Illinois Office of the Secretary of State, Driver Services Department
Illinois road test: how the SOS scores it
How Illinois Office of the Secretary of State, Driver Services Department scores the Illinois road test, the sourced facts that change how you prepare for it, and what ends an attempt on the spot.
- Exam Simulator35 questions, pass with 28, scored the way SOS scores it
- Practice Test 120 questions, a broad first pass across signs, right of way, rules and safety
- Road Signs Full198 questions, every sign, signal and pavement marking question
- Laws and Limits12 questions drawn from the ILCS
What the Illinois road test weighs.
Each note below is specific to Illinois, read from Illinois Office of the Secretary of State, Driver Services Department materials, so you know what its examiners weight and what its offices expect on the day.
Questions. 15 items ask you to identify traffic signs and the other 20 are multiple choice or true and false questions on traffic law and safe driving.
Illinois Rules of the Road Review Course workbook, form DSD DS 9, verified 2026-08-27Pass mark. The rule sets a Class D written test of at least 35 questions with 80 percent answered correctly, which works out at 28.
92 Ill. Adm. Code 1030.80(b), verified 2026-08-27Attempts per fee. The license application fee buys three attempts at the written and road tests inside one year, counting from the date of the first attempt.
92 Ill. Adm. Code 1030.86(a), verified 2026-08-27Cheating penalty. An open book in view, looking around, or touching a phone counts as cheating, fails the exam, and bars a retest for 30 days.
92 Ill. Adm. Code 1030.80(k), verified 2026-08-27What has to be done before the road test.
Illinois gates the road test behind these, each read from the agency's own page and dated.
Supervised practice logged first
Illinois makes you log 50 hours of supervised driving, 10 of them at night before the road test.
Illinois Office of the Secretary of State, Driver Services Department, verified 2026-08-27Permit held before the test
The permit has to be held for 9 months in Illinois before you can attempt the road test.
Illinois Office of the Secretary of State, Driver Services Department, verified 2026-08-27Automatic fails and test day.
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