DMV permit test · Alaska
As of October 26, 2026, the Alaska DMV written test for an instruction permit can be taken online through the KnowToDrive system, from home, in several languages and with audio playback.
Alaska residents become eligible for an instruction permit at 14, and the permit is valid for two years with one renewal allowed.
The Alaska DMV charges $15 for an instruction permit, which has no REAL ID version, and $5 to renew it (per dmv.alaska.gov, checked on Oct 26, 2026).
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OneTryPass wrote these questions from the Alaska Driver Manual (Rev. 10/2025). Pick an answer to see if you got it; each explanation names the part of the handbook it comes from.
The Alaska Driver Manual requires a licensed driver who is at least 21 and has at least one year of driving experience in the same class of vehicle. For a car, that person sits next to you.
From Alaska Driver Manual (Rev. 10/2025) · Non-Commercial Instruction Permit
Under AS 28.35.140, a driver on a two-lane road outside an urban area must safely pull over when five or more vehicles are immediately behind. Drivers also have a duty to yield to following traffic.
From Alaska Driver Manual (Rev. 10/2025) · What the Law Says About Following
Alaska drivers under 21 may not drive after consuming any amount of alcohol. A first offense, or a refusal to take the breath test, brings a 30-day administrative revocation even if the court case is dismissed.
From Alaska Driver Manual (Rev. 10/2025) · Administrative Revocations
Alaska’s lighting law calls for headlights in daytime whenever fog, rain, snow, smoke or dust cuts visibility to 1,000 feet or less, and from half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise.
The Alaska Driver Manual bans parking within 500 feet of fire apparatus stopped with emergency lights flashing. Other limits include 15 feet from a hydrant and 50 feet from a railroad crossing.
In Alaska, drivers on a highway with separated roadways and two or more lanes in each direction need not stop for a school bus going the other way. On other roads, drivers meeting or following the bus must stop.
From Alaska Driver Manual (Rev. 10/2025) · Meeting a School Bus
Alaska can designate parts of a highway as Traffic Safety Corridors, and fines for traffic offenses committed there are doubled.
From Alaska Driver Manual (Rev. 10/2025) · Speed Limitation Law
The Do Not Pass rules forbid passing within 100 feet of an intersection, railroad crossing, posted narrow bridge, viaduct or tunnel. The center turn lane may never be used to pass.
The Alaska Driver Manual says to be prepared to stop when a train is within 1,500 feet of the crossing, and to stop even when the crossing is unmarked, because trains cannot stop quickly.
From Alaska Driver Manual (Rev. 10/2025) · Railroad Crossings
Alaska treats an intersection with a dead signal and no one directing traffic as uncontrolled. Stop, yield to traffic approaching on your right, and report the outage to the nearest police department as soon as you can.
From Alaska Driver Manual (Rev. 10/2025) · Unlit Signal Head
Yes. Alaska runs its written knowledge test through KnowToDrive, so you can sit it on your own device at home, pick a language, turn on audio and see the result right away.
Questions come only from the Alaska Driver Manual: traffic laws, safe driving and sign recognition. The DMV does not publish a question count or passing score, so OneTryPass does not quote either.
Source: Examinations
Fourteen. The permit lasts two years and can be renewed once.
A teen who is 16 or 17 needs six months on the permit before the DMV will issue a provisional license, and a parent or guardian must consent on every application before 18.
Sources: Instruction Permit, Division of Motor Vehicles, State of Alaska · Provisional Licenses
On a permit, your supervisor must be at least 21 with a year of experience in that kind of vehicle. Before the provisional license, an adult signs off on 40 hours of driving, including 10 hours in bad weather, darkness or other harder conditions.
Provisional drivers carry no passengers under 21 except siblings unless a parent, guardian or someone 21 or older is aboard. They stay off the road from 1 to 5 a.m. unless such an adult rides along or they are driving for work. A violation means a $200 fine and 2 points.
Sources: Instruction Permit, Division of Motor Vehicles, State of Alaska · Provisional Licenses · Provisional License, Division of Motor Vehicles, State of Alaska
You can try again the following day. A failed road test usually means waiting two business days, and the examiner tells you what to practice first.
Source: Examinations
Each line is one rule from an official Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles page, with the date we read it.
The free questions above are a sample. The pack is the whole question bank, practiced the way the app below shows.
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The Alaska DMV charges $15 for an instruction permit and $5 to renew it. A road test at a DMV office costs another $15, and third-party testers set their own prices. Source: official pages "License Fees, Division of Motor Vehicles, State of Alaska" and "Examinations", checked on Oct 26, 2026.
No. OneTryPass writes its own practice questions from the rules in the Alaska Driver Manual (Rev. 10/2025), and each question names the part of the handbook it comes from so you can check the rule.
No. OneTryPass is an independent practice site and is not part of the Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles. The Alaska Driver Manual (Rev. 10/2025) is free at dmv.alaska.gov.
Every rule on this page comes from the Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles' own website or handbook. OneTryPass reads the page, writes the rule in plain English and records the date. A rule that passes its re-check date leaves this page on its own until it is read again.
How often each kind of rule is read again: knowledge test, 120 days; minimum age, 365 days; fees, 90 days; if you fail, 180 days; permit rules, 365 days; what to bring, 180 days; test appointments, 60 days; official handbook, 180 days; agency, 365 days.
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