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North Dakota permit test prep.

Build your knowledge of North Dakota driving rules with 56 short lessons, 62 road-sign illustrations, and 614 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
614
Driving lessons
56
Signs & illustrations
62
Course units
11

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Practice

North Dakota practice test

See the 25-question simulation, the 20-correct passing threshold, sample questions, and source notes.

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Recognition

North Dakota road signs

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

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Reference

North Dakota 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 56 lessons below follow 11 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 · 8 lessons

Your License & Permits

Permits, teen limits, documents, road test, license classes

  1. Getting your instruction permit
  2. Holding periods & teen license limits
  3. Restrictions, renewal & duplicates
  4. The road test & vehicle inspection
  5. Documents you must bring
  6. Residency, exemptions & who can't be licensed
  7. License classes & the farm exemption
  8. Cancellations, changes & registering your vehicle

Unit 2 · 7 lessons

Signs, Signals & Markings

Regulatory, warning, work zone and guide signs, signals, markings, railroads

  1. Regulatory signs
  2. Warning, school & special signs
  3. Work zones, devices & flaggers
  4. Guide, service & recreation signs
  5. Traffic signals & turn arrows
  6. Pavement markings
  7. Railroad crossings

Unit 3 · 4 lessons

Right-of-Way & Speed

Who yields, pedestrians, emergency vehicles, school buses, speed limits

  1. Right-of-way at intersections & hand signals
  2. Pedestrians, driveways & U-turns
  3. Emergency vehicles & school buses
  4. Speed limits

Unit 4 · 3 lessons

Passing, Lane Changes & Following Distance

Passing rules, lane changes, and safe spacing

  1. Passing safely
  2. Changing lanes
  3. Following & stopping distance

Unit 5 · 6 lessons

Turning, Roundabouts & Highway Driving

Turns, roundabouts, interstates, night driving, parking

  1. Turning correctly
  2. Roundabouts
  3. Interstate driving & interchanges
  4. Night driving & headlights
  5. Parallel parking, hills & pulling out
  6. Where not to park & emergency stops

Unit 6 · 7 lessons

Emergencies & Winter Driving

Crash reports, towing, winter, skids, floods, breakdowns, fatigue

  1. Crash reports & liability insurance
  2. Towing, coasting, backing & littering
  3. Winter driving & braking on ice
  4. Snowplows & correcting skids
  5. Rain, hydroplaning & flooding
  6. Blowouts, equipment failure & road hazards
  7. Distraction, posture & fatigue

Unit 7 · 4 lessons

Sharing the Road

Trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, and moving over

  1. Trucks: stopping, turning & no-zones
  2. Truck mistakes to avoid & moving over
  3. Sharing the road with motorcycles
  4. Sharing the road with bicycles

Unit 8 · 3 lessons

Occupant Protection

Seat belts, air bags, child restraints, and heatstroke

  1. Seat belts & air bags
  2. Child restraints
  3. Children & vehicle heatstroke

Unit 9 · 5 lessons

Alcohol, Drugs & DUI

Impairment, legal limits, penalties and implied consent

  1. Alcohol & how it affects you
  2. Legal limits & license suspension
  3. DUI court penalties, crashes & insurance
  4. Implied consent & test refusal
  5. Open containers, underage drinking & drugs

Unit 10 · 4 lessons

Pedestrians & Recreational Vehicles

Pedestrians, bicycles, off-highway vehicles, and snowmobiles

  1. Pedestrian rules
  2. Bicycles & motorized bicycles
  3. Off-highway vehicles
  4. Snowmobiles

Unit 11 · 5 lessons

Points & Teen Driving

Point system, teen risks, supervised practice, family rules, aggressive driving

  1. The point system & parental consent
  2. Why teen drivers crash
  3. Supervised practice & the driving log
  4. Family rules, consequences & common errors
  5. Aggressive driving & finding your blind spots

Know which test you are studying for

North Dakota Class D Knowledge Test

This Roadwise course uses a 25-question practice test with 20 correct answers needed to pass. The format can depend on your age, license class, or application type.

The ND Driver License Manual (2025-2027) does not itself state the knowledge test's question count or passing score. Third-party ND DMV test-prep sources consistently agree on 25 multiple-choice questions with an 80% (20/25) passing score, and no separately-scored sign-only section, so that figure is used here as the best-corroborated value.

See format details and sample questions