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WA DOL Written Test Simulator – Study Online 2025
Coffee is king in Washington State, especially in Seattle, where more coffee is consumed than in any other American city. Would you like to take your own coffee tour, driving across the Evergreen State to explore coffee roasters in cities like Seattle, Bellingham, and Spokane? For that, you’ll need a driver’s license.
But what if you fail the knowledge test for an instruction permit? Then, compared with the freedom of a driver’s license, you’ll be effectively grounded. You won’t even be able to practice driving under supervision. You’ll have to depend on others to drive you around when they can. That coffee tour will have to wait.
Some aspiring drivers think that to pass the permit test, all they have to do is read the official driver’s manual (Washington DOL Handbook (WA Driver's Manual) 2025) a few times shortly before the exam. But in 2020 – 2023, about 42.3% of aspiring drivers who took the Washington knowledge test failed it on their first attempt.
To be sure of passing the knowledge test, you need to do more than just read the manual. Therefore, we’ve provided you with various interactive test preparation resources to help you learn and memorize all the information you need to pass the knowledge test.
Our audiobook version of the official manual allows you to listen to the text of the manual, anyplace, anytime. Our other Washington practice tests deal with all the topics addressed by the manual, such as the rules of the road and safe driving techniques. Our automated assistant accompanies each practice test. It can give you a hint for a question or an explanation of the correct answer. It can also answer your specific questions. We hope you’ve been using these tools to study hard and gradually learn and memorize as much as possible.
Now it’s time to see if you’re truly ready to ace that knowledge test!
This Exam Simulator test operates in Simulated Exam Mode to closely resemble official exam conditions. The test consists of 40 questions based on the official Washington manual, just like those on the official DOL permit test. The passing score is 80%, just like the official permit test. There are no hints, no explanations, and no automated assistant to help you answer the test questions. The test is as close to the official permit test as we can make it!
Taking this test will also help you build confidence that you can handle a test like this. This will help reduce any test anxiety you may have about taking the official knowledge exam.
Good luck!
Authored and curated by Steven Litvