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Free DMV Permit Test Study Guide & Practice Tests

DMV Permit Tests

Don’t be part of the 70% that fail their DMV permit test their first time. Use our permit study guide and free DMV practice tests to prepare for when you go take your driving test. We have tests and guides for every state. Select your state below to start practicing.

Our free permit practice tests are the key to your learner’s permit – the fast and easy way.

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Delaware Delaware Driving Practice Test
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Mississippi Mississippi Driving Practice Test
Missouri Missouri Driving Practice Test
Montana Montana Driving Practice Test
Nebraska Nebraska Driving Practice Test
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New Hampshire New Hampshire Driving Practice Test
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New York New York Driving Practice Test
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North Dakota North Dakota Driving Practice Test
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Oklahoma Oklahoma Driving Practice Test
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Rhode Island Rhode Island Driving Practice Test
South Carolina South Carolina Driving Practice Test
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Utah Utah Driving Practice Test
Vermont Vermont Driving Practice Test
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Washington Washington Driving Practice Test
West Virginia West Virginia Driving Practice Test
Wisconsin Wisconsin Driving Practice Test
Wyoming Wyoming Driving Practice Test

Free

Our DMV Permit Practice Tests are free - not a free trial, or limited question set - completely free.

Real Questions - Straight From the DMV

Our practice questions are straight from the source - your state's official Driver's Handbook/Manual.

No Registration - No Sign-Up

Test-Guide.com does not require you to register or signup for our free practice permit tests - we don't ask any personal information.

Instant Answers / Detailed Explanations

No waiting for your answers...at the end of your practice test you will instantly receive a detailed score report that tells you which questions you got wrong, as well as a detailed explanation.

How to Study for Your Driver’s Permit

In the United States, in order to get your driver’s license you must pass a learner’s permit test, wait a specified amout of time, have a set amount of supervised driving, and pass a road driving test. These specifications will vary by state, so make sure to understand your state’s specific DMV regulations.

Each state has it’s own learner’s permit written test. The number of questions will vary from 20 to 50 questions. In addition, the passing grade also varies from 70% to 90%. Although the difficulty of the DMV permit test may vary from state – one thing is a constant – the failure rate is approximately 70%!

Many new drivers make the same mistakes when preparing for the driving permit exam – they either fail to study enough, or they waste an incredible amount of time trying to memorize the DMV driver’s handbook (which can be over 100 pages). Test-Guide.com’s DMV permit exam prep is designed to help you focus your study time by presenting practice test questions straight from the source – the DMV driver’s handbook.

To study for your driver’s permit test be sure that you’re familiar with the following DMV exam topics:

  • Basic Driving Skills/Traffic Laws
  • What it means to Share The Road
  • Safety equipment
  • Crashes/Collisions
  • Signals, Signs, Markings

Below you’ll find more details about each of these topics.

If you are interested in getting your Commercial Driver’s License (CDL), see our CDL Test section or try our free CDL practice tests.

DMV Exam Topics

Although each state will have its own test, there are some topics that are universal. These permit test topics include:

Basic Driving Skills/Traffic Laws

  • Signaling, Passing, and Turning
  • Parking, Stopping, or Standing
  • Rotaries/Roundabouts
  • Right of Way
  • Speed
  • Vehicle positioning/spacing
  • Other driving laws

Sharing the Road

  • Bicycles, Pedestrians, School Buses, Commercial Vehicles, RVs…
  • Safety/Defensive Driving

Safety Equipment

  • Defensive driving
  • Distracted driving
  • Hazardous conditions (fog, rain, snow, work zones…)
  • Emergencies/Special Conditions

Crashes/Collisions

  • Brake failure, wet brakes, gas pedal sticks…

Signals, Signs, Markings

  • Traffic Signals
  • Traffic Signs
  • Pavement Markings

Preparing for Your Permit Test – Use Permit Practice Tests

Most first time drivers do not know how to study for these tests. Others become overwhelmed with the amount of information that they think they must know. Permit practice tests are a great way to help you study. A permit pretest (or practice test) will help you evaluate what you already know and what you need to work on. Using sample questions also helps you get accustomed to the format of the test so that there are no surprises.

The best way to study for your learner’s permit test is to review the information in your state’s drivers manual. Make sure that you concentrate only on the areas that you are required to. For example, if you are not planning on riding a motorcycle, do not waste your time with the motorcycle section.

After you have studied the DMV driver’s handbook, you are then ready to take a practice permit test. Test-Guide.com’s free sample permit tests will help you in your preparation. Our practice tests do not require any registration and will be scored immediately. Even better, your score report will include a complete explanation of all of your wrong answers.

We provide multiple sets of practice tests to help you become accustomed to the types of questions you will see on the actual DMV permit exam.