Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Driver License Division
Alabama permit test: 30 questions
Original Alabama questions with the law cited under every answer, scored the way ALEA scores it.
- Exam Simulator30 questions, pass with 24, scored the way ALEA scores it
- Practice Test 120 questions, a broad first pass across signs, right of way, rules and safety
- Road Signs Full197 questions, every sign, signal and pavement marking question
- Laws and Limits12 questions drawn from the Ala. Code tit. 32
Work through them in order.
AL Practice Test 1
AL Practice Test 2
AL Practice Test 3
AL Practice Test 4
AL Practice Test 5
AL Full Marathon
AL Road Signs Mini
AL Road Signs Full
AL Right of Way
AL Complex Situations
Alabama Laws and Limits
AL Alcohol, Phones and Safety
AL Rules of the Road
Alabama Exam Simulator
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Know the format before you book.
Alabama never hands a 15 year old a permit card. ALEA issues a full Class D license carrying a Y restriction, so the document in your wallet is a license that simply requires a qualifying adult in the seat beside you, and it runs 4 years and can be renewed once. A 16 or 17 year old can attempt the road test after holding it 6 months, or on turning 18, whichever lands first, and the replacement license drops the Y at no charge. What ALEA will not tell you is the shape of the exam itself. The December 2024 Alabama Driver Manual describes the knowledge test only by subject matter, by the $5 charged for every attempt, by the refusal to accept checks, and by the automated testing available at driver license offices. It states no question count and no passing score, and the Document Requirements and Fees page and the Graduated Driver License page, both read on 28 August 2026, add neither. Every number quoted for Alabama elsewhere comes from prep providers rather than from ALEA.
Honest note: ALEA does not publish the exam format in a place we could confirm, so the 30 question count and the pass mark of 24 shown here are our best information rather than a verified fact. The practice questions themselves teach Alabama law either way. Confirm the format with Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Driver License Division before your appointment.
ALEA: format figure not published; checked 2026-08-28
What the process looks like.
The knowledge test is written from the Code of Alabama 1975, Title 32, Motor Vehicles and Traffic. Our questions teach those same rules and cite the section behind each answer, so what you learn holds up on test day and on the road afterwards.
At 15 you do not get a separate permit document. ALEA issues a Class D license carrying a Y restriction, which means a licensed adult must sit in the seat beside you.
Before the holder's 16th birthday that adult has to be a parent, a legal guardian, a licensed driver aged 21 or older, or a licensed driving instructor. From the 16th birthday, any licensed driver in the front passenger seat will do.
The learner license runs for four years and can be renewed once.
Before the road test, a parent, guardian, or instructor must verify at least 50 hours of behind the wheel practice, or the applicant must complete an approved driver education course instead.
A driver aged 16 or 17 can take the road test after holding the learner license for six months, or on turning 18, whichever comes first. The learner license is handed in at the road test and the replacement license drops the Y restriction at no charge.
Nobody under 18 gets a fully unrestricted license until they are 17 and have held the learner license six months with no restriction violations.
ALEA charges $5 for each knowledge test attempt and does not accept checks.
The ALEA driver manual sets no waiting period before a retest, but the $5 exam fee applies again to every attempt.
What the records show.
Knowledge test fee. Charged for every attempt at an ALEA driver license office, and checks are not accepted.
ALEA Driver Manual, verified 2026-08-27Age for an unrestricted license. Alabama's graduated licensing summary bars anyone under 18 from an unrestricted license until they have been 17 and held a learner license for six clean months.
ALEA Driver Manual, GDL summary, verified 2026-08-27Alabama permit test questions, answered.
How many questions are on the Alabama permit test?
ALEA does not say. Checked again on 27 August 2026 against the ALEA driver manual, the graduated licensing page, the driver license information page, and the agency's own administrative rules: all of them describe the test only by subject matter and by its $5 fee. The 30 question figure comes from prep providers, not from the agency, so treat it as a planning number rather than a promise.
What score do you need to pass the Alabama permit test?
ALEA does not publish a passing score either. Our practice test uses 24 of 30, or 80%, because that is the figure prep providers report and it is a sensible target, but do not walk into the office treating it as an official threshold. Aim to answer everything correctly.
How much does the Alabama permit test cost?
$5 per knowledge test attempt, and you cannot pay by check, so bring another payment method.
What happens if you fail the Alabama knowledge test?
You pay the $5 fee again and retest at an ALEA driver license office. The manual does not impose a waiting period, so the practical limit is office hours and your own preparation.
How old do you have to be to start driving in Alabama?
15. Passing the knowledge test at 15 gets you a Class D license with a Y restriction, which requires a qualifying adult in the seat beside you until you pass the road test.