. - correct-answer-C




When driving on a highway at night, you should never use your high-beam
headlights if you are:
A. Slowing down for a turn.
B. Traveling on a road with no median.
C. Going downhill.
D. Following another car. - correct-answer-D




If it starts to drizzle while you are driving, you should do which of the
following?
A. Slow down because the rain will loosen oil and gravel on the road.
B. Allow at least twice the normal following distance.
C. Both A and B.
D. Neither A nor B. - correct-answer-C




Roads Are Likely To Be Especially Slick:

A. Just After They Have Been Paved.