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DKT NSW practice questions, and the novice rules that only apply to you

The NSW Driver Knowledge Test is the road-rules test you sit before you can start learning to drive. You can enroll online from 15 years and 11 months. Transport for NSW does not publish a question count or a pass mark for the car version, and we will not invent one. Booking costs $58.

Formally the Driver Knowledge Test, New South Wales. Awarding body: Transport for NSW, with testing delivered through Service NSW. Neuron Trainer is an independent study app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the organization that owns this exam.

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DKT NSW at a glance, with the source for every line

Every row below is quoted from a document published by Transport for NSW and carries the date we checked it. Where Transport for NSW publishes nothing, the row says so instead of quoting a number from somewhere else.

Minimum age
You can enroll in DKT online at 15 years and 11 months. However, you can only apply for a learner license once you are 16 years or older.Source: NSW Government, Driver Knowledge Test (DKT), verified 7 August 2026
How it is taken
Online as an interactive course you work through at your own pace, or in person at a service centerSource: NSW Government, Driver Knowledge Test (DKT), verified 7 August 2026
Cost
Driver Knowledge Test online $58 for unlimited attempts · Driver Knowledge Test in-person $58 each attempt. Fees effective 1 July 2026.Source: NSW Government, driver and rider licensing fees, verified 7 August 2026
Learner license fee
$32, effective 1 July 2026Source: NSW Government, driver and rider licensing fees, verified 7 August 2026
Attempts
With DKT online you can attempt the test as many times as it takes to pass for the one fee, with a 12-hour lockout between failed attemptsSource: Service NSW, Common questions about Driver Knowledge Test (DKT) online, verified 7 August 2026
Completion window
You have 12 months to complete DKT online and apply for your licenseSource: Service NSW, Common questions about Driver Knowledge Test (DKT) online, verified 7 August 2026
Official question sections
The Transport for NSW question document for a Class C (car) license is organized into General Knowledge, Road Safety and Traffic Signs sectionsSource: Transport for NSW, Driver Knowledge Test Questions for Class C (car), verified 7 August 2026
Time limit (DKT online)
Service NSW states of the DKT online: “The test has no time limit, but you must complete it in one session.”Source: Service NSW, DKT online common questions, verified 7 August 2026
Questions
Not published by Transport for NSW. Transport for NSW does not publish a question count for the car DKT. We checked the NSW Government DKT page, the Service NSW DKT online guidance and the Service NSW in-person booking page on 7 August 2026, and none of them states one.Checked against: NSW Government, Driver Knowledge Test (DKT), verified 7 August 2026
Pass mark
Not published by Transport for NSW. No pass mark for the car DKT is published by Transport for NSW or Service NSW on any of the three pages we checked on 7 August 2026. Figures circulating on prep sites are not sourced to the agency.Checked against: Service NSW, Common questions about Driver Knowledge Test (DKT) online, verified 7 August 2026

Always verify: fees, eligibility and test format come from Transport for NSW and Service NSW, so confirm current details with Service NSW before you book.

What our DKT NSW question bank covers

What this app's question bank covers — our own category shares across 649 questions, not Transport for NSW's published blueprint.
CategoryQuestions in our bankShare of our bank
General Driving Knowledge
Licensing, fitness to drive, vehicle requirements, demerit points, fines
21633.3%
Road Rules & Signs
NSW road rules, signs, give-way, parking, speed limits, school zones
43366.7%

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5 questions from our DKT NSW bank

Five questions from the shipped bank on the rules that catch novice drivers: zero alcohol, phones, the speed cap, school zones and giving way.

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  1. Question 1 of 5

    Police conduct a random breath test on a red P1 provisional driver, who returns a reading of 0.01. What is the legal outcome for this driver?
    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: A novice range drink-driving offence, since P1 drivers must maintain 0.00 BAC

    Learner, P1, and P2 licence holders in NSW are subject to a mandatory 0.00 BAC limit at all times while driving, regardless of age. Any detectable alcohol, including a 0.01 reading, constitutes a novice range PCA offence. The 0.05 limit applies only to unrestricted licence holders, so comparing 0.01 to that limit is a common misconception. There is no 'minor breach' exemption for a small reading, and age has no bearing on the zero-BAC requirement for provisional drivers.

