A licensed driver is making a short trip near home. What does the current license-possession rule require?
Correct answer: Have the valid physical or electronic operator’s license in immediate possession.
Current law recognizes a physical or electronic operator’s license and requires immediate possession while driving. A short trip is not an exception.
Source: North Dakota Century Code §39-06-16, physical PDF page 10. Current official source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
You are having difficulty staying alert during a long trip. What is the safer response?
Correct answer: Stop in a safe place and rest rather than continue driving tired.
Fatigue can affect vision and decision time. Temporary stimulation does not replace adequate rest or remove the need to stop driving when too tired.
Source: North Dakota Class D Noncommercial Driver License Manual, 2025–2027 cover / Revised 2025, printed page 25, physical PDF page 29: Night Driving — stop and rest if tired. Current linked manual text reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
Which seating location does North Dakota’s handbook recommend for children younger than 13?
Correct answer: The back seat.
The back seat is the handbook’s safety recommendation for younger children, separate from the current statutory child-restraint requirements.
Source: North Dakota Class D Noncommercial Driver License Manual, 2025–2027 cover / Revised 2025, printed page 34, physical PDF page 38: Child Restraints — back seat recommendation. Current linked manual text reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
A cold medicine’s directions warn that it may cause drowsiness. What should you do if it affects your alertness?
Correct answer: Do not drive while the medicine impairs your alertness.
Even ordinary cold medicines can impair driving. Read the directions and do not drive while drowsy or otherwise unable to operate safely.
Source: North Dakota Class D Noncommercial Driver License Manual, 2025–2027 cover / Revised 2025, printed page 37, physical PDF page 41: Drugs — medicines may impair driving. Current linked manual text reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
A six-year-old who is 48 inches tall rides in a modern car on an ordinary nonemergency trip. What restraint is required?
Correct answer: An approved child restraint used according to its instructions.
A child under eight must use a child restraint unless at least 57 inches tall. The stated child does not meet that height exception.
Source: North Dakota Century Code §39-21-41.2(1), physical PDF page 15. Current official source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
A seven-year-old is 58 inches tall and rides in a modern car. What does North Dakota’s child-restraint law allow?
Correct answer: A correctly buckled safety belt instead of a child restraint.
The statute permits a safety belt for an under-eight child who is at least 57 inches tall. Correct belt use remains required.
Source: North Dakota Century Code §39-21-41.2(1), physical PDF page 15. Current official source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
A 13-year-old rides in the rear seat of a modern car. What restraint duty applies?
Correct answer: Use an approved child restraint or be correctly buckled in a safety belt.
Children eight through 17 must use an approved restraint or a correctly buckled safety belt. Rear-seat placement does not remove that duty.
Source: North Dakota Century Code §39-21-41.2(1), physical PDF page 15. Current official source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
An adult rear-seat passenger has an available belt in an ordinary five-seat car manufactured with belts. No exception applies. Must the passenger buckle up?
Correct answer: Yes; all seating positions are covered.
Current law requires each occupant of the described vehicle to wear a properly adjusted and fastened belt, subject to the listed exceptions.
Source: North Dakota Century Code §39-21-41.4, physical PDF page 15. Current official source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
An adult regular-license holder manually reads a routine text while temporarily stopped at a red light. Is that allowed under North Dakota’s texting rule?
Correct answer: No; a temporary traffic-signal stop remains part of traffic.
The statutory definition of traffic includes a temporary stop at a signal. Lawfully parking is different from waiting at a red light.
Source: North Dakota Century Code §39-08-23(1), (2)(a)–(b), continuing physical page 14, physical PDF page 13. Current official source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
A two-car crash inside a city causes apparent combined property damage of $4,500 and no injuries. What notification is required?
Correct answer: Immediately notify the local police.
A crash involving injury, death or at least $4,000 apparent property damage requires immediate notice. Inside a municipality, notify local police; outside, notify the sheriff or highway patrol.
Source: North Dakota Century Code §39-08-09(1), physical PDF page 8. Current official source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
You strike an unattended parked car and cannot locate the owner. What should the written notice you leave include?
Correct answer: Names and addresses of the driver and owner, the insurance carrier, and the collision circumstances.
Stop and either locate the owner or leave the required identifying, insurance and circumstance information conspicuously on the struck vehicle.
Source: North Dakota Century Code §39-08-07, physical PDF page 7. Current official source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
After a collision, someone appears injured and needs treatment. What must an involved driver do?
Correct answer: Remain at the scene and provide reasonable assistance, including arranging needed medical help.
The duty includes providing identifying information and reasonable assistance. Arrange emergency medical help rather than leaving or making unnecessary moves that may worsen injury.
Source: North Dakota Century Code §§39-08-04 and 39-08-06, physical PDF page 7. Current official source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
Which amounts are North Dakota’s minimum bodily-injury liability per person/per accident and property-damage liability per accident?
Correct answer: $25,000 / $50,000 / $25,000.
These are the minimum liability limits. North Dakota also requires specified uninsured/underinsured motorist and basic no-fault coverage; liability alone is not the whole coverage requirement.
Source: North Dakota Insurance Department, Auto — minimum insurance coverages. Current official source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
A driver hopes coffee and a cold shower will quickly remove alcohol from the bloodstream. What does the manual say?
Correct answer: Time is the only way to eliminate the alcohol; those measures do not speed the process.
Do not rely on temporary feelings of alertness. Coffee, cold showers and exercise do not accelerate elimination of alcohol.
Source: North Dakota Class D Noncommercial Driver License Manual, 2025–2027 cover / Revised 2025, printed page 35, physical PDF page 39: Alcohol — period of consumption. Current official source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
For an ordinary adult driver, what alcohol concentration meets North Dakota’s per-se DUI threshold when measured within the statutory period?
Correct answer: 0.08 percent.
The ordinary adult per-se threshold is 0.08 percent. Impairment can also violate the law below that threshold; it is not a safe-drinking allowance.
Source: North Dakota Century Code §39-08-01(1)(a)(1)–(4), physical PDF page 1. Current official source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
What alcohol concentration triggers North Dakota’s lower administrative licensing threshold for a driver under 21?
Correct answer: 0.02 percent.
The administrative provision uses 0.02 percent for an under-21 driver. This question concerns licensing consequences, not a promise that lower concentrations are safe or permitted.
Source: North Dakota Century Code §39-20-04.1(1), physical PDF page 6. Current official source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
A driver refuses a lawfully requested chemical test under the implied-consent law. Can refusing lead to loss of driving privileges?
Correct answer: Yes; refusal can lead to revocation of driving privileges.
Refusal has a separate licensing process and can result in revocation. This question does not attempt to state every procedural exception or criminal consequence.
Source: North Dakota Century Code §39-20-04(1), continuing physical page 5, physical PDF page 4. Current official source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
In an ordinary private car on a public highway, a passenger has a partly consumed bottle of alcohol. The car has a trunk. Where should it be kept rather than in the passenger area?
Correct answer: In the trunk.
An opened or partly consumed container belongs in the trunk of the described car. A glove compartment counts as part of the occupied area; special vehicle exceptions are not at issue.
Source: North Dakota Century Code §39-08-18(1), continuing physical page 11, physical PDF page 10. Current official source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
