Free Vermont DMV Car / Permit Practice Test 2026
The Vermont Car / Permit knowledge test has 20 questions, and you need 16 correct (80%) to pass. Practice free with questions written from the official Vermont driver handbook — every one has a clear explanation, and you can retake as often as you like with no sign-up.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
What's on the Vermont written test
The Vermont Car / Permit knowledge test has 20 questions; you need 16 correct (80%) to pass.
Based on the official Vermont exam format — always confirm current details with your state DMV.
Practice by topic
Focus on one area at a time — each topic has its own set of Vermont practice questions.
Learn the shapes, colors, and meanings of regulatory, warning, and guide signs — from stop and yield to construction and school-zone signs.
Speed limits, turning and signaling rules, headlight and seat-belt requirements, and the everyday laws every driver must follow.
How to read traffic signals, lane lines, and pavement markings — including yellow and white lines, arrows, and flashing lights.
Who goes first at intersections, four-way stops, roundabouts, and crosswalks, and how to yield to pedestrians and emergency vehicles.
Following distance, scanning, blind spots, using your lights, and the habits that prevent crashes and keep you in control.
Driving safely around motorcycles, bicycles, large trucks, pedestrians, and school buses — and knowing who has the right of way.
Blood alcohol limits, zero-tolerance and implied-consent laws, and how alcohol and drugs — legal or not — affect your driving.
Legal and illegal parking, colored curbs, distances from hydrants and crossings, and how to park safely on hills.
Choosing a safe speed, keeping a space cushion, adjusting for weather and traffic, and understanding stopping distance.
What to do when things go wrong — brake failure, tire blowouts, skids, and stalling on railroad tracks.
The point system, license suspension, provisional-license rules, insurance requirements, and other licensing basics.
How to pass the first time
- Read the official Vermont driver handbook at least once before test day.
- Practice by topic to find your weak spots, then fix them.
- Take full-length practice tests until you pass comfortably every time.
- Read every explanation — understanding beats memorizing.
Vermont Car / Permit test — frequently asked questions
How many questions are on the Vermont Car / Permit test?
The Vermont Car / Permit knowledge test has 20 questions, and you need 16 correct (80%) to pass. Our practice tests mirror that format.
How many questions can I miss on the Vermont Car / Permit test?
You can miss up to 4 of the 20 questions and still pass — you need 16 correct, which is 80%.
Can I retake the practice test?
Yes — practice as often as you like, completely free. The questions and answer choices are shuffled each time.
Can I take the Vermont practice test in Spanish?
Yes. Every question here is available in English and Spanish — switch languages anytime. Many states also offer the real knowledge test in languages other than English; confirm what Vermont offers with your DMV.
Can I practice on my phone?
Yes. The practice tests work in any mobile or desktop browser — no app or sign-up needed — so you can study anywhere.
Are these the real DMV test questions?
No. Our questions are original, written from the current official Vermont driver handbook to match the real test's topics and style. We are not affiliated with any DMV or government agency.
What's the best way to study?
Read the Vermont driver handbook, practice by topic to target weak areas, and finish with full-length tests until you consistently pass.
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Vermont Car / Permit questions with answers
20 sample questions from the Vermont Car / Permit question bank — each with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the section of the official handbook it comes from.
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1. What does the manual expect of a designated driver?
Correct answer: To drink nothing and get everyone home safely
A designated driver agrees to skip alcohol and other drugs entirely and takes responsibility for getting the group home safely.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, Think Before You Drink!
2. You are already circulating in a roundabout when an ambulance approaches with lights and siren. What should you do?
Correct answer: Continue, then pull over once you have exited
Stopping inside the circle blocks everyone, so a driver already going around finishes the exit first and then pulls aside for the emergency vehicle.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, Roundabouts
3. A bicyclist moves toward the middle of the lane in front of you. What is the likely reason?
Correct answer: The rider is avoiding a hazard or lining up for the correct lane
Riders take the lane when debris, potholes or lane position make it the safest choice, and they may ride as far left as safety requires.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, Sharing the Road with Bicyclists
4. How must a child under two years old ride in Vermont?
Correct answer: In a rear-facing seat with a harness
Children below the age of two ride in a federally approved rear-facing seat fitted with a harness, and that seat must never sit in front of a live airbag.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, Child Restraint Systems