  2. Question 2 of 5

    A learner driver wants to use a mobile phone secured in a dashboard cradle to follow GPS directions while driving. Under NSW road rules, is this permitted?
    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: No, learner and provisional drivers cannot use a mobile phone for any purpose while driving

    L, P1, and P2 licence holders are banned from all mobile phone use while driving, including hands-free calls, texting, and navigation apps, even when the device is secured in a cradle. This is stricter than the rule for unrestricted drivers, who may use a cradle-mounted phone for calls or navigation with limited touch input. Neither cradle mounting nor GPS use provides an exemption for novice drivers, and the restriction applies at all times, not just at night.

  3. Question 3 of 5

    A red P1 driver is travelling on a rural highway signed at 100 km/h. What is the maximum speed this driver is legally permitted to travel?
    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: 90 km/h

    Learner and P1 provisional drivers in NSW are capped at 90 km/h at all times, even on roads signed at 100 km/h or 110 km/h. This speed restriction was introduced to reduce crash risk among the least experienced drivers on high-speed roads. 100 km/h and 110 km/h would apply only to a P2 or unrestricted driver on the same road, since the P2 speed cap was removed in 2014 reforms. 80 km/h is not a recognised speed restriction under the graduated licensing scheme.

  4. Question 4 of 5

    A driver approaches a school zone sign displaying '40 School Zone' with an additional plate reading '8am-9.30am, 2.30pm-4pm'. At 10.15am on a school day, what speed limit applies in this zone?
    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: The normal signed speed limit for that road applies

    School zone 40km/h limits only apply during the specific times shown on the attached plate, since that is when children are most likely to be arriving at or leaving school. Outside those hours the road reverts to its normal posted limit (often 50 or 60km/h). Choosing 40km/h at all times ignores the plate's stated hours; 60km/h and 25km/h are invented figures not tied to any actual signage in this scenario. Drivers must always check the time-based plate under a school zone sign, not assume the limit is constant.

  5. Question 5 of 5

    Two vehicles approach an uncontrolled intersection, with no stop signs, give way signs, lines or traffic lights, from different directions at the same time. Which vehicle must give way?
    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: The vehicle whose driver has another vehicle approaching on their right must give way to it

    At an intersection with no signs, signals or markings, the rule is to give way to any vehicle approaching from the right, since NSW has no default 'first arrival' or size-based priority rule. Believing the vehicle on the left gives way reverses the actual rule; arrival order and vehicle size are irrelevant considerations under the road rules and create dangerous ambiguity. This 'give way to the right' rule is one of the most commonly tested uncontrolled-intersection concepts on the DKT.

What actually trips people up

Zero means zero

The DKT is not testing whether you can drive. It is testing the NSW rules that apply specifically to you as a novice, and they are stricter than the ones you have watched adults follow. Learner, P1 and P2 license holders must maintain 0.00 blood alcohol at all times while driving, regardless of age. A reading of 0.01 is a novice range offense. The familiar 0.05 figure belongs to unrestricted drivers only, and measuring yourself against it is the classic wrong answer.

The phone rule for novices is total

L, P1 and P2 drivers cannot use a mobile phone for any purpose while driving, including navigation, including hands-free, including a phone secured in a cradle. Unrestricted drivers get a cradle exemption. Novices do not.

The 90 km/h cap

Learner and P1 drivers are capped at 90 km/h everywhere in NSW, even on a road signed 100 or 110. Questions about rural highway speeds are testing this cap, not the sign at the roadside.

School zone times are part of the sign

The 40 km/h school zone limit applies only during the hours shown on the plate underneath. Outside those hours the road reverts to its normal posted limit. The plate is not decoration.

Give way to the right at an uncontrolled intersection

No signs, no lines, no lights: you give way to any vehicle approaching from your right. Arrival order does not matter and vehicle size does not matter, which is exactly what the wrong answers are built from.

How long should I study for the DKT?

Two weeks, mostly because the Road User Handbook rewards a second read more than a longer first one. If you are taking DKT online, the unlimited-attempts fee means the cost of being early is your time rather than your money.

Week 1: The handbook plus general knowledge

Read the Road User Handbook once, then drill our 216 general knowledge questions on licensing, demerit points, fitness to drive and fines. This is where the answers are administrative rather than intuitive: nothing about how a car behaves will tell you how many demerit points a learner starts with, or what happens to your license if you lose them. Treat this week as vocabulary, not reasoning, and it goes quickly.

Week 2: Road rules and signs

The larger half of the material, at 433 questions in our bank. Give way rules, roundabouts, school zones, parking and speed limits. Drill until you stop having to think about which vehicle yields. Spend a full session on the four rules that are novice-specific rather than general: 0.00 blood alcohol, the total phone ban including cradles, the 90 km/h cap for learner and P1 drivers, and the school-zone plate that switches the 40 limit on and off. Those four are the ones an adult driver in the passenger seat is most likely to get wrong for you.

