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Vermont Car / Permit: Penalties & Licensing practice test
The point system, license suspension, provisional-license rules, insurance requirements, and other licensing basics.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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12 sample Penalties & Licensing questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the official handbook reference. Read through them, then take the quiz above.
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1. Who may supervise a Vermont learner's permit holder from the front passenger seat?
Correct answer: A licensed, unimpaired person at least 25 years old
The seat beside the learner belongs to an unimpaired, licensed parent or guardian, to a certified driver education instructor, or to any unimpaired licensed adult of twenty-five or more.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 5, Graduated Driver's License Program
2. How many points follow a conviction for failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk?
Correct answer: 4
Four points are assessed for that failure, the same number as for disobeying a police officer.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 8, The Vermont Point System
3. How many of the 20 questions on Vermont's knowledge test must you answer correctly?
Correct answer: 16
The online test has twenty items with four choices each, and sixteen right answers are needed to pass; a failed attempt means waiting at least one day.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 4, What are the Tests Like?
4. How long must a learner's permit be held before a junior driver's license can be issued?
Correct answer: One year
The permit has to be held for a full year, and the record must be clear of recalls, suspensions and revocations for the previous six months.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 5, Graduated Driver's License Program
5. Which violations do not put points on a Vermont driving record?
Correct answer: Parking and defective equipment tickets
No points are assessed for parking tickets or for defective equipment.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 8, The Vermont Point System
6. You move to Vermont holding a valid license from another state. How long do you have to get a Vermont license?
Correct answer: 60 days
New residents have sixty days to obtain a Vermont license, while a commercial license must be transferred within thirty days of establishing residency.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 4, Licenses
7. How many points bring a letter warning that your Vermont driving privilege will be suspended?
Correct answer: 10
Reaching ten points prompts the notice of suspension, and the total collected within two years sets how long that suspension runs.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 8, The Vermont Point System
8. How much supervised practice must a Vermont teen log before a junior driver's license?
Correct answer: 40 hours, with 10 at night
Forty hours behind the wheel are required, at least ten of them after dark, and this practice comes on top of the driver education instruction.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 5, Graduated Driver's License Program
9. How does Vermont define nighttime driving for those practice hours?
Correct answer: From thirty minutes after sunset until thirty minutes before sunrise
The window runs from a half hour past sunset to a half hour before the sun rises.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 5, Graduated Driver's License Program
10. What is the minimum age to take the Vermont learner's permit test?
Correct answer: 15
An applicant must have turned fifteen, and anyone aged fifteen through seventeen also needs a parent or guardian to sign the application.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 4, Questions and Answers about Learner's Permits
11. How long must a junior license holder wait before driving as part of a job?
Correct answer: One year, or until turning 18, whichever comes first
Driving in the course of employment, such as delivering pizza, is off limits for a year after the junior license is issued or until the driver turns eighteen.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 5, Graduated Driver's License Program
12. You fail the road test. How soon may you try again?
Correct answer: After one week
A week must pass before a retest, and a third failure raises the wait to a minimum of one month.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 4, What are the Tests Like?
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