New York’s written permit test is 20 questions. You need 14 correct — and at least 2 of the 4 road-sign questions, so 14 right answers is not automatically a pass. These 336 practice questions are written against the New York State Driver’s Manual. Start any topic with no account.
New York State Department of Motor Vehicles sets the live exam. Every number below is cited. Practice-bank size on this page (336 questions across 14 tests) is counted from the live New York lessons, not from the official paper.
| What the test does | The sourced figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Official test shape | 20 questions for a Class D, DJ or E learner permit. You must correctly answer at least 14 of the 20, and at least 2 of the 4 questions about road signs. | New York State Driver’s Manual, Chapter 1: Driver Licenses |
| Teen vs adult path | The written-test shape is the same. Applicants under 18 may take the permit test online; everyone else takes it at a DMV office. After an online pass, DMV needs three business days to review results — an earlier office visit means retaking the test in the office. | New York DMV — Prepare For and Take Your Permit Test |
| Languages | Class D permit tests are given in 20 languages, including English, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Haitian Creole, Arabic, Bengali, Korean, Polish, Urdu and Yiddish. | New York DMV — Prepare For and Take Your Permit Test |
| Official free sample | The online Driver’s Manual includes interactive quizzes on Chapters 4–11 and a dedicated Road Signs quiz, plus an all-chapters quiz. Those use actual test questions. | New York State Driver’s Manual and Practice Tests |
| Historical attempt data | A federal historical profile listed New York at 20 questions and 70% (which matches today’s 14-of-20 headline) with a 77.5% estimated pass rate in 2007. It does not mention the 2-of-4 road-sign minimum. That rate is historical, not a current DMV statistic.Historical — not a current agency rule. | Drivings permit-test pass rates by state |
Use the agency’s own materials first. These practice tests sit beside them, they do not replace them.
New York DMV — official chapter quizzes and all-chapters quiz
Official sample testEach topic is a separate free test. The blurbs name New York rules, not a generic US paper.
NY Road Signs Test
The real NY paper asks 4 road-sign questions and you must get at least 2. Drill shapes, colors, and the NYC no-turn-on-red exception.
Start free testNY Traffic Signals Test
Right-on-red is legal in most of New York — not in New York City unless a sign allows it — and a traffic officer outranks every signal.
Start free testNY Right-of-Way Test
Who goes first at a New York intersection, and why pedestrians and the vehicle already in the intersection win.
Start free testNY Speed Limits Test
New York’s safe-speed rule and the 55 mph expressway limit unless a sign posts otherwise, plus how speeding costs points.
Start free testNY Lane Use Test
Lane choice, HOV diamond lanes, and legal passing on New York streets and parkways.
Start free testNY Turns Test
Signal at least 100 feet out, keep the wheels straight until you turn, and yield before you commit.
Start free testNY Parking Test
NO PARKING, NO STANDING and NO STOPPING mean three different things. Parallel parking is part of every New York road test.
Start free testNY Freeway Test
Enter, merge and exit a New York expressway. Practice on parkways is restricted in some counties — confirm in the manual.
Start free testNY Sharing the Road Test
Stopped school buses, pedestrians, bikes and the New York rules for trucks and emergency vehicles.
Start free testNY Road Conditions Test
Rain, snow, ice and night in New York: see farther, slow earlier, and know the special-conditions chapter the quiz covers.
Start free testNY Alcohol and Drugs Test
New York’s ladder: DWAI (BAC over .05 is evidence of impairment), DWI at .08, Aggravated DWI at .18, and zero tolerance .02–.07 under 21.
Start free testNY Emergencies Test
Tire blowouts, brake failure, stalls on tracks, and what New York requires after a crash.
Start free testNY Vehicle Controls Test
The pre-drive setup the New York road-test examiner expects: seat, mirrors, restraints and signals.
Start free testNY Practice Permit Test
A mixed paper from every New York topic, in the shape of the real 20-question written test. Remember the 2-of-4 road-sign minimum.
Start free testThe New York practice tests stay free. Pro is the study plan around them: a timed exam simulator, a mistake bank that re-serves every question you got wrong, and a study assistant. It does not unlock the questions — those are already on this page.
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