Connecticut Permit Test: Licensing Practice Questions

Correct answer: 16

To obtain a learner's permit in Connecticut you must be at least 16 and pass a vision test and a 25-question knowledge test.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining a Connecticut Driver's License – Obtaining a Learner's Permit

Correct answer: Until you get a license or 2 years, whichever is first

The permit is valid until you obtain a driver's license or 2 years from the date it is issued, whichever comes first.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining a Connecticut Driver's License – Obtaining a Learner's Permit

Correct answer: 20/40, with or without corrective lenses

The minimum vision for all license classes is at least 20/40, with or without glasses or contact lenses.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining a Connecticut Driver's License – The Vision Test

Correct answer: 20/40 with a visual field of at least 100 degrees

If the applicant is blind in one eye, the other eye must be at least 20/40 with a visual field of 100 degrees or more.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining a Connecticut Driver's License – The Vision Test

Correct answer: Anyone never licensed in CT who lacks a valid license from another state

Anyone, regardless of age, who has not held a Connecticut license and does not hold a valid license from another state must take the 8-hour course.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining a Connecticut Driver's License – First Time Drivers (All Ages)

Correct answer: At least 90 days

A person 18 or older must obtain and hold a learner's permit for at least 90 days before taking a road test.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining a Connecticut Driver's License – Applicants 18 Years of Age or Older

Correct answer: A driving school instructor or a person 20+ licensed 4+ years without suspension

The adult learner must be accompanied by a driving school or secondary school instructor or a qualified trainer at least 20 years old, licensed four or more years without suspension.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining a Connecticut Driver's License – Applicants 18 Years of Age or Older

Correct answer: In the front passenger seat

The instructor must sit in the front passenger seat next to the learner, alert and ready to take control.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining a Connecticut Driver's License – Learner's Permit – Qualified Trainer Requirement

Correct answer: $84

The manual says you must pay $84 for a license after you pass the road test.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining a Connecticut Driver's License – The Road Test

Correct answer: No

If you do not have a valid driver's license you cannot test in a rented vehicle; a properly insured long-term leased vehicle may be used.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining a Connecticut Driver's License – The Road Test

Correct answer: No test is given; you reschedule at no fee

If the test vehicle is unsafe, no behind-the-wheel evaluation is conducted and the applicant reschedules for no fee.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining a Connecticut Driver's License – The Road Test

Correct answer: By mail within 20 days

Qualified applicants get a temporary paper card at the office, and the permanent card arrives by mail within 20 days.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining a Connecticut Driver's License – Pay for Your License

Correct answer: Nothing

There is no fee to register as a donor; changing the insignia on an existing card requires a $30 duplicate credential.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining a Connecticut Driver's License – Becoming an Organ and Tissue Donor

Correct answer: Order a duplicate credential for $30

To add or remove the donor insignia on a valid license, you order a duplicate credential and pay a $30 fee.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining a Connecticut Driver's License – Becoming an Organ and Tissue Donor

Correct answer: People whose physical abilities have changed

The program, developed with the Medical Advisory Board, is for people whose physical abilities have changed since licensing; it may restrict driving to daylight, automatic transmission and similar.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining a Connecticut Driver's License – Limited Licenses Program