A person is caught taking part of the Illinois driver's license exam for another applicant. What mandatory minimum jail term does state law set?
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A.
Three days
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B.
Thirty days
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C.
Seven days Correct
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D.
None
The answer is "Seven days"
Illinois sets a fine plus a mandatory minimum of seven days in jail for taking any part of the exam for someone else. The 30-day answer pulls from the retake ban printed one paragraph above, which stops a caught cheater from retesting for 30 days but is not a jail sentence.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Three days
Illinois does not set the mandatory minimum at three days for this offense. This answer guesses a lighter first-offense term drawn from petty-offense rules of thumb.
B. Thirty days
Thirty days is the retake ban applied to an applicant caught cheating on their own exam, not the jail term for impersonation. This answer carries the 30-day retake ban from the same paragraph forward as if it were the incarceration figure.
D. None
The offense carries mandatory jail time, not only a monetary penalty. This answer reads a criminal fraud offense as a fine-only violation.
This question tests your knowledge of Licensing Process in Illinois. Source: Illinois Rules of the Road, "Chapter 2: Cheating and Bribery," p.13..
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