Texas DMV permit test practice

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The Texas knowledge test at a glance

Questions: 30
To pass: 21
You can miss: 9
Answer choices: 4

Sign section: No separate section
Format source: Partly published by the state

Your Texas study kit

823: practice questions for Texas
263: written only for Texas's own rules
65: lessons with Texas's numbers filled in
17: rules where Texas differs from most states

Where Texas is different

Most handbooks look alike. These are the rules where Texas does its own thing, and they show up on the test.

Rule	Texas	Most states
Required supervised practice hours	30 hours, including 10 at night	50 hours, including 10 at night (21/51)
Maximum speed limit on rural interstates	75 mph	70 mph (20/50)
Maximum speed limit on urban interstates	75 mph	70 mph (15/51)
Maximum speed on other limited-access highways	75 mph	70 mph (19/50)
Default residential-district speed limit	30 mph	25 mph (16/26)
Recommended following distance, good conditions, ~30 mph	2 seconds	3 seconds (16/45)
Recommended following distance, good conditions, ~60 mph	4 seconds	3 seconds (16/45)
Move Over: required speed if you cannot change lanes	Slow to 20 mph below the posted limit	Slow to a speed safe for the conditions (30/39)

Sample Texas questions

Three questions from the Texas pool. Pick an answer to see the explanation.

1 / 3

In Texas, you approach a stopped emergency vehicle with its lights on, on a street where the speed limit is 20 mph, and you cannot change lanes. What must you do?

2 / 3

Black square marker with a white Texas outline reading FARM 1960 ROAD

In Texas, a route marker reading 'FM 1960' tells you that you are on:

3 / 3

Diamond interchange: one-way frontage roads beside an elevated freeway, with a U-turn lane under the overpass

On a Texas frontage road approaching a freeway overpass, a separate left lane marked as a turnaround lets you:

Texas test FAQ

How many questions are on the Texas knowledge test?

The Texas test has 30 questions.

How many can I get wrong on the Texas permit test?

You need 21 correct to pass, so you can miss up to 9.

What's the best way to study for the Texas test?

Read the Texas Driver Handbook (rev. Jan 2026), then practice in the real format until your readiness is above 90%. Steerivo's lessons follow the handbook's topics and fill in Texas's numbers.

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