Penalties & Licensing

Study questions with answers

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.

1. 1. A habitual traffic offender in Wisconsin loses the privilege to drive for:

   Correct answer: Five years

   Being declared a habitual traffic offender means your driving privilege is revoked and you cannot drive for five years.

   Source: Section 11: Your Driving Privilege — B. Habitual Traffic Offender

2. 2. To reinstate a revoked license after the revocation period ends, you may be required to:

   Correct answer: File proof of financial responsibility and pay a fee

   Reinstatement can require filing proof of financial responsibility, showing proof of identity, and paying a reinstatement fee.

   Source: Section 11: Your Driving Privilege — D. Reinstating a Revoked or Suspended License

3. 3. If you hold a probationary license, an ID card, or no license, demerit points from a conviction are:

   Correct answer: Doubled

   For probationary, ID-card, and unlicensed drivers, points are doubled, starting with the second conviction and every one after.

   Source: Section 11: Your Driving Privilege — A. Point System

4. 4. Under GDL rules, between midnight and 5 a.m. a young driver may drive alone only when traveling:

   Correct answer: Only between home, school, and work

   During the 12 a.m. to 5 a.m. window, a GDL driver may drive alone only between home, school, and work.

   Source: Section 2: Progression of Licenses — C. Probationary License

5. 5. The supervised-driving program requires a permit holder to complete how many total hours of practice?

   Correct answer: 50 hours

   You must log at least 50 total hours of supervised practice, including 10 hours during darkness.

   Source: Section 2: Progression of Licenses — C. Probationary License

6. 6. Your driving privilege will be suspended or revoked if you accumulate how many demerit points within any 12-month period?

   Correct answer: 12 or more

   Reaching 12 or more demerit points within a 12-month period leads to suspension or revocation of your driving privilege.

   Source: Section 11: Your Driving Privilege — A. Point System

7. 7. The Wisconsin knowledge test has 50 questions. How many must you answer correctly to pass?

   Correct answer: 40

   You need to answer 40 of the 50 knowledge-test questions correctly, which is 80 percent.

   Source: Section 1: Driving Test Requirements — C. Knowledge Test

8. 8. Wisconsin's vision screening requires regular applicants to have a visual acuity of at least:

   Correct answer: 20/40 in one eye

   Regular car and motorcycle applicants must have at least 20/40 vision in one eye, corrected or uncorrected.

   Source: Section 1: Driving Test Requirements — A. Vision Screening

9. 9. For a driver under 18, the graduated driver license (GDL) restrictions apply for at least:

   Correct answer: The first nine months

   The GDL passenger and time restrictions last for the first nine months, unless the driver turns 18 before then.

   Source: Section 2: Progression of Licenses — C. Probationary License

10. 10. An occupational license generally allows a person to drive up to:

    Correct answer: 12 hours a day and 60 hours a week

    An occupational license permits driving up to 12 hours a day and up to 60 hours a week for approved purposes such as work and school.

    Source: Section 11: Your Driving Privilege — C. Occupational License

11. 11. The highway signs test contains 15 questions. To pass it you must correctly answer at least:

    Correct answer: 12

    You must answer 12 of the 15 signs-test questions correctly, which is 80 percent, to pass.

    Source: Section 1: Driving Test Requirements — B. Highway Signs Test

12. 12. A person becomes a habitual traffic offender after being convicted of four or more major violations, or how many minor violations, within five years?

    Correct answer: 12 or more

    A habitual traffic offender is someone convicted of four or more major violations or 12 or more minor violations within five years.

    Source: Section 11: Your Driving Privilege — B. Habitual Traffic Offender