DMV ChampVirginia · Department of Motor Vehicles
The Virginia knowledge exam has 40 multiple-choice questions, and you need 34 correct answers to pass. DMV Champ teaches every question with its explanation, then checks you with 5 simulated exams in exactly that format.
40
questions
34
correct to pass
85%
passing score
None
time limit
The number of questions and the passing score are confirmed by dmv.virginia.gov. Check the current Virginia handbook before your exam.
Virginia’s exam is one of the longer ones: only 7 jurisdictions ask more than 40 questions. You need 85% 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 DMV. Its questions come from the official Virginia driver’s handbook, which is also where every DMV Champ question is checked.
The same format is used in Idaho.
The Virginia Driver’s Manual calls it the knowledge 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. Road signs are tested as a section of their own, so don’t skim the signs chapter. If you fail, the rule on retaking is: once per business day; under 18 must wait a full 15 days; after three failures a driver education classroom course is required.
35 topics in Virginia: the 34 every state tests, plus winter driving, because the Virginia handbook teaches it.
Exam simulator
Pick Virginia once in the app and every simulated exam uses these figures. Nothing is revealed mid-exam, and each attempt is graded against the 34-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 Virginia 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 Virginia exam today, with the 34-correct passing score marked on it and a 14-day trend.
Virginia questions
40. The Virginia knowledge exam has 40 multiple-choice questions, and you need 34 correct answers (85%) to pass.
6. With 40 questions and 34 needed to pass, you can get 6 wrong and still pass.
No. Virginia does not put a time limit on the knowledge exam. Only 8 jurisdictions do.
From the official Virginia 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.
A few questions a day is enough. Not in Virginia?