Fable Tests

Colorado practice tests

Colorado's written permit test, the Driving Knowledge Test, covers road signs, driving under the influence, driving rules, safety rules and legal items from the Colorado Driver Handbook. You can take it online at home with a webcam (60 minutes allowed), in a driver license office, or at an approved driving school, in English or Spanish. The Colorado DMV does not publish the number of questions or the pass mark on the pages we checked. You can get an instruction permit from 15 after driver education. Our free Colorado practice sets use 25 questions each, including 5 sign questions with pictures, and we ask for 20 correct (80 percent) to pass; that size and mark are our own choice, not an official figure.

  • 25 questions
  • 20 to pass

The test in Colorado

Every figure links to the page it was read from, with the date it was checked. Formats change; the source wins over this table.

WhatFigureSource · checked
Knowledge testDriving Knowledge Test (written test); number of questions not publishedThe handbook says the questions cover the whole Driver Handbook, including road signs, driving under the influence, driving rules, safety rules and legal items. Signs are not a separate part. Neither the DMV pages we read nor the handbook gives the number of questions. Our practice sets use 25 questions, 20 on the rules and 5 on signs; that size is our own choice.Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337), PDFchecked 2026-11-01
To passNot statedThe DMV pages and handbook we read do not print a pass mark for the permit test. Our sets ask for 20 of 25 (80 percent), which is our own practice standard, not an official figure.Colorado DMV: Get Your Colorado Permit and Driver License (Under 21)checked 2026-11-01
Time limit60 minutes (online @Home test)The DMV says @Home test takers have 60 minutes. No time limit is stated for the in-office test, and written tests are not given within 30 minutes of an office's closing time. Our sets have no time limit.Colorado DMV: @Home Driving Knowledge Testschecked 2026-11-01
Where you can take itOnline at home, in a driver license office, or at an approved driving schoolThe @Home test needs a desktop or laptop with a webcam, and takes random photos during the test. Test takers younger than 19 need an adult older than 19 as a proxy. After passing online you still need an office appointment to be issued the permit, and you must pre-register online first.Colorado DMV: @Home Driving Knowledge Testschecked 2026-11-01
RetakesAs many times as needed, but only twice in one dayA state fee of $11.50 applies to each written retest, on top of any testing fees. The @Home test costs $6.50 per attempt ($5 testing fee plus $1.50 card fee).Colorado DMV: Get Your Colorado Permit and Driver License (Under 21)checked 2026-11-01
LanguagesEnglish and SpanishIn office and online. The @Home test can be read aloud in English or Spanish. You may bring your own translator for a spoken translation, and the DMV provides sign language interpreters.Colorado DMV: Get Your Colorado Permit and Driver License (Under 21)checked 2026-11-01
Minimum age and driver education15, with a 30-hour driver education course (or a 4-hour driver awareness program from 15 1/2)Ages 15 to 15 1/2 need a 30-hour driver education course; 15 1/2 to 16 need the 30-hour course or a 4-hour driver awareness program; from 16 no course is required. These are the rules for permits issued before 1 January 2027.Colorado DMV: Get Your Colorado Permit and Driver License (Under 21)checked 2026-11-01
Change from 1 January 2027Driver education required for all permit applicants under 21Under House Bill 24-1021, applicants aged 15 to 17 must complete an approved 30-hour driver education course (online or in person) before a permit is issued, ending the 4-hour option at 15 1/2. Applicants aged 18 to 21 must complete the 30-hour course or a 4-hour driver awareness program. The new rules do not apply to permits issued before 1 January 2027. The DMV notes that driver education certificates are valid for six months.Colorado DMV: New 2027 Colorado driving laws targeting teen safetychecked 2026-11-01
Instruction permit rulesSupervisor aged 21 or older with a valid Colorado license, in the front passenger seatA valid out-of-state license with active military ID also qualifies. The permit is valid for three years or until your 21st birthday, whichever comes first. Under 18 you must hold it for 12 full months before the driving test, log at least 50 hours of supervised driving (10 at night) and, if under 16 1/2, complete 6 hours of behind-the-wheel training with an approved driving school. Living more than 30 miles from a full-time driving school lets you replace those 6 hours with 12 extra logged hours (62 in all).Colorado DMV: Get Your Colorado Permit and Driver License (Under 21)checked 2026-11-01
Minor license restrictionsFirst 6 months: no passengers under 21 unless a parent or another licensed adult driver is in the car; next 6 months: one passenger under 21; no driving from midnight to 5 a.m. in the first yearSiblings may ride at any time, and passengers under 21 are allowed in a medical emergency. Curfew exceptions: with a parent or legal guardian, to or from school or a school activity or work (with a signed statement), a medical emergency, or an emancipated minor. Drivers under 18 may not text or talk on a phone except to call police in an emergency. The minor license expires 20 days after your 21st birthday. The DMV web page is newer than the handbook (12/05/24) and is followed here.Colorado DMV: Get Your Colorado Permit and Driver License (Under 21)checked 2026-11-01
Fee: instruction permit$20.00The REAL ID instruction permit fee (includes motorcycle) on the DMV's State DMV fees page. A Standard permit under the Road and Community Safety Act is $23.00.Colorado DMV: State DMV feeschecked 2026-11-01
What to bringProof of identity, two proofs of Colorado address, driver education completion (ages 15 to 16) and, under 18, an adult to sign the Affidavit of Liability (DR 2460)A school ID alone is not proof of identity. Under 21 without a government ID, a parent or legal guardian signs an Affidavit of Identity at the appointment and brings certified proof of guardianship. The handbook lists who may sign DR 2460 (a parent, stepparent, grandparent with power of attorney, legal guardian, spouse older than 18 or another responsible adult); the newer DMV permit page adds that the signer must be 21 or older with a valid Colorado license, and we follow the page. The signer accepts financial responsibility for crashes you cause; if they cannot attend, bring the form signed in front of a notary. Bring proof of passing if you tested online or at a school. You will take a vision test, give fingerprints and have your photo taken.Colorado DMV: Get Your Colorado Permit and Driver License (Under 21)checked 2026-11-01
Handbook editionColorado Driver Handbook, DR 2337 (12/05/24), file dated January 2025Where the handbook and the newer DMV permit page differ, such as the curfew exceptions and who may sign the Affidavit of Liability, we follow the web page.Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337), PDFchecked 2026-11-01

