How many questions are in the Northern Territory learners test or DriveSafe test?

30 questions, with no separate sections. NT learners look it up as the DriveSafe test. Source: Northern Territory Government, checked 27 August 2026.

How much does the Northern Territory learners test or DriveSafe test cost?

$20. Sat at a Motor Vehicle Registry office. DriveSafe NT enrolment is $110 and covers it, along with the learner and provisional licence fees. Source: Northern Territory Government, checked 27 August 2026.

What is the Practical driving assessment pass rate in the Northern Territory?

The least documented of the eight systems. Most figures circulating for the Northern Territory trace back to other practice sites rather than to the territory, which is why there is nothing in this row.

Where do the Northern Territory learners test or DriveSafe test practice questions on this site come from?

Northern Territory Government does not publish the NT DriveSafe NT knowledge test question bank. The 100 questions here were written for this site against the current Northern Territory road rules, with the rule cited on every answer. They are not the official questions.

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Free Northern Territory learners test and DriveSafe practice starts here, with 20 tests drawn from 100 questions, no account and no paywall. In the Northern Territory, a car learner sits the NT DriveSafe NT knowledge test: 30 questions with a pass mark of 26 of 30. It costs $20 to sit. Source: Northern Territory Government, checked 27 August 2026.

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Where these questions come from

Northern Territory Government does not publish the NT DriveSafe NT knowledge test question bank. The 100 questions here are original practice questions written for this site against the current Northern Territory road rules, with the rule cited on every answer. They are not the official questions and nothing on this page says otherwise.

The road sign questions, and the sign artwork with them, were written and drawn for this site as well.

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: NT DriveSafe NT knowledge test; Source: Northern Territory Government, checked 27 August 2026.
Questions: 30 questions; Source: Northern Territory Government, checked 27 August 2026.
Pass mark: 26 of 30; Source: Northern Territory Government, checked 27 August 2026.
Fee: $20; Sat at a Motor Vehicle Registry office. DriveSafe NT enrolment is $110 and covers it, along with the learner and provisional licence fees. Source: Northern Territory Government, checked 27 August 2026.
Logbook hours: Being verified; The Northern Territory does not run a log book system. It recommends about 20 hours to learn the controls and another 80 hours to become a low risk driver, and it requires the learner licence to be held for six continuous months. Read on the Northern Territory Government page on 3 September 2026. Source: Northern Territory Government, checked 27 August 2026.
Practical driving assessment pass rate: Being verified; No published Practical driving assessment pass rate for NT has been confirmed, so this site does not state one.
Questions on this site: 100 in the draw; Counted off the bank on disk on the day this page was built.

Common questions

Every answer here is the same figure the panel above carries, with the agency it was read from and the date it was checked.

Question: How many questions are in the Northern Territory learners test or DriveSafe test?; 30 questions, with no separate sections. NT learners look it up as the DriveSafe test. Source: Northern Territory Government, checked 27 August 2026.
Question: What is the pass mark for the Northern Territory learners test or DriveSafe test?; 26 of 30. Source: Northern Territory Government, checked 27 August 2026.
Question: How much does the Northern Territory learners test or DriveSafe test cost?; $20. Sat at a Motor Vehicle Registry office. DriveSafe NT enrolment is $110 and covers it, along with the learner and provisional licence fees. Source: Northern Territory Government, checked 27 August 2026.
Question: How many supervised hours do NT learners need?; The Northern Territory does not run a log book system. It recommends about 20 hours to learn the controls and another 80 hours to become a low risk driver, and it requires the learner licence to be held for six continuous months. Read on the Northern Territory Government page on 3 September 2026. Source: Northern Territory Government, checked 27 August 2026.
Question: What is the Practical driving assessment pass rate in the Northern Territory?; The least documented of the eight systems. Most figures circulating for the Northern Territory trace back to other practice sites rather than to the territory, which is why there is nothing in this row.
Question: Where do the Northern Territory learners test or DriveSafe test practice questions on this site come from?; Northern Territory Government does not publish the NT DriveSafe NT knowledge test question bank. The 100 questions here were written for this site against the current Northern Territory road rules, with the rule cited on every answer. They are not the official questions.

