WA CTT Car Theory Test study plan
WA CTT Car Theory Test · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Road rules and traffic law
List every give-way rule covered in the WA road rules summary and state who yields in each of at least 10 intersection scenarios
Define the posted speed limits for built-up areas, school zones, and default rural roads, and write them from memory
Describe the penalties and demerit consequences for the five most common novice-driver offences
Explain the rules for indicating, turning across traffic, and entering a roundabout in your own words
Your checkpoint
A one-page handwritten summary sheet of give-way, speed-limit, and indicator rules scored at least 90% on a self-made 25-question recall quiz
Road rules and traffic law
Map the rules for parking, stopping, and clearway zones onto five real local streets and note where each applies
Recite the alcohol and drug limits that apply to learner and provisional drivers and the zero-limit consequences
Outline the process for a traffic stop: what to produce, how to respond, and what you may be asked
Summarise licence conditions for learners and provisional drivers, including supervision and passenger limits
Your checkpoint
A completed 30-question practice set on road rules and traffic law with every wrong answer rewritten as a correct-rule flashcard
Road signs, signals and markings
Sketch and label 30 regulatory signs from memory, separating those that prohibit from those that require action
Identify the shape and colour conventions that let you classify an unfamiliar sign on sight
Explain the meaning of the main road markings: edge lines, centre lines, painted islands, and bike lanes
Interpret the sequence and meaning of traffic light displays, including arrows and flashing signals
Your checkpoint
A hand-drawn sign and marking chart of at least 40 items, self-tested to 95% accuracy two days later
Safe driving practices and hazard perception & Road signs, signals and markings
Apply the hazard-perception routine of scan, identify, predict, decide to 20 written road-scene descriptions
Rank hazards by risk in each scenario and justify the ranking in one sentence per hazard
Match each sign and marking learned in week 3 to the driving action it demands
Describe following-distance and stopping-distance rules and estimate safe gaps at 60 km/h and 100 km/h
Your checkpoint
A written hazard-perception log of 20 scenarios, each with ranked hazards, a chosen action, and a one-line justification
Safe driving practices and hazard perception
Explain how speed, surface, and weather change stopping distance, using worked numbers for wet and gravel roads
Describe the correct responses to a skid, a blowout, and a sudden loss of traction
List the visual search pattern for rural driving, including scanning for animals, crests, and unsealed shoulders
State the rules for overtaking and for following heavy vehicles so you stay out of blind spots
Your checkpoint
A worked stopping-distance table for three speeds and three surface conditions, plus a 150-word written skid-recovery procedure
Vehicle safety, sharing the road and driving in WA conditions
Perform and document the pre-drive checks: tyres, lights, fluids, mirrors, and seat position
Explain how to share the road safely with cyclists, motorcyclists, pedestrians, and heavy vehicles, listing one rule per group
Describe fatigue management, including warning signs and a rest strategy for long regional drives
Summarise WA-specific hazards: long distances between towns, wildlife at dawn and dusk, and unsealed roads
Your checkpoint
A completed vehicle safety checklist signed off after a real pre-drive inspection, plus a one-page regional driving hazard brief
Road rules and traffic law & Safe driving practices and hazard perception & Road signs, signals and markings & Vehicle safety, sharing the road and driving in WA conditions
Complete three full-length timed practice tests and log every error by domain
Re-study the two weakest domains using only the error log, not the whole syllabus
Rewrite each missed question as a rule statement you can recall without prompts
Rehearse the hazard-perception routine aloud on 10 new scenarios to build automaticity
Your checkpoint
An error log from three timed tests showing a domain-by-domain accuracy table and a target of 85% or better overall
Road rules and traffic law & Safe driving practices and hazard perception & Road signs, signals and markings & Vehicle safety, sharing the road and driving in WA conditions
Take two final timed practice tests under exam conditions with no notes
Review only flagged and previously missed items in the final two days
Confirm test-day logistics: location, identification, arrival time, and booking reference
Restate the ten rules you are most likely to forget in a single pre-test sheet
Your checkpoint
Two final practice scores of 90% or better, with a one-page pre-test recall sheet written from memory
Milestones
Week 4: Score 85% or better on a 40-question mixed set covering road rules, signs, and hazard scenarios, and complete the sign chart to 95% accuracy
Week 6: Score 85% or better on a full-length timed practice test and complete the pre-drive checklist and regional hazard brief
Week 8: Score 90% or better on two consecutive full-length timed practice tests with no notes and no domain below 80%