Maine's permit knowledge test is 30 questions, and you need 24 correct (about 80%) to pass.
Pick an answer on each question to see whether you got it right, with an explanation.
This is a short sample — DriveDrill has 200+ Maine questions
and full-length mock exams in the app.
Q1. In Maine, demerit points on your driving record are erased when they:
A Become five years oldB Become 90 days oldC Become one year oldD Are never erased
Maine erases demerit points from a driver's record once they become one year old.
Q2. In Maine, a provisional license holder who is convicted of a moving violation while driving on that license faces a suspension of:
A 90 daysB 30 daysC 180 daysD 10 days
A moving violation conviction while holding a provisional license in Maine results in a 30-day suspension.
Q3. A prescription medicine that makes you drowsy:
A Can make driving illegal and unsafe, just like alcoholB Is safe if you take less than prescribedC Is always safe because a doctor prescribed itD Only matters for commercial drivers
Impaired driving laws cover any drug, prescribed or not. Read the label and do not drive when it warns you about machinery.
Q4. Passing on the right is allowed when:
A The road has two or more lanes in your direction and it can be done safelyB You use the shoulder to get aroundC The vehicle ahead is going slowly in a single laneD Never — passing on the right is always illegal
You may pass on the right on multi-lane roads or when a vehicle is turning left, but never by driving onto the shoulder.
Q5. The basic speed law means:
A Speed limits are only advisoryB You may exceed the limit while passingC You must never drive faster than is safe for the conditions, even below the limitD You may always drive the posted limit
The posted limit is the maximum for perfect conditions. In rain, fog, traffic or at night, the legal safe speed is lower.
Q6. Your right wheels drift onto a soft shoulder. You should:
A Jerk the wheel back onto the road immediatelyB Ease off the gas, keep straight, and steer back gently when you have slowedC Accelerate and steer leftD Brake hard and steer left
Yanking the wheel at speed flips the car back across the road. Slow first, then ease back on with a gentle steering input.
Q7. A pedestrian steps into an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection. You must:
A Yield only if a sign is postedB Yield the right of wayC Sound your hornD Continue because the crosswalk is not painted
Every intersection has a crosswalk whether or not it is painted. Yield to people crossing there.
Q8. In Maine, the manual recommends keeping your vehicle how far behind the one in front under normal conditions?
A At least 6 secondsB At least 4 secondsC At least 2 secondsD At least 1 second
Maine's manual recommends keeping at least a 4-second gap behind the vehicle ahead.
Q9. In Maine, if an adult in the front seat is not wearing a seat belt:
A Seat belts are recommended but not required for adultsB Only the driver can be ticketed, never a passengerC An officer may stop you for the seat belt violation aloneD An officer may ticket you only after stopping you for something else
This is a primary enforcement state: no other violation is needed. The belt is also the single most effective thing in the car for surviving a crash.
Q10. A steady yellow traffic light means:
A Speed up to clear the intersectionB Stop and wait for a green arrowC The light is about to turn red — stop if you can do so safelyD The light is about to turn green
Yellow is the warning that red is next. Stop if you can do it safely; if you are already so close that stopping would be abrupt or unsafe, continue through with care.
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the style of Maine's knowledge test and are not official test questions.