Texas practice test, licences and applying
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Who needs a licence, what each class covers, and how the graduated system holds younger drivers: the learner licence, the provisional licence and its restrictions on night hours, passengers, and wireless devices. Class C is the ordinary car licence, and this set keeps the classes separate, because the neighbouring class is the standard wrong answer. Citations run to chapter 521 of the Transportation Code.
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Who may drive a car on a Texas highway without holding a driver licence for that class of vehicle?
✓ Correct answer: Almost no one; driving on a highway without the right class of licence is against the law
Sec. 521.021 bars driving on a highway in Texas without a driver's licence issued under the chapter. Sec. 521.025(a)(1) adds that the licence must be the class appropriate for the type of vehicle being driven. (Texas Transportation Code secs. 521.021 and 521.025(a)(1).)
Texas Transportation Code secs. 521.021 and 521.025(a)(1), checked 2026-11-03.
Your supervising driver for a learner licence practice drive is 20 years old and has driven for three years. Is that allowed?
✓ Correct answer: No, the supervisor must be at least 21
Experience does not replace the age rule. The supervisor must be at least 21, hold a licence that qualifies them for that type of vehicle, and have at least one year of driving experience. (Texas Transportation Code sec. 521.222(d)(2).)
Texas Transportation Code sec. 521.222(d)(2), checked 2026-11-03.
May a driver under 18 in Texas use a phone hands-free while driving?
✓ Correct answer: No; outside an emergency, drivers under 18 may not use a wireless communication device while driving, hands-free included
For drivers under 18 the ban is close to total: no wireless device use while driving, hands-free or not, with an exception for an emergency. The ban runs by age; it does not extend to adult learner licence holders. (Texas Transportation Code sec. 545.424(a) and (f).)
Texas Transportation Code sec. 545.424(a) and (f), checked 2026-11-03.
A 22 year old applies for a first Texas licence. What must they complete first?
✓ Correct answer: A six-hour adult driver education course
First licence applicants aged 18 to 24 must finish a six-hour adult driver education course before applying. At 25 and older there is no course requirement. (Texas DPS how to apply page, checked 2026-11-03.)
Texas DPS how to apply page, checked 2026-11-03.
A van is built to carry 20 passengers including the driver and weighs under 26,000 pounds. Which licence classes can cover driving it?
✓ Correct answer: A Class C licence covers it, and a Class A or B holder may also drive it as a lesser type of vehicle
Passenger count matters alongside weight. Sec. 521.082(a)(3) sets Class B buses at a seating capacity of 24 passengers or more, so a van built for 20 people falls outside Class B, and sec. 521.083 puts a vehicle that isn't in Class A or B in Class C; sec. 521.085(a) then lets a Class A or B holder drive that lesser type. (Texas Transportation Code secs. 521.082(a)(3), 521.083, and 521.085(a).)
Texas Transportation Code secs. 521.082(a)(3), 521.083, and 521.085(a), checked 2026-11-03.
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Facts strip
- Questions on the real test
- DPS does not publish the number
- Pass mark
- DPS does not publish it
- Time limit
- Not published by DPS
- Learner licence fee
- $16, under 18
- Class C fee
- $33, ages 18 to 84
- Test languages
- English and Spanish
Facts checked against Texas DPS pages, 2026-11-03. Official information: Texas Department of Public Safety, dps.texas.gov.
Corrections note
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