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NCDMV knowledge test · cheat sheet
North Carolina DMV cheat sheet: every number on the permit test
80% to pass the knowledge test, plus a separate road-signs test: identify at least 9 of 12 signs by color and shape.
- Handbook numbers
- 15
- Sections
- 4
- Rules people miss
- 4
- Pass mark
- 80%
Odometer
Every number on the North Carolina permit test
15 numbers from the North Carolina Driver Handbook, each with the section it comes from.
Speed limits (unless posted)
- 35 mph
- Cities and townsChapter 4 — Maximum Speed Limits
- 55 mph
- Outside cities and townsChapter 4 — Maximum Speed Limits
- 70 mph
- InterstatesChapter 4 — Maximum Speed Limits
Distances
- 2 seconds
- Following distance (the two-second rule)Chapter 4 — The Two-Second Rule
- 100 / 200 feet
- Signal before turning / when the speed limit is 45 mph or moreChapter 4 — Signaling
- 500 feet
- No passing on a curve or hill where you can't see this far aheadChapter 4 — Passing
- 2 feet
- Pass at least this far to the left of the vehicle you are passingChapter 4 — Passing
- 100 feet
- No parking near an emergency vehicle stopped at a crashChapter 4 — Emergency Vehicles
Parking
- 15 feet
- No parking near a fire hydrant or fire station entranceChapter 4 — Parking
- 25 feet
- No parking near the curb line of an intersecting streetChapter 4 — Parking
- 200 feet
- Shoulder parking only if approaching drivers can see you from this far both waysChapter 4 — Parking
Alcohol and points
- 0.08 / 0.04
- DWI blood alcohol level / in a commercial motor vehicleChapter 2 — Alcohol and the Law
- 1 year
- License revocation for a first DWI convictionChapter 2 — DWI Penalties
- 5 points
- Passing a stopped school busChapter 3 — Driver License Points
- 12 points
- Within three years can suspend your licenseChapter 3 — Driver License Points
Warning lights
North Carolina rules people get wrong
The handbook rules behind the most missed questions. Read these twice before test day.
School buses. on a two-lane road, a two-lane road with a center turn lane, or a four-lane road without a median, traffic from both directions stops. Only on a divided highway of four or more lanes does oncoming traffic keep going.
Stay stopped until the stop arm is withdrawn, the red lights go off and the bus starts to move.
Level 1 permit. hold it nine months and log at least 60 hours of driving, 10 of them at night.
Red reflective pavement markers mean you are going the wrong way.
Glovebox copy
The North Carolina cheat sheet as one poster
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- Every number above on one 1200 × 1800 image
- Handbook section next to each number, so you can check it
- Free to save and print for your own study
QuizCram (quizcram.com) · Checked against the North Carolina Driver Handbook · Practice at quizcram.com/north-carolina-dmv-practice-test
Can you apply the North Carolina numbers?
The real test asks them as situations. 20 free North Carolina questions, each answer explained and cited to the handbook.
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More North Carolina permit study tools
- The North Carolina permit test guideFormat, rules, booking, retakes
- North Carolina questions with answersEvery free question, cited
- Road signs and meaningsEvery common sign, drawn
- Driving guidesParking, turns, signals and lines