Your first practical driving test was just passed. If you receive six penalty points on your licence within the next two years, what will you have to do?

Why that is the answer

Under the New Drivers Act, accumulating six or more penalty points within two years of passing your first practical test results in your licence being revoked. You will revert to provisional status and must reapply for a provisional licence. To regain your full licence, you cannot simply retake one section; you must re-sit and pass both the theory and practical tests again.

How this comes up in the real test

Questions from essential documents appear throughout the 50-question multiple-choice section, and the wording changes between versions. Learn the rule rather than the sentence: the DVSA can ask the same point from the opposite direction, and a memorised answer falls over the moment the phrasing moves.

The pass mark is 43 out of 50, so seven wrong answers is your entire margin. If a whole category is shaky, run the topic practice below until you are getting every question right for the right reason, then go back to full mocks under the clock.

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