Alabama · Alabama Law Enforcement Agency

Alabama DMV practice test

The Alabama knowledge test has 30 multiple-choice questions, and you need 24 correct answers to pass. DMV Champ teaches every question with its explanation, then checks you with 5 simulated exams in exactly that format.

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questions

correct to pass

80%

passing score

None

time limit

The ALEA does not publish the exact number of questions or the passing score. These are the best figures available, and they are the ones DMV Champ’s exam simulator uses. Check the current Alabama handbook before your exam.

What the Alabama exam looks like

Alabama’s exam is a middle-length one: 21 jurisdictions ask fewer questions and 21 ask more. You need 80% to pass, which means you can miss 6 questions and still get your permit. There is no time limit, so read every question twice.

The exam is given by the ALEA (Alabama Law Enforcement Agency). Its questions come from the official Alabama driver’s handbook, which is also where every DMV Champ question is checked.

The same format is used in Arizona, Maine, Mississippi and South Carolina.

What the Alabama handbook says

The Alabama Driver Manual calls it the knowledge test. Passing it is how you get a learner license, which you can apply for from age 15 in Alabama.

35 topics in Alabama: the 34 every state tests, plus winter driving, because the Alabama handbook teaches it.

Exam simulator

5 simulated exams in the Alabama format

30 questions24 to passNo time limit

Pick Alabama once in the app and every simulated exam uses these figures. Nothing is revealed mid-exam, and each attempt is graded against the 24-correct passing score at the end. Retake an exam as often as you like, reordered each time.

What you study

4 sections, 35 topics, every one on the Alabama exam.

Signs and signals, road rules, safe driving and driving laws. The topics come from the AAMVA guidelines every state builds its exam on, checked against the Alabama handbook. Each is a short group of questions you can get through in a few minutes, and every answer is explained the moment you check it.

Learn by answering

No chapters to read first. Every practice question carries its answer and the reasoning, so a wrong answer is how the next thing is taught.

Mistakes come back

A question you get wrong returns until you get it right. Once you’ve answered every new question and corrected every mistake, you’ve finished the learning phase.

A predicted score

The score you’d likely get on the Alabama exam today, with the 24-correct passing score marked on it and a 14-day trend.

Alabama questions

Good to know before your Alabama exam.

How many questions are on the Alabama permit test?

30. The Alabama knowledge test has 30 multiple-choice questions, and you need 24 correct answers (80%) to pass.

How many questions can you miss on the Alabama knowledge test?

6. With 30 questions and 24 needed to pass, you can get 6 wrong and still pass.

Is the Alabama knowledge test timed?

No. Alabama does not put a time limit on the knowledge test. Only 8 jurisdictions do.

How old do you have to be to get a learner’s permit in Alabama?

15. In Alabama the first permit is called a learner license, and the handbook sets 15 as the youngest age for it. The knowledge test is part of getting one.

Where do the Alabama questions come from?

From the official Alabama driver’s handbook, which is what the ALEA writes its test from. Every DMV Champ question is checked against it and explained the moment you answer.

Ready for the Alabama exam?

A few questions a day is enough. Not in Alabama?

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