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  • Updated for June 2025
  • Based on official Kentucky Driver's manual

Free Kentucky DMV Permit Practice Test 2025

To get your Kentucky KSP Instruction Permit (Learner’s), you must be at least 16 years of age and pass a vision screening and written knowledge test. The drivers’ knowledge test consists of 40 multiple-choice questions covering materials as outlined in the state’s Kentucky KSP 2025 Driver’s Manual. To pass, you must score at least 80% (32 out of 40 questions). If you fail, you must wait until the next business day to retest. Our practice tests ensure this is not an outcome.

Our free online Kentucky KSP Permit Practice Test is updated for June 2025 and mimics actual exam conditions. Immediate feedback for each question and answer is provided to speed learning.

Kentucky’s Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) program, designed to help minors gradually gain experience in driving, begins with the Instruction Permit (age 16 required). With this permit, you must have a licensed adult (aged 21+) in the car with you and log 60 hours of driving (including 10 at night). After holding your instruction permit for 180 days, you can take a skills test to get your intermediate license. With an intermediate license, you’re allowed to drive unsupervised except between midnight and 6 a.m. for the first 180 days (with exceptions). You are also limited to one non-family passenger under 20. After reaching age 17, holding the intermediate license for 180 days with no traffic violations, and completing a state-approved driver education course, you can get your unrestricted license.

If you’re 18 or older, you don’t need to complete driver education or GDL phases but must pass the vision and knowledge test to receive a learner’s permit, allowing supervised driving. If you’re 18-20, you must hold your permit for 180 days before taking the skills test. If you’re 21 or older, you may take the skills test when ready to get an unrestricted license.

To apply for a permit, visit the KSP with proof of identity (birth certificate, passport), Social Security card, proof of legal presence, and one proof of residence, or two for a REAL ID (utility bill, bank statement). If under 18, you’ll need a consent form (signed in person) from a parent or legal guardian and a required Kentuckyschool compliance verification form. Submit the documents, pass a vision screening, pay the fee, and pass the official written test.

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What to expect on the actual KY KSP exam

40

questions

32

correct answers to pass

80%

passing score

16 y/o

minimum age to apply

List of questions (classic view)

  1. When passing a large vehicle, do not merge back in front of the vehicle until you can see its
  2. If you are already moving through an intersection when the traffic light changes from green to yellow, you must
  3. To guard against glare from the headlights of a vehicle behind you, you must use __________ and adjust it before you drive.
  4. This warning sign indicates
  5. You must dim your headlights whenever you come within _________ of an oncoming vehicle.
  6. If you plan to turn beyond an intersection, you must
  7. Before entering a curve, you should
  8. What does this sign mean?
  9. While driving, you should focus your eyes at least _________ ahead.
  10. When exiting an interstate highway, do not start to slow down until you have moved into
  11. When following a large vehicle that blocks your view ahead, you will need _________ to see around the vehicle.
  12. What does this symbol mean?
  13. When you come to a school bus or church bus that is stopped to load or unload passengers, you must
  14. According to Kentucky law, you must complete a pass when
  15. Hydroplaning may occur when your tires
  16. This sign indicates
  17. You must never turn your ignition key to the lock position while your vehicle is in motion, because it will cause
  18. When two cars reach an uncontrolled intersection at about the same time,
  19. In a skid, the most important vehicle control device is
  20. What does this sign mean?
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