Virginia: Licensing basics — Part 2 Practice Test
Questions in this part include: “If you have special needs or need special help with applications or testing, whom should you tell?” · “Who gives the road skills test to an applicant who chooses to hold the learner's permit for 60 days?”
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Questions are original and based on the official manual "Virginia Driver's Manual" (DMV 39 (April 27, 2026)), Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
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If you have special needs or need special help with applications or testing, whom should you tell?
- A driver training school instructor
- Only the examiner at the road skills test
- A licensed driver who practices with you
- A DMV staff member at any DMV location
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Correct answer: A DMV staff member at any DMV location
Customers who need special help should tell a DMV staff member at any DMV location.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39 (April 27, 2026)), page 3 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 3)
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Who tells you which tests you need to take?
- A DMV representative
- A driver training school
- The Department of Education
- Your insurance company
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Correct answer: A DMV representative
A DMV representative tells you which tests you need.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39 (April 27, 2026)), page 3 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 3)
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Which test is always included among the tests you take?
- The two-part knowledge exam
- The road skills test
- A vision screening
- A hearing screening
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Correct answer: A vision screening
Tests always include a vision screening, while the knowledge exam and road skills test may or may not be included.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39 (April 27, 2026)), page 3 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 3)
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Which valid license from another place means you do not need to take the road skills test?
- A driver's license from Mexico
- A driver's license from Taiwan
- A driver's license from Brazil
- A driver's license from the United Kingdom
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Correct answer: A driver's license from Taiwan
The road skills test is not required of a person with a valid license from another U. S. state, Canada, Germany, France, the Republic of Korea, or Taiwan.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39 (April 27, 2026)), page 4 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 4)
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What must you do about the vehicle for the road skills test?
- Use a vehicle supplied by the DMV examiner
- Use any vehicle, including an autocycle
- Use a vehicle supplied by the licensed driver on your form
- Provide your own vehicle, which cannot be an autocycle
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Correct answer: Provide your own vehicle, which cannot be an autocycle
You must provide the vehicle, and it cannot be an autocycle.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39 (April 27, 2026)), page 4 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 4)
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Which of these must the vehicle you use for the road skills test have?
- A valid safety inspection sticker
- A backup camera and display screen
- An automatic transmission system
- A navigation system with GPS
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Correct answer: A valid safety inspection sticker
The vehicle must have a valid safety inspection sticker, along with plates, registration card and decals, brakes, safety belts, horn, lights, turn signals, mirrors and a speedometer.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39 (April 27, 2026)), page 4 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 4)
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Besides presenting an acceptable driver's education certificate of completion, how can you satisfy the DMV examiner before the road skills test?
- Submit a Vision Screening Report
- Present a certificate from the 8-hour manual course
- Complete a behind-the-wheel checklist
- Hold a learner's permit for 15 days
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Correct answer: Complete a behind-the-wheel checklist
The examiner requires either a driver's education certificate or a completed behind-the-wheel checklist.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39 (April 27, 2026)), page 4 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 4)
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Who must certify on the behind-the-wheel checklist that you practiced the driving tasks and followed the learner's permit requirements?
- A driver training school owner who reviews the form
- A licensed driver who was with you while you practiced
- A DMV employee who gave you the vision test
- A staff member from the Department of Education
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Correct answer: A licensed driver who was with you while you practiced
A licensed driver who was with you during practice certifies the form.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39 (April 27, 2026)), page 4 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 4)
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For applicants under 18, where is the road skills test given?
- At a DMV office, given by a DMV staff member
- At a Department of Education office after the exam
- At the DMV office where you took the knowledge exam
- As part of a driver education course at a driving school
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Correct answer: As part of a driver education course at a driving school
Under-18 applicants take the road skills test as part of their driver education course.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39 (April 27, 2026)), page 4 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 4)
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An applicant age 21 or older who chooses not to take driver’s education must hold the learner’s permit for how long before the first road skills test?
- 30 days
- 45 days
- 60 days
- 75 days
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Correct answer: 60 days
The manual says to hold the learner's permit for 60 days before the first road skills test unless you complete a driver's education course.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39 (April 27, 2026)), page 4 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 4)
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Who gives the road skills test to an applicant who chooses to hold the learner's permit for 60 days?
- A driver training school
- A DMV staff member
- A Department of Education examiner
- The licensed driver who supervised practice
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Correct answer: A DMV staff member
Applicants who hold the permit for 60 days are tested by a DMV staff member.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39 (April 27, 2026)), page 4 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 4)
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Who gives the road skills test to an applicant who chooses to take driver's education?
- A DMV staff member
- A county sheriff's deputy
- The Department of Motor Vehicles Commissioner
- The driver training school
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Correct answer: The driver training school
For applicants who take driver's education, the driver training school administers the road skills test.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39 (April 27, 2026)), page 4 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 4)
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How often may the road skills test be taken?
- Only once per business day
- Twice per business day
- Only once per week
- Only once per month
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Correct answer: Only once per business day
The road skills test may be taken only once per business day.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39 (April 27, 2026)), page 4 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 4)
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If you fail the road skills test, how long must you wait to take it again?
- One day
- Seven days
- Two days
- Fifteen days
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Correct answer: Two days
After failing the road skills test you must wait two days.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39 (April 27, 2026)), page 4 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 4)
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What happens if you fail the road skills test at DMV three times?
- You cannot retake it until you pass the knowledge exam a second time
- You cannot retake it until you pass the in-vehicle part of driver education
- You cannot retake it until you apply for a new learner's permit
- You must wait two days and then retake it at DMV a fourth time
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Correct answer: You cannot retake it until you pass the in-vehicle part of driver education
After three failures at DMV you must complete and pass the in-vehicle part of driver education at an approved driver training school.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39 (April 27, 2026)), page 4 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 4)
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After failing the road skills test at DMV three times, when must the in-vehicle part of driver education be completed?
- Before the date of the first failure
- Within 30 days before the third failure
- On the same day as the third failure
- After the date of the third failure
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Correct answer: After the date of the third failure
The in-vehicle part must be completed after the date of the third road skills test failure.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39 (April 27, 2026)), page 4 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 4)
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How is your vision checked during the vision screening?
- You look into a machine and read letters or numbers
- You read a printed chart held by a police officer
- You answer written questions about your eyesight
- You drive a short course with a DMV examiner
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Correct answer: You look into a machine and read letters or numbers
A DMV staff member has you look into a machine and read letters or numbers.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39 (April 27, 2026)), page 4 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 4)
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What does the vision screening show?
- Whether you have an eye disease that needs treatment
- Which glasses prescription you need for driving
- Whether your vision meets the standards to drive safely
- Whether you will pass the road skills test later
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Correct answer: Whether your vision meets the standards to drive safely
The vision screening is not a medical exam; it only shows whether your vision meets the state's standards for safe driving.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39 (April 27, 2026)), page 4 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 4)