VIC learner permit test practice: how the LPT works

How many questions are in the Victorian learner permit test?

The in-person test has 32 multiple-choice questions, each with three options, and you need at least 25 right. That figure comes from VicRoads' practice test page, which says its practice test has the same size and pass mark as the real one. VicRoads doesn't publish the size or pass mark of the online course's final test, so the app's mock follows the in-person format.

Online course or in person: which applies to you?

The online learner permit course is now the standard route. It takes about 4 to 6 hours, is in English only, and you have 12 months to finish it; the first attempt at the final test is free.

Sitting the test in person at a VicRoads Customer Service Centre is for people who need another language or an interpreter, or who have no computer or internet access, and an appointment fee applies. VicRoads offers the in-person test in 13 languages: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Vietnamese, Turkish, Persian, Cambodian, Sinhalese, Somali, Albanian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian and Spanish. If yours isn't listed, a free interpreter can be booked, including Auslan. Allow about 45 minutes: the eyesight test and permit application happen at the same visit.

What does the learner permit test cover?

The test draws on the whole Road to Solo Driving handbook: the licensing section and its four chapters on the challenges of driving, learning to drive, managing risk, and rules and responsibilities. In the VicRoads practice test, the topics that come up most are giving way, learning to drive and hazard perception, parking, speed limits and pedestrians (from our review of the practice test on 30 September 2026). The handbook itself warns that the practice test doesn't cover everything.

Victoria has some rules you won't find in other states' tests:

• Hook turns: at intersections with a hook turn sign, mainly in central Melbourne, you turn right from the far-left lane and wait near the far side until the lights for the road you're entering turn green.
• Trams: when a tram stops at a stop with no safety zone, stop at the back of the tram without going past it, and don't pass while the doors are open. Once the doors close and nobody is on the road, you may pass at no more than 10 km/h.
• Phones for L and P drivers: a phone may only be used in a commercially made mounting for navigation or audio set up before the trip, without touching it. No calls at all, not even hands-free.

Other learner rules to know: you must have a zero blood alcohol concentration; L plates go on the front and rear, visible from 20 metres; learners must not tow; and your supervisor sits in the front passenger seat, holds a full licence, must be under 0.05 and must not drink at all while supervising.

What happens after you get your learner permit?

Your permit lasts 10 years. If you'll be under 21 at your licence test, you need at least 120 hours of supervised driving, 20 or more after dark, recorded in the myLearners app or the Learner Log Book. From 21 no log book is required. You must hold the permit for at least 12 months if under 21, 6 months if 21 to under 25, and 3 months if 25 or older. The Hazard Perception Test comes before the drive test and can be taken from 17 years 11 months, and the probationary licence is available from 18.

How to practise for the VIC learner permit test with Learners Test Australia

• 32-question mock tests scored against the 25-question pass line.
• More than 400 original Victorian questions, checked against Road to Solo Driving and current Transport Victoria and VicRoads pages.
• Victoria-only topics such as hook turns, trams and L and P device rules.
• Every answer explained, with the handbook page or road rule it comes from.

Read our deeper guide, the Victorian learner permit test explained, and brush up on give way rules, the biggest topic in the practice test.