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Free New Mexico MVD Permit Practice Test 2025

  • Perfect for learner’s permit, driver’s license, and Senior Refresher Test
  • Based on official New Mexico Driver's manual
  • Triple-checked for accuracy
  • Updated for August 2025

To obtain your New Mexico MVD driver’s permit, you must pass a vision screening and a written permit knowledge test. The test included 25 multiple-choice questions covering rules of the road, communicating, being in shape to drive responsibly, traffic laws, safe driving practices, and road signage, as outlined in the state’s New Mexico MVD 2025 Driver’s Manual. To pass, you must score at least 70% (18 out of 25 questions), and testing must take place in person at the MVD. If you fail the knowledge test, you must wait until the next business day and pay the retest fee. Our New Mexico MVD permit practice tests help make sure that doesn’t happen.

The instructional permit is the first phase of New Mexico’s Graduated Driver’s License (GDL) program for drivers under 18. You can apply at 15 and this permit will allow supervised driving by a licensed driver (at least three years) who is at least 21. After holding the permit for at least six months, completing a state-approved driver education course, logging 40 daytime and 10 nighttime driving hours, passing a road skills test, and turning 15½, you can apply for a provisional license. This license allows you to drive without a supervisor, but restricts driving between midnight and 5:00 am and limits the number of passengers under 21 to one if non-family. After a year without traffic violations, you can apply for an unrestricted license at age 16½. Note that traffic violations extend the holding period for each phase by 30 days.

If you’re at least 18 years old, you must pass the road skills test, but you’re not required to meet the other GDL requirements. You can take the road skills test as soon as you feel ready.

Our free online New Mexico MVD Permit Practice Test mimics real exam conditions, with questions and answers based on the state manual. The test is updated for August 2025 and provides instant feedback for incorrect responses. Once prepared, go to the MVD with proof of identification (birth certificate, valid passport), Social Security card, and two proofs of residency (school enrollment record, utility bill). If you’re under 18, also provide your parent’s or guardian’s proof of residency and a signed parent or guardian consent form. Submit the documents, pass a vision screening, pay the fee, and pass the official written test.

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  • Perfect for learner’s permit, driver’s license, and Senior Refresher Test
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6 min to complete
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What to expect on the actual NM MVD exam

25

questions

18

correct answers to pass

72%

passing score

15 y/o

minimum age to apply

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List of questions (classic view)

  1. Which of the following statements about the right-of-way is FALSE?
  2. When you see a reflective triangular orange sign on the rear of a vehicle ahead of you, you should
  3. A dashed white line between lanes of traffic means that you may
  4. This sign is posted
  5. On multilane roads, the _________ lane is intended to be used for passing slower vehicles.
  6. In New Mexico, what is the speed limit in business or residential areas except where otherwise posted?
  7. At an intersection where there are no stop signs, yield signs, or traffic signals, drivers must yield to
  8. What does this sign mean?
  9. When you drive around a traffic circle or rotary, you must drive
  10. You have parked facing downhill. Which way should you point your front wheels?
  11. When you drive in city traffic, you should try to look at least
  12. What does this sign mean?
  13. Your _________ keeps your head and chest from striking the dashboard or windshield in a collision.
  14. In New Mexico, you may legally park in which of the following locations?
  15. When turning a corner, you should turn the steering wheel by using the
  16. This sign warns of
  17. To avoid last-minute braking or sudden turns, you should look __________ ahead of your vehicle.
  18. What does a red painted curb indicate?
  19. You should start to signal at least _________ before you change lanes, turn right or left, merge into traffic, or park.
  20. What must you do at a flashing yellow traffic signal?
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