What is the minimum age for an ordinary Nevada car instruction permit?
Correct answer: 15½ years old.
The ordinary teen instruction-permit age is 15½. Applicants must also meet the testing and application requirements.
Source: Nevada DMV, Instruction permit: minimum age; current official page reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
A learner proposes practicing with a licensed 20-year-old who has driven for three years. Does that person meet Nevada's ordinary supervisor requirement?
Correct answer: No; the supervisor must be at least 21 with at least one year of licensed driving experience.
The supervisor must meet both requirements, hold an appropriate valid license, and sit beside the learner.
Source: Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, printed and physical PDF page 15: Instruction permits: supervising driver ↗
A learner has passed the written test and carries a valid permit. May the learner drive alone to a nearby store?
Correct answer: No; the permit still requires the qualified accompanying driver beside the learner.
A learner's permit does not authorize solo driving. Carrying it or arranging supervision from a different vehicle does not replace the required accompanying driver.
Source: Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, printed and physical PDF page 15: Instruction permits: required accompanying driver ↗
A teen follows Nevada's standard approved-driver-education path. Which supervised practice requirement applies?
Correct answer: At least 50 hours, including 10 hours at night.
The standard path requires 50 supervised hours with 10 at night in addition to approved driver education. This does not use a special alternative-training exception.
Source: Nevada DMV, Standard driver education and supervised practice; current official page reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
A 16-year-old has completed the required training and practice but held the permit for only three months. May the teen take the ordinary licensing road test now?
Correct answer: No; the valid permit must have been held for at least six months.
Teen applicants must be at least 16 and hold a valid permit for at least six months.
Source: Nevada DMV, Step 4: eligibility requirements; current official page reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
A teen otherwise ready for the road test had an at-fault crash two months ago. Which requirement remains unmet?
Correct answer: Six months without an at-fault crash, moving violation, or drug/alcohol conviction.
The current DMV requirements include the specified clean six-month period; completing training does not replace it.
Source: Nevada DMV, Step 4: six-month driving record requirement; current official page reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
A 17-year-old received a first Nevada license two months ago. May the driver take an unrelated 16-year-old friend on an ordinary solo outing?
Correct answer: No; passengers under 18 are restricted for the first six months, except immediate family.
The first-six-month passenger rule is separate from belt and curfew requirements. An unrelated minor friend is not immediate family.
Source: Nevada DMV, Passenger restrictions: first six months; current official page reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
A licensed 17-year-old plans a recreational drive at 11 p.m., unrelated to school or work. What is the correct decision?
Correct answer: Do not make the drive; the ordinary teen curfew is 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.
The ordinary under-18 curfew is 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. This recreational trip does not meet the stated school/work exception.
Source: Nevada DMV, Teen driving curfew; current official page reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
An enrolled high-school student under 18 is applying for a Nevada instruction permit. Which document addresses the attendance requirement?
Correct answer: The required completed Certification of Attendance form.
The DMV requires applicable attendance certification. Graduates and qualifying other education situations use the documentation specified for them.
Source: Nevada DMV, Attendance requirement for applicants under 18; current official page reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
Your license requires corrective lenses. You are making a short daytime trip on familiar roads. What should you do?
Correct answer: Wear the required glasses or contact lenses while driving.
A corrective-lens restriction applies to driving on familiar roads as well as unfamiliar ones. Carrying the lenses is not the same as using them.
Source: Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, printed and physical PDF page 16: License restrictions: corrective lenses ↗
While driving, you want to type a routine message into a handheld phone. What should you do?
Correct answer: Wait until you have safely stopped driving before typing it.
Nevada prohibits manual nonvoice communications while operating a vehicle. No emergency exception applies to the routine message.
Source: Nevada Revised Statutes, NRS 484B.165, 1(a): manual nonvoice communications; current applicable text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
A fully licensed adult makes a routine voice call while driving. Which arrangement avoids the ordinary handheld-voice prohibition?
Correct answer: Use a hands-free accessory for the conversation and remain attentive to driving.
Ordinary voice communication must use a qualifying hands-free arrangement. Permitted calls can still distract; delay them when driving needs your attention.
Source: Nevada Revised Statutes, NRS 484B.165, 1(b), 1(c) and 3: hands-free voice operation; current applicable text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
