Massachusetts Permit Test: Teen & Provisional Drivers Practice Questions

Correct answer: 12:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.

Permit holders under 18 may not drive between midnight and 5:00 a.m. unless a licensed parent or legal guardian with at least one year of experience is with them.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining Your License – Driving With Your Permit

Correct answer: 12:30 a.m. and 5:00 a.m.

JOL holders may not drive from 12:30 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian; driving in violation can be charged as operating without a license.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining Your License – Junior Operator License Law

Correct answer: When a licensed driver 21+ with a year's experience sits beside you

For the first six months, a JOL holder may not carry passengers under 18 (other than immediate family) unless a licensed driver who is at least 21 with one year of experience is in the seat beside them.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining Your License – Junior Operator License Law

Correct answer: After six months or at 18, whichever is first

The passenger restriction is lifted once you complete the six-month period or turn 18, whichever happens first. The period pauses during any suspension.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining Your License – Junior Operator License Law

Correct answer: 60 days

A first passenger or night restriction violation brings a 60-day suspension; a second brings 180 days and later ones one year.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining Your License – Junior Operator License Law

Correct answer: 90 days

A JOL holder's first speeding offense brings a 90-day suspension; any later speeding offense brings a one-year suspension.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining Your License – Junior Operator License Law

Correct answer: One year

A first drag racing offense suspends a JOL for one year; a second or later offense brings a three-year suspension.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining Your License – Junior Operator License Law

Correct answer: No, not even hands-free, except to report an emergency

Drivers under 18 may not use any mobile electronic device for any reason while driving, even hands-free; the only exception is reporting an emergency.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining Your License – Distracted Driving Law / Hands-Free Mobile (Cell) Phone Use

Correct answer: 30 hours

The required driver education program includes 30 hours of classroom instruction, 12 hours of behind-the-wheel training and 6 hours observing other student drivers.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining Your License – Junior Operator License Law

Correct answer: 40 hours

Applicants under 18 need at least 40 additional hours of supervised driving certified by a parent or guardian, or 30 hours if they completed a driver skills development program.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining Your License – Junior Operator License Law

Correct answer: Attend two hours of driver education instruction

A parent or guardian must take part in two hours of instruction on the driver education curriculum unless they already did so within the past five years.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining Your License – Junior Operator License Law

Correct answer: Six consecutive months

Applicants under 18 must keep a clean record for the six consecutive months before the road test: no surchargeable incidents and no drug- or alcohol-related violations.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining Your License – Taking the Road Test

Correct answer: Code I

Restriction code I (JOL Limited) is added to the licenses of all operators under age 18. Code B is corrective lenses and code G is daylight only.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining Your License – Restrictions

Correct answer: Any licensed driver between 16 1/2 and 18

A motor vehicle operator or motorcyclist between the ages of 16 1/2 and 18 is considered a Junior Operator.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining Your License – Junior Operator License Law

Correct answer: 60 days, plus retaking the permit exam

Driving without a qualified supervising driver brings a 60-day permit suspension for a first offense, and you must retake the learner's permit exam.

Source: Chapter 1: Obtaining Your License – Mandatory PERMIT Suspensions (Junior Operators)