Free Pennsylvania DMV permit practice test online
Free Pennsylvania permit practice for road signs, right-of-way, safe driving, and more—with explanations that point back to the official Pennsylvania Department of Transportation handbook.
The Pennsylvania permit knowledge test has 18 questions; you need 15 correct (83%) to pass. At 18 questions it is the shortest permit test among the 51 states QuizLane tracks, so a single miss carries unusual weight.
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These figures reflect the standard Pennsylvania Class D permit knowledge test and can change. Always confirm current requirements with Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (official source).
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5 Pennsylvania DMV permit practice questions
Try these Pennsylvania sample questions now — each shows the correct answer with a plain-language explanation and a source section. The full 172-question bank is in the practice run, including 11 items that test Pennsylvania law specifically.
1. On a Pennsylvania highway with separate roadways, if a school bus with red signals is on a different roadway you:
- AMust always stop
- Need not stop
- CMust slow to 15 mph only
- DMust stop only at night
Answer: Need not stop. 75 Pa.C.S. §3345 states that on highways divided into separate roadways, drivers need not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus with actuated red signal lights that is on a different roadway.
Source: Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Title 75 — §3345
2. In Pennsylvania, which occupants of an ordinary passenger car must wear a properly fastened seat belt?
- AOnly the driver
- Driver and front-seat occupants
- COnly passengers under 18
- DOnly rear-seat passengers
Answer: Driver and front-seat occupants. 75 Pa.C.S. §4581 requires each driver and front seat occupant of a covered passenger car, truck, or motor home to wear a properly adjusted and fastened safety seat belt system.
Source: Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Title 75 — §4581
3. While a vehicle is in motion on a Pennsylvania highway, a driver may not use an interactive mobile device to:
- AUse the radio
- BAdjust climate controls
- CActivate a voice call by selecting a contact
- Send, read, or write a text-based communication
Answer: Send, read, or write a text-based communication. 75 Pa.C.S. §3316 prohibits operating a motor vehicle while using an interactive mobile device to send, read, or write a text-based communication while the vehicle is in motion, with a narrow emergency-services exception.
Source: Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Title 75 — §3316
4. If you cannot change lanes when passing a Pennsylvania emergency response area, you must pass at no more than:
- A25 mph under the posted limit
- B10 mph under the posted limit
- C15 mph under the posted limit
- 20 mph under the posted limit
Answer: 20 mph under the posted limit. 75 Pa.C.S. §3327 requires changing to a nonadjacent lane when possible; otherwise you must pass at a speed no more than 20 mph less than the posted speed limit and reasonable for safely passing.
Source: Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Title 75 — §3327
5. Unless an exception applies, a Pennsylvania junior driver may not drive unsupervised between:
- 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.
- BMidnight and 5 a.m.
- C9 p.m. and 5 a.m.
- D10 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Answer: 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.. 75 Pa.C.S. §1503(c) generally prohibits junior drivers from driving on a public highway between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. unless accompanied by a qualifying adult, with limited work/activity exceptions.
Source: Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Title 75 — §1503(c)
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