Kansas Department of Revenue, Division of Vehicles
Kansas permit test: four attempts, then a six month wait
Original Kansas questions with the law cited under every answer, scored the way DOV scores it.
- Exam Simulator25 questions, pass with 20, scored the way DOV 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 K.S.A. Chapter 8
Work through them in order.
KS Practice Test 1
KS Practice Test 2
KS Practice Test 3
KS Practice Test 4
KS Practice Test 5
KS Full Marathon
KS Road Signs Mini
KS Road Signs Full
KS Right of Way
KS Complex Situations
Kansas Laws and Limits
KS Alcohol, Phones and Safety
KS Rules of the Road
Kansas Exam Simulator
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Know the format before you book.
Kansas is one of the few states that will stop you testing altogether. The written knowledge test is 25 multiple choice questions on traffic laws and road signs with 20 correct to pass, an 80 percent bar allowing five wrong answers, and a failure can be retaken the next working day for a $1.50 re-exam fee. What is unusual is the ceiling: you get four attempts, and after a fourth failure the Kansas DOV makes you wait a minimum of six months before trying again. The driving test shares that same four attempt limit and six month wait, so a run of careless sittings can cost half a year rather than a fee. The DOV lets you take the knowledge exam at any driver's license office or online through the state's KnowTo Drive site, where a passing result is carried into the office instead of sitting the test there. A separate Farm Permit opens at 14 for teens living or working on a qualifying farm.
Format verified against Kansas Department of Revenue, Kansas Driving Handbook on 2026-08-27. Check the official page before you book, because states do change their rules.
Source: Kansas Department of Revenue, Kansas Driving Handbook, verified 2026-08-27
What the process looks like.
The knowledge test is written from the Kansas Statutes Annotated Chapter 8. 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.
Kansas offers a Farm Permit as early as age 14 for teens who live or work on a qualifying farm, ahead of the standard licensing track.
A regular Instructional Permit needs a passed vision and written test and expires after one year.
A Restricted License follows: 15-year-olds need 25 hours of supervised driving plus driver's education, 16-year-olds need 50 hours with 10 at night, and the license carries a roughly 5am-to-9pm driving window and passenger limits until it has been held six months.
An Unrestricted License opens up at 17, or earlier once the restricted period's age-based limits fall away, provided the driver has logged 50 supervised hours with 10 at night if still under 18.
The knowledge exam can be taken at any driver's license office or online through the state's KnowTo Drive site, where a passing result is brought in to the office instead of sitting the test there.
A failed written test can be retaken the next working day for a $1.50 re-exam fee. You get four attempts total; after a fourth failure, Kansas makes you wait a minimum of six months before trying again.
Kansas permit test questions, answered.
How many questions are on the Kansas knowledge test?
Verified against the Kansas Department of Revenue on 27 August 2026: the test has 25 multiple-choice questions covering traffic laws and road signs.
What score do you need to pass the Kansas permit test?
80%, meaning 20 of the 25 questions correct.
Where do you take the Kansas knowledge test, and what if you fail?
At any driver's license office, or online through the state's KnowTo Drive site if you bring the passing result in. If you fail, you can retry the next working day after paying a $1.50 re-exam fee, and you get four attempts before a mandatory six-month wait.
Can a 14-year-old drive in Kansas?
Only under Kansas's Farm Permit, available at 14 for teens who live or work on a qualifying farm, well ahead of the standard instructional permit track.