Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Driver Service Bureau
Mississippi permit test: 30 questions
Original Mississippi questions with the law cited under every answer, scored the way DPS scores it.
- Exam Simulator30 questions, pass with 24, scored the way DPS 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 Miss. Code Ann. tit. 63; Miss. Admin. Code tit. 31, pt. 1
Work through them in order.
MS Practice Test 1
MS Practice Test 2
MS Practice Test 3
MS Practice Test 4
MS Practice Test 5
MS Full Marathon
MS Road Signs Mini
MS Road Signs Full
MS Right of Way
MS Complex Situations
Mississippi Laws and Limits
MS Alcohol, Phones and Safety
MS Rules of the Road
Mississippi Exam Simulator
Every question you miss saves to a review deck on this device. See how the review deck works.
Know the format before you book.
Mississippi calls its written exam the Computerized Exam, and the Department of Public Safety, DPS, has never published how long it is. The 80 percent pass mark is official and sits in an unusual place, the Mississippi Administrative Code at Title 31 Part 1 Rule 2.3, which requires that grade on any and all tests issued for a permit and states that the questions come from the state Driver Manual. The manual itself gives neither a count nor a percentage, so this page states the percentage and leaves the length alone. Two other Mississippi rules matter more than the length anyway. A passing score stays on file for two full years, long enough for a 15 year old to serve the whole 12 month permit hold and never sit the exam again. And the testing area is device free: a phone, ear buds or a smart watch found on you cancels the exam on the spot and bars you from testing for six months, with any appeal going to the Driver Service Bureau in writing within thirty days.
Honest note: DPS does not publish the exam format in a place we could confirm, so the 30 question count and the pass mark of 24 shown here are our best information rather than a verified fact. The practice questions themselves teach Mississippi law either way. Confirm the format with Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Driver Service Bureau before your appointment.
DPS: format figure not published; checked 2026-08-28
What the process looks like.
The knowledge test is written from the Mississippi Code Annotated, Title 63 (Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations), with testing rules in the Mississippi Administrative Code, Title 31 Part 1 (Driver Services). 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.
You must be at least fifteen to apply for a Regular Learner's Permit, and you must hold it for one year before upgrading to a Regular Driver's License. Turning seventeen first cancels the one year wait.
The Regular Learner's Permit is valid for two years and lets you drive only with a licensed driver aged twenty-one or older physically occupying the seat next to you.
An original license needs three things: pass the Vision Exam, pass the Computerized Exam, and provide an affidavit from a parent, teacher, or guardian who has witnessed at least fifty hours of driving and attests to your proficiency.
A passed Computerized Exam score stays valid for two years, so a permit holder who supplies the affidavit inside that window does not have to sit the exam again.
Applicants aged fifteen to seventeen also have to produce a school attendance form no more than thirty days old, unless they are under eighteen and married, in which case a marriage license takes its place.
Beginning July 1, 2027, applicants will also have to show documentation of a completed certified Driver's Education course. That requirement is not in force yet.
The manual's fee table lists a Learner's Permit at 7 dollars, a four year Regular Class R license at 24 dollars, and an eight year Class R license at 47 dollars.
Mississippi permit test questions, answered.
How many questions are on the Mississippi DPS knowledge test?
Mississippi does not publish a number, and that is the honest answer. The official Driver's License Manual calls it the Computerized Exam and describes it only as a multiple choice test based on the manual, weighted toward state traffic laws, safe driving rules and license requirements. The state's own administrative code sets a pass mark of 80 percent but never gives a count. Prep sites settle on 30, which is the length this practice test uses so you get a realistic sitting, but no Mississippi document backs that figure.
What score do I need to pass the Mississippi permit test?
80 percent. The Driver's License Manual is silent on this, but the Mississippi Administrative Code is not: Title 31 Part 1, Rule 2.3 requires a grade of 80 percent on any and all tests issued for a permit and adds that the questions come from the state Driver Manual. So the threshold is official, even though the state never says how many questions that 80 percent is measured against.
What happens if I take a phone into a Mississippi testing area?
You lose the test and half a year. The Driver Service Bureau's testing policy bars every electronic device from the testing area, phones, ear buds and smart watches included, and anyone caught with one or caught cheating has the exam canceled immediately and cannot test again for six months. Appeals go in writing to the Bureau within thirty days.
How much does a Mississippi learner's permit cost?
The manual's fee table lists a Learner's Permit at 7 dollars. A four year Regular Class R license is 24 dollars and an eight year one is 47 dollars, with a duplicate license at 11 dollars.
Does Mississippi require a road test to get a license?
The manual lists three requirements for an original license and a road test is not one of them. In its place comes a notarized affidavit from a parent, teacher, or guardian certifying at least fifty hours of witnessed driving. Drivers moving in with a valid out-of-state license skip the Computerized Exam too and take only a vision screening, though an expired out-of-state license means sitting the exam.
How long is a Mississippi Computerized Exam pass good for?
Two years. That is unusually generous, and it matters because a fifteen year old normally has to hold the permit for a full year before the license. Supply the fifty hour affidavit inside the two year window and you never sit the exam a second time. Let it lapse and you start again from the exam.