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Permit practice tests by state

Every state runs its own exam with its own question count, pass mark and minimum age. Pick yours below. All tests are free, need no account, and explain every answer.

Idaho · ITD · 3 tests Idaho 40 questions, 34 to pass, permits at 14 and a half. At 85% Idaho sets the highest passing bar in the country, and about a third of applicants fail first time. See Idaho tests New Hampshire · DMV · 3 tests New Hampshire 40 questions, 32 to pass, and a 40-minute time limit. The only state with no learner permit at all, and a ten-day wait if you fail. See New Hampshire tests Nebraska · DMV · 3 tests Nebraska 25 questions, 20 to pass, permits at 15. Five different permit types, and a rural School Permit that lets a fourteen-year-old drive to school alone. See Nebraska tests Maine · BMV · 3 tests Maine 30 questions, 24 to pass, permits at 15. Maine asks for 70 supervised hours rather than the usual 50, and moose are a genuine exam topic. See Maine tests Montana · MVD · 3 tests Montana 33 questions, 27 to pass at 82%. The only state here that caps you at three attempts a year, so being ready matters more than anywhere else. See Montana tests Wyoming · WYDOT · 4 tests Wyoming 25 questions, 20 to pass, permits at 15. Permit test, road signs, cheat sheet and motorcycle test. The permit lasts four years, the longest in the country. See Wyoming tests Vermont · DMV · 3 tests + Q&A Vermont 20 questions, 16 to pass, permits at 15. The shortest exam here, which means you can only miss four. Heavy on rural driving and the 50 mph statutory default. See Vermont tests Delaware · DMV · 3 tests Delaware 30 questions, 24 to pass, permits at 16. Ten of the thirty are road signs, so a third of your score comes from the most learnable section of the exam. See Delaware tests North Dakota · NDDOT · 3 tests North Dakota 25 questions, 20 to pass, permits at 14. One of the youngest permit ages in the country, and the exam takes winter survival and farm traffic seriously. See North Dakota tests South Dakota · DPS · 3 tests South Dakota 25 questions, 20 to pass, permits at 14. Driver education waives the written test outright here, and without it you hold the permit for 275 days. See South Dakota tests West Virginia · DMV · 3 tests West Virginia 25 questions, only 19 to pass. The most forgiving pass mark on this site, sitting on top of a Level 1-2-3 system where two violations cost you the license until you are 18. See West Virginia tests Rhode Island · DMV · 3 tests + Q&A Rhode Island One of two states here that does not publish its exam format at all. One testing location statewide, a mandatory 33-hour classroom course, and eight days on the bench if you fail. See Rhode Island tests Utah · DLD · 3 tests + Q&A Utah 50 questions, 40 to pass, permits at 15. The longest exam on this site, a pass mark that the Division never publishes, and a second online exam that demands a perfect score. See Utah tests Nevada · DMV · 3 tests Nevada 25 questions, 20 to pass, permits at 15 and a half. One of the few states where you can sit the real knowledge test at home by webcam, though not on a tablet or phone. See Nevada tests Kansas · Division of Vehicles · 3 tests Kansas 25 questions, 20 to pass, permits at 14 and no clock on the exam. Kansas runs no point system at all: three moving violations in a year and the license is suspended. See Kansas tests Arkansas · ASP & DFA · 3 tests Arkansas Permits at 14, valid two years, and an exam format the state has never published. The State Police test you, the revenue office licenses you, and nobody prints a pass mark. See Arkansas tests Iowa · DOT · 3 tests Iowa Permits at 14 for $6, valid up to four years, and a passing score printed on each test form rather than fixed statewide. A parent can proctor the official knowledge test at home, on a computer rather than a phone. See Iowa tests Connecticut · DMV · 3 tests Connecticut 25 questions and 20 to pass, both published openly. Fail and it costs seven days and another $40, and since January 2026 a Work Zone Safety Course comes first. See Connecticut tests Massachusetts · RMV · 3 tests Massachusetts 25 questions, 18 to pass, 25 minutes. You can take the real exam at home, but three system rules fail you automatically before you get a single answer wrong. See Massachusetts tests Colorado · DMV · 3 tests Colorado Permits at 15, held a full year, 50 logged hours, and fingerprints at the counter. The DMV documents every step except how many questions are on the test. See Colorado tests Arizona · MVD · 3 tests Arizona 30 questions and 80% to pass, both published by the MVD. Under-18s take the written test at home, but the six-month clock only starts once the permit is issued in an office. See Arizona tests New Mexico · MVD · 3 tests New Mexico Permits at 15 and valid four years, the longest we have found. Driver education comes before the permit, and your supervisor needs three years of license behind them. See New Mexico tests Texas · DPS · 3 tests Texas The handbook sets a firm 70% pass mark but never states a question count, so the widely repeated 21 correct rests on a number DPS has not published. Permits at 15 for $16. See Texas tests

Why we do not cover all fifty states yet

Plenty of sites claim to. Most of them do it by writing one generic question bank and putting fifty state names on top of it. The questions are the same in Wyoming as in Delaware, which makes the practice close to worthless where the rules actually differ.

We read each state's official driver manual and write questions from it. That is slower, and it is why this list is short. It also means that when our Vermont test asks about supervising drivers, the answer is the Vermont rule and not an average of all fifty.

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How much states actually differ

People assume a permit test is a permit test. Look at twenty-three states side by side and the spread is wider than you would guess.

StateQuestionsTo passMin age
North Dakota252014
South Dakota252014
West Virginia251915
Rhode IslandNot publishedNot published16
Idaho403414½
New Hampshire403215½
Wyoming252015
Vermont201615
Nebraska252015
Montana332714½
Maine302415
Delaware302416
Utah504015
Nevada252015½
Kansas252014
ArkansasNot publishedNot published14
IowaNot fixedStated on each test14
TexasNot published70%15
Connecticut2520 (80%)16
Massachusetts2518 (72%)16
ColoradoNot publishedNot published15
Arizona3024 (80%)15½
New MexicoNot publishedNot published15

Everything moves. North Dakota lets you start two years earlier than Delaware. Vermont gives you the fewest questions and therefore the least room for error, while Utah gives you the most and room for ten mistakes. Delaware puts a third of the exam into road signs alone. And the pass mark moves more than anything else: West Virginia lets you through on 76%, Utah and most others want 80%, Montana asks 82%, and Idaho demands 85%, the highest bar of any state we cover. Iowa does not fix one at all, because its rules state that each individual test carries its own minimum passing score. Texas sits between the two: the handbook sets a firm 70%, but never says how many questions that percentage is out of.

The rules themselves vary just as much. Vermont's default speed limit where nothing is posted is 50 mph rather than the 55 most states use. Wyoming lets you exceed the limit by up to 10 mph to complete a pass, under specific conditions. Delaware bans handheld phones for every driver, not just teenagers. Studying a generic practice test will not teach you any of that.

How to use these tests

Read your state's official manual first, cover to cover. Then use the practice tests to find the gaps rather than to build confidence. When you miss a question, go back to the manual section it came from instead of just noting the right answer.

Keep going until you are consistently above 90%, because practice scores run higher than real ones. Most people can get there in a week of short daily sessions.