The Australian Capital Territory knowledge test asks 35 questions and requires 31 correct, checked on 27 August 2026. That leaves room for four wrong answers across the whole test, which is a tighter bar than most learners expect from the country's smallest mainland jurisdiction.
How 31 of 35 compares
Thirty one of 35 is roughly 89%. Queensland's PrepL assessment asks for 90%, and everything else sits lower: Western Australia allows six wrong out of 30, Victoria seven out of 32, and the New South Wales general knowledge section three out of 15. All checked on 27 August 2026.
So the Australian Capital Territory sits second only to Queensland among full test pass marks. The comparison people usually make is with New South Wales next door, and it is a misleading one in both directions: the New South Wales general knowledge section is far more forgiving, and its road safety section, at 29 of 30, is far less.
Four wrong answers is a real margin, but it is small enough that a single soft topic will use it up. If give way diagrams cost you two answers and speed zones cost you two more, you have failed a test where you knew almost everything else.
Territory rules inside a wider road network
The Australian Capital Territory sits inside New South Wales geographically, and most learners here will drive across the border regularly. Australian road rules are substantially harmonised, so the great majority of what you learn applies on both sides of it, but the jurisdictions are administered separately and their rules do differ in places.
The practical implication is to take your rules from the Australian Capital Territory's own material for the test, and to stay aware that specific rules, penalties and licence conditions are set by the territory rather than inherited from its neighbour.
Our questions for this jurisdiction are original and cite the road rule behind each answer. We reproduce no official test wording and no handbook text.
What is being verified
The current fee for the knowledge test is being checked against the source before we publish it, and so are the supervised hour requirements. The territory does not publish practical assessment outcomes the way New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia do, so we carry no pass rate for it.
As with Tasmania and the Northern Territory, those gaps are stated rather than filled with a plausible number. Every figure on this site names where it came from and when it was checked, and a figure that cannot do that does not go up.
Preparing for a four answer margin
Practise in full 35 question sets and treat 30 as a fail, because it is one. Scoring in the high twenties consistently means you are one bad topic away from a failed sitting, not close to a pass.
Sort your wrong answers by topic rather than counting them. Four misses spread across four unrelated topics is a different problem from four misses in give way diagrams. The first is bad luck and thin coverage. The second is a specific gap you can close in an evening.
Read the official material before you drill questions. Practice questions are good at showing you what you do not know. They are a poor way to learn a rule for the first time.
How this guide is kept honest
Every figure above names the agency or dataset it came from and the date it was checked. Where a number has not been confirmed against an agency or an open dataset, the guide says it is being verified rather than filling the gap. Licensing rules change, so check the agency page before you pay for anything or book a test.
Last reviewed against ACT Government.