Free Missouri DMV permit practice test online
Free Missouri permit practice for road signs, right-of-way, safe driving, and more—with explanations that point back to the official Missouri Driver License Bureau handbook.
The Missouri permit knowledge test has 25 questions; you need 20 correct (80%) to pass. That is below the median of 30 questions across the 51 states QuizLane tracks — a shorter test, but each wrong answer costs proportionally more.
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These figures reflect the standard Missouri Class D permit knowledge test and can change. Always confirm current requirements with Missouri Driver License Bureau (official source).
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5 Missouri DMV permit practice questions
Try these Missouri sample questions now — each shows the correct answer with a plain-language explanation and a source section. The full 171-question bank is in the practice run, including 10 items that test Missouri law specifically.
1. The minimum age to apply for a Missouri temporary instruction permit is generally:
- A17
- B14
- 15
- D16
Answer: 15. RSMo §302.130 provides that any person at least fifteen years of age who, except for age or lack of instruction, would otherwise be qualified may apply for a temporary instruction permit.
Source: Missouri Revised Statutes — §302.130
2. Missouri model traffic ordinance language prohibits standing or parking within how many feet of a fire hydrant?
- A10 feet
- 15 feet
- C20 feet
- D5 feet
Answer: 15 feet. RSMo §300.440 prohibits standing or parking within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant (and within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection, among other limits).
Source: Missouri Revised Statutes — §300.440
3. Under Missouri's Siddens Bening Hands Free Law, while driving you generally may not:
- Physically hold or support an electronic communication device with any part of your body
- BUse a permanently affixed GPS
- CUse the vehicle radio
- DUse a voice-operated hands-free feature
Answer: Physically hold or support an electronic communication device with any part of your body. RSMo §304.822 (Siddens Bening Hands Free Law) provides that no operator shall physically hold or support, with any part of his or her body, an electronic communication device, or write/send/read text-based communications, with listed exceptions.
Source: Missouri Revised Statutes — §304.822
4. Unless otherwise posted under Missouri's uniform maximums, the speed limit upon the rural interstates and freeways of this state is:
- A70 mph
- 75 mph
- C55 mph
- D65 mph
Answer: 75 mph. RSMo §304.010 sets a uniform maximum of seventy-five miles per hour upon the rural interstates and freeways of this state.
Source: Missouri Revised Statutes — §304.010
5. Missouri's driving with excessive blood alcohol content offense includes operating a vehicle with alcohol by weight in the blood of:
- 0.08% or more
- B0.10% or more
- C0.02% or more
- D0.05% or more
Answer: 0.08% or more. RSMo §577.012 makes it an offense to operate a vehicle while having eight-hundredths of one percent or more by weight of alcohol in the blood (based on grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood or 210 liters of breath).
Source: Missouri Revised Statutes — §577.012
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