Pennsylvania’s knowledge test is 18 multiple-choice questions on signs, driving laws, and safe practices. You need 15 correct. Fail, and PennDOT lets you retake it the next business day. These 338 practice questions are written against the Pennsylvania Driver’s Manual (PUB 95). Start any topic with no account.
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Driver and Vehicle Services sets the live exam. Every number below is cited. Practice-bank size on this page (338 questions across 14 tests) is counted from the live Pennsylvania lessons, not from the official paper.
| What the test does | The sourced figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Official test shape | 18 multiple-choice questions on traffic signs, Pennsylvania driving laws, and safe-driving practices. You must answer 15 correctly to pass. | PennDOT Driver’s Manual — Chapter 1: Testing |
| Attempts and retest | If you fail the knowledge test, you may retake it the following business day. PennDOT’s testing chapter does not publish a knowledge-test attempt cap. (The road test is separate: three chances per permit; under-18 road-test failures wait seven days.) | PennDOT Driver’s Manual — Chapter 1: Testing |
| Languages | The knowledge test is offered in written and audio form in more than 20 languages at Driver License Centers, including English, Spanish, Arabic, Mandarin, Russian, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, and others listed in Chapter 1. | PennDOT Driver’s Manual — Chapter 1: Testing |
| Official free sample | Chapters 2, 3 and 4 of the online Driver’s Manual include sample questions and answers. PennDOT also publishes downloadable chapter question sets and a practice-test app. | PennDOT — Test Your Knowledge (chapter sample questions) |
| Historical profile (not current rules) | NHTSA’s 2007–08 profile listed Pennsylvania at 18 questions and 83% with a 1-day retest wait. That shape matches today’s 15-of-18 paper and next-business-day retake. The compiled table has no official Pennsylvania pass-rate figure. We do not invent one.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.
Each topic is a separate free test. The blurbs name Pennsylvania rules, not a generic US paper.
PA Road Signs Test
PennDOT’s 18-question paper covers traffic signs. Drill STOP, YIELD, work-zone orange, and the 15 mph flashing school-zone limit.
Start free testPA Traffic Signals Test
School-zone signals are flashing yellow on the speed-limit sign — 15 mph while they flash, or during the times printed on the sign.
Start free testPA Right-of-Way Test
Who yields at a Pennsylvania intersection, and the duty to pedestrians, emergency vehicles, and a vehicle already in the intersection.
Start free testPA Speed Limits Test
Pennsylvania’s statewide maximum is 70 mph. School zones drop to 15 mph. Driving 26 mph or more over the posted limit is a mandatory 90-day suspension.
Start free testPA Lane Use Test
Pennsylvania’s four-second following gap, legal passing, and why you never exceed the limit to finish a pass.
Start free testPA Turns Test
Signal 3–4 seconds before you turn, pick the lane, and yield. Parallel parking is part of every Pennsylvania road test.
Start free testPA Parking Test
Finish within 12 inches of the curb. Keep clear 15 ft from a hydrant, 20 ft from a crosswalk, 30 ft from a STOP/YIELD or signal, 50 ft from the nearest rail.
Start free testPA Freeway Test
Enter, merge, and hold your lane on a Pennsylvania interstate. The 70 mph ceiling is posted after each interchange.
Start free testPA Sharing the Road Test
School buses, pedestrians, bikes, motorcycles, and Pennsylvania’s Move Over duty to stopped emergency vehicles.
Start free testPA Road Conditions Test
Hydroplaning can start at 35 mph with a tenth of an inch of water. Low beams reach about 250 feet — do not overdrive them past 45 mph at night.
Start free testPA Alcohol and Drugs Test
Pennsylvania’s three tiers: general impairment at .08–.099, high rate at .10–.159, plus .02 zero tolerance under 21. Refusing a test is a one-year suspension on its own.
Start free testPA Emergencies Test
Tire blowouts, brake failure, stalls on tracks, and what Pennsylvania requires after a crash.
Start free testPA Vehicle Controls Test
Horn, lights, wipers, parking brake, flashers, and defroster — fail any of these on the Pennsylvania road test and the test ends.
Start free testPA Practice Permit Test
A mixed paper from every Pennsylvania topic, in the shape of the real 18-question knowledge test. You need 15 correct.
Start free testThe Pennsylvania 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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