Arkansas · State Police
Arkansas’s knowledge test is given by the Arkansas State Police, and you need 20 right to pass. DMV Champ’s simulated tests use 25 questions.
25 (DMV Champ’s figure, not confirmed by an official source)
questions
20
right to pass
80% (DMV Champ’s figure, not confirmed by an official source)
passing score
* The figures DMV Champ’s simulated tests use, not confirmed by an official source.
Checked against the Arkansas Driver License Study Guide (Volume 1, Edition 10, October 2026) on October 26, 2026. How we check facts
Practice test
Pick an answer and check it. Every question comes with the reason behind the right answer and the sentence of an official document it rests on.
To pass here you need 8 of 10, the 80% DMV Champ’s simulated tests use.
Question 1 of 10 · Traffic signals and arrows
The answer is B: The light is about to turn red.
A steady yellow light means red is next. It is a warning, not extra green time. Stop if you can do it without a hard brake. Speeding up to beat the red puts you in the intersection just as the cross street gets its green.
“Vehicular traffic facing a steady CIRCULAR YELLOW signal indication is thereby warned that the related green movement or the related flashing arrow movement is being terminated or that a steady red signal indication will be displayed immediately thereafter when vehicular traffic shall not enter the intersection.”
Question 2 of 10 · Emergency vehicles and the Move Over law
The answer is B: Yes. Pull to the right and stop.
You yield to an emergency vehicle coming from any direction, not only from behind. With no median between you, the driver may need your side of the road to get around traffic. Pull right, stop, and wait until it has passed. Drifting toward the center line takes away the room it needs.
“You must pull over and stop for an emergency vehicle even if it is headed toward you in the opposite lane of a two-way roadway.”
Question 3 of 10 · Snow and ice
The answer is C: Stay in the car and make it easy to see.
Stay with your car. It is shelter, and a search crew finds a car far more easily than a person on foot. Most deaths in a snowstorm happen to people who leave the vehicle and get lost. Turn on the hazard lights and tie something bright to the antenna or a door handle.
“If you become stranded while traveling in cold weather, stay with your vehicle. Most deaths in these situations occur when people leave their vehicles, become lost and suffer prolonged exposure to the cold.”
Question 4 of 10 · Guide and service signs
The answer is A: An interstate highway.
The red, white and blue shield marks an interstate highway. Its number is the route to follow, not a speed limit or a distance. A U.S. route wears a black and white shield, and a county road a blue pentagon.
“Interstate Route (M1-1 and M1-1a) signs (see Figure 2D-4) shall be used on all Interstate routes and in connection with Route Sign assemblies on intersecting highways.”
Question 5 of 10 · Lane use and changing lanes
The answer is C: Stopping in an emergency.
That strip is the shoulder. It is for a car that has to stop, not for driving or passing, paved or not. Nobody expects a car there, so a driver ahead may pull onto it without looking. A sign tells you if a shoulder is open to traffic at busy times.
“Shoulder—a longitudinal area contiguous with the traveled way that is used for accommodation of stopped vehicles for emergency use and for lateral support of base and surface courses, and that is graded for emergency stopping. A shoulder might be paved or unpaved. A paved shoulder might be opened to part-time travel by some or all vehicles”
Question 6 of 10 · Following distance and space
The answer is C: You are following too closely.
Reaching the sign before the end of the count means the gap is shorter than the count. Ease off the gas until the car ahead pulls away, then count again at the next pole. Most rear-end crashes come from following too closely, so this check is worth doing often.
“Rear-end crashes are very common and caused by drivers following too close.”
Question 7 of 10 · Warning signs
The answer is A: Children walking to school.
The five-sided sign is used for schools and nothing else. Its bright yellow-green face is kept for warnings about people. Expect children on foot and a crossing ahead, slow down, and do what a crossing guard tells you.
“Pentagon (upward-pointing)* School (S1-1) (squared bottom corners)**”
Question 8 of 10 · Seat belts, airbags and car seats
The answer is A: Pull it down low over your hips.
The lap belt sits low and snug across your hips, where your hip bones can take the force. Across your stomach it has nothing solid to hold, so in a crash you can slide under it and be badly hurt. Check it every time you buckle up.
“designed to distribute force to the pelvic area and needs to sit properly on the upper thigh to accomplish this goal.”
Question 9 of 10 · Curves and hills
The answer is B: Toward the right of your lane.
Hold your lane through a curve, and on a right-hand bend keep toward the right of it. A driver coming the other way may be going too fast and drift over the center line toward you. Cutting across the line to straighten the curve puts you right in that driver's path.
“Keep slightly to the right of the lane center on right curves and in the middle of your lane on left curves.”
Question 10 of 10 · Highways, merging and exits
The answer is C: No. Yield. Stop if you need to.
This ramp has no acceleration lane, so there is no room to reach highway speed. That is why a yield sign stands at its end. Wait for a gap big enough to join from a slow start, stopping if you have to. Do not force your way into the traffic.
“When a YIELD sign is in place at an entrance ramp with no acceleration”
These 10 questions are from the DMV Champ app’s practice set, last updated October 23, 2026. Spot a mistake in a question? Email us.
You need 20 right to pass.
On DMV Champ’s 25-question simulated test, you can miss 5.
The number of questions isn’t confirmed by an official source.
The State Police’s testing instructions say you need 20 right answers to pass.
“If you get 20 correct answers before those questions return, you will not have to answer the skipped questions. If you do not have 20 correct answers, you may see those questions again, if you need them to pass.”
DMV Champ uses the same format for Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming.
The youngest you can be is 14.
“To apply for an Instruction Permit, the applicant must be at least 14 years old.”
Driver testing is run by the Arkansas State Police.
“Arkansas State Police Driver’s Testing 1-2-3 Checklist – AGE 18 AND OLDER”
The guide calls it the knowledge exam.
“The applicant must pass the knowledge exam and vision test to receive the instruction permit.”
You make an appointment to take the permit test.
“Driver’s License/Motorcycle Instruction Permit Test- This appointment type will allow you to schedule a driver’s license exam to obtain an instruction permit OR a motorcycle exam to obtain an “M” endorsement.”
You can book your appointment online at telegov.egov.com/aspdlskills.
“Visit: https://telegov.egov.com/aspdlskills to schedule your appointment.”
If you have a learning difference, you can book an oral test with an examiner, but not every location offers it.
“Driver’s License Test for Learning Differences- This appointment type will allow you to schedule an oral test with an examiner. Note: Not all locations will offer this feature.”
Test simulator
DMV Champ teaches every question with its explanation, then checks you with 5 simulated tests of 25 questions, graded against the 20-correct passing score. 35 topics in Arkansas: the 34 every state tests, plus winter driving, because the Arkansas handbook teaches it.
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