Before you sit it

Work through the official Transport for NSW practice tests as well as ours. Ours has more questions and full explanations. Theirs is written by the people setting the real test, so treat any disagreement between the two as theirs to win. Then read the Class C question document Transport for NSW publishes, which is organized differently from our app and is worth seeing in its own shape before test day.

Is the DKT hard?

Transport for NSW does not publish a question count or a pass mark for the car DKT, and we are not going to invent one. What it does publish is the question material itself, in a Class C document organized into General Knowledge, Road Safety and Traffic Signs sections.

The DKT online format changes the shape of the difficulty. It is an interactive course you work through at your own pace, you can attempt the test as many times as it takes for the one fee, and there is a 12-hour lockout after a failure. That makes it less of a single-shot event than the in-person version, where you pay again for every attempt.

What actually catches people is the novice-specific rules rather than general road knowledge, which is why our bank leans 433 questions on road rules and signs against 216 on general knowledge.

How the DKT NSW differs from the exams beside it

The DKT is the only test on this site you can now sit as an online course rather than an exam, and the only one where a single fee buys unlimited attempts. Ontario’s G1 and the UK theory test are both single-sitting events at a test center with a fee per attempt. It is also the only one here where the novice restrictions themselves are heavily examined: zero blood alcohol, a total phone ban, and a 90 km/h cap that no other jurisdiction in this family applies.

Questions people actually ask about the DKT NSW

How many questions are in the NSW Driver Knowledge Test?

Transport for NSW does not publish a question count for the car DKT. We checked its DKT page, the Service NSW online guidance and the in-person booking page on 7 August 2026 and found no number, so we do not print one.

What is the DKT pass mark?

Also not published by Transport for NSW or Service NSW. Sites quoting one for the car DKT are not citing the agency, so treat those figures as guesses.

How old do I have to be to do the DKT?

You can enroll in DKT online at 15 years and 11 months, but you can only apply for a learner license once you are 16 years or older. To sit the test in person you must be aged 16 or over.

How much does the DKT cost?

The Driver Knowledge Test online is $58 for unlimited attempts, and the in-person test is $58 each attempt. The learner license itself is a separate $32. Fees effective 1 July 2026.

How many times can I attempt the DKT?

With DKT online you can attempt the test as many times as it takes to pass for the one fee, with a 12-hour lockout between failures. In person, you pay the test fee for every attempt.

How long do I have to finish DKT online?

You have 12 months to complete DKT online and apply for your license. Miss that window and you start again.

Can I use my phone as a GPS on my L plates?

No. Learner, P1 and P2 drivers are banned from all mobile phone use while driving, including navigation apps and including a phone mounted in a cradle. It is one of the most-missed questions on the test.

Are these real questions from the actual DKT?

No. Transport for NSW publishes its own official question material, and this is not a copy of it. These are original questions written to the same NSW road rules, format and difficulty.

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Practice the DKT NSW in the app

DKT NSW Practice Test 2026 went live on the App Store on 8 August 2026, free to download. It carries no ratings yet, so there is no star average to quote you. The bank is 649 questions split General Driving Knowledge 216 and Road Rules and Signs 433, every one with a full explanation. The Exam Simulator runs 45 questions in 60 minutes. Straight about the structure: the official Transport for NSW question document for a Class C license is organized into three sections, General Knowledge, Road Safety and Traffic Signs, while our app uses two categories. The material overlaps, but the two-way split is ours, not theirs.

  • Smart Quiz — keeps returning to the categories you keep missing
  • Topic Drill — one category at a time, on its own
  • Exam Simulator — a fixed-length timed paper (45 questions in 60 minutes, as this app sets it). It does not get harder as you go; the length and the mix are fixed.
  • AI tutor — re-explains any question in plain English
  • Progress tracking, reported per category
  • Study reminders
  • Light and dark themes

The app calls you ready at 80% on its own simulator. That is an in-app practice target we chose, not Transport for NSW's passing standard.

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Sources, and when we last checked them

This page was last reviewed on . The 8 facts quoted above were last checked against their sources on . Where Transport for NSW publishes nothing, the table above says so rather than guessing.

The Driver Knowledge Test is administered by Transport for NSW and Service NSW. Neuron Trainer is an independent study resource and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by either body.