New Hampshire Permit Test: Licensing Practice Questions

Correct answer: Up to 60 days

New residents have up to 60 days after moving into the state to obtain a New Hampshire license.

Source: Section 1: Driving in New Hampshire – New Residents to NH

Correct answer: Surrender all other states' licenses

RSA 263:4 requires new residents to surrender all valid licenses from other jurisdictions when they apply for a NH license.

Source: Section 1: Driving in New Hampshire – New Residents to NH

Correct answer: 20/40

Applicants need 20/40 vision in both eyes, or 20/30 if they have sight in only one eye.

Source: Section 1: Driving in New Hampshire – Required Driver's License Tests

Correct answer: 40

The automated knowledge test has 40 multiple-choice questions with 40 minutes allowed; it ends automatically after more than 8 wrong answers.

Source: Section 1: Driving in New Hampshire – Required Driver's License Tests

Correct answer: More than 8

If more than 8 questions are answered incorrectly, the test automatically ends.

Source: Section 1: Driving in New Hampshire – Required Driver's License Tests

Correct answer: No sooner than ten days later

After a failed knowledge or road test you get a retest appointment no sooner than ten days from the failed test.

Source: Section 1: Driving in New Hampshire – Pass/Fail of Tests

Correct answer: Only you and the DMV examiner

No one except the applicant and the authorized DMV Licensing Examiner may be in the vehicle during the road test.

Source: Section 1: Driving in New Hampshire – Required Driver's License Tests

Correct answer: A 60-day paper license

You are issued a 60-day paper temporary license, and the permanent license is mailed within 45 days.

Source: Section 1: Driving in New Hampshire – Pass/Fail of Tests

Correct answer: Every 5 years on your birthday

NH licenses expire on the holder's birthday every 5 years; renewing is your responsibility even if no notice arrives.

Source: Section 2: Driver's License and Non-Driver ID Information – Driver's License Renewal

Correct answer: Only a vision test

Only a vision test is required, unless the out-of-state license has been expired more than one year.

Source: Section 2: Driver's License and Non-Driver ID Information – Out of State Driver's License

Correct answer: 1 to 4 years

After a hearing, a Habitual Offender's privileges are revoked for 1 to 4 years; driving afterward can bring one to five years in prison.

Source: Section 2: Driver's License and Non-Driver ID Information – Habitual Offenders

Correct answer: 20/30

Applicants need 20/40 in both eyes, or 20/30 if they see with only one eye.

Source: Section 1: Driving in New Hampshire – Required Driver's License Tests

Correct answer: 40 minutes

Testers have 40 minutes to complete the 40-question touch-screen test.

Source: Section 1: Driving in New Hampshire – Required Driver's License Tests

Correct answer: All three tests

If the out-of-state license has been expired more than one year, the applicant must pass the vision, knowledge and road tests.

Source: Section 2: Driver's License and Non-Driver ID Information – Out of State Driver's License

Correct answer: 12

Non-Driver ID cards may be issued to residents without a valid license who are at least 12 years old.

Source: Section 2: Driver's License and Non-Driver ID Information – Non-Driver Identification Cards