Germany Category T Theory Test

At a TÜV or DEKRA test centre on a computer. You answer multiple-choice questions, some with several correct options and some with a single correct option, and some items are short video or photo sequences where you judge a developing situation. You answer on screen; there is no paper version and no examiner reading questions aloud.

The official body sets the current number of questions and the time allowance, and both are published on its website. Do not plan around numbers you heard from other candidates, because the catalogue and the test rules are updated. Check the official site before you book so your practice matches the real format.

The pass mark is set officially and published by the responsible body; it is not something to guess at. Because some questions are weighted more heavily than others, a simple percentage of correct answers is not the same as your result. Look up the current rule on the official site.

Yes, retakes are possible, but the waiting period, the number of attempts allowed and the fees are set by the official body and its local test centre. Ask the centre when you book. Use the interval to work through the topics where you lost points rather than repeating the whole catalogue blindly.

The general traffic material overlaps heavily with the car test, so that part feels familiar. What makes T harder is the vehicle-specific content: tractor braking behaviour, centre of gravity on slopes, power take-off and three-point linkage, trailer coupling, axle loads and load securing. Candidates who only revise car questions usually struggle there.

Start with signs, right of way and general traffic rules, because they underpin everything else. Then move to hazard perception and defensive riding, and only then to tractor technology, trailer operation and load securing, which need the most careful reading. Finish with environmental and fuel-efficiency topics and first aid, then do full mixed practice runs.

Underestimating the tractor-specific sections, skimming questions with more than one correct answer, and misjudging stopping distances and overtaking lengths for a heavy vehicle with a trailer. Another frequent problem is not practising the video sequences, so candidates answer before the situation has fully developed.

Yes. Personal fitness to drive, health and first aid form part of the syllabus. You should know what to do at the scene of an accident, how to secure the site, how to call for help and the basics of caring for an injured person until the emergency services arrive. A separate first aid course is normally required for the licence itself.

Yes, and it is a substantial part. Expect questions on correct coupling and uncoupling, safety checks before moving off, permissible drawbar and axle loads, how to distribute a load, and how to secure it with lashings or other means. Load shifting on a tractor-trailer combination is a classic hazard topic.