Free Mississippi DMV Car / Permit Practice Test 2026
The Mississippi Car / Permit knowledge test has ~25 questions, and you need ~20 correct (~80%) to pass. Practice free with questions written from the official Mississippi driver handbook — every one has a clear explanation, and you can retake as often as you like with no sign-up.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
What's on the Mississippi written test
The Mississippi Car / Permit knowledge test has ~25 questions; you need ~20 correct (~80%) to pass.
Based on the official Mississippi exam format — always confirm current details with your state DMV.
Practice by topic
Focus on one area at a time — each topic has its own set of Mississippi practice questions.
Learn the shapes, colors, and meanings of regulatory, warning, and guide signs — from stop and yield to construction and school-zone signs.
Speed limits, turning and signaling rules, headlight and seat-belt requirements, and the everyday laws every driver must follow.
How to read traffic signals, lane lines, and pavement markings — including yellow and white lines, arrows, and flashing lights.
Who goes first at intersections, four-way stops, roundabouts, and crosswalks, and how to yield to pedestrians and emergency vehicles.
Following distance, scanning, blind spots, using your lights, and the habits that prevent crashes and keep you in control.
Driving safely around motorcycles, bicycles, large trucks, pedestrians, and school buses — and knowing who has the right of way.
Blood alcohol limits, zero-tolerance and implied-consent laws, and how alcohol and drugs — legal or not — affect your driving.
Legal and illegal parking, colored curbs, distances from hydrants and crossings, and how to park safely on hills.
Choosing a safe speed, keeping a space cushion, adjusting for weather and traffic, and understanding stopping distance.
What to do when things go wrong — brake failure, tire blowouts, skids, and stalling on railroad tracks.
The point system, license suspension, provisional-license rules, insurance requirements, and other licensing basics.
How to pass the first time
- Read the official Mississippi driver handbook at least once before test day.
- Practice by topic to find your weak spots, then fix them.
- Take full-length practice tests until you pass comfortably every time.
- Read every explanation — understanding beats memorizing.
Mississippi Car / Permit test — frequently asked questions
How many questions are on the Mississippi Car / Permit test?
The Mississippi Car / Permit knowledge test has ~25 questions, and you need ~20 correct (~80%) to pass. Our practice tests mirror that format.
How many questions can I miss on the Mississippi Car / Permit test?
You can miss up to ~5 of the ~25 questions and still pass — you need ~20 correct, which is ~80%.
Can I retake the practice test?
Yes — practice as often as you like, completely free. The questions and answer choices are shuffled each time.
Can I take the Mississippi practice test in Spanish?
Yes. Every question here is available in English and Spanish — switch languages anytime. Many states also offer the real knowledge test in languages other than English; confirm what Mississippi offers with your DMV.
Can I practice on my phone?
Yes. The practice tests work in any mobile or desktop browser — no app or sign-up needed — so you can study anywhere.
Are these the real DMV test questions?
No. Our questions are original, written from the current official Mississippi driver handbook to match the real test's topics and style. We are not affiliated with any DMV or government agency.
What's the best way to study?
Read the Mississippi driver handbook, practice by topic to target weak areas, and finish with full-length tests until you consistently pass.
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Mississippi Car / Permit questions with answers
20 sample questions from the Mississippi Car / Permit question bank — each with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the section of the official handbook it comes from.
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1. What does the manual instruct you to do when you spot a WRONG WAY sign?
Correct answer: Get off the road and turn around at the first safe chance
That sign warns you are headed against traffic and risking a head-on crash, so you should get off the road and reverse direction at the first safe chance.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Regulatory Signs
2. A center lane is striped as a turn lane. How may you use it?
Correct answer: Only while preparing to turn across the opposite lanes
That lane exists only so drivers can wait to turn left or right across the opposing lanes. It is never a passing lane.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Directional Arrows
3. How does traffic move through a Mississippi roundabout, and who yields?
Correct answer: Counterclockwise, with entering traffic yielding to circulating traffic
Vehicles circle counterclockwise around the central island, and drivers entering give way to the traffic already going around.
