New South Wales, car licence
NSW Driver Knowledge Test practice tests
20 free tests for the test Transport for NSW and Service NSW sets, drawn from 161 questions. No account, no paywall, nothing held back.
Where these questions come from
Transport for NSW publishes the Driver Knowledge Test question bank in full under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence, CC BY 4.0, attributed to the State of New South Wales (Transport for NSW). All 358 questions are on this site. 194 of them are built around a picture, and the artwork sits outside that licence and has not been drawn here yet, so they are held out of every run. With the three integrity questions held out as well, that leaves 197 questions out of the draw and 161 in it. The published file is the one these were parsed from.
The road sign questions alongside them, and the sign artwork with them, were written and drawn for this site rather than taken from an official file.
The numbers that decide the day
Each figure below names where it came from and when it was last checked. Anything we have not checked ourselves says so rather than guessing.
- Knowledge test
- NSW Driver Knowledge Test
- Source: Transport for NSW and Service NSW, checked 27 August 2026.
- Questions
- 45 questions
- Source: Transport for NSW and Service NSW, checked 27 August 2026.
- Pass mark
- 12 of 15, then 29 of 30
- Source: Transport for NSW and Service NSW, checked 27 August 2026.
- Fee
- Being verified
- No current fee for the NSW Driver Knowledge Test has been confirmed against Transport for NSW and Service NSW.
- Logbook hours
- 120 hours
- 120 supervised hours in the learner logbook before the driving test. The Safer Drivers Course credits 20 of them. Source: Transport for NSW and Service NSW, checked 27 August 2026.
- Driving test pass rate
- 56%
- About 56% statewide. Transport for NSW publishes outcomes for roughly 150 test centres, so the spread between them is public. Checked 27 August 2026.
- Questions on this site
- 161 in the draw
- 358 in the bank, 197 held out of every run until the artwork behind them is drawn here.
The NSW ladder, in order
Work down it. Each stage says how big it is before you commit to anything in it.
The essentials
Start here: numbered sets that between them cover the pool once without repeating a question, the whole pool in one sitting, and a short check to find your weak topics. 8 tests, 10 to 161 questions
- Practice Test 1Set 1 of 6. None of its 25 questions appear in the other 5.Start
- Practice Test 2Set 2 of 6. None of its 25 questions appear in the other 5.Start
- Practice Test 3Set 3 of 6. None of its 25 questions appear in the other 5.Start
- Practice Test 4Set 4 of 6. None of its 25 questions appear in the other 5.Start
- Practice Test 5Set 5 of 6. None of its 25 questions appear in the other 5.Start
- Practice Test 6Set 6 of 6. None of its 25 questions appear in the other 5.Start
- MarathonEvery question in the pool, one after another, marked as you answer with a running score. Your place is kept in this browser, so you can stop and pick it up later.Open
- Quick checkA short run marked as you answer, to show roughly where you stand before you spend an hour on the wrong topic.Practise
Harder situations and road signs
Intersections, roundabouts, lane rules and the signs people read the wrong way round. 6 tests, 10 to 25 questions
- Road signs25 questions that put the sign on the screen and ask what it means, marked as you answer. These are original questions written for this site, and the artwork is drawn here rather than taken from an official file.Practise
- Signs and rules mixed10 sign questions written for this site, shuffled through 15 questions from the published Transport for NSW bank, so you read artwork and prose in the same run the way the sitting does. Scored at the end.Start
- General Knowledge drill25 questions from the part of the Transport for NSW bank called General Knowledge, marked as you answer with the source shown underneath.Practise
- Road Safety drill25 questions from the part of the Transport for NSW bank called Road Safety, marked as you answer with the source shown underneath.Practise
- Intersections drill11 questions from Intersections, marked as you answer with the source shown under each one.Practise
- Traffic Lights / Lanes drill10 questions from Traffic Lights / Lanes, marked as you answer with the source shown under each one.Practise
The rules that carry penalties
Speed, alcohol and drugs, phones, restraints, pedestrians and parking, which cost drivers more marks than they expect. 5 tests, 10 to 21 questions
- Alcohol and Drugs drill20 questions from Alcohol and Drugs, marked as you answer with the source shown under each one.Practise
- Fatigue and Defensive Driving drill21 questions from Fatigue and Defensive Driving, marked as you answer with the source shown under each one.Practise
- Negligent Driving drill20 questions from Negligent Driving, marked as you answer with the source shown under each one.Practise
- Pedestrians drill12 questions from Pedestrians, marked as you answer with the source shown under each one.Practise
- Seat Belts / Restraints drill10 questions from Seat Belts / Restraints, marked as you answer with the source shown under each one.Practise
The exam simulator
The real shape of the sitting, in its own sections, with answers held back to the end. 1 test, 45 questions
The challenge deck
Every question you answer wrong on this site goes into one deck kept in this browser, car and motorcycle together, with nothing sent anywhere and no account behind it.
How the NSW Driver Knowledge Test runs
The Driver Knowledge Test runs 45 questions in two sections. The 15 general knowledge questions allow three wrong answers. The 30 road safety questions allow one. Transport for NSW publishes the car question bank in full, which is what you practise here. Since 2024 the agency has been moving learners onto DKT Online, a 4 to 6 hour course with the test at the end on a single fee.
- General knowledge, 15 questions12 correct to pass
- Road safety, 30 questions29 correct to pass
Hazard Perception Test
15 touch screen clips, taken on the way to a P2 licence.
Where NSW learners come unstuck
The road safety section is where sittings end. 29 correct out of 30 means one slip on a give way rule or a speed limit is the whole test.
Read up before you practise
The motorcycle tests for New South Wales, the sign library, the guides written for NSW, and the documents the facts above came from.
- NSW motorcycle practice tests20 rider tests drawn from 169 questions. Transport for NSW publishes the Rider Knowledge Test bank in full, so these are the real rider questions.
- Road sign libraryEvery sign drawn from scratch and grouped the way the tests group them, with what each one asks you to do.
- How the NSW Driver Knowledge Test worksForty five questions in two sections, with a pass mark that changes halfway through. Here is the format, the marking, and why the second section is the one that ends sittings.
- DKT Online explained: the paid course that replaced sitting the testSince 2024 New South Wales has been moving learners onto an online course with the Driver Knowledge Test built into the end of it. Here is what that changes for you.
- The NSW 120 hour logbook and the Safer Drivers Course creditOne hundred and twenty supervised hours is the largest single time commitment in the New South Wales licence process. Twenty of them can be credited. Here is how the arithmetic works.
- The published NSW Driver Knowledge Test question bankThe file on the government domain that every car question on this site was parsed from, retrieved 27 August 2026. Opens on Transport for NSW and Service NSW.
- Compare all 8 jurisdictionsFees, pass marks, logbook hours and practical pass rates side by side, each figure carrying its source.
Sources
- Transport for NSW, Driver Knowledge Test question bank for cars (CC BY 4.0)
- Transport for NSW, Registration and Licensing Statistics portal
- Road sign questions and sign artwork, written and drawn for this site rather than taken from an official file.
Facts on this page were checked on 27 August 2026. Agency names are the current ones. If a rule changes, the page changes and the review date moves with it. This site is independent and is not affiliated with Transport for NSW and Service NSW or any other licensing authority.