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Nevada · Department of Motor Vehicles

Nevada DMV practice test

The Nevada knowledge 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 tests in exactly that format.

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25

questions

20

correct to pass

80%

passing score

None

time limit

The number of questions and the passing score are confirmed by dmv.nv.gov. Check the current Nevada handbook before your test.

What the Nevada test looks like

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

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

See how many questions you can miss in every state.

What the Nevada handbook says

The Nevada Driver’s Handbook calls it the knowledge test. Passing it is how you get an instruction permit, which you can apply for from age 15 and a half in Nevada. If you fail, the rule on retaking is: $10 fee for each retest.

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

Test simulator

5 simulated tests in the Nevada format

25 questions20 to passNo time limit

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

What you study

4 sections, 36 topics, every one on the Nevada 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 Nevada 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 Nevada format and see how likely you are to reach the 20-correct passing score. Your latest test counts the most.

Nevada questions

Good to know before your Nevada test.

How many questions are on the Nevada permit test?

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

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

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

Is the Nevada knowledge test timed?

No. Nevada 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 Nevada?

15 and a half. In Nevada the first permit is called an instruction permit, and the handbook sets 15 and a half as the youngest age for it. The knowledge test is part of getting one.

Where do the Nevada questions come from?

From the official Nevada 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 Nevada test?

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

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