Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles

Free Louisiana permit practice tests

Louisiana routes almost every new driver, teen or adult, through a licensed driver's education provider rather than an OMV office for both the knowledge test and the road skills test, with OMV itself only stepping in when a student's school program cannot administer the tests.

Questions
40
Correct to pass
32
32 of 40 (80%)
Questions here
263
all free, all cited

Format verified against Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles, Class E Learner's Permit Requirements on 2026-08-27. Check the official page before you book, because states do change their rules.

Every Louisiana test

Work through them in order.

The essentials

Start here. Five distinct sets drawn from across the whole bank, plus a marathon that keeps going until you have seen everything.

Signs, signals and right of way

The two areas that fail the most people. Work through the sign tests until every shape and color is automatic, then handle the intersection scenarios.

The rules that get you fined

Speed, alcohol, phones, seat belts and the state specific limits that carry real penalties. These questions cite the statute so you learn the rule, not just the answer.

The exam simulator

The real thing: your state's exact question count and pass mark, scored the way the licensing agency scores it.

Your missed questions

Every question you get wrong anywhere on this site saves to a review deck on your own device. It comes back after a day, then three days, then a week, and retires once you have answered it correctly three times running. Open any test above and the review button appears as soon as the deck has something in it.

Getting licensed in Louisiana

What the process looks like

  • Louisiana's graduated program covers every applicant under 17: a learner's permit at 15, an intermediate license at 16, and a permanent license at 17, all set out in OMV's own graduated licensing handout.
  • Permit holders age 15 must keep the permit until both 180 days have passed and they turn 16, while permit holders who start at 16 only need 180 days or to turn 17, whichever comes first.
  • Moving up to the intermediate license takes 50 hours of supervised driving practice, at least 15 of them at night, with a parent, guardian, or adult aged 21 or older in the car.
  • Intermediate license holders cannot drive between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. without a qualifying licensed adult, and between 6 p.m. and 5 a.m. they cannot carry more than one passenger under 21 who is not immediate family unless an adult 21 or older is along.
  • The permanent license at 17 requires a clean intermediate stage: no at fault accidents and no convictions for moving, seat belt, or curfew violations.

OMV lists the basic Class E license fee as 32.25 dollars until age 69 and 18.75 dollars for applicants age 70 and older, plus up to a 6 dollar service fee at certain field offices. There is no additional cost to convert a Temporary Instructional Permit into a learner's permit.

The knowledge test is written from the Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 32, Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation. 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.

How the Louisiana written test is scored and what happens at the Louisiana road test.

Frequently asked

Louisiana permit test questions, answered

How many questions are on the Louisiana OMV knowledge test?

40. OMV's own learner's permit requirements handout states that a 40 question test with a minimum score of 80 percent is required. Verified against Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles on 27 August 2026.

What score do I need to pass the Louisiana permit test?

You need at least 32 of the 40 questions correct, the same 80 percent bar OMV applies to both teen and adult first time applicants.

How much does a Louisiana learner's permit or license cost?

The basic Class E license fee is 32.25 dollars until age 69, dropping to 18.75 dollars at 70 and older, with a service fee of up to 6 dollars at certain offices. Converting a Temporary Instructional Permit costs nothing extra.

Who gives the Louisiana knowledge test, the OMV or a driving school?

Your driver education provider does. OMV states that the knowledge and skills tests are administered by the driver education provider, and only students whose secondary school program does not offer testing need to ask OMV to provide it.