Licensing of Drivers — Hawaii Driver's License Practice Test

This Hawaii Driver's License Licensing of Drivers practice set has 64 practice questions based on the official exam materials, each with an instant explanation. You need 80% on the real Hawaii Driver's License knowledge test to pass.

Sample questions

Three questions from the Licensing of Drivers bank with the correct answer and an explanation. The practice quiz above draws 30 questions at random from the same bank.

1. When is a person exempt from obtaining a Hawaii driver's license while driving a non-commercial vehicle owned by the federal government?

   • When the vehicle is not a commercial motor vehicle and you hold a valid federal-agency driver's license — Correct answer
   • Only if the vehicle is a commercial motor vehicle
   • Whenever you are driving any government vehicle, even without any license
   • Only if you are a Hawaii resident employed by the state government

   Explanation: You are exempt from a Hawaii driver's license when employed by and driving a federally owned vehicle that is not a commercial motor vehicle, and you hold a valid driver's license issued by a federal agency (federal firefighters and active-duty military included).

   Handbook: Licensing — Persons Exempted from License

2. At what minimum age may a person operate a road machine, farm tractor, or implement of husbandry temporarily on the highway without a Hawaii driver's license?

   • 13 years of age or older — Correct answer
   • 15 years of age or older
   • 16 years of age or older
   • 18 years of age or older

   Explanation: You are exempt from a Hawaii driver's license when you are thirteen years of age or older and operating a road machine, farm tractor, or implement of husbandry temporarily on the highway, moving in and between terminals and only at designated terminal areas.

   Handbook: Licensing — Persons Exempted from License

3. May you drive in Hawaii without a Hawaii license if you hold a valid driver's license equivalent to a Hawaii Class 1, 2, or 3 license issued in another U.S. state?

   • Yes, an equivalent valid out-of-state license makes you exempt — Correct answer
   • No, you must always obtain a Hawaii license before driving
   • Only if you surrender your out-of-state license first
   • Only if you are at least 25 years old

   Explanation: You are exempt from a Hawaii driver's license when you possess a valid driver's license equivalent to a Hawaii Class 1, 2, or 3 license, or a provisional license, issued in any U.S. state, D.C., Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, a province of Canada, or the Northern Mariana Islands.

   Handbook: Licensing — Persons Exempted from License