4. How long is the license suspension for a first driving-under-the-influence conviction in Mississippi?
Correct answer: One hundred twenty days
A first conviction carries a suspension of one hundred twenty days along with the fine and possible jail time.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Driving Under the Influence & Implied Consent
5. After passing a large truck, when is it safe to move back into its lane?
Correct answer: Once the truck's front wheels show in your rearview mirror
Wait until the truck's front wheels appear meeting the pavement in your mirror, which shows you have cleared enough distance.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Road Safety with Large Vehicles
6. What clearance is required between a parked vehicle and the approach to a traffic control device?
Correct answer: Thirty feet
Leave thirty feet on the approach side so the signal or sign stays visible to drivers coming up to it.
7. How long does a passing Computerized Exam score stay valid in Mississippi?
Correct answer: Two years
The score keeps for two years, so a permit holder who completes the other requirements inside that window avoids retaking it.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Regular Learner's Permit
8. Your vehicle is stalled on railroad tracks and the warning lights start flashing. What should you do?
Correct answer: Get out and run at a forty-five degree angle toward the oncoming train's direction, then call 911
Leave the vehicle at once. Run away from the tracks at a forty-five degree angle toward the side the train is coming from, then call for help.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Railroad Crossings
9. How far before an intersection should you switch on your turn signal?
Correct answer: One hundred feet
The turning steps call for the signal and a reduction in speed beginning at least a hundred feet from the intersection.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Turning at Intersections
10. In Mississippi, is it acceptable to drive without a license or permit as long as a licensed adult is riding with you?
Correct answer: No, it remains illegal no matter who rides with you
No exception exists for company in the car. Operating a vehicle with no valid credential of your own breaks the law even with a parent or licensed driver beside you.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — License Requirements
11. Using the manual's rule, how much space should you keep at forty miles per hour?
Correct answer: Four car lengths
Four vehicle lengths, since the guideline adds one length for each ten miles per hour of speed.
12. A sign under a stop sign warns that cross traffic does not stop. What does that mean for you?
Correct answer: The other lanes keep moving and will not stop for you
It tells you the intersection is not an all-way stop, so the other lanes keep moving and you must wait for a gap.
13. Two solid white lines run between lanes headed the same direction. What are you being told?
Correct answer: Crossing between the lanes is prohibited
Double solid white means the lanes carry same-direction traffic and crossing between them is not allowed.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Lane Lines, Center Lines, & Barrier Lines
14. You reach an intersection with no signs and no signals of any kind. What should you do?
Correct answer: Give way to approaching traffic and go only when safe
Treat it with caution: give way to the traffic coming toward the intersection and move ahead only once it is clearly safe.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Unmarked Intersection
15. What blood alcohol reading places a Mississippi driver under twenty-one under the influence?
Correct answer: Point zero two percent
The state applies a zero tolerance standard to young drivers, and two hundredths of one percent is enough.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Driving Under the Influence & Implied Consent
16. You are approaching a horse-drawn buggy on a rural Mississippi road. What should you avoid doing?
Correct answer: Sounding the horn or revving the engine
Do not sound the horn or rev the engine. Sudden noise can frighten the animal and trigger a crash.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Slow-Moving Vehicles
17. How far from a crosswalk at an intersection must you keep a parked car?
Correct answer: Twenty feet
Parking has to begin at least twenty feet back from the crossing so drivers and pedestrians can see one another.
18. A commercial driver license is required for a vehicle built to carry how many people?
Correct answer: More than fifteen, including the driver
Any vehicle designed to seat more than fifteen occupants, the driver included, calls for a commercial license.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Class D License
19. What information must you give the other parties after a Mississippi crash?
Correct answer: Your name and address, your tag number, and your insurance details
Hand over your name, address, tag number and insurance details, and collect the same from everyone else involved.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — In Case of an Accident
20. Where does the Mississippi manual say your hands belong on the steering wheel?
Correct answer: At three and nine o'clock
Hands go on opposite sides of the rim at three and nine o'clock. The older two-and-ten position is no longer advised because of airbag deployment.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Before You Drive