Free Virginia DMV permit practice test online
Free Virginia permit practice for road signs, right-of-way, safe driving, and more—with explanations that point back to the official Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles handbook.
The Virginia permit knowledge test has 40 questions; you need 34 correct (85%) to pass. That is above the median of 30 questions across the 51 states QuizLane tracks, so budget more study time than a shorter state would need.
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These figures reflect the standard Virginia Class D permit knowledge test and can change. Always confirm current requirements with Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (official source).
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5 Virginia DMV permit practice questions
Try these Virginia sample questions now — each shows the correct answer with a plain-language explanation and a source section. The full 173-question bank is in the practice run, including 12 items that test Virginia law specifically.
1. On a Virginia divided highway, a driver approaching a school bus stopped on the other roadway separated by a physical barrier:
- AMust slow to 15 mph only
- BMust stop only at night
- CMust always stop
- Need not stop under that divided-roadway exception
Answer: Need not stop under that divided-roadway exception. Code of Virginia §46.2-859(B) provides that the stop requirement does not apply when the school bus is stopped on the other roadway of a divided highway separated by a physical barrier or an unpaved area.
Source: Code of Virginia — §46.2-859(B)
2. In a Virginia motor vehicle equipped with a safety belt system, who must wear the appropriate belt while the vehicle is in motion on a public highway?
- AOnly the driver on interstates
- BRear-seat adults are always exempt
- COnly front-seat passengers under 18
- The driver and any other occupant at least 18 years of age occupying a seat
Answer: The driver and any other occupant at least 18 years of age occupying a seat. Code of Virginia §46.2-1094 requires any driver, and any other person at least 18 occupying a seat, to wear the appropriate safety belt system while the vehicle is in motion on a public highway.
Source: Code of Virginia — §46.2-1094
3. While driving a moving motor vehicle on Virginia highways, it is unlawful to:
- AUse the vehicle radio
- BUse a mounted GPS that is already set
- Hold a handheld personal communications device
- DWear headphones
Answer: Hold a handheld personal communications device. Code of Virginia §46.2-818.2 makes it unlawful, while driving a moving motor vehicle on the highways, to hold a handheld personal communications device, with listed exceptions such as emergency vehicles and lawfully parked or stopped operators.
Source: Code of Virginia — §46.2-818.2
4. Virginia law makes it unlawful to drive with a blood alcohol concentration of:
- A0.10% or more
- B0.02% or more
- C0.05% or more
- 0.08% or more
Answer: 0.08% or more. Code of Virginia §18.2-266 prohibits driving while intoxicated, including with a BAC of 0.08 percent or more by weight by volume or 0.08 grams or more per 210 liters of breath.
Source: Code of Virginia — §18.2-266
5. Until age 18, a Virginia provisional license generally authorizes no more than how many passengers under 21 (family/household exceptions apply)?
- One
- BTwo
- CThree
- DZero
Answer: One. Code of Virginia §46.2-334.01 provides that until the holder is 18, a provisional license shall not authorize operating with more than one passenger who is less than 21 years old, with family/household and later first-year exceptions.
Source: Code of Virginia — §46.2-334.01
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