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New Hampshire Car / Permit: Penalties & Licensing practice test
The point system, license suspension, provisional-license rules, insurance requirements, and other licensing basics.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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1. How long may the Director of Motor Vehicles revoke driving privileges for someone found to be a habitual offender?
Correct answer: 1 to 4 years
A hearing that ends in a habitual offender finding brings revocation lasting from one year up to four.
Source: New Hampshire Driver's Manual — Section 2, Habitual Offenders
2. How long does someone moving to New Hampshire have to get a state driver's license?
Correct answer: 60 days
New residents are given sixty days after the move to obtain a New Hampshire license.
Source: New Hampshire Driver's Manual — Section 1, New Residents to NH
3. During the first six months with a Youth Operator license, what passenger limit applies to a driver under eighteen?
Correct answer: At most one passenger under 25 who is not a family member
No more than one passenger under twenty-five who is not family may ride along during those six months, unless a licensed adult of at least twenty-five is in the vehicle.
Source: New Hampshire Driver's Manual — Section 2, License Restrictions
4. What visual acuity must an applicant have in both eyes to pass the New Hampshire vision test?
Correct answer: 20/40
The standard is twenty-forty acuity in both eyes; someone with sight in only one eye must reach twenty-thirty instead.
Source: New Hampshire Driver's Manual — Section 1, Required Driver's License Tests
5. What does the One License Concept require of a new New Hampshire resident?
Correct answer: Every valid license from another jurisdiction must be surrendered
Every valid license issued by another jurisdiction must be handed in when applying, and an application will not be accepted while privileges are suspended or revoked elsewhere.
Source: New Hampshire Driver's Manual — Section 1, New Residents to NH
6. How is New Hampshire's automated knowledge test structured?
Correct answer: 40 questions in 40 minutes
The exam holds forty multiple choice items covering road rules and everyday driving conditions, with forty minutes allowed to finish.
Source: New Hampshire Driver's Manual — Section 1, Required Driver's License Tests
7. What does the manual say about automobile insurance in New Hampshire?
Correct answer: There is no mandatory coverage law, but an uninsured driver pays for the damage personally
The state has no mandatory insurance law, but an uninsured driver in a crash can be held liable for all property damage and medical bills, and privileges are suspended until a settlement is reached.
Source: New Hampshire Driver's Manual — Section 9, Financial Responsibility
8. A seventeen-year-old holds a New Hampshire Youth Operator license. When may that driver not be on the road?
Correct answer: Between 1:00 am and 4:00 am
Holders under eighteen are barred from driving between one and four in the morning, on top of the passenger and seat belt restrictions that also apply.
Source: New Hampshire Driver's Manual — Section 2, License Restrictions
9. A driver moves to New Hampshire holding a valid, unexpired license from another state. Which test is required?
Correct answer: The vision test only
Only the vision screening is needed in that case; the full set of vision, knowledge and road tests returns if the old license has been expired longer than a year.
Source: New Hampshire Driver's Manual — Section 2, Out of State Driver's License
10. How often must a New Hampshire driver's license be renewed?
Correct answer: Every 5 years
Licenses run out on the holder's birthday every five years, and it is the driver's own responsibility to renew even if no reminder arrives.
Source: New Hampshire Driver's Manual — Section 2, Driver's License Renewal
11. An applicant passes all three tests. What does New Hampshire issue on the spot?
Correct answer: A paper temporary license valid for 60 days
A paper temporary license good for sixty days is issued right away, and the permanent card arrives in the mail within forty-five days.
Source: New Hampshire Driver's Manual — Section 1, Required Driver's License Tests
12. An applicant fails the road test. How soon may the test be attempted again?
Correct answer: No sooner than ten days later
A retest appointment is set for no earlier than ten days after the unsuccessful attempt.
Source: New Hampshire Driver's Manual — Section 1, Required Driver's License Tests
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