Colorado · Department of Motor Vehicles

Colorado DMV practice test

The Colorado written test has 25 multiple-choice questions, and you need 20 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 number of questions and the passing score are confirmed by 1 CCR 204-3 §502. Check the current Colorado handbook before your exam.

What the Colorado exam looks like

Colorado’s exam is one of the shorter ones: only 5 jurisdictions ask fewer than 25 questions. You need 80% to pass, which means you can miss 5 questions and still get your permit. There is no time limit, so read every question twice.

The exam is given by the DMV. Its questions come from the official Colorado driver’s handbook, which is also where every DMV Champ question is checked.

The same format is used in Arkansas, Connecticut, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming.

What the Colorado handbook says

The Colorado Driver Handbook calls it the written test, so that is the phrase you’ll see at the counter and on the agency’s site. Passing it is how you get an instruction permit.

36 topics in Colorado: the 34 every state tests, plus winter driving and flooding, because the Colorado handbook teaches them.

Exam simulator

5 simulated exams in the Colorado format

25 questions20 to passNo time limit

Pick Colorado once in the app and every simulated exam uses these figures. Nothing is revealed mid-exam, and each attempt is graded against the 20-correct passing score at the end. Retake an exam as often as you like, reordered each time.

What you study

4 sections, 36 topics, every one on the Colorado 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 Colorado 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 Colorado exam today, with the 20-correct passing score marked on it and a 14-day trend.

Colorado questions

Good to know before your Colorado exam.

How many questions are on the Colorado permit test?

25. The Colorado written test has 25 multiple-choice questions, and you need 20 correct answers (80%) to pass.

How many questions can you miss on the Colorado written test?

5. With 25 questions and 20 needed to pass, you can get 5 wrong and still pass.

Is the Colorado written test timed?

No. Colorado does not put a time limit on the written test. Only 8 jurisdictions do.

Where do the Colorado questions come from?

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

Ready for the Colorado exam?

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

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