How many hours of supervised driving experience must an under-18 applicant have when applying for an Oregon driver license?
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A.
100 hours and an ODOT-approved course, both required.
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B.
No minimum hour count, only completion of a course.
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C.
100 hours, or 50 plus an ODOT-approved course. Correct
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D.
50 hours, no exceptions.
The answer is "100 hours, or 50 plus an ODOT-approved course."
Under-18 applicants must have 100 hours of supervised driving experience, or 50 hours paired with an ODOT-approved traffic safety education course (DMV must receive proof of course completion). Choice A is the trap for students who read the two paths as a single combined requirement; the manual lists them with "or," not "and."
The traps in the wrong answers
A. 100 hours and an ODOT-approved course, both required.
The course is not required on top of the full 100 hours. It is an alternative pathway: taking the course cuts the supervised-driving requirement from 100 hours to 50. This answer reads the manual's "or" between the two pathways as "and", the strictest-reading habit that treats any two listed conditions as cumulative.
B. No minimum hour count, only completion of a course.
The course alone is not sufficient; it must be paired with 50 hours of supervised driving. This answer echoes the pattern in states where a certified driver-ed course fully replaces the supervised-driving log rather than shortening it.
D. 50 hours, no exceptions.
50 hours is only acceptable when paired with an ODOT-approved traffic safety education course; otherwise the requirement is 100 hours. This answer recalls 50 as a familiar entry-level minimum, missing the ODOT-approved course that Oregon pairs with the shorter log.
This question tests your knowledge of Graduated Licensing in Oregon. Source: Oregon Driver Manual, "How to Apply," p.90..
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