The NT 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. 6 tests, 10 to 100 questions

Harder situations and road signs

Intersections, roundabouts, lane rules and the signs people read the wrong way round. 7 tests, 9 to 25 questions Topic drills are marked as you answer, with the source under each question. Your place is kept in this browser.

The rules that carry penalties

Speed, alcohol and drugs, phones, restraints, pedestrians and parking, which cost drivers more marks than they expect. 6 tests, 8 to 9 questions Topic drills are marked as you answer, with the source under each question. Your place is kept in this browser.

The exam simulator

A full length run with answers held back to the end, and no pass mark claimed for it. 1 test, 30 questions

NT knowledge test simulatorA full length run with answers held back until the end. We do not claim a pass mark for NT, because the published format has not been checked against the agency yet.30 questions. Answers held to the endSit it

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.

Questions you have missedRead them with the right answer and the source, or run them again. Getting one right takes it out of the deck.As long as your run of wrong answers, and no longer. Marked as you answerOpen

The Northern Territory Government licensing path lists no separate hazard perception test: pass the theory test and get a learner licence, practise with supervision for at least 6 continuous months, then pass the practical driving test for a provisional licence.

DriveSafe NT offers a Territory route alongside an independent Motor Vehicle Registry application. The knowledge test has 30 multiple choice questions and requires 26 correct. A learner licence must be held continuously for six months before the practical driving assessment. The Northern Territory Government, checked 3 September 2026, records those steps and the recommended practice of about 20 hours learning the controls followed by another 80 hours for lower risk driving.

That recommendation is not a logbook requirement. The Northern Territory does not run a log book system, and its learner path lists no separate hazard perception test. This leaves the theory test, supervised learner period and practical driving assessment as the published sequence. The Northern Territory Government has not published a practical pass rate here, so none is stated. DriveSafe NT and the Northern Territory Government are the sources for this route.

The Northern Territory theory test asks 30 multiple choice questions, drawn at random from a pool of more than 300, and you need at least 26 correct to pass. It is sat at a Motor Vehicle Registry office when you lodge the learner licence application, or it is covered by DriveSafe NT enrolment. Those figures were read on the Northern Territory Government Get your driver licence page and its fee page on 3 September 2026. Every Northern Territory question we publish is original and cites the road rule behind the answer.

The Northern Territory does not run a log book system. It recommends about 20 hours to learn the controls and another 80 hours to become a low risk driver, and it requires the learner licence to be held for six continuous months. Read on the Northern Territory Government page on 3 September 2026.

The Northern Territory is the least documented system in the country, and the figures circulating on other practice sites are rarely traced to a Territory page. Everything here was read on nt.gov.au on 3 September 2026, and the practical assessment fee stays blank because a candidate outside DriveSafe NT pays the authorised examiner directly.

No verified pass rate is published here for the Practical driving assessment.

The Northern Territory Government path has no separate hazard perception test, so the theory test, learner period and practical assessment are the confirmed steps published here.

Source: Northern Territory Government, checked 15 September 2026. Sources read: Northern Territory Government: Get your driver licence.

Where NT learners come unstuck

Read up before you practise

The motorcycle tests for Northern Territory, the sign library, the guides written for NT, and the documents the facts above came from.

The largest topics in the NT bank, each readable in full on its own page: Give way and intersections (10), Alcohol, drugs and fatigue (9), Overtaking and following (9), Pedestrians and vulnerable road users (9).

Sources

Northern Territory Government, Get your driver licence and driver and rider licence fees, read 3 September 2026
Road sign questions and sign artwork, written and drawn for this site rather than taken from an official file.
Northern Territory Government, licensing front door. The place to start on the agency site. Each figure above names the agency it was read from and the date it was checked, which is what the facts file records, rather than this link.

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 Northern Territory Government or any other licensing authority.