5. You are stranded in your vehicle during a blizzard. What does the manual recommend?
Correct answer: Stay with the vehicle and run the engine about ten minutes each hour
Rescuers find vehicles more easily than people on foot, and blowing snow distorts distance, so stay put and run the engine briefly each hour with the exhaust pipe clear and a downwind window cracked.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, If you are caught in a blizzard or stranded
6. Your brake lights and directionals have stopped working. What does the manual require?
Correct answer: Use arm signals and have the lights fixed without delay
With the lamps out you must signal with your arm so others know your intentions, and the failed lights have to be repaired right away.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, Signals
7. According to the work zone material, how much pavement does a car need to stop from 60 mph on a dry road?
Correct answer: About 240 feet
The manual contrasts about two hundred forty feet from sixty miles an hour with roughly seventy-five feet from thirty, which is why spacing matters so much around road work.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, Work Zone Safety
8. During the first three months with a junior driver's license, who may ride along?
Correct answer: No one, unless a qualified adult sits in the front seat
The new junior driver travels alone unless a licensed unimpaired parent or guardian, a driver education instructor, or a licensed unimpaired adult of at least twenty-five is beside them, and the count of riders never exceeds the safety belts.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 5, Graduated Driver's License Program
9. During the turnaround maneuver on the road test, how far from the curb should you stop before backing into the side street?
Correct answer: About 18 inches
Drive just beyond the side street and stop roughly a foot and a half from the curb or road edge, then check every direction before you reverse.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, Turning Around
10. A green arrow lights up while the round red light is still showing. What may you do?
Correct answer: Travel in the direction the arrow points
A green arrow can be displayed together with the red ball, and it permits movement in the direction the arrow indicates.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, Traffic Lights
11. What color are the signs that guide drivers through a highway work zone in Vermont?
Correct answer: Orange, in diamond or rectangular shapes
Signs inside a work zone are orange and come as diamonds or rectangles; they flag closed lanes, detours, rough surfaces and flaggers ahead.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, Work Zone Signs
12. How does alcohol change a driver's sense of speed?
Correct answer: It dulls the senses, so speeding goes unnoticed
With the senses suppressed, a drinking driver no longer feels how fast the vehicle is moving and may speed without realizing it.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, What Does Alcohol Do To Your Driving Skills?
13. You are waiting to turn left and a bicyclist is coming toward you. Who has the right of way?
Correct answer: The bicyclist, the same as an oncoming car
A driver turning left gives way to everything approaching from the front, and a rider coming toward you holds that right of way just as a motorist would.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, Right-of-way
14. What is the simplest way to tell whether a truck driver can see you?
Correct answer: If you can see the truck's side mirrors, the driver can probably see you
Large trucks carry deep blind spots front, back and to the sides, and the working rule is that a driver who cannot see those mirrors cannot be seen either.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, Sharing the Road with Large Trucks
15. About how long does the average driver take to move from seeing a danger to pressing the brake?
Correct answer: About three quarters of a second
Roughly three quarters of a second passes before the average driver gets on the brakes, and the faster you travel the farther you go in that time.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, Stopping Your Vehicle
16. Someone is injured in a crash you came upon. What does the manual tell you to do?
Correct answer: Call 911, leave the person where they are, and keep them warm and calm
Moving an injured person the wrong way can make the injury worse, so summon help and keep the person still, warm and calm.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, What to Do After a Crash
17. A flagger in a work zone holds up a STOP paddle even though the road ahead looks clear. What must you do?
Correct answer: Stop, because a flagger directing traffic must be obeyed
Flaggers hold legal authority to control traffic through a work zone, and their paddles and flags carry the same force as any traffic control device.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, Flaggers
18. How much space should you keep behind a motorcycle?
Correct answer: More than four seconds
Riders often slow by rolling off the throttle or downshifting without lighting a brake lamp, so leave more than four seconds behind them.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, Sharing the Road with Motorcycles
19. How many points does failing to stop for a school bus with flashing red lights add to your record?
Correct answer: 5
That violation carries five points along with a substantial fine.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 8, The Vermont Point System
20. What does the manual say about driving down a long hill?
Correct answer: Never coast with the gearshift in neutral or the clutch held down
Coasting downhill with the clutch depressed or the transmission in neutral takes away control the driver may need.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, Stopping and Starting On a Hill