New Mexico Permit Practice Test
Free practice for the New Mexico learner's permit knowledge test. Every question can be read aloud, with each word highlighted as it is spoken. A wrong answer is never a penalty: you get a hint and try again.
Start practicingThe New Mexico knowledge test
- You need 70% correct to pass.
- The state also gives the test in Spanish.
Practice questions
150 practice questions for New Mexico: 21 about New Mexico rules and 129 about signs, signals and markings that are the same in every state. Free: every question, hints and read-aloud. No sign-up.
Languages
- Every question: English, Español.
- The 129 national questions (signs, signals, road markings) also in 中文, Tiếng Việt, Tagalog, العربية. In these languages the New Mexico questions show in English for now.
5 sample questions
1. In New Mexico, what is the youngest age to apply for an instruction permit?
- 14 years old
- 15 years old (correct answer)
- 16 years old
- 17 years old
Answer: B. In New Mexico you can apply for an instruction permit at 15 if you are in or have finished an approved driver education course.
New Mexico handbook, page 1.
2. In New Mexico, what blood or breath alcohol level is illegal for a driver under 21?
- 0.08 or more
- 0.05 or more
- 0.02 or more (correct answer)
- 0.10 or more
Answer: C. In New Mexico it is illegal for a driver under 21 to drive with an alcohol level of 0.02 or more.
New Mexico handbook, page 29.
3. In New Mexico, a school bus is stopped with red lights flashing on the opposite side of a road with no median. What must you do?
- Keep going, because the bus is on the other side
- Slow to 20 mph and pass
- Honk and pass carefully
- Stop, because you must stop on either side of an undivided road (correct answer)
Answer: D. In New Mexico you must stop for a school bus with flashing red lights even on the opposite side, unless a median or physical barrier separates you from it.
New Mexico handbook, page 12.
4. In New Mexico, what must the driver education course include for a teen to get an instruction permit?
- A car repair class
- A first aid certificate
- A DWI prevention and education part (correct answer)
- A night driving test
Answer: C. In New Mexico the approved driver education course must include a DWI prevention and education part.
New Mexico handbook, page 1.
5. In New Mexico, how old must the licensed driver beside an instruction permit holder be?
- 16 or older
- 18 or older
- 25 or older
- 21 or older (correct answer)
Answer: D. In New Mexico an instruction permit holder must drive with a licensed driver who is 21 or older in the seat beside them.
New Mexico handbook, page 1.
Official handbook
The questions are based on the official New Mexico driver handbook. Read it too:
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