Nebraska Alcohol & Drugs practice test

Practice blood alcohol limits, DUI rules and medication: 26 questions based on the Nebraska Driver's Manual, 15 of them on Nebraska's own rules.

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Sample Alcohol & Drugs questions

A Nebraska teen is convicted of minor in possession for the first time. What happens to the permit or license?

  • It is cancelled until the teen turns 21
  • The court impounds it for 30 days
  • It is revoked by the DMV for one year
  • Nothing happens on a first offense
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The court impounds it for 30 days

A second offense brings 90 days and a third 12 months.

Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual, Section 1Q-14, Minor in Possession, PDF p. 30

A Nebraska driver under 21 is convicted of driving at 0.03%. What happens to the license?

  • It is revoked by the DMV for two years
  • The court impounds it for 30 days
  • Nothing happens on a first offense
  • It is cancelled permanently by the DMV
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The court impounds it for 30 days

Refusing the test instead brings a 90-day impoundment.

Source: Neb. Rev. Stat. 60-6,211.02, Section 1Q-6, PDF p. 28; Neb. Rev. Stat. 60-6,211.02(3)

Which factor affects how much alcohol a person's body absorbs?

  • The brand of drink
  • Eye color
  • The time of year
  • Food in the stomach
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Food in the stomach

Body weight, sex and time spent drinking also matter.

Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual, Section 2A, PDF p. 32

A passenger opens a can of beer in your car on a Nebraska highway. Is this legal?

  • Yes, as long as the driver stays sober
  • Yes, as long as the car is not moving fast
  • No, passengers may not have open containers
  • Yes, if the passenger sits in the back seat
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No, passengers may not have open containers

Possessing an open container or drinking in the passenger area on a road or public parking area is illegal for anyone.

Source: Neb. Rev. Stat. 60-6,211.08, Section 2A, PDF p. 32; Neb. Rev. Stat. 60-6,211.08(2)-(3)

What is the only thing that lowers your blood alcohol level?

  • A cold shower
  • Eating a meal
  • Coffee
  • Time
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Time

Plan for a designated driver or another ride if you will drink.

Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual, Section 2A, PDF p. 33

After a first DUI conviction in Nebraska, what must the driver apply for during the six-month revocation?

  • A commercial learner's permit
  • An ignition interlock permit
  • A school permit for the period
  • A farm husbandry permit
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An ignition interlock permit

At 0.15% or more the revocation lasts one year.

Source: Neb. Rev. Stat. 60-6,197.03, Neb. Rev. Stat. 60-6,197.03(1)-(2)

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We wrote these practice questions from the facts in the Nebraska Driver's Manual (Nebraska Driver's Manual (Class O), dated January 2025 on the back cover (PDF p. 88); file 'Class O Drivers Manual-English 1-2025.pdf' on dmv.nebraska.gov, 92 PDF pages, PDF metadata created 2025-05-01 and modified 2025-06-04, server last-modified 2026-07-08; it is the car manual linked from the DMV Manuals page (dmv.nebraska.gov/dl/manuals), read 2026-11-10. Citations use PDF page numbers; the printed page number is the PDF page minus 8 (PDF p. 9 is printed p. 1). PDF pages 1-2, 4, 86-87 and 89-92 are covers, ads or images without usable text and were not used; the AAA sample test on PDF pp. 84-85 was not used as a source. The extracted text renders the 'fi' ligature as '4' (e.g. '4ne' for 'fine'). Because the manual predates several law changes, every legal rule used in questions was checked against the Nebraska Revised Statutes on nebraskalegislature.gov (Chapter 60 and others, read 2026-11-10; the site already includes the 2025 and 2026 session laws, and each section's source note was checked for 2023-2026 amendments). Questions follow the statute. Out-of-date or inexact manual statements and how they were handled: (1) crash reports (PDF p. 81): the manual's $1,500 property-damage threshold was raised to $2,000 by Laws 2026, LB1126, effective July 18, 2026 (Neb. Rev. Stat. 60-699(1)); questions use $2,000; the manual's 'Class II or III misdemeanor' for failing to report differs from 60-699(5) (Class V misdemeanor), so questions only say it is a misdemeanor; (2) move-over law (PDF pp. 59, 92): the manual covers only stopped emergency, road assistance, utility, highway maintenance and solid waste vehicles with flashing lights, with fines of up to $100 and up to $500 or 7 days; since Laws 2025, LB530, 60-6,378 covers any stopped vehicle on the same side of a controlled-access highway unless it is unoccupied with no one near, a first violation is a traffic infraction and a second within five years a Class IIIA misdemeanor; questions use the statute and no fine amounts are tested; (3) the minimum speed (PDF p. 68) is given for the 'interstate'; 60-6,193(2) sets 40 mph on freeways; questions say freeway; 60-6,193(6) (Laws 2026, LB977, effective July 18, 2026) adds a ban on blocking traffic by driving side by side, which the manual does not mention; questions use the statute; (4) the 75 mph interstate limit (PDF p. 60) omits the 65 mph statutory limit in Douglas County and on I-180 and I-129 (60-6,186(1)(i)); the fact and explanation note it; (5) the School Permit 50-hour form (PDF p. 11) is said to need 10 night hours, but 60-4,124(1) does not require night hours for the SCP (it does for the POP, 60-4,120.01(2)(b)); only the POP night-hour rule is tested; (6) the manual (PDF p. 9) gives a $200 fine for a teen permit holder's wireless device violation; 60-4,120.01, 60-4,123 and 60-4,124 state the ban and secondary enforcement but no fine, so only the ban and the one-point assessment (PDF p. 27) are tested; (7) speeding points (PDF p. 27): the manual's table (0 points for 1-5 mph over after 11/14/20) does not match the wording of 60-4,182(10), so speeding point values are not tested; (8) the autocycle supervision rule differs between the manual (permit holder beside or in front of the supervisor) and 60-4,124 for the School Permit and LPE (supervisor beside or behind); not tested; (9) fines doubled in school zones (PDF p. 61) and the speeding fine schedule were not found in the statutes read (60-6,188(4) covers doubled fines in maintenance, repair and construction zones only), so only the work-zone doubling is tested; (10) the 35 mph rural and 25 mph urban construction-zone limits of 60-6,188 are not in the manual; questions use the statute. The texting law (60-6,179.01, secondary enforcement, $200/$300/$500 and 3 points) is unchanged: LB594 of 2025-2026, which would have made it a primary hands-free law, was indefinitely postponed on April 17, 2026 (Legislature bill page, read 2026-11-10). The manual's BAC limits, implied consent, ALR periods, insurance minimums, parking distances, railroad stop distance, school bus rule, fire-apparatus distance, three-foot bicycle and pedestrian clearance, child restraint and seat belt rules and the 12-point revocation match the statutes. edition) and from official sources on road signs. Every answer links to its source, so you can check it and read more.

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