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  • Updated for March 2025
  • Based on official Virginia Driver's manual

Free DMV Written Test Simulator for Virginia | Updated for 2025

If you’ve never held a driver’s license before, you’ll have to devote time and effort to obtaining a Virginia driver’s license. No one else can do this for you, not even us. (We don’t issue licenses.) What we can do is help you meet one of the most crucial requirements: passing the official Virginia DMV written knowledge test. This test covers traffic signs, safe driving techniques, and Virginia’s motor vehicle laws. (The passing score is 86%.)

Our practice tests and other tools will ensure you pass the official DMV written knowledge test on your first try. This is one of our tools: our second Virginia DMV Permit Practice Test. Like all our other permit practice tests, it’s designed to help aspiring drivers like you pass the DMV knowledge test. Like the official knowledge test, this practice test is up to date as of March 2025 and based on the official Virginia driver’s manual (Virginia DMV Handbook (VA Driver's Manual) 2025). All 40 questions on this practice test are multiple choice. You must choose the best or most complete answer for each question.

The Progress Bar will keep track of your score as you go through the test. When you get a question right, it will turn green. If you miss a question, it will turn red. Baffled by a question? Ask our AI Assistant to elaborate or give you a hint. You can also ask the Assistant about any other aspect of driving. If you still miss the question, the AI Assistant will show you the correct answer and an explanation. Disappointed by your final score? You can retake this practice test as often as you wish until you master the material. Each time, the order of the questions will be randomized.

In addition, we have two downloadable PDF “cheat sheets” (quick references; not for actual cheating!): “The Top 100 Most Common US DMV Questions” and “The 121 Most Common US Road Signs Questions.” You will likely encounter some of these questions on your official knowledge test. Each “cheat sheet” includes the correct answer for each question listed. Please study as many of these as you can.

Feeling nervous that you might forget something or freeze up on the day of your official knowledge test? That’s why we also created our own Virginia Permit Test Study Guide to ensure you’ll be ready for the big test day. It covers how to prepare your mind and body for the test, what documents to have with you, what fees you’ll probably have to pay, and other last-minute tips.

  • Perfect for learner’s permit, driver’s license, and Senior Refresher Test

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What to expect on the actual VA DMV exam

35

questions

30

correct answers to pass

86%

passing score

15 ½ y/o

minimum age to apply

List of questions (classic view)

  1. Which of the following statements about freeways is FALSE?
  2. Headrests should be adjusted so that the head restraint contacts the back of the head. This prevents
  3. You are at a stop sign, waiting to turn right. A vehicle approaching from the left has its turn signal on. What should you do?
  4. What does this sign mean?
  5. If you are changing lanes, preparing to pass another vehicle, or entering traffic, signal and check for passing traffic. First, use your mirrors. Then
  6. What does this sign mean?
  7. The danger areas around trucks and buses where crashes are more likely to occur are called
  8. To help avoid a collision, you should
  9. When you see a pedestrian crossing an unmarked crosswalk where there is no traffic control signal, you should
  10. If a driver behind you repeatedly flashes his or her headlights, you should
  11. If fog closes in completely while you are driving and visibility is reduced to near zero, what should you do?
  12. When any vehicle turns, its rear wheels will follow a _________ than its front wheels.
  13. If you are about to pass a bicycle to your right and an oncoming vehicle is approaching you on your left, what should you do?
  14. In Virginia, if you approach a pedestrian with a white cane who is about to cross the road, you must
  15. On a two-lane road, you are allowed to pass
  16. If the road is too narrow to make a U-turn, you may make
  17. On a multilane roadway with several lanes in your direction, you must use _________ for passing.
  18. An __________ is the connection of a freeway to a road or another freeway by a series of ramps.
  19. On a roadway with three or more lanes going in the same direction, which lanes usually offer the smoothest flow of traffic?
  20. Whenever you're following a vehicle at night,
  21. To guard against glare from the headlights of a vehicle behind you, use __________ and adjust it before you drive.
  22. At railroad crossings that are only marked with a stop sign, you must stop and then proceed only when
  23. If you see a _________ sign in your lane, it means you are going the wrong way.
  24. When backing up your vehicle, you must
  25. What does this sign mean?
  26. When are you allowed to drive on the shoulder to pass another vehicle on the right?
  27. _________ are a pair of white or longitudinal lines that mark where pedestrians may walk.
  28. When you come to an intersection, follow the _________ before you proceed.
  29. You must NOT pass a vehicle on the left when
  30. If vehicles approaching from opposite directions each reach a stop sign at about the same time, then
  31. When there is a double solid yellow line next to your lane, you are
  32. Center lanes that are marked on each side by a solid yellow line and a broken yellow line are reserved for _________ and can be used by vehicles traveling in either direction.
  33. When you find both a solid and a broken yellow line between opposing lanes of traffic, you must NOT pass
  34. While getting onto an expressway, you reach the end of the on-ramp. At this point, you should be traveling
  35. On a divided highway, _________indicates the left edge of traffic lanes going in the same direction as you are.
  36. What does this sign indicate?
  37. If you are signaled by a flagger at or near a railroad crossing or work zone, you must
  38. If you miss your exit on a freeway, you should
  39. A flashing yellow light means that you should
  40. In Virginia, what does this sign indicate?
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