Free Missouri permit practice tests
Missouri splits licensing across two agencies. Highway Patrol troopers run and grade the exam free of charge at stations in all 114 counties, then the Department of Revenue sells you the actual permit or license at a separate fee office, and the score slip means nothing until you make that second trip.
- Questions
- 25
- Correct to pass
- 20 20 of 25 (80%)
- Questions here
- 263 all free, all cited
Format verified against Missouri State Highway Patrol, Driver Examination FAQs on 2026-08-27. Check the official page before you book, because states do change their rules.
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.
MO Practice Test 1
A broad first pass across signs, right of way, rules and safety.
MO Practice Test 2
A completely different set of questions from test 1.
MO Practice Test 3
More scenarios, no repeats from the first two tests.
MO Practice Test 4
Fresh questions again, weighted toward the tougher end.
MO Practice Test 5
The last of the five distinct sets in the essentials block.
MO Full Marathon
Every question in the bank, and anything you miss comes back later in the same run until you get it right.
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.
MO Road Signs Mini
A ten question warm up on shapes, colors and the signs people mix up.
MO Road Signs Full
Every sign, signal and pavement marking question in the bank.
MO Right of Way
Intersections, four way stops, roundabouts, pedestrians and emergency vehicles.
MO Complex Situations
Only the questions rated hard. Short, unpleasant, and the fastest way to find your gaps.
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.
Missouri Laws and Limits
Only the questions drawn from this state's own code: its limits, its penalties, its restrictions.
MO Alcohol, Phones and Safety
Impairment, distraction, seat belts, child restraints and sharing the road with trucks and bikes.
MO Rules of the Road
Speed, lane use, passing, parking, headlights and railroad crossings.
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.
What the process looks like
- Missouri's graduated law has three steps for drivers under 18: a driver permit as early as 15, an intermediate license as early as 16, and a full license at 18, provided the rules are followed and there are no traffic or alcohol offenses along the way.
- The intermediate license requires the applicant to be at least 16, to have held the instruction permit for at least six months, to have completed at least forty hours of supervised driving experience under that permit, and to pass the skills test.
- A parent, legal guardian, or grandparent has to go to the license fee office with the teen and verify the forty hours of behind-the-wheel training before the intermediate license can be bought.
- Intermediate license holders cannot drive between 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. unless accompanied, or unless the trip is to or from school, an educational activity, a regular workplace, or an emergency.
- For the first six months an intermediate driver may carry only one passenger under 19 who is not immediate family, rising to no more than three passengers under 19 after that.
- From 18 the graduated rules stop applying, and a new applicant only needs to pass the skills test.
There is no charge for the written test or for a non-commercial skills test at a Highway Patrol examination station. You pay only when you buy the permit or license at a Department of Revenue fee office.
The Highway Patrol allows any written test to be taken up to two times per day until you pass. The skills test is limited to one per day, with a maximum of three in the last 12 months without special permission from the Department of Revenue.
The knowledge test is written from the Missouri Revised Statutes, Chapter 302 (Drivers' and Commercial Drivers' Licenses). 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 Missouri written test is scored and what happens at the Missouri road test.
Missouri permit test questions, answered
How many questions are on the Missouri knowledge test?
25. The Missouri State Highway Patrol, which administers the exam, states plainly that there are 25 questions on the Class E, Class F, and motorcycle written tests. Verified against the Highway Patrol's Driver Examination FAQs on 27 August 2026.
What score do I need to pass the Missouri permit test?
80 percent, which works out to 20 of the 25 questions. The Highway Patrol puts it in plain terms: you can miss up to 5 questions and still pass.
Does the Missouri written test cost anything?
No. Written tests and non-commercial skills tests at a Highway Patrol examination station are free. Money only changes hands at a Department of Revenue fee office when you buy the permit or license, and your test score document is not valid for driving until you do.
What happens if I fail the Missouri written or driving test?
You can sit any written test twice in one day until you pass. The skills test is stricter, one attempt per day and no more than three in a rolling 12 months without special permission from the Department of Revenue.