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Montana 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. What does a Montana Class D standard driver license allow you to operate?
Correct answer: Any non-commercial vehicle whose gross weight stays below 26,000 pounds
It covers non-commercial vehicles whose gross weight stays under twenty-six thousand pounds, and it is issued after you pass the vision, written, and road tests.
Source: Montana Driver Manual — Chapter 1, Types of Montana Licenses, Permits, and Endorsements
2. How long must a Montana driver under 18 hold a learner permit before moving up to the first-year restricted license?
Correct answer: Six consecutive months
The permit has to be held for six months running before the teen moves to the next step of the graduated program.
Source: Montana Driver Manual — Chapter 1, Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) Program
3. What vision standard must a Montana applicant meet to be licensed?
Correct answer: 20/40 or better in one eye at minimum, using lenses if they are needed
The test looks for acuity of twenty over forty in at least one eye, and corrective lenses may be used to reach it.
Source: Montana Driver Manual — Chapter 6, Vision, Hearing, & Fatigue
4. What is the penalty for a first violation of Montana's first-year restricted license rules?
Correct answer: Between 20 and 60 hours of community service
A first offense brings a community service order of twenty to sixty hours; a second one suspends the teenager's license for six months.
Source: Montana Driver Manual — Chapter 1, Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) Program
5. How far in advance of the expiration date may a Montana license be renewed?
Correct answer: Six months
The renewal window opens half a year ahead of the date printed on the license.
Source: Montana Driver Manual — Chapter 1, Driver License Renewal
6. You have moved to Montana from another state. How long may you keep driving on your old license?
Correct answer: 60 consecutive days
A valid out-of-state license carries you for sixty consecutive days, after which you have to surrender it and qualify for a Montana one; commercial drivers get thirty days.
Source: Montana Driver Manual — Chapter 1, Driver Licensing Quick Reference
7. What is the minimum age for a Montana driver license if the applicant has completed a state-approved traffic education program?
Correct answer: 15 years old
A Montana teen can be licensed at 16, or at 15 after successfully completing a state-approved traffic education program; an online course does not count.
Source: Montana Driver Manual — Chapter 1, Who Can Apply for Montana Licenses
8. For the first six months of a Montana first-year restricted license, how many unrelated passengers under 18 may the teen carry without adult supervision?
Correct answer: One
Only one such passenger is allowed during the opening six months; that rises to three for the second half of the restricted year.
Source: Montana Driver Manual — Chapter 1, Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) Program
9. During which hours may a Montana teenager with a first-year restricted license not drive?
Correct answer: From 11:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m.
The nighttime restriction runs from eleven at night until five in the morning, with narrow exceptions such as emergencies, farm work, and travel to school, church, or a job.
Source: Montana Driver Manual — Chapter 1, Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) Program
10. What can a driver be charged with for knowingly endangering people or property inside a Montana highway construction zone?
Correct answer: Reckless endangerment of a highway worker, a misdemeanor
The manual names the offense reckless endangerment of a highway worker, calls it a misdemeanor, and gives it the same penalty as reckless driving; removing or striking a control device counts too.
Source: Montana Driver Manual — Chapter 3, Construction Zone
11. What fine does Montana impose on a driver who violates the safety belt law?
Correct answer: $20
State law puts the duty on the driver to see that every occupant is buckled or in a child seat, and sets the penalty at twenty dollars.
Source: Montana Driver Manual — Chapter 2, Safety Belts Required
12. How much supervised practice does Montana's graduated licensing program require of a teen driver?
Correct answer: 50 hours, with 10 at night
The requirement is fifty hours behind the wheel with a supervising adult, ten of which have to be after dark, spread over at least six months.
Source: Montana Driver Manual — Chapter 1, Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) Program
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