The Victoria learner knowledge test

By the end of this topic you can

• You can choose the right test route for your situation.
• You can name the handbook the questions come from.
• You can use the official practice test effectively.
• You can explain what happens if you do not pass.
• You can plan your study across all four handbook chapters.

What you need to know and understand

• The questions are based on the Road to Solo Driving handbook, across all four chapters.
• The online course and test take about 4 to 6 hours, and you can take as long as you need.
• Your first online attempt is free; further attempts cost a fee.
• The in-person test is a computer-based multiple-choice test at a VicRoads Customer Service Centre, with an eyesight check.
• The official VicRoads practice test has 32 randomly chosen questions, like the in-person test, and uses a 78 per cent pass mark.
• If you fail the in-person test, you can take the online test one more time for free.
• The in-person test is offered in 13 other languages, and interpreters can be booked.

Two ways to sit the test

Online: enrol from your myVicRoads account, work through the interactive course, then take the test when you feel ready. You can repeat the course as often as you like before starting the test. Pass, and you can apply for your permit and visit a Customer Service Centre without an appointment.

In person: book an appointment at a VicRoads Customer Service Centre and allow about 45 minutes. This route is meant for people who want another language or an interpreter, or who have no computer or internet. You take the test on its own, without the course, and fees apply for the test and the appointment. Check current amounts with VicRoads before booking.

What the questions cover

The Road to Solo Driving handbook has four chapters, and questions can come from any of them. Expect a mix like this:

• the challenges new drivers face and why crash risk is high at first
• how learning to drive works, including supervision and hazard perception
• managing risk: alcohol, drugs, speed, phones, passengers, fatigue and seatbelts
• rules and responsibilities: give way rules, signs, markings, trams, parking, penalties and crash duties

A study plan that works

Remember the practice questions are not the real ones. They show the style, but the handbook holds everything you need. Our Driving with trams in Victoria guide is useful revision for the tram questions.

1. Read the whole handbook once from start to finish, without trying to memorise.
2. Go back over Chapter 4 slowly, especially give way diagrams, road markings and the tram rules that are special to Victoria.
3. Try the VicRoads practice test in feedback mode, which explains each answer.
4. Note every wrong answer and re-read that part of the handbook. Wrong answers in the practice test point you to the right chapter.
5. Switch to practice mode, which only shows your score at the end, and keep going until you pass comfortably several times in a row.

Common mistakes

• Memorising practice answers instead of understanding the rule. Real questions are different, so learn the reason behind each answer.
• Skipping the early chapters. Questions come from all four chapters, not just the road rules.
• Starting the online test before finishing the course. The first attempt is free, so do not waste it.
• Forgetting Victoria-only rules such as hook turns and passing stopped trams.

Test yourself: The Victoria learner knowledge test

Answer each question, then read the explanation. Questions come in a random order each time.

Go deeper

• Victoria Hazard Perception Test
• Driving with Trams in Victoria
• Learning to Drive in Victoria