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Pennsylvania practice tests

The Pennsylvania knowledge test has 18 multiple-choice questions on traffic signs, Pennsylvania driving laws and safe-driving practices, and you need 15 correct to pass. You take it at a PennDOT Driver License Center when you apply for a non-commercial learner's permit, after a vision check. You can apply from your 16th birthday. Our free Pennsylvania practice sets follow the real format, 18 questions with 15 to pass, and every answer comes from the Pennsylvania Driver's Manual (PUB 95), so you can check what you know before the real test.

  • 18 questions
  • 15 to pass

The test in Pennsylvania

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WhatFigureSource · checked
Questions18 multiple-choice questionsThe test covers traffic signs, Pennsylvania's driving laws and safe-driving practices, and it must be passed before a learner's permit is issued.PennDOT Online Driver's Manual: Testingchecked 2026-11-01
To pass15 of 18 correctThat is about 83%. Our practice sets use the same rule: 18 questions, 15 correct to pass.PennDOT Online Driver's Manual: Testingchecked 2026-11-01
Time limitNot statedPennDOT does not publish a time limit for the knowledge test. Our sets have no time limit.PennDOT Online Driver's Manual: Testingchecked 2026-11-01
Minimum age16You cannot apply for a learner's permit before your 16th birthday. Your health care provider completes the back of the DL-180 application no earlier than six months before your 16th birthday. Under 18, a parent, guardian, person in loco parentis, or spouse aged 18 or older must also sign the consent form (DL-180TD).PennDOT Online Driver's Manual: Applying for a Learner's Permitchecked 2026-11-01
Learner's permit rulesPermit valid one year; under 18: 65 hours of practice, including 10 at night and 5 in bad weather, and a 6-month waitA licensed driver aged 21 or older, or a licensed parent, guardian, person in loco parentis, or spouse aged 18 or older, must ride in the front seat at all times. Drivers under 18 may not carry more passengers than there are seat belts. Under 18, you may take the road test only after holding the permit for six months from the issue date and with a signed certificate for the 65 hours of practice.PennDOT Online Driver's Manual: Applying for a Learner's Permitchecked 2026-11-01
Junior license restrictionsNo driving from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. unless a parent, guardian or spouse aged 18 or older is with youExceptions apply for public or charitable service, volunteer fire company members and employment, with a notarized affidavit or certificate. You may carry no more passengers than seat belts, and no more than one passenger under 18 who is not immediate family unless a parent or guardian is in the vehicle; after six months the limit rises to three, unless you have had an at-fault crash or a driving conviction. Six or more points, or a conviction for driving 26 mph or more over the limit, brings a mandatory 90-day suspension. The junior license becomes a regular license automatically at 18, or earlier after one year if you meet the conditions.PennDOT Online Driver's Manual: Applying for a Learner's Permitchecked 2026-11-01
Fee: learner's permit$6.00The fee listed for a Class C learner's permit on the Non-Commercial Learner's Permit Application (DL-180, edition 7-23). The fees are printed on the back of the form.PennDOT: Non-Commercial Learner's Permit Application (DL-180), PDFchecked 2026-11-01
Fee: initial permit plus 4-year license$45.50The amount PennDOT's driver license fee chart (July 2025) lists for an initial learner's permit together with a 4-year license. The DL-180 (edition 7-23) lists the same total in two parts: $6.00 for the permit and $39.50 for the 4-year license.PennDOT: Driver license fees fact sheet (July 2025), PDFchecked 2026-11-01
Retakes (Testing page)Retake the following business dayThe online manual's Testing page says that if you fail the knowledge test, you may retake it the following business day.PennDOT Online Driver's Manual: Testingchecked 2026-11-01
Retakes (Applying page)One knowledge test on any day, at any locationThe online manual's Applying for a Learner's Permit page says you may take the knowledge test only one time on any day, regardless of test location, and that the examiner returns your forms for the next attempt. For the road test, drivers under 18 wait seven days after a fail, and each permit allows three tries.PennDOT Online Driver's Manual: Applying for a Learner's Permitchecked 2026-11-01
Languages30 languages, written or audio, on requestAlbanian, Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Cambodian, Dari, English, Farsi, French, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu and Vietnamese, at all Driver License Centers.PennDOT Online Driver's Manual: Testingchecked 2026-11-01
What to bringCompleted DL-180, original proof of date of birth and identity, signed Social Security card, feeDo not mail the DL-180. Under 18, also bring the completed DL-180TD consent form. Photocopies are not accepted. Over 18, bring two proofs of residency, such as utility bills, a W-2, tax records, a lease or mortgage documents. Bring your glasses or contact lenses if you wear them: your vision is tested at the center if your health care provider did not test it.PennDOT Online Driver's Manual: Applying for a Learner's Permitchecked 2026-11-01

Full tests

  1. Test 118 questions · untimed · pass 15difficulty 1 of 6
  2. Test 218 questions · untimed · pass 15difficulty 2 of 6
  3. Test 318 questions · untimed · pass 15difficulty 3 of 6
  4. Test 418 questions · untimed · pass 15difficulty 4 of 6
  5. Test 518 questions · untimed · pass 15difficulty 5 of 6
  6. Test 618 questions · untimed · pass 15difficulty 6 of 6

Handbook chapters

  1. Chapter 1: Getting your permit and licenseHow to get a Pennsylvania learner's permit: the DL-180 and DL-180TD forms, the knowledge and vision tests, supervised practice hours, junior permit and junior license limits, and the road test.
  2. Chapter 2: Signals, signs and pavement markingsPennsylvania traffic lights, arrows and flashing signals, ramp meters and lane-use signals, sign shapes and colors, regulatory, warning, work zone and guide signs, interstate numbers, mile markers and pavement lines.
  3. Chapter 3: Learning to drivePennsylvania driving basics: vehicle checks before you go, distraction and fatigue, space cushions and the 4-second rule, choosing a safe speed, headlights at night and in bad weather, wet roads, snow, fog and signaling your intentions.
  4. Chapter 4: Turns, intersections, highways and parkingPennsylvania rules for turning, center turn lanes, U-turns, merging and passing, who yields at intersections, roundabouts, curves, entering and leaving highways, and where you may not park.
  5. Chapter 5: Sharing the roadPennsylvania rules for work zones, railroad crossings, pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcycles, trucks and buses, school buses, emergency vehicles and the Move Over law, horse-drawn vehicles, open-bed trucks and snow plows.
  6. Chapter 6: Driving emergencies and road rageWhat the Pennsylvania Driver's Manual says to do in an emergency: steering versus braking, hand position, ABS and non-ABS braking, skids, floods, stuck accelerators, brake failure, blowouts, drop-offs, head-on threats, aggressive drivers and funeral processions.
  7. Chapter 7: Alcohol and drugsPennsylvania DUI law: how alcohol and drugs affect driving, BAC limits for adults, under-21 and commercial drivers, implied consent and test refusal, the three penalty levels, ARD, zero tolerance and underage drinking.
  8. Chapter 8: Driving record, crashes and other lawsPennsylvania's point system, suspensions and revocations, driving without insurance, what to do when police stop you and after a crash, fleeing police, the Driver's License Compact, seat belt and child seat laws, air bags, the hands-free phone law and other laws.