What's on the test
The questions come from the Nebraska Driver's Manual. They cover these areas; each links to free practice questions on it:
- Signs, signals & markingsTraffic lights, lane signals, sign colors and shapes, work zones and road lines.
- Traffic lawsRight-of-way, roundabouts, Move Over, speed limits, passing, turns and parking.
- Interstate, night & weatherMerging and exits, headlights, rain, floods, fog, wind, snow and blizzards.
- Safe driving skillsDistractions, drowsy driving, scanning, the three-second rule and crashes.
- Sharing the roadMotorcycles, bicyclists, pedestrians, snowplows, school buses and big trucks.
- Licenses, alcohol & pointsPermits and the POP, tests, points, alcohol laws, seat belts and equipment.
A study plan in five steps
Read the Nebraska Driver's Manual
Everything on the test is in it. Read it chapter by chapter, slowly, and come back to the parts you find hard:
- Permits, Licenses and Teen Driving Limits
- Documents, Testing and Renewals
- Suspensions, Revocations and the Point System
- Important Driver Information
- Traffic Signals
- Traffic Signs
- Pavement Markings
- Keep Right, Right-of-Way and Move Over
- Emergency Vehicles, Speed, Passing and Turning
- Parking and Railroad Crossings
- Interstate, Night and Weather Driving
- Distracted, Drowsy and Defensive Driving
- Sharing the Road With Other Users
- If You're Involved in a Crash
Practice one topic at a time
After each chapter, practice that topic. You see the right answer and why straight away, with the handbook page to reread.
Learn the road signs
Signs are quick points once you know them by shape and color. Study the signs one at a time, then test yourself on 20.
Fix your weak spots
Your practice results are saved on your device. Practice my weak spots builds a round from the topics you miss most.
Take the full practice exam
The full exam works like the real one: 25 questions, 20 to pass, no answers until the end. Keep going until you pass comfortably several times in a row, then review every question you missed.
Before test day
Permits from 14
A School Learner's Permit is possible at 14 for teens working toward a School Permit; the regular Learner's Permit starts at 15, and you can apply up to 60 days before your 15th birthday. (Nebraska Driver's Manual, p. 2–3)
A supervisor 21 or older
On a learner's permit you practice only with a licensed driver aged 21 or older sitting in the seat next to you. (Nebraska Driver's Manual, p. 2–4)
50 hours or a safety course
Before the School Permit or the POP you either finish a DMV-approved driver safety course or log 50 practice hours, at least 10 of them between sunset and sunrise. (Nebraska Driver's Manual, p. 3–4)
POP limits at 16
The Provisional Operator's Permit lets you drive alone from 6 a.m. to midnight; after midnight only to or from work or a school activity, and for six months at most one non-family passenger under 19. (Nebraska Driver's Manual, p. 4)
No phones on a teen permit
Permit and POP holders may not use any interactive wireless device while the car is moving, and everyone in the car, the driver included, must be buckled up. (Nebraska Driver's Manual, p. 1)
Zero tolerance under 21
Drivers under 21 break the law at a blood alcohol level of .02%. For everyone else the limit is .08%, and .04% in a commercial vehicle. (Nebraska Driver's Manual, p. 24)
More answers: Nebraska permit test FAQ. Applying for the first time? How to get your Nebraska permit.
This guide is a free study aid, not the official test. Rules and fees can change: always check the current Nebraska Driver's Manual and the Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles before your test.Page numbers are the ones printed on the handbook pages; tap one to open the official PDF at that page. A PDF viewer counts the cover too, so its page numbers run 8 higher.