Louisiana · Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles

Louisiana DMV practice test

The Louisiana knowledge test has 40 multiple-choice questions, and you need 32 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 expresslane.la.gov. Check the current Louisiana handbook before your exam.

What the Louisiana exam looks like

Louisiana’s exam is one of the longer ones: only 7 jurisdictions ask more than 40 questions. You need 80% to pass, which means you can miss 8 questions and still get your permit. There is no time limit, so read every question twice.

The exam is given by the OMV (Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles). Its questions come from the official Louisiana driver’s handbook, which is also where every DMV Champ question is checked.

The same format is used in Kentucky, Minnesota and Washington.

What the Louisiana handbook says

The Louisiana Driver’s Guide calls it the knowledge test. Passing it is how you get a learner’s permit, which you can apply for from age 15 in Louisiana.

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

Exam simulator

5 simulated exams in the Louisiana format

40 questions32 to passNo time limit

Pick Louisiana once in the app and every simulated exam uses these figures. Nothing is revealed mid-exam, and each attempt is graded against the 32-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 Louisiana 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 Louisiana 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 Louisiana exam today, with the 32-correct passing score marked on it and a 14-day trend.

Louisiana questions

Good to know before your Louisiana exam.

How many questions are on the Louisiana permit test?

40. The Louisiana knowledge test has 40 multiple-choice questions, and you need 32 correct answers (80%) to pass.

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

8. With 40 questions and 32 needed to pass, you can get 8 wrong and still pass.

Is the Louisiana knowledge test timed?

No. Louisiana 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 Louisiana?

15. The Louisiana handbook sets 15 as the youngest age for a learner’s permit, and the knowledge test is part of getting one.

Where do the Louisiana questions come from?

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

Ready for the Louisiana exam?

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

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