Exam Format — Light Motor Vehicle
The learner’s licence theory test for a light motor vehicle (Code B / old Code 2 / Code 08; vehicles ≤3 500 kg GVM) is a multiple-choice test in three sections that must each be passed independently — failing any one section fails the whole test. The headline question count is disputed between sources.
Verified / claimed structure
- Total questions: 64 or 68 — sources disagree (28/28/8 vs 30/30/8).
- Time limit: none published by any source (official or secondary).
- Sections and pass marks (widely cited, consistent across secondary sites): Rules of the Road 22 required; Road Signs/Signals/Markings 23 required; Vehicle Controls 6/8 required.
- Computerised (CLLT) at most centres; pen-and-paper persists at some.
Conflicting claims
- Wikipedia Driving Licence in South Africa and K53LearnersTest imply 64 total (28 + 28 + 8).
- K53-Test.co.za, Bilkis Driving and TestPrep state 68 total (30 + 30 + 8).
- Pass marks (22/23/6) are quoted identically by both camps, creating an internal inconsistency: 22/30 ≈ 74% if sections are 30, but ≈ 79% if sections are 28.
- No government source publishes any question count, pass mark or time limit — all counts derive from commercial driving-school sites.
Research note
Treat public practice-test formats as practice formats unless confirmed by official or provincial transport sources. No government source publishes question counts, pass marks or a time limit — these figures originate entirely with commercial driving-school sites and are tagged alleged. This wiki does not claim to reproduce the official restricted question bank.
Round 2 (2026-06-28): national, provincial (Western Cape Government Learners Licence) and municipal pages, plus the official NaTIS Manual on Road Traffic Signs, were checked and confirm the absence of any published count, pass mark or time limit — the conflict is unresolvable from authoritative sources. A new discrepancy surfaced: the question-database size is cited as 1,400 (Saldanha Bay Municipality) vs the commonly-quoted 1,200. See the open questions log.
Ontology Exam Format — Light Motor Vehicle [relates] K53 Learner Licence Exam Format Exam Format — Light Motor Vehicle [contradicts] Wikipedia Driving Licence in South Africa
Connections
- Code B Light Motor Vehicle — applies_to_vehicle_code, source: 2026-06-28
- K53-Test.co.za — supports_claim, source: 2026-06-28
- Wikipedia Driving Licence in South Africa — contradicts_claim, source: 2026-06-28
- Western Cape Government Learners Licence — supports_claim, source: 2026-06-28
- K53 Learner Licence Exam Format — part_of_topic, source: 2026-06-28