How long must an under-18 Oregon applicant hold an instruction permit before applying for a license?
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A.
3 months.
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B.
6 months. Correct
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C.
12 months.
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D.
No minimum holding period.
The answer is "6 months."
Under-18 applicants must hold an instruction permit for at least 6 months before applying for a license, and an out-of-state permit counts toward that time. Test-takers who pick 12 months are usually applying another state's one-year GDL permit-holding rule instead of Oregon's shorter figure.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. 3 months.
The minimum is 6 months, not 3. This answer borrows the '3' from the 3-year supervised-driver-experience figure listed just below the 6-month rule on the same page.
C. 12 months.
The minimum is 6 months, not 12. This answer applies a one-year permit-holding requirement common in other states' graduated-licensing systems, rather than looking up Oregon's shorter figure.
D. No minimum holding period.
There IS a 6-month minimum for under-18 applicants. The no-minimum rule applies only to adults 18 and older, whose requirements sit in the general applicant checklist. This answer reads only the general applicant checklist and misses the 6-month rule spelled out in the separate under-18 subsection.
This question tests your knowledge of Graduated Licensing in Oregon. Source: Oregon Driver Manual, "How to Apply," p.90..
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