95 questions written from the official source — Drive Safe handbook — checked against the current edition, with the why on every answer.
Two ways to practise
Tip: press 1–4 to answer, Enter for the next question.
The official test
Western Australia calls it the Computerised Theory Test, or CTT — the road-rules test you must pass to get a learner's permit, unless you completed Keys4Life at school in the last 2 years. You will see it called the learners test, the theory test and the road rules theory test as well; they are all the same exam, sat on a computer at a Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure centre.
Thirty multiple-choice questions on the WA road rules, and you need at least 24 of them — 80% — to pass. You sit it on a computer at a DTMI service centre or a regional agent, and you can sit it the same day you apply for your learner's permit. A pass result stays valid for 5 years. You cannot use a phone or any other device during the test, and you cannot refer to the Drive Safe handbook while you are sitting it. If you completed Keys4Life at school in the last 2 years, you do not need to sit or pay for it: show your Keys4Life certificate when you apply for your learner's permit.
Every question comes out of Drive Safe, the Department's own handbook for Western Australian road users, which explains the rules in the Road Traffic Code 2000. Transport WA also publishes its own Road rules theory test quiz — worth doing alongside this one, because seeing the same rule asked two different ways is what proves you actually know it rather than having memorised a phrasing.
Passing it
Twenty-four out of thirty sounds generous until you are sitting there. Practise until you are clearing 90% consistently on questions you have not just seen, so a couple of unfamiliar wordings on the day cannot sink you.
The questions are drawn from the handbook, which sets out the major rules from the Road Traffic Code 2000. Practice tests show you which rules you do not know yet; the handbook is what teaches them. Use them in that order.
No phone, no device, no Drive Safe handbook during the test. That sounds obvious, but it means the rules you half-remember are the ones that will cost you — there is nothing to check against.
Passing the CTT gets you the learner's permit. The hazard perception test is a separate computer test you sit later, and you cannot go for your P plates without it. Plan for both rather than being surprised by the second.
The road ahead
The minimum age for a learner licence in Western Australia.
That's what this practice test is for — keep going until you consistently score 90%+.
Mix of day and night, quiet streets to highways — professional lessons build good habits early.
Rules are set by the Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure (DTMI) — always check current requirements before you book.
The theory test on this page gets you your learner's permit. The Hazard Perception Test is the second computer test in the Western Australian sequence, and you cannot progress towards your P plates without it.
Judgment and timing rather than rule knowledge. It shows you a range of traffic situations and assesses your ability to read road hazards and make safe decisions — during the test you click to indicate when it is safe to begin a manoeuvre, or to take action to reduce the risk of a crash.
Once you have held your learner's permit for at least six months and you are at least 16 years and six months old. Bring your learner's permit, or primary and secondary identification.
At any DTMI service centre or regional agent. You do not need an appointment at a metropolitan centre, but you may need to call ahead at a regional one, and every test has to start before 3:45pm (4:45pm at Joondalup) — so it is not something to attempt late in the day.
You resit on another day rather than immediately, at a lower resit fee. A pass is valid for 5 years, the same as the theory test.
Practise it now with the free interactive HPT simulator →
The practice tests are at DTMI; current fees and test-centre details at DTMI's hazard perception test page.
Grouped by topic. Open a topic, then tap any question for the answer, the explanation and the handbook rule it comes from.
The rules unique to WA — hours, ages, and your path to Ps.
The core road rules every knowledge test draws from.
Crossings, bike lanes and sharing the road.
Who goes first, and when you have to wait.
Signals, roundabouts, turns and slip lanes.
Straight answers
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