DMV ChampPennsylvania · Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
The Pennsylvania knowledge test has 18 multiple-choice questions, and you need 15 correct answers to pass. DMV Champ teaches every question with its explanation, then checks you with 5 simulated exams in exactly that format.
18
questions
15
correct to pass
83%
passing score
None
time limit
The number of questions and the passing score are confirmed by pa.gov. Check the current Pennsylvania handbook before your exam.
Pennsylvania’s exam is the shortest in the country: no state asks fewer than 18 questions. You need 83% to pass, which means you can miss 3 questions and still get your permit. There is no time limit, so read every question twice.
The exam is given by the PennDOT (Pennsylvania Department of Transportation). Its questions come from the official Pennsylvania driver’s handbook, which is also where every DMV Champ question is checked.
The Pennsylvania Driver’s Manual calls it the knowledge test. Passing it is how you get a learner’s permit, which you can apply for from age 16 in Pennsylvania. If you fail, the rule on retaking is: the following business day; only one attempt per day.
36 topics in Pennsylvania: the 34 every state tests, plus winter driving and flooding, because the Pennsylvania handbook teaches them.
Exam simulator
Pick Pennsylvania once in the app and every simulated exam uses these figures. Nothing is revealed mid-exam, and each attempt is graded against the 15-correct passing score at the end. Retake an exam as often as you like, reordered each time.
What you study
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 Pennsylvania 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.
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.
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.
The score you’d likely get on the Pennsylvania exam today, with the 15-correct passing score marked on it and a 14-day trend.
Pennsylvania questions
18. The Pennsylvania knowledge test has 18 multiple-choice questions, and you need 15 correct answers (83%) to pass.
3. With 18 questions and 15 needed to pass, you can get 3 wrong and still pass.
No. Pennsylvania does not put a time limit on the knowledge test. Only 8 jurisdictions do.
16. The Pennsylvania handbook sets 16 as the youngest age for a learner’s permit, and the knowledge test is part of getting one.
From the official Pennsylvania driver’s handbook, which is what the PennDOT writes its test from. Every DMV Champ question is checked against it and explained the moment you answer.
A few questions a day is enough. Not in Pennsylvania?