The written permit test
The written test covers the rules of the road and safe driving techniques. It also covers road signs and the laws about alcohol and drugs while driving. That wording is in the driver licenses chapter.
The Driver's Manual prints the pass mark in its own words. You must get at least 14 of the 20 questions right. You must also get two of the four road-sign questions right. The manual does not print a time limit. Same chapter.
Class D permit tests are given in 20 languages. The list is on the permit-test page.
- English, Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, and Bosnian.
- Chinese, French, Greek, Haitian Creole, and Hebrew.
- Italian, Japanese, Korean, Nepali, and Polish.
- Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Urdu, and Yiddish.
At a DMV office, the Class D test can be on a touch screen or on paper. That is in the driver licenses chapter.
If you are under 18, you may take the permit test online. After you pass online, wait three business days before your office visit. If you go sooner, you must take the test again at the office. See the permit-test page.
Students age 15 years and 11 months may take the written test at a participating high school. The program is the Online Knowledge Test Application. It is offered in English and Spanish. You must be at least 16 to carry the passing receipt to an office and apply. If you fail at school, you may retry as many times as the school allows. All of that is in the driver licenses chapter.
These pages do not print a fee for another try at the office test. Study the Driver's Manual and the DMV page of road signs you must know.
On this site, a practice test shaped like the real test has 20 questions, with 6 misses allowed. That is the manual's rule of 14 right out of 20. The road-sign questions allow only two misses, out of four. The rule is in the driver licenses chapter.
Practice that test here, free. A right answer passes without comment. A miss is explained where it happens, because that is the moment it teaches.