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Plain answers about how PTOE Exam Prep works: the exam, the questions, pricing, the free trial, and what you actually get.

No - and you should be wary of any site claiming otherwise. Every question here is original, written to mirror the style, difficulty, and judgment the real PTOE exam tests. Each one comes with a plain-language explanation of why the right answer is right and the others aren't.

The PTOE exam spans 6 domains: Traffic Operations Analysis (18% of the exam); Operational Effects of Geometric Designs (21% of the exam); Traffic Safety (21% of the exam); Traffic Control Devices (17% of the exam); Traffic Engineering Studies (13% of the exam); Social, Environmental and Institutional Issues (10% of the exam). Every practice question on this site is tagged to one of these domains.

The domains are not weighted equally on the exam. By share of the marks: Operational Effects of Geometric Designs 21%; Traffic Safety 21%; Traffic Operations Analysis 18%; Traffic Control Devices 17%; Traffic Engineering Studies 13%; Social, Environmental and Institutional Issues 10%.

The PTOE exam has 150 questions and is completed in 6 hours. Our timed practice mirrors that length and pacing, so exam day feels familiar.

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