SPECIAL POINTS FINAL TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
● How does one end up having to take the special points exam?. Answer: earning 6 or more
points for the first time
● How long does one have to pass the SP exam?. Answer: within 30 days of your notification
letter.
● What is PennDOT's goal?. Answer: To help you improve your driving and avoid future
violations.
● What information do I need to take to the exam?. Answer: Notification letter and driver's
license.
● What are the three kinds of sanctions imposed by PennDOT?. Answer: exams, hearings,
and suspensions
● What is a sanction?. Answer: A penalty threatened for breaking the law.
● True or False: PennDOT can change penalties in extreme cases, if petitioned in writing..
Answer: FALSE. PennDOT cannot change penalties.
● True or False: PennDOT maintains records only for drivers convicted of violations in PA
who are PA residents.. Answer: FALSE. PennDOT keeps records on ALL drivers convicted of
violations in PA, whether or not they're licensed drivers in PA.
● What is the most common violation for folks who must take the Special Points Exam?.
Answer: Speeding; most people have earned two 3-point violations.
● Speeding violations earn how many points for a driver?. Answer: between 2 to 5 points,
depending on the number of mph traveled above the posted speed limit.
● Traveling 6 to 10 miles above the posted speed limit can earn the driver how many points?.
Answer: 2 points
● Traveling 11 to 15 miles above the posted speed limit can earn the driver how many
points?. Answer: 3 points
, ● Traveling 16 to 20 miles above the posted speed limit can earn the driver how many
points?. Answer: 4 points
● Traveling 21 or more miles above the posted speed limit can earn the driver how many
points?. Answer: 5 points
● How many points for failure to stop for a red light or stop sign?. Answer: 3 points
● How many points for driving too fast for conditions?. Answer: 2 points
● How many points for improper passing?. Answer: 3 points
● How many points for failure to yield?. Answer: 3 points
● What will happen if a driver is required to take the SPE, but fails to do so within 30 days?
Then what if s/he STILL doesn't take the exam?. Answer: PennDOT will send them a letter
specifying that in 30 days, their driving privilege will be suspended. Failure to do so after that,
their license will be suspended until they take and pass the exam, and also pay a restoration
fee.
● What are the two types of exams used by PennDOT as sanctions?. Answer: Special Points
Exam and Special On-Road Driver's Exam.
● What happens if a driver's privileges are suspended, and she is convicted of driving
anyway?. Answer: one year suspension
● What are the benefits of passing the SPE exam within 30 days of one's notification letter?.
Answer: 2 points will be deducted from their driving record.
● What two reasons could cause a person to have to take the Special On-Road Driver's
Examination?. Answer: (a) driver's record goes down below 6 points, then rises above 6
points again. (b) driver is convicted of a high speed violation.
● What is a departmental hearing?. Answer: A sanction in which a driver must meet with a
PennDOT examiner; PennDOT notifies the driver that s/he must arrive on a specific date, at a
specified time and location.
● What two reasons cause a driver to have to attend a type 2 hearing?. Answer: (a) a driver's
points go down below 6, then rise again to 6 or more a second time (b) a driver takes the
SPE, then gets another point violation within 12 months.
● What causes a driver to have to attend a type 3 hearing?. Answer: driver's record goes
below 6 points, then rises to 6 or more for a third (or subsequent) time.
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
● How does one end up having to take the special points exam?. Answer: earning 6 or more
points for the first time
● How long does one have to pass the SP exam?. Answer: within 30 days of your notification
letter.
● What is PennDOT's goal?. Answer: To help you improve your driving and avoid future
violations.
● What information do I need to take to the exam?. Answer: Notification letter and driver's
license.
● What are the three kinds of sanctions imposed by PennDOT?. Answer: exams, hearings,
and suspensions
● What is a sanction?. Answer: A penalty threatened for breaking the law.
● True or False: PennDOT can change penalties in extreme cases, if petitioned in writing..
Answer: FALSE. PennDOT cannot change penalties.
● True or False: PennDOT maintains records only for drivers convicted of violations in PA
who are PA residents.. Answer: FALSE. PennDOT keeps records on ALL drivers convicted of
violations in PA, whether or not they're licensed drivers in PA.
● What is the most common violation for folks who must take the Special Points Exam?.
Answer: Speeding; most people have earned two 3-point violations.
● Speeding violations earn how many points for a driver?. Answer: between 2 to 5 points,
depending on the number of mph traveled above the posted speed limit.
● Traveling 6 to 10 miles above the posted speed limit can earn the driver how many points?.
Answer: 2 points
● Traveling 11 to 15 miles above the posted speed limit can earn the driver how many
points?. Answer: 3 points
, ● Traveling 16 to 20 miles above the posted speed limit can earn the driver how many
points?. Answer: 4 points
● Traveling 21 or more miles above the posted speed limit can earn the driver how many
points?. Answer: 5 points
● How many points for failure to stop for a red light or stop sign?. Answer: 3 points
● How many points for driving too fast for conditions?. Answer: 2 points
● How many points for improper passing?. Answer: 3 points
● How many points for failure to yield?. Answer: 3 points
● What will happen if a driver is required to take the SPE, but fails to do so within 30 days?
Then what if s/he STILL doesn't take the exam?. Answer: PennDOT will send them a letter
specifying that in 30 days, their driving privilege will be suspended. Failure to do so after that,
their license will be suspended until they take and pass the exam, and also pay a restoration
fee.
● What are the two types of exams used by PennDOT as sanctions?. Answer: Special Points
Exam and Special On-Road Driver's Exam.
● What happens if a driver's privileges are suspended, and she is convicted of driving
anyway?. Answer: one year suspension
● What are the benefits of passing the SPE exam within 30 days of one's notification letter?.
Answer: 2 points will be deducted from their driving record.
● What two reasons could cause a person to have to take the Special On-Road Driver's
Examination?. Answer: (a) driver's record goes down below 6 points, then rises above 6
points again. (b) driver is convicted of a high speed violation.
● What is a departmental hearing?. Answer: A sanction in which a driver must meet with a
PennDOT examiner; PennDOT notifies the driver that s/he must arrive on a specific date, at a
specified time and location.
● What two reasons cause a driver to have to attend a type 2 hearing?. Answer: (a) a driver's
points go down below 6, then rise again to 6 or more a second time (b) a driver takes the
SPE, then gets another point violation within 12 months.
● What causes a driver to have to attend a type 3 hearing?. Answer: driver's record goes
below 6 points, then rises to 6 or more for a third (or subsequent) time.
