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Massachusetts DMV practice test

The Massachusetts learner’s permit exam has 25 multiple-choice questions, and you need 18 correct answers to pass. DMV Champ teaches every question with its explanation, then checks you with 5 simulated tests in exactly that format.

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25

questions

18

correct to pass

72%

passing score

25 min

time limit

The number of questions and the passing score are confirmed by mass.gov. Check the current Massachusetts handbook before your test.

What the Massachusetts test looks like

Massachusetts’s test is one of the shorter ones: only 5 jurisdictions ask fewer than 25 questions. You need 72% to pass, which means you can miss 7 questions and still get your permit. You have 25 minutes, one of only 8 jurisdictions that put a clock on the test.

The test is given by the RMV (Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles). Its questions come from the official Massachusetts driver’s handbook, which is also where every DMV Champ question is checked.

See how many questions you can miss in every state.

What the Massachusetts handbook says

The Massachusetts Driver’s Manual calls it the learner’s permit exam, 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 16 in Massachusetts.

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

Test simulator

5 simulated tests in the Massachusetts format

25 questions18 to pass25 minutes

Pick Massachusetts once in the app and every simulated test uses these figures. Nothing is revealed mid-test, and each attempt is graded against the 18-correct passing score at the end. Retake a test as often as you like, reordered each time.

What you study

4 sections, 35 topics, every one on the Massachusetts test.

Signs and signals, road rules, safe driving and driving laws. The topics come from the AAMVA guidelines every state builds its test on, checked against the Massachusetts handbook. On Learn they’re cut into short practices of about ten questions, in seven steps from road signs to the laws, 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 goes to your mistakes in Review and comes back until you get it right there. Once you’ve answered every question and corrected every mistake, you’ve finished the learning phase.

Your chance of passing

Take a simulated test in the Massachusetts format and see how likely you are to reach the 18-correct passing score. Your latest test counts the most.

Massachusetts questions

Good to know before your Massachusetts test.

How many questions are on the Massachusetts permit test?

25. The Massachusetts learner’s permit exam has 25 multiple-choice questions, and you need 18 correct answers (72%) to pass.

How many questions can you miss on the Massachusetts learner’s permit exam?

7. With 25 questions and 18 needed to pass, you can get 7 wrong and still pass.

Is the Massachusetts learner’s permit exam timed?

Yes. You have 25 minutes. Massachusetts is one of only 8 jurisdictions that put a time limit on the learner’s permit exam, and DMV Champ’s test simulator uses the same clock.

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

16. The Massachusetts handbook sets 16 as the youngest age for a learner’s permit, and the learner’s permit exam is part of getting one.

Where do the Massachusetts questions come from?

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

Ready for the Massachusetts test?

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

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