Minnesota DMV Permit Practice Test 2026

Correct answer: 80 percent

You must score 80 percent to pass the written test, and you may take only one written test per day.

Source: Chapter 1: Your license to drive – The written test

Correct answer: 15

You must be at least 15 years old to get an instruction permit.

Source: Chapter 1: Your license to drive – Your instruction permit

Correct answer: 350 feet

High beams must light up objects at least 350 feet ahead.

Source: Chapter 2: Your vehicle – Vehicle requirements

Correct answer: 10 mph

Under ideal conditions the limit in alleys is 10 mph unless otherwise posted.

Source: Chapter 3: Traffic laws and vehicle operation – Speed limits

Correct answer: At least 100 feet

Signal at least 100 feet before turning and keep signaling until the turn or lane change is complete.

Source: Chapter 3: Traffic laws and vehicle operation – Signaling

Correct answer: Vehicles already in the roundabout

Yield to traffic already in the roundabout and wait until traffic from the left has cleared.

Source: Chapter 3: Traffic laws and vehicle operation – Turns

Correct answer: Exit the roundabout, then pull over

If an emergency vehicle approaches, leave the roundabout right away and then pull over.

Source: Chapter 3: Traffic laws and vehicle operation – Turns

Correct answer: The right-hand lane, moving out of the left lane to let others pass

Drive in the right-hand lane when available and move out of the left-most lane to let others pass, except when passing or preparing a left turn or left exit.

Source: Chapter 3: Traffic laws and vehicle operation – Right-hand lane travel

Correct answer: 12 inches

Park with the curb-side wheels no more than 12 inches from the curb.

Source: Chapter 3: Traffic laws and vehicle operation – Parking

Correct answer: Check for vehicles, bicyclists and pedestrians approaching

Do not open a door until it is safe; look for approaching vehicles, motorcycles, bicyclists and pedestrians.

Source: Chapter 3: Traffic laws and vehicle operation – Exiting a parked vehicle

Correct answer: Within 72 hours

Give your insurer's name and agent to the investigating officer; if you don't have it, provide it within 72 hours.

Source: Chapter 3: Traffic laws and vehicle operation – What to do in a traffic crash

Correct answer: Before the stop line

Come to a complete stop before the marked stop line, or before the crosswalk if there is one.

Source: Chapter 4: Sharing the road – Stopping

Correct answer: Pedestrian, bicycle or school zone warning

Yellow-green warns and controls at pedestrian and bicycle crossings and in school areas.

Source: Chapter 5: Signs, signals and pavement markings – Signs

Correct answer: 0.08 or higher

An alcohol concentration of 0.08 or higher (0.04 for commercial vehicles) is DWI; you can be arrested as low as 0.04 if alcohol caused driving errors.

Source: Chapter 8: Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs – Minnesota Driving While Impaired (DWI) law

Correct answer: Only one

Minnesota allows only one written test per day.

Source: Chapter 1: Your license to drive – The written test

Correct answer: Two years

The instruction permit is valid for two years of supervised practice driving.

Source: Chapter 1: Your license to drive – Your instruction permit

Correct answer: 75 percent

Clean headlights as often as the windshield; dirt can cut their light output by up to 75 percent.

Source: Chapter 2: Your vehicle – Vehicle requirements

Correct answer: 30 mph

Urban and town roads have a 30 mph limit under ideal conditions unless signs say otherwise.

Source: Chapter 3: Traffic laws and vehicle operation – Speed limits

Correct answer: At night

Hand signals may be used in daylight but not at night or when your vehicle blocks others from seeing them.

Source: Chapter 3: Traffic laws and vehicle operation – Signaling

Correct answer: Stop before the sidewalk and yield

Stop before entering a road from an alley, driveway or parking lot, always before crossing a sidewalk, and yield to pedestrians and traffic.

Source: Chapter 4: Sharing the road – Stopping