North Carolina DMV Written Test
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Anyone operating a motor vehicle or motorcycle on public roadways in North Carolina must have a driver license or learner's permit. Driver test requirements include a vision test, a traffic signs test, a knowledge test and a driving test. To pass the signs test, you must identify the traffic signs by color and shape and explain what each means. The North Carolina DMV written test is about road rules and safe driving practices. Everything you need to know is covered in the North Carolina Driver's Handbook. The NC DMV test consists of 25 questions. To pass the North Carolina DMV test, you are allowed to miss 3 of the 12 questions about road signs, and 2 of the 13 questions about road rules.
Updated for 2026 DMV rules.
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Your license will be suspended if you are convicted of:
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Failing to yield the right of way.
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Speeding more than 75 MPH.
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Passing a stopped school bus.
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Driving without a license.
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Service signs are ____ with ____ letters and symbols.
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white; green
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green; white
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blue; white
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white; black
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Drivers must always stop for:
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Solid red lights, red arrows and flashing yellow lights.
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Solid yellow lights, flashing yellow lights and red lights.
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Solid red lights, flashing red lights and blacked out traffic signals.
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Solid red lights, flashing red lights and yellow lights.
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This regulatory sign tells drivers that:
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Traffic in the right lane must go straight.
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Traffic in the left lane must turn left at the intersection ahead.
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All vehicles must turn left immediately.
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None of the above.
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5.
Roads become very slippery:
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When it stops raining.
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When it first starts to rain.
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When it has been raining for a long time.
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Just before it starts raining.
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