Permit tests by state/Florida
Florida HSMV · knowledge test · free practice
Florida Class E Permit Practice Test
- Free here20 questions, no signup
This free Florida permit test practice covers the official FLHSMV Class E knowledge exam: 50 questions, 40 to pass (80%), with every question cited directly to the Florida Driver License Handbook.
How many questions are on the Florida permit test, and what score passes?
The Florida Class E Permit test has 50 questions. You need 40 correct (80%) to pass, so you can miss 10 questions. The time limit is 60 minutes.
Source: Florida Driver License Handbook.
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What the Florida permit test covers
Each gauge is one topic's share of the 300 questions in this bank, written from the Official Florida Driver License Handbook. Tap one to read its free questions.
How strict is Florida?
Florida asks for 80%. The average of the 36 states that publish a pass mark is 79%; 8 states ask for less.
- Lowest
- 70% New Mexico
- Average
- 79% 36 states
- Highest
- 88% Maryland
From each state agency’s own page; every state’s format.
Warning lights
Florida permit test rules that fail people
What Florida HSMV says ends an attempt.
60-minute time limit on the Class E knowledge exam.
Source: Florida Driver License Handbook.
Route planner
How to pass the Florida permit test
A study plan built from the Official Florida Driver License Handbook and the test's own rules, in the order to do it.
Weight your time across the three official buckets: traffic laws, safe practices, traffic controls
Nail the Florida numbers: 30/55/70 speeds, .08/.02 BAC, $10k PIP + $10k PDL
Study school-bus, move-over, and child-restraint rules — heavily tested
Sit the 50-question timed exam simulator against the clock: 60 minutes goes fast
Florida numbers the test asks about
- Speed limits20 mphSchool zonesFlorida Standard Speed Limits
- Distances100 feetGive a turn signal before turningTurn Signals
- Alcohol and belts.08BAL that brings an administrative license suspension at arrestImplied Consent Law
- Fines and penalties$265 min / 4 pointsPassing a stopped school bus ($465 on side where children enter or exit)School Buses
- Speed limits30 mphMunicipal, business or residential areas, unless postedFlorida Standard Speed Limits
- Distances3 to 4 secondsMinimum following distanceDriving Skills Test — Follow at a Safe Distance
From the Official Florida Driver License Handbook · Every number on one printable page
Practice
Free Florida permit practice questions
Six of the 20 free questions, one topic at a time. Answer them in the quiz, or read every answer and its source on the questions page.
- SpeedWhat is Florida's standard maximum speed in a municipal, business, or residential area?
- AlcoholAt what breath or blood alcohol level will an adult driver's license be administratively suspended at the time of a DUI arrest?
- InsuranceWhat minimum insurance must a Florida vehicle owner carry to register a car?
- SchoolbusA school bus displaying its stop signal is loading children on a two-way street. Who must stop?
- MoveoverOn a multi-lane road, what must you do when approaching a stopped law enforcement car displaying warning lights?
- ParkingWhen parallel parking on a two-way street, how close to the curb must your right-hand wheels be?
Test drive
Florida permit mock test, timed
50 questions on a 60-minute practice clock, one at a time, scored at the end like the real test.
- No feedback until you hand in, like the DMV’s screen
- Flag questions and come back to them
- A score for every topic, measured against the 80% pass mark
The free mock is 20 questions from the free set.
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Service record
How every question is checked
- Source
- Written from the Official Florida Driver License Handbook, never copied from a real test
- Answer
- Every explanation says why the right answer is right and cites where it comes from
- Machine
- No duplicates, no missing explanations, no answer given away by its length
- Date
- Checked October 15, 2026
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Start the free Florida permit practice test
20 free questions written from the Official Florida Driver License Handbook, each with the answer and where it comes from.
Florida permit test FAQ
Answered from Florida HSMV’s own pages and the Official Florida Driver License Handbook.
The official Florida Class E knowledge exam consists of 50 multiple-choice questions. You must answer at least 40 questions correctly to pass (an 80% passing score), with a 60-minute time limit.
You need an 80% passing score, which means getting at least 40 out of the 50 questions correct. You can miss up to 10 questions and still pass.
Yes. Florida allows eligible applicants under age 18 to take the Class E knowledge exam online through approved third-party administrators. Adults 18 and older must take the exam in person at a driver license service center or tax collector office.
If you fail, you must pay a $10 retest fee before taking the exam again. You can take the exam up to three times online; if you fail three times, any subsequent attempts must be taken in person at a driver license service center.
Yes. QuizCram practice questions are written directly from the official FLHSMV Driver License Handbook (rev. 08/2023), with verified section citations provided for every answer explanation.
Here, with no signup: 20 free Florida Class E Permit practice questions, each with the correct answer, why the other options are wrong and the source it comes from. You can answer them one by one, read them all with answers on the questions page, or sit a timed mock test of 20 questions that scores you in each exam area.
Permit tests by state
Find your state’s permit test
42 states: the knowledge test format, the pass mark, how long you wait to retake it, and practice questions from the state’s own handbook.
- AK
- Maine permit test, 80% to pass
- Vermont permit test, 80% to pass
- New Hampshire permit test, 80% to pass
- Washington permit test, 80% to pass
- Idaho permit test, 85% to pass
- MT
- ND
- Minnesota permit test, 80% to pass
- Illinois permit test
- Wisconsin permit test, 80% to pass
- Michigan permit test
- New York permit test, 70% to pass
- RI
- Massachusetts permit test, 72% to pass
- Oregon permit test, 80% to pass
- Nevada permit test, 80% to pass
- WY
- South Dakota permit test, 80% to pass
- Iowa permit test, 80% to pass
- Indiana permit test, 80% to pass
- Ohio permit test, 75% to pass
- Pennsylvania permit test, 83% to pass
- New Jersey permit test, 80% to pass
- Connecticut permit test, 80% to pass
- California permit test, 83% to pass
- Utah permit test, 80% to pass
- Colorado permit test
- NE
- Missouri permit test, 80% to pass
- Kentucky permit test, 80% to pass
- West Virginia permit test, 76% to pass
- Virginia permit test, 80% to pass
- Maryland permit test, 88% to pass
- Delaware permit test, 81% to pass
- Arizona permit test, 80% to pass
- New Mexico permit test, 70% to pass
- Kansas permit test
- AR
- Tennessee permit test, 80% to pass
- North Carolina permit test, 80% to pass
- South Carolina permit test, 80% to pass
- DC
- Oklahoma permit test, 75% to pass
- Louisiana permit test, 80% to pass
- MS
- Alabama permit test
- Georgia permit test, 75% to pass
- Hawaii permit test
- Texas permit test, 70% to pass
- Florida permit test, 80% to pass
Road signs
Signs the permit test asks about
31 signs, each with its meaning and real questions. Georgia, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, New York, North Carolina and Virginia test road signs as a separate section, so learn them on their own.