Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Driver Service Bureau
Mississippi road test: how the DPS scores it
How Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Driver Service Bureau scores the Mississippi road test, the sourced facts that change how you prepare for it, and what ends an attempt on the spot.
- 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
What the Mississippi road test weighs.
Each note below is specific to Mississippi, read from Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Driver Service Bureau materials, so you know what its examiners weight and what its offices expect on the day.
Mississippi requires no state-administered road or skills test for a regular driver's license. The Driver Service Bureau's Class R page states it directly: "At this time, no skills (road) test is required of any applicant seeking a regular driver's license."
Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Driver Service BureauA 16-year-old applicant must instead submit a signed Waiver of Road Test Affidavit, on top of the separate parent, teacher, or guardian affidavit certifying at least fifty hours of witnessed driving. Applicants who are already 17 skip the wait entirely and can get the learner's permit and driver's license the same day.
Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Driver Service BureauWhat has to be done before the road test.
Mississippi gates the road test behind these, each read from the agency's own page and dated.
Supervised practice logged first
Mississippi makes you log 50 hours of supervised driving before the road test.
Mississippi Driver's License Manual, verified 2026-08-27Permit held before the test
The permit has to be held for 12 months in Mississippi before you can attempt the road test.
Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Driver Service Bureau, verified 2026-08-28Automatic fails and test day.
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