Minnesota Permit Test: Licensing Practice Questions

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: Only one

Minnesota allows only one written test per day.

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

Correct answer: You pay a $10 fee for the third and any later test

If you fail two consecutive written tests, a $10 fee is charged for the third and each later attempt.

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

Correct answer: 20/40

Your normal or corrected vision must be at least 20/40 to pass the screening.

Source: Chapter 1: Your license to drive – The vision screening

Correct answer: 105 degrees

Peripheral vision must be at least 105 degrees; otherwise you will be sent to an eye doctor for a report.

Source: Chapter 1: Your license to drive – The vision screening

Correct answer: 60 days

New residents have 60 days to get a Minnesota license or permit (30 days for commercial drivers).

Source: Chapter 1: Your license to drive – Getting your license to drive

Correct answer: Pass a written test and a vision test

If your Minnesota license has been expired for more than one year but less than five years, you must pass the written and vision tests.

Source: Chapter 1: Your license to drive – Getting your license to drive

Correct answer: Written, vision and road tests

Drivers coming from a country other than the U.S. or Canada must pass the written, vision and road tests even with a valid foreign license.

Source: Chapter 1: Your license to drive – Getting your license to drive

Correct answer: Pass a vision test and complete an application

Adults 21+ with a valid out-of-state license only need to pass a vision test and apply; no written or road test is required.

Source: Chapter 1: Your license to drive – Getting your license to drive

Correct answer: Within 30 days

A name or address change requires you to apply for a duplicate license within 30 days.

Source: Chapter 1: Your license to drive – License renewal and replacement

Correct answer: Every four years

A Minnesota license usually expires on your birthday and must be renewed every four years after age 21.

Source: Chapter 1: Your license to drive – License renewal and replacement

Correct answer: A vision test

Renewing your license requires passing a vision test.

Source: Chapter 1: Your license to drive – License renewal and replacement

Correct answer: A recreational motor home for personal use

Class D covers cars, pickups, small trucks and personal-use RVs, but not vehicles of 26,001+ lbs, vehicles for more than 15 passengers, or hazmat vehicles.

Source: Chapter 1: Your license to drive – Driver's license classifications

Correct answer: A motorcycle endorsement

Class D lets you drive motorcycles only with the appropriate motorcycle endorsement.

Source: Chapter 1: Your license to drive – Driver's license classifications

Correct answer: 35 mph or less

Anyone with a Class D license may drive an NEV, but only on streets with speed limits of 35 mph or less.

Source: Chapter 1: Your license to drive – Driver's license classifications