You have earned a driver education Certificate of Completion. What is the earliest age at which a Class D operator license can be issued?
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A.
21
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B.
17 Correct
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C.
16
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D.
18
The answer is "17"
Driver education knocks a year off the Class D minimum, so an applicant with the Certificate of Completion can be licensed at 17 rather than the base 18. Choice D is what sticks for anyone who reads only the first half of the age sentence and never registers the driver-ed exception at the end.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. 21
Age 21 is the supervisor-age floor, not any license issuance age. This answer confuses the age required to supervise a permit holder with the age to hold a license.
C. 16
Age 16 is the Class DJ junior threshold, not the Class D operator being asked about. This answer grabs the age at which New York first hands a teen any driving credential (the junior license and the learner permit both start there) and reports that number as the operator-tier answer.
D. 18
Age 18 is the base Class D minimum before the driver-ed exception is applied. This answer reads the first half of the age rule and misses the exception at the end.
This question tests your knowledge of Graduated Licensing in New York. Source: New York State Driver's Manual, "Types of Licenses," p.6..
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