Maine · Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles

Maine DMV practice test

The Maine written 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 number of questions and the passing score are confirmed by maine.gov/sos/bmv. Check the current Maine handbook before your exam.

What the Maine exam looks like

Maine’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 BMV (Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles). Its questions come from the official Maine driver’s handbook, which is also where every DMV Champ question is checked.

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

What the Maine handbook says

The Maine Driver’s License Manual 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 a learner’s permit, which you can apply for from age 15 in Maine.

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

Exam simulator

5 simulated exams in the Maine format

30 questions24 to passNo time limit

Pick Maine 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, 36 topics, every one on the Maine 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 Maine 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 Maine exam today, with the 24-correct passing score marked on it and a 14-day trend.

Maine questions

Good to know before your Maine exam.

How many questions are on the Maine permit test?

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

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

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

Is the Maine written test timed?

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

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

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

Where do the Maine questions come from?

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

Ready for the Maine exam?

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

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