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Am I Ready for the Arkansas Permit Test?
12-question diagnostic · 4 easy, 4 medium, 4 hard · Updated July 12, 2026
Twelve questions, deliberately mixed: four easy, four medium, four of the hardest in our verified Arkansas bank. The real test needs 80% — but a diagnostic this short needs a margin, so read your result like this: 11+ of 12, you're ready to book; 9–10, you're close — drill the 25 hardest first; below that, work the full test ladder before test day.
Answer each question to see the explanation. Your score is tallied against the real passing bar at the end.
1. Alcohol is involved in about what percent of traffic crashes in which someone is killed?
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Correct answer: About 38 percent
Alcohol is involved in approximately 38 percent of traffic crashes in which someone is killed. If you drink, your chances of a crash are much greater.
2. When you park, where should your vehicle be so it does not become a hazard?
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Correct answer: Far enough from the road to avoid interfering with traffic and visible to cars from either direction
Always park in a spot that is far enough from the street or highway to avoid interfering with traffic and that is visible to cars approaching from either direction.
3. Arkansas’s seat belt law is primary enforcement, which means:
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Correct answer: An officer can stop you just for not wearing a seat belt
Since June 30, 2009, Arkansas’s seat belt law has been primary enforcement — an officer can make a traffic stop based only on a driver or front-seat passenger not wearing a safety belt.
4. When should your safety belt be fastened?
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Correct answer: Before the engine is started
"Buckle up before you start up." Your safety belt should be fastened before the engine is started.
5. In Arkansas, which agency administers the driver knowledge and skills tests?
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Correct answer: The Arkansas State Police, at Driver Testing Centers in all 75 counties
The Arkansas State Police administers the knowledge and skills tests. After you pass, you return to an Arkansas Revenue Office (Department of Finance & Administration) to be issued the actual license.
6. Traffic laws that assign right-of-way:
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Correct answer: Tell you who must yield — no driver is ever given an absolute right-of-way
Right-of-way laws determine which vehicle must yield; they do not give any vehicle an absolute right-of-way. You must do everything possible to avoid striking a pedestrian or another vehicle.
7. After you pass the State Police tests, where do you go to receive your actual Arkansas license?
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Correct answer: Any Arkansas Revenue Office (Department of Finance & Administration)
Arkansas splits the process: you test with the State Police, then return to any Arkansas Revenue Office, run by the Department of Finance & Administration, to be issued the license.
8. As you turn into a driveway or parking lot across a sidewalk, a pedestrian is walking along it. You must:
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Correct answer: Yield to the pedestrian — it is illegal to drive on a sidewalk except to cross it
Drivers crossing a sidewalk when entering or exiting a driveway, alley, or parking lot must yield to pedestrians. It is illegal to drive on a sidewalk except to cross it.
9. Arkansas launched its graduated driver license program to help new drivers gain experience gradually. When did the program begin?
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Correct answer: July 1, 2001
Arkansas implemented its graduated driver license program on July 1, 2001, phasing driving privileges through the Instruction Permit, Learner’s, Intermediate, and Class D stages.
10. Why can pavement be especially slippery during the first few minutes of rain on a hot day?
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Correct answer: Heat brings oil in the asphalt to the surface until the rain washes it away
When it starts to rain on a hot day, heat causes the oil in the asphalt to surface, making conditions more slippery until the rain washes the oil from the roadway.
11. A Class D license lets you operate an automobile or other four-wheel vehicle up to what gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR)?
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Correct answer: Under 26,001 pounds
Instruction Permit, Learner’s, Intermediate, and Class D holders may operate a vehicle with a GVWR under 26,001 pounds. A vehicle built to carry 16 or more passengers or to haul hazardous material requires a Commercial License.
12. Arkansas law prohibits smoking tobacco in a vehicle when a passenger is a child under:
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Correct answer: 14 years old
Under the Protection from Secondhand Smoke for Children Act, a person may not knowingly smoke tobacco in a vehicle in which a child under 14 years of age is a passenger.
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