Permit practice test.
For any U.S. state.
Free, with answers.
22 lessons and sign sets plus a practice exam: 404 original questions, each with an explanation. Open your state for its own questions and an exam simulator.
Original practice questions · confirm current rules with your licensing agency
What does this sign require of drivers?
Normally you may turn right on a red light after a full stop, but this sign cancels that permission. Stay stopped and make your turn only after the signal changes to green.
Permit modules.
Take them in any order. They are untimed, and each answer comes with an explanation. All practice questions with answers
Lessons
Traffic Lights and Pavement Markings
What each signal light means, who overrides it, and how lines and arrows guide you.
Who Goes First: Right-of-Way
Who yields at stop signs, unmarked corners and roundabouts, and to emergency vehicles.
Turns, Turn Signals and Hand Signals
Lane position, timing and signals for safe right turns, left turns and U-turns.
Passing and Changing Lanes
When and how to pass safely, and what to do when another driver passes you.
Choosing a Safe Speed
Speed limits, the basic speed rule, and adjusting to traffic, curves and hills.
Parking and Backing Up
Where you may not park, curb colors, parking on a hill, and backing up safely.
Scanning, Space and Communication
See hazards early, keep a space cushion, and let other drivers know your plans.
Driving on Freeways
Entering, merging, keeping pace and exiting on high-speed, limited-access roads.
Pedestrians, Children and School Buses
Yield to people on foot, watch out for children, and know when to stop for a school bus.
Bicycles, Motorcycles and Trucks
Make room for cyclists and riders, and give big trucks and slow vehicles extra space.
Railroad Crossings and Work Zones
When to cross railroad tracks, and how to get safely through highway work zones.
Night Driving and Bad Weather
Headlight rules and how to drive in darkness, rain, fog, dust and ice.
Staying Alert, Calm and Focused
Fatigue, distractions and road rage, and how each one raises your crash risk.
How Alcohol Affects Your Driving
How alcohol dulls your skills, what raises your BAC, and why only time brings it down.
Drugs, DUI Laws and Chemical Tests
Drugs that impair driving, chemical tests, implied consent and the rules for under-21s.
Emergencies and Collisions
Skids, blowouts, breakdowns and crashes: what to do, and how restraints protect you.
Your License, Record and Penalties
Permit rules, traffic stops, your record, and offenses that can cost you your license.
Road signs
Sign Shapes, Colors and Rules
Read a sign by its shape and color, then learn the regulatory signs you must obey.
Curve, Hill and Hazard Warnings
Yellow warning signs for curves, hills, low clearances, slippery roads and animals.
Intersection, Merge and Lane Warnings
Signs that warn of crossroads, side roads, merging traffic, lane drops and divided roads.
Route, Guide and Service Signs
Route markers, exit signs and the symbols that point you to services and attractions.
Road Sign Review
Mixed practice with signs from every chapter, like a separate road sign test.
Practice exam
Final Knowledge Exam
The final exam mixes 35 questions from every chapter, from signs and right-of-way to emergencies, alcohol and the law, and about one in five of them is about road signs. Take it after the chapters to find the topics you still need to review.
Road signs
Every sign and signal with what it means, plus practice questions.
Permit test by state
Question counts and pass marks by state, side by side.
Motorcycle
Riding lessons, sign sets and a practice exam.
Pick your state.
Add its questions.
Each state adds its own questions and an exam simulator that uses the state's question count and pass mark when we have them on file.
- Alabama permit testAL
- Alaska permit testAK
- Arizona permit testAZ
- Arkansas permit testAR
- California permit testCA
- Colorado permit testCO
- Connecticut permit testCT
- Delaware permit testDE
- District of Columbia permit testDC
- Florida permit testFL
- Georgia permit testGA
- Hawaii permit testHI
- Idaho permit testID
- Illinois permit testIL
- Indiana permit testIN
- Iowa permit testIA
- Kansas permit testKS
- Kentucky permit testKY
- Louisiana permit testLA
- Maine permit testME
- Maryland permit testMD
- Massachusetts permit testMA
- Michigan permit testMI
- Minnesota permit testMN
- Mississippi permit testMS
- Missouri permit testMO
- Montana permit testMT
- Nebraska permit testNE
- Nevada permit testNV
- New Hampshire permit testNH
- New Jersey permit testNJ
- New Mexico permit testNM
- New York permit testNY
- North Carolina permit testNC
- North Dakota permit testND
- Ohio permit testOH
- Oklahoma permit testOK
- Oregon permit testOR
- Pennsylvania permit testPA
- Puerto Rico permit testPR
- Rhode Island permit testRI
- South Carolina permit testSC
- South Dakota permit testSD
- Tennessee permit testTN
- Texas permit testTX
- U.S. Virgin Islands permit testVI
- Utah permit testUT
- Vermont permit testVT
- Virginia permit testVA
- Washington permit testWA
- West Virginia permit testWV
- Wisconsin permit testWI
- Wyoming permit testWY
Common
questions.
Do I need to pick a state?
These lessons and sign sets are the same in every state. Open your state page to add its own questions and an exam simulator.
Are these the real DMV questions?
No. They are original practice questions written by our team. They cover the topics the knowledge test covers, with an explanation for every answer, but they are not copied from any state test.
Is it available in Spanish?
Yes. Every question, answer and explanation is also in Spanish. Use the language link in the header to switch.