Free Delaware Permit Practice Test 2 (2026)
Real questions from the official Delaware driver handbook, each with a plain-English explanation. Free, unlimited retakes, no signup.
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What this test covers
This draw of 20 questions breaks down like this:
- Alcohol, Drugs & the Law — 6
- Licensing & Permits — 4
- Signaling & Communication — 3
- Points & Penalties — 2
- Sharing the Road — 2
- Speed Limits & Speed Management — 2
- Safe Driving — 1
Heaviest on Alcohol, Drugs & the Law (6 of 20) — that is the section to revise first if you miss several here.
20 are Delaware-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. Under Delaware's Move Over Law, for stopped emergency vehicles with lights you must:
- Speed up
- Move over a lane if safe, or slow down
- Ignore them
- Stop in your lane
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Answer: Move over a lane if safe, or slow down
Move over a lane if safe, or slow down, for stopped emergency vehicles.
2. You should signal before turning for at least:
- 50 feet
- 10 feet
- 100 feet
- 25 feet
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Answer: 100 feet
Signal at least 100 feet before turning.
3. A Delaware driver under 21 is impaired-driving at a BAC of:
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Answer: 0.02
Under-21 drivers are subject to a 0.02 limit.
4. To be licensed in Delaware you must pass a:
- Fitness test
- Vision (eye) screening
- Hearing test
- Swim test
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Answer: Vision (eye) screening
An eye screening is required.
5. To get a Delaware permit you must pass:
- Eye screening and knowledge exams
- Only a knowledge test
- A swim test
- Only a road test
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Answer: Eye screening and knowledge exams
You must pass the eye screening and knowledge exams (within 12 months of applying).
6. Use headlights:
- Only after midnight
- Only on highways
- At night and when visibility is reduced
- Only in tunnels
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Answer: At night and when visibility is reduced
Use headlights at night and in low-visibility conditions.
7. In Delaware, an adult (21+) is DUI at a BAC of:
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Answer: 0.08
Adults are DUI at 0.08.
8. Speeding 15–19 mph over the posted limit adds how many points?
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Answer: 5
15–19 over = 5 points.
9. You must not drive faster than is:
- Reasonable and safe for conditions
- The fastest car
- The posted number always
- 10 over
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Answer: Reasonable and safe for conditions
Never drive faster than is reasonable and safe for conditions.
10. A commercial driver in Delaware is DUI at a BAC of:
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Answer: 0.04
Commercial drivers are DUI at 0.04.
11. The only thing that lowers your BAC is:
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Answer: Time
Only time removes alcohol from your body.
12. In Delaware you can be charged with DUI for impairment by:
- Nothing
- Alcohol or drugs (including some medicines)
- Only alcohol
- Only illegal drugs
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Answer: Alcohol or drugs (including some medicines)
DUI covers alcohol and impairing drugs.
13. The safest choice if you'll be drinking is to:
- Drive slowly
- Use a designated driver or ride
- Wait 10 minutes
- Drink coffee
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Answer: Use a designated driver or ride
Plan a sober ride — never drive impaired.
14. A Delaware learner's permit is issued for:
- 3 months
- 12 months
- 6 months
- 2 years
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Answer: 12 months
The learner's permit is issued for 12 months.
15. Under Level One restrictions, the permit holder must:
- Carry no passengers
- Drive fast
- Keep the permit in possession, and all passengers must wear seat belts
- Drive only at night
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Answer: Keep the permit in possession, and all passengers must wear seat belts
Keep the permit on you; all passengers must be belted/secured.
16. A left arm extended straight out means:
- Go
- Left turn
- Right turn
- Stop
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Answer: Left turn
Arm straight out = left turn.
17. A Delaware driver with too many points may be placed in the:
- Honor roll
- Fast lane
- VIP program
- Problem Driver Program (behavioral/attitudinal course)
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Answer: Problem Driver Program (behavioral/attitudinal course)
Excess points can place you in the Problem Driver Program with a required course.
18. As speed rises, stopping distance:
- Is irrelevant
- Stays the same
- Increases sharply
- Decreases
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Answer: Increases sharply
Higher speed greatly increases stopping distance.
19. Give a motorcycle:
- No room
- A full lane
- Half a lane
- The shoulder
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Answer: A full lane
Motorcycles are entitled to a full lane.
20. Texting/hand-held phone use while driving in Delaware is:
- Legal
- Illegal and dangerous
- Legal on highways
- Fine at stops
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Answer: Illegal and dangerous
Hand-held phone use/texting while driving is illegal and dangerous.
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