Ohio Permit Test: Licensing Practice Questions

Correct answer: 40 questions; 75%

The knowledge test is 40 multiple-choice questions, and you need 75% (30 correct) to pass.

Source: Section 1: How to Get Your Driver License

Correct answer: 15 years and 6 months

At 15 years and six months you meet the minimum age to take the vision screening and knowledge test.

Source: Section 1: How to Get Your Driver License

Correct answer: After waiting one day

You must wait one day; in person there's no limit on attempts, but only one per day.

Source: Section 1: How to Get Your Driver License

Correct answer: Two

Online testing through BMV Online Services allows two attempts in six months; in-person attempts are unlimited, one per day.

Source: Section 1: How to Get Your Driver License

Correct answer: 60 days

Purchase the TIPIC at a Deputy Registrar within 60 days, or you must start over with the vision and knowledge tests.

Source: Section 1: Temporary Instruction Permit Identification Card (TIPIC)

Correct answer: A parent or guardian to co-sign

If the applicant is under 18, a parent or guardian must be present to co-sign the TIPIC application.

Source: Section 1: Temporary Instruction Permit Identification Card (TIPIC)

Correct answer: The TIPIC itself

Drivers must carry the TIPIC at all times when driving.

Source: Section 1: Temporary Instruction Permit Identification Card (TIPIC)

Correct answer: No more than the number of safety belts

Total occupants cannot exceed the number of safety belts installed, and everyone must be buckled.

Source: Section 1: Temporary Instruction Permit Identification Card (TIPIC)

Correct answer: No

Use of any mobile electronic device is prohibited while driving on a TIPIC.

Source: Section 1: Temporary Instruction Permit Identification Card (TIPIC)

Correct answer: Intoxicated

The eligible adult in the front passenger seat shall not be intoxicated.

Source: Section 1: Temporary Instruction Permit Identification Card (TIPIC)

Correct answer: On the 21st birthday

If you're under 21, your license expires on your 21st birthday and must be renewed in person (up to 30 days early).

Source: Section 12: Purchase Your Driver License

Correct answer: 8 years

Qualified applicants 21 or older but under 65 may buy an 8-year license; otherwise a 4-year license is issued.

Source: Section 12: Purchase Your Driver License

Correct answer: No

There is no grace period; driving on an expired license risks a citation.

Source: Section 12: Purchase Your Driver License

Correct answer: Within 30 days

Within 30 days of establishing residency (getting a job, signing a lease, buying a home or enrolling kids in school), you must have an Ohio license.

Source: Section 13: What Else Should I Know?

Correct answer: Take the Abbreviated Adult Driver Training Course

Applicants 21+ who fail must complete the Abbreviated Adult Driver Training Course before the second attempt, unless they took approved driver ed within the past year.

Source: Section 11: Taking the Driving Test