Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Division of Driver Licensing
Kentucky road test: how the KYTC scores it
How Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Division of Driver Licensing scores the Kentucky road test, the sourced facts that change how you prepare for it, and what ends an attempt on the spot.
- Exam Simulator40 questions, pass with 32, scored the way KYTC 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 KRS
What the Kentucky road test weighs.
Each note below is specific to Kentucky, read from Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Division of Driver Licensing materials, so you know what its examiners weight and what its offices expect on the day.
The approved 4 hour graduated licensing course comes after the road test, not before it. KYTC requires it, plus 180 days on the intermediate license and age 17, before it will issue the full unrestricted license.
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Division of Driver LicensingA licensed driver aged 21 or older has to accompany the applicant to the road test location, so a permit holder cannot lawfully drive themselves to the appointment.
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Division of Driver LicensingWhat has to be done before the road test.
Kentucky gates the road test behind these, each read from the agency's own page and dated.
Supervised practice logged first
Kentucky makes you log 60 hours of supervised driving, 10 of them at night before the road test.
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, DRIVE learner's permit page, verified 2026-08-28Permit held before the test
The permit has to be held for 6 months in Kentucky before you can attempt the road test.
Kentucky Revised Statutes 186.450(3)(b)-(e), verified 2026-08-28Automatic fails and test day.
See what can end a road test immediately before your appointment.