Permit tests by state/Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety · knowledge test · free practice
Texas DPS Permit Practice Test (Texas DMV Test)
- Free here20 questions, no signup
This free Texas DMV practice test covers the official DPS knowledge exam: 30 questions, 21 correct to pass (70%), with every question cited directly to the Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7).
How many questions are on the Texas permit test, and what score passes?
The Texas DMV Permit test has 30 questions. You need 21 correct (70%) to pass, so you can miss 9 questions.
Source: Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7).
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What the Texas permit test covers
Each gauge is one topic's share of the 300 questions in this bank, written from the Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7). Tap one to read its free questions.
The largest topics in the bank
How strict is Texas?
Texas asks for 70%. The average of the 36 states that publish a pass mark is 79%; no state asks for less.
- Lowest
- 70% New Mexico
- Average
- 79% 36 states
- Highest
- 88% Maryland
From each state agency’s own page; every state’s format.
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Texas permit test rules that fail people
What Texas Department of Public Safety says ends an attempt.
A failed application is held for 90 days with up to three attempts.
Source: Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7).
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How to pass the Texas permit test
A study plan built from the Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7) and the test's own rules, in the order to do it.
Memorize the number table: 30/15/70 speeds, 30/60/25 insurance, 500/300-ft headlights
Learn the DL-7 chapters behind each rule — our citations point to them
Practice the Appendix-C style: 'within how many feet' and 'what does this sign mean'
Simulate at the real 70% bar, then push for 90%+ consistency
Texas numbers the test asks about
- Speed limits30 mphUrban district, unless postedTable 22: Speed Limits
- Distances100 feetSignal continuously before turning or stoppingSignals
- Parking15 feetNo parking or standing within this distance of a fire hydrantDo Not Park or Stand a Vehicle
- Alcohol0.08Legally intoxicated BAC at 21 and overAlcohol and Drugs
- Fines and penalties$500 to $1,250Passing a school bus loading or unloading children (first offense)School Buses
- Speed limits15 mphAlleysTable 22: Speed Limits
From the Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7) · Every number on one printable page
Practice
Free Texas 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.
- LicenseWhat minimum score must you achieve to pass a Texas knowledge exam?
- SpeedUnless posted otherwise, the speed limit on city streets in an urban district is?
- AlcoholAt what BAC is a driver 21 or older considered driving while intoxicated in Texas?
- InsuranceTexas minimum liability insurance is?
- SignalsHow far before turning must you signal?
- SchoolbusA school bus flashes red lights on an undivided road. You must?
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Texas permit test: booking, test day and after
From Texas Department of Public Safety's own pages. Read it before you book.
If you fail the Texas permit test
- Wait to retake
- A failed application is held for 90 days
- Attempts
- Up to 3 attempts
Source: Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7) · Retake rules in every state
Test drive
Texas permit mock test, timed
30 questions on a 30-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 70% pass mark
The free mock is 20 questions from the free set.
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How every question is checked
- Source
- Written from the Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7), 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
Spot an error? [email protected] · Editorial policy · Not affiliated with or endorsed by Texas Department of Public Safety.
Start the free Texas permit practice test
20 free questions written from the Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7), each with the answer and where it comes from.
Texas permit test FAQ
Answered from Texas Department of Public Safety’s own pages and the Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7).
30 multiple-choice questions from the DL-7 handbook, with 21 correct (70%) needed to pass.
You must score at least 70%, which means answering 21 out of 30 questions correctly. You can miss up to 9 questions.
Your application is held for 90 days with up to three attempts before a new application and fee are required.
Yes. Adults 18–24 who complete an approved 6-hour adult driver education course and present the ADE-1317 certificate can skip the DPS knowledge exam.
Here, with no signup: 20 free Texas DMV 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.