Illinois permit test practice questions

1. Signs

   You are driving a two-lane road with traffic both ways and you see this sign. What does it mark?

   
   The left side, where a no-passing zone starts.The right shoulder, where the zone begins.The right side, where a no-passing zone ends.The left side, where passing is allowed again.

   Answer: The left side, where a no-passing zone starts.

   On a two-lane, two-way road, this sign stands on the left where a no-passing zone begins.

   Easy to get wrong: Looking on the right, or thinking the sign means the zone has ended.

   Illinois Rules of the Road 2026 (2026, DSD A 112.47, printed July 2026), Chapter 9, p.71

2. Safe driving

   Someone says a child over 40 pounds never needs a booster. The child is under 8, and the back seat has lap and shoulder belts. What is required?

   Use a booster with the lap and shoulder belt.Use no restraint at all, because the child is over 40 pounds.Use a lap belt only, because the child is over 40 pounds.Use a rear-facing seat until the child turns 8.

   Answer: Use a booster with the lap and shoulder belt.

   A child under 8 still needs a booster when the back seat has lap and shoulder belts. The lap-belt-only choice is only for a back seat without those belts, if the child weighs more than 40 pounds.

   Easy to get wrong: Dropping the booster just because the child weighs more than 40 pounds.

   Illinois Rules of the Road 2026 (2026, DSD A 112.47, printed July 2026), Chapter 4, p.23

3. Lanes and turns

   Traffic is slow, so you pull into the center two-way left-turn lane to pass and keep going. Is that allowed?

   No. Do not use it to pass or drive ahead.Yes, if you signal and the lane looks empty.Yes, but only long enough to pass one car.Yes. Treat it as an extra through lane.

   Answer: No. Do not use it to pass or drive ahead.

   Do not drive in a two-way left-turn lane to pass or to keep going straight.

   Easy to get wrong: Treating the center lane as a through lane or a lane for passing.

   Illinois Rules of the Road 2026 (2026, DSD A 112.47, printed July 2026), Chapter 10, p.80

4. Licensing

   You are 60 or older. Your Illinois driver's license was lost, and you have no police report. What is the duplicate fee?

   The duplicate is freeThe regular $5 duplicate feeA $20 replacement feeThe $2 fee for ages 81 through 86

   Answer: The duplicate is free

   At age 60 or older, a lost or stolen license or permit is replaced for free.

   Easy to get wrong: Under age 60, a free duplicate requires a stolen license and a full police report.

   Illinois Rules of the Road 2026 (2026, DSD A 112.47, printed July 2026), Chapter 1, p.11

5. Right of way

   Your light is green as a funeral line crosses ahead of you. A gap opens, and you want to turn through it. What is legal?

   Wait, unless you are authorized to enter the lineTake the gap. A green light gives you the turn.Stop in the gap, then complete the turnTake any opening between the funeral cars

   Answer: Wait, unless you are authorized to enter the line

   Do not break into a funeral procession unless you are authorized to enter it. A green light or a gap between cars does not let you in.

   Easy to get wrong: Taking a green light or a gap between the cars as permission to cut in.

   Illinois Rules of the Road 2026 (2026, DSD A 112.47, printed July 2026), Chapter 4, p.38

6. Sharing the road

   What is the top speed for a low-speed electric or gas bicycle?

   20 mph.15 mph.30 mph.25 mph.

   Answer: 20 mph.

   A low-speed electric or gas bicycle may not be driven faster than 20 mph.

   Easy to get wrong: Using 25 mph or 30 mph from the low-speed vehicle rules.

   Illinois Rules of the Road 2026 (2026, DSD A 112.47, printed July 2026), Chapter 5, p.43

7. Alcohol and drugs

   An officer stops you and reasonably suspects you are impaired by cannabis. What must you do?

   Refuse the tests, because cannabis is legal for adults 21 and older.Show a medical cannabis card and then drive on.Take an alcohol breath test and nothing else.Submit to sobriety tests, roadside chemical tests, or both.

   Answer: Submit to sobriety tests, roadside chemical tests, or both.

   If an officer reasonably suspects cannabis impairment, the driver must take field sobriety tests, validated roadside chemical tests, or both.

   Easy to get wrong: Refusing because cannabis is legal, or thinking only an alcohol breath test can be required.

   Illinois Rules of the Road 2026 (2026, DSD A 112.47, printed July 2026), Chapter 6, p.48

8. Emergencies

   You want to use your phone near a crash scene. When does the photo and phone ban apply?

   Whenever a moving ambulance has its siren on.Only when the vehicle at the scene is a police car.At every crash, even with no authorized vehicle showing lights.When a stopped authorized vehicle has its flashing lights on.

   Answer: When a stopped authorized vehicle has its flashing lights on.

   The ban applies at an emergency scene: a stopped authorized vehicle with its flashing lights on.

   Easy to get wrong: Using the ban for a moving ambulance, or only for a police car.

   Illinois Rules of the Road 2026 (2026, DSD A 112.47, printed July 2026), Chapter 4, p.26

9. Parking

   The car faces uphill and the right side sits against a curb. How do you aim the front wheels?

   Turned to the right no matter which side the curb is onTurned away from the curbLeft straight and parallel to the curbTurned toward the curb

   Answer: Turned away from the curb

   Facing uphill beside a curb, turn the front wheels away from the curb.

   Easy to get wrong: Turning them toward the curb, which is the downhill rule, or leaving them straight.

   Illinois Rules of the Road 2026 (2026, DSD A 112.47, printed July 2026), Chapter 4, p.34

10. Freeway

    On a controlled-access road, may you back up on the shoulder?

    No. Backing up on the shoulder is illegalYes, because you are outside the travel lanesYes, if the shoulder is empty and you go slowlyYes, if you turn on the hazard flashers first

    Answer: No. Backing up on the shoulder is illegal

    You may not back up on the shoulder or the roadway of a controlled-access road.

    Easy to get wrong: Thinking the shoulder is allowed because it is outside the travel lanes.

    Illinois Rules of the Road 2026 (2026, DSD A 112.47, printed July 2026), Chapter 4, p.30

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