New Hampshire Permit Practice Test
A free New Hampshire permit practice test: 10 questions written from the New Hampshire Driver's Manual (DSMV 360), each with the right answer and the reason. The real test has 40 questions and you need 32 right to pass.
10 questions. Pick an answer to see if you are right.
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Answer: D. No sooner than 10 days later
A failed knowledge or road test comes with a retest appointment at least ten days later, so use that time to study or practice.
Source: Section 1, Required Driver's License Tests: Pass/Fail of Tests, p. 3
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Answer: B. The vision, knowledge and road tests
A valid out-of-state license needs only a vision test, but a license that has been expired for more than a year means passing the vision, knowledge and road tests.
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Answer: C. 40 hours, with 10 at night
Driver education includes 30 classroom hours, 10 hours driving and 6 hours observing with an instructor, plus 40 more supervised hours, 10 of them at night.
Source: Section 1, About This Manual: Requirements of Driver Education, p. 1
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Answer: D. Applicants who are 16 or 17
State law (RSA 263:19) requires anyone applying at 16 or 17 to finish an approved driver education program first.
Source: Section 1, Licensing Requirements: Driver Education, p. 1
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Answer: A. More than 8
The test stops once you have missed more than 8 questions, so you need at least 32 of 40 right. You have 40 minutes.
Source: Section 1, Required Driver's License Tests: Automated Knowledge Test, p. 2
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Answer: A. 1 to 4 years
A Habitual Offender loses the privilege to drive for 1 to 4 years, and driving after being declared one can bring at least a year in prison.
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Answer: C. A paper temporary license good for 60 days
Passing gets you a paper temporary license that lasts 60 days, and the permanent license is mailed to you within 45 days.
Source: Section 1, Required Driver's License Tests: Pass/Fail of Tests, p. 3
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Answer: D. No, except to report an emergency
Drivers under 18 may not use any phone or mobile electronic device while driving or stopped in traffic, hands-free or not, except to report an emergency.
Source: Section 2, Specific Restrictions for Youth Operators, p. 4; Section 3, Driver Distractions, p. 8
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Answer: D. Only when a parent, legal guardian or legal-age spouse is riding along
Drivers under 21 may not carry alcohol anywhere in the vehicle, opened or not, unless a parent, legal guardian or spouse of legal drinking age is with them.
Source: Section 3, Alcohol, Other Drugs and Driving: Operators under 21 years of age, p. 8
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Answer: B. .05%
Being awake for 18 hours is about like a .05% BAC, and 21 or 24 hours awake is about like .08% or .10%. If you are tired, do not drive.
Source: Section 3, Fatigue, p. 7
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How the New Hampshire knowledge test works
- Questions
- 40
- To pass
- 32 (80%)
- Learner permit from
- age 15 1/2
The automated knowledge test has 40 multiple-choice questions with a 40-minute limit; it ends as soon as you miss more than 8, so you need at least 32 right. It is the same at every age. Source.
New Hampshire does not issue learner permits. From age 15 1/2 you may drive while being taught, with a parent, legal guardian or licensed responsible adult aged 25 or older; 16- and 17-year-olds must finish driver education, which includes 40 hours of supervised driving (10 at night), before getting a license. Source.
The questions come from the New Hampshire Driver's Manual (DSMV 360) (DSMV 360, Rev. 11/25, read 2026-10-12), which is what the real test is written from. Read it alongside these questions: every answer above names the section it comes from.
New Hampshire rules worth knowing before the test
- Drivers aged 16 to 20 get a Youth Operator license, printed vertically, which expires on the holder's 21st birthday. Source
- You may turn right on a red light after stopping unless a sign prohibits it. Source
- Using a hand-held phone or other electronic device while driving, or while stopped in traffic, is illegal for every driver. Holding a phone near your ear while moving is treated as making a call. Source
- The vision test requires 20/40 in both eyes, or 20/30 if you have sight in only one eye. Source
- When leaving a vehicle unattended, the law requires you to turn off the engine and take the key. Source
- A first conviction for impaired driving is a Class B misdemeanor that can cost you your driving privileges for 9 months to 2 years, and you must finish an impaired driver education program to get them back. Source
- At night, add at least one second to your following distance, and at least two seconds on roads you do not know. Source
- Youth Operators under 18 may not drive from 1 a.m. to 4 a.m. For their first six months they may carry only one non-family passenger under 25, unless a licensed adult 25 or older rides along. Source
Signs, markings and signals
Every state’s test asks about road signs, which follow one national standard. Practise them with pictures on the road signs test.
Questions about the New Hampshire permit test
How many questions are on the New Hampshire permit test?
The automated knowledge test has 40 multiple-choice questions with a 40-minute limit; it ends as soon as you miss more than 8, so you need at least 32 right. It is the same at every age. Source: New Hampshire Department of Safety, Division of Motor Vehicles.
What score do I need to pass?
32 right out of 40, which is 80%. This practice test marks you against the same share the real test asks for.
How old do I have to be for a learner’s permit in New Hampshire?
New Hampshire does not issue learner permits. From age 15 1/2 you may drive while being taught, with a parent, legal guardian or licensed responsible adult aged 25 or older; 16- and 17-year-olds must finish driver education, which includes 40 hours of supervised driving (10 at night), before getting a license. Source: New Hampshire Department of Safety, Division of Motor Vehicles.
Is this the official New Hampshire test?
No. This is an independent practice test, not part of the New Hampshire Department of Safety, Division of Motor Vehicles. Every question is written in our own words from the New Hampshire Driver's Manual (DSMV 360) or the state’s other official pages, and each answer names the section it comes from. The real test is taken with the New Hampshire Department of Safety, Division of Motor Vehicles.
What does the Pass Pack add?
All 71 questions for New Hampshire (the 30 written from the handbook and 41 road signs, markings and signals), full 40-question practice exams marked against the pass mark, and your missed questions kept on this device. It costs US$9.99 once and covers every state we cover. See the Pass Pack.