Kansas written test scoring: 20 of 25, testing online

The Kansas Driving Handbook sets the written test at 25 multiple choice questions covering traffic laws and road signs, with 20 correct required to pass. That is 80 percent and five wrong answers of margin. A failed written test can be retaken the next working day for a $1.50 re-exam fee, which is one of the smallest retest charges published anywhere, but Kansas balances the cheap retry with a hard limit: four attempts in total, and after a fourth failure a minimum six month wait before you can test again. The driving test and the written test share that same four attempt limit and the same six month cooldown, so the limit is on the licensing path as a whole rather than on either exam by itself.

The knowledge exam can be taken at any Kansas driver's license office or online through the state's KnowTo Drive site, where a passing result is brought in to the office rather than the exam being sat there. The regular Instructional Permit needs a passed vision and written test and expires after one year. Kansas also runs a rural carve out that starts years earlier: a Farm Permit is available from age 14 to teens who live or work on a qualifying farm, ahead of the standard licensing track entirely. On the standard track, a 15 year old moving to a Restricted License needs 25 hours of supervised driving plus driver's education, while a 16 year old needs 50 hours with 10 at night.