NSW Driver Knowledge Test (DKT, Car)
Mobile phones and screens: practice questions
Our NSW DKT bank has 9 questions on this topic. Here are 3 of them with answers; the full mock exam draws from every topic, like the real one.
Question 1
How may a fully licensed driver use a phone in a fixed commercial holder?
- Calls, audio and as a driver's aid such as maps
- Texting and email at low speed, and video calls while stopped in traffic
- Video calls when stopped in traffic
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A. Calls, audio and as a driver's aid such as maps — In a fixed holder a full licence holder may make calls, play audio and use it as a driver's aid.
Question 2
A P2 driver is stopped at a red light. May they use their phone for music?
- Yes, through Bluetooth
- Yes, if the phone is in a holder
- No
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C. No — P2 drivers must not use a phone at all while driving, even when stopped at lights.
Question 3
Where may a full licence holder NOT rest a phone while driving?
- On their leg or between shoulder and ear
- In a commercially made holder that is fixed to the dashboard
- In a closed glove box
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A. On their leg or between shoulder and ear — A phone must not be held in your hand or rest on any part of your body while driving.
More NSW DKT topics
- Licences and the GLS
- Licence restrictions
- Penalties and demerit points
- Crashes and breakdowns
- Vehicles, registration and towing
- Seatbelts and child restraints
- Parking and stopping
- Speed limits
- Fatigue and defensive driving
- Intersections and giving way
- Signs, signals and road markings
- Lanes, overtaking and motorways
- Pedestrians
- Sharing the road
- Lights, weather and hazards