Full tests

  1. Test 125 questions · untimed · pass 20difficulty 1 of 6
  2. Test 225 questions · untimed · pass 20difficulty 2 of 6
  3. Test 325 questions · untimed · pass 20difficulty 3 of 6
  4. Test 425 questions · untimed · pass 20difficulty 4 of 6
  5. Test 525 questions · untimed · pass 20difficulty 5 of 6
  6. Test 625 questions · untimed · pass 20difficulty 6 of 6

Handbook chapters

  1. Chapter 1: Getting your Colorado permitHow to get a Colorado instruction permit: driver education by age, the Driving Knowledge Test online or in office, retakes, the Affidavit of Liability, what to bring and the permit supervisor rule, with the 2027 changes.
  2. Chapter 2: Your minor license, and how you can lose itColorado's graduated license: the 12-month permit hold, 50-hour log, behind-the-wheel training, the drive test, passenger and curfew limits, phone rules, and the ways any driver can lose a license.
  3. Chapter 3: Seat belts and impaired drivingColorado seat belt and child restraint law, DWAI and DUI, BAC limits, standard drinks, marijuana and other drugs, express consent, ignition interlock and the penalty table.
  4. Chapter 4: Before you drive and basic controlColorado's fitness-to-drive basics: vision, hearing and the earphone ban, fatigue, health, emotions and distractions, vehicle checks, mirror and head rest set-up, hand position, steering and backing up.
  5. Chapter 5: Signals, signs, markings and lanesColorado traffic signals and arrows, HAWK signals, sign colors and types, pavement markings, sharrows and green lanes, bike, transit and HOV lanes, two-way left-turn lanes, roundabouts, reversible lanes and diverging diamonds.
  6. Chapter 6: Right of way, speed and turningColorado right-of-way rules for pedestrians, cyclists, four-way stops, uncontrolled intersections, mountain roads, emergency and maintenance vehicles, snowplows and school buses; default speed limits; stopping distance; signaling and turns.
  7. Chapter 7: Parking, freeways, lane changes and passingColorado parking rules and distances, hill parking, parallel parking, entering and leaving freeways, metered ramps, changing lanes, when you may and may not pass, and hills and curves.
  8. Chapter 8: Night, weather, mountains and safe driving habitsColorado headlight rules, night driving, rain and hydroplaning, snow and ice, skids and threshold braking, mountain and rural driving, construction zones, scanning and the three-second rule, zipper merges and traffic stops.
  9. Chapter 9: Sharing the roadSharing Colorado roads with motorcycles and lane filtering, trucks and their No Zones, railroad crossings and quiet zones, Denver light rail, bicyclists and the three-foot rule, and pedestrians.
  10. Chapter 10: Careless driving, emergencies and crashesColorado's rules on distracted, aggressive and reckless driving, reporting with *CSP, avoiding collisions, animals, brake and tire failures, stuck accelerators, what to do after a crash, the Move It and Move Over laws and first aid.