Free Tennessee Permit Practice Test (2026)
Real questions from the official Tennessee 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:
- Licensing & Permits — 4
- Safe Driving — 4
- Sharing the Road — 4
- Alcohol, Drugs & the Law — 3
- Points & Penalties — 2
- Speed Limits & Speed Management — 2
- Signaling & Communication — 1
Heaviest on Licensing & Permits (4 of 20) — that is the section to revise first if you miss several here.
20 are Tennessee-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. Tennessee's Move Over law requires that, for a stopped emergency vehicle with flashing lights, you:
- Honk
- Move over a lane if safe, or slow down
- Speed up
- Stop in the lane
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Answer: Move over a lane if safe, or slow down
Move over a lane if safe, otherwise slow down.
2. Keeping a safe following distance behind the vehicle ahead helps you:
- React safely to sudden stops
- Look important
- Save fuel only
- Drive faster
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Answer: React safely to sudden stops
Space ahead gives you time to react and avoid rear-ending others.
3. In Tennessee, accumulating too many points can lead to:
- Lower fees
- A reward
- A license suspension or required hearing
- Nothing
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Answer: A license suspension or required hearing
Too many points can suspend your license or require a hearing.
4. Even at the posted Tennessee limit, in rain, snow, or fog you should:
- Stop in the road
- Speed up
- Slow down for conditions
- Keep the limit
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Answer: Slow down for conditions
Reduce speed for weather and road conditions.
5. A safe following distance in Tennessee gives you:
- Time to react and avoid a crash
- Nothing
- More speed
- A better view only
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Answer: Time to react and avoid a crash
Space ahead gives you time to react and avoid rear-ending others.
6. An arm extended straight out the driver's window means:
- Left turn
- Slow
- Stop
- Right turn
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Answer: Left turn
Arm straight out = left turn.
7. If you become drowsy while driving in Tennessee, you should:
- Pull over safely and rest
- Speed up
- Open a window only
- Keep going
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Answer: Pull over safely and rest
Only rest cures drowsiness — pull over.
8. Tennessee requires you to drive at a speed that is:
- Reasonable and prudent for conditions
- Always the max
- As fast as traffic
- 10 over the limit
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Answer: Reasonable and prudent for conditions
Always drive at a speed reasonable and prudent for conditions.
9. The only thing that lowers your blood alcohol content is:
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Answer: Time
Only time removes alcohol from your body.
10. A motorcycle in Tennessee is entitled to:
- Half a lane
- A full lane of travel
- No lane
- The shoulder only
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Answer: A full lane of travel
Motorcycles are entitled to a full lane.
11. To be licensed in Tennessee you must pass a:
- Swim test
- Fitness test
- Hearing test
- Vision test
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Answer: Vision test
A vision test is required for licensing.
12. A Tennessee Intermediate Restricted License holder cannot drive between:
- 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
- Midnight and 6 a.m.
- 1 a.m. and 5 a.m.
- 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.
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Answer: 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
No driving 11:00 p.m.–6:00 a.m.
13. Tennessee notes that at .08% BAC, judgment and reasoning are:
- Unaffected
- Improved
- Severely hampered — definitely unsafe to drive
- Sharper
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Answer: Severely hampered — definitely unsafe to drive
At .08%, judgment and reasoning are severely hampered — definitely unsafe to drive.
14. When an emergency vehicle approaches with lights and siren in Tennessee, you should:
- Speed up
- Pull to the right and stop
- Turn left
- Stop in your lane
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Answer: Pull to the right and stop
Pull to the right edge and stop until it passes.
15. If you are involved in a crash in Tennessee, you must:
- Drive on if minor
- Stop and give information
- Leave
- Call later only
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Answer: Stop and give information
Stop and exchange information at any crash.
16. In Tennessee, a train traveling 55 mph takes about how far to stop?
- 100 feet
- A full mile
- 500 feet
- A quarter mile
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Answer: A full mile
A train at 55 mph takes a full mile to stop — never try to beat one.
17. Under Tennessee's implied consent law, refusing a chemical test brings:
- A reward
- A license suspension
- Nothing
- A discount
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Answer: A license suspension
Refusing a chemical test triggers a license suspension.
18. In Tennessee, trucks making right turns often must:
- Turn sharply
- Swing wide
- Reverse
- Stop first
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Answer: Swing wide
Trucks swing wide to make right turns — don't try to squeeze between them and the curb.
19. A Tennessee Intermediate Restricted License allows only:
- Five passengers
- No limit
- One passenger
- Three passengers
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Answer: One passenger
An Intermediate Restricted License allows only one passenger.
20. Tennessee's graduated licensing order for under-18 drivers is:
- Intermediate first
- Learner Permit, Intermediate License, then Regular
- License then permit
- Only a permit
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Answer: Learner Permit, Intermediate License, then Regular
The order is Learner Permit, Intermediate License, then Regular Driver License.
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