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New Jersey · MVC study resources

New Jersey permit test prep.

Build your knowledge of New Jersey driving rules with 58 short lessons, 62 road-sign illustrations, and 642 study questions based on the course’s driver handbook edition.

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A winding country road with a red car and road signs
Study questions
642
Driving lessons
58
Signs & illustrations
62
Course units
10

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Practice

New Jersey practice test

See the 50-question simulation, the 40-correct passing threshold, sample questions, and source notes.

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Recognition

New Jersey road signs

Browse 62 signs and illustrations, with their meanings and the action to take.

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Reference

New Jersey driver handbook

Find the chapter list, source PDF, and companion lessons for the handbook in this course.

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A clear route through the handbook

The 58 lessons below follow 10 course units. Open a lesson to read its rules, examples, and source page references, or use the study app for its checkpoint quiz.

Unit 1 · 6 lessons

Your License

IDs, license types, GDL stages, permits, and CDL basics

  1. Getting a New Jersey license
  2. Proving your identity: 6 Points and REAL ID
  3. The Graduated Driver License (GDL) Program
  4. GDL restrictions and decals
  5. Permits and drivers new to New Jersey
  6. Commercial driver licenses (CDL)

Unit 2 · 4 lessons

Getting Tested

Knowledge test, vision, road test prep and vehicle checks

  1. The knowledge test
  2. Vision, health, and transfer applicants
  3. Booking the road test and what to bring
  4. Road test skills and vehicle rejection

Unit 3 · 8 lessons

Driver Responsibility

Belts, car seats, vehicle care, steering, braking and maneuvers

  1. Seat belts
  2. Child car seats
  3. Air bags
  4. Keeping your vehicle roadworthy
  5. Snow, carbon monoxide, and idling
  6. Starting out: seat, mirrors and steering
  7. Stopping distance, braking, and signals
  8. Reversing, turning, K-turns, and parking

Unit 4 · 8 lessons

Safe Driving Rules

Speed, right-of-way, highways, turns, stops, lights and parking

  1. Speed limits, passing, and keeping right
  2. Right-of-way and intersections
  3. Highways, parkways, and turnpikes
  4. Turning at intersections
  5. Stop rules: signals, railroads, and school buses
  6. Emergency vehicles, Move Over, and police stops
  7. Headlights, other lights, and parking rules
  8. Cell phones and littering

Unit 5 · 8 lessons

Defensive Driving

Space, distractions, weather, night, emergencies and crashes

  1. Preventing crashes and aggressive driving
  2. Distractions, fatigue, and communicating
  3. Following distance and lane changes
  4. Wet roads, winter driving, and low visibility
  5. Night driving, city and highway, work zones
  6. Reacting to driving problems
  7. Vehicle failures
  8. Avoiding crashes and what to do after one

Unit 6 · 3 lessons

Drinking, Drugs, and Health

BAC limits, impaired-driving signs, drugs and fitness to drive

  1. Alcohol and blood alcohol concentration
  2. Impaired drivers, good hosts, and designated drivers
  3. Drugs and driver health

Unit 7 · 7 lessons

Driver Privileges and Penalties

DUI penalties, interlocks, suspensions, programs and points

  1. DUI: first offenses and underage drinking
  2. DUI penalty chart: interlocks, repeat offenses, related crimes
  3. Breath tests, ignition interlocks, and the IDRC
  4. Other motor vehicle violations
  5. The driving privilege and driving while suspended
  6. Driver programs and violation surcharges
  7. The point system

Unit 8 · 5 lessons

Sharing the Road

Pedestrians, cyclists, motorcycles, trucks, trains and animals

  1. Pedestrians
  2. Motorcycles, mopeds, and bicycles
  3. Trucks, buses, and no-zones
  4. Scooters, low-speed vehicles, and off-road vehicles
  5. Trains, animals, and horses

Unit 9 · 2 lessons

Vehicle Information

Title, registration, plates, inspection and insurance

  1. Title, registration, and license plates
  2. Inspection and insurance

Unit 10 · 7 lessons

Signs, Signals, and Road Markings

Signals, sign shapes, sign gallery, markings and traffic calming

  1. Traffic signals
  2. Sign shapes and colors
  3. Warning, work zone, and regulatory signs
  4. Warning and guide signs to recognize
  5. Regulatory signs to recognize
  6. Road markings
  7. Roundabouts, rumble strips, and slow-moving vehicles

Know which test you are studying for

New Jersey MVC Knowledge Test

This Roadwise course uses a 50-question practice test with 40 correct answers needed to pass. The format can depend on your age, license class, or application type.

The handbook states the knowledge test consists of 50 questions (plus a non-scored organ donation survey question) and requires 80% correct (40 of 50) to pass. No separate scored sub-sections (e.g. a standalone signs test) are described in the manual, and no time limit is stated, so no countdown is used for this practice format and the practice test uses one combined score.

See format details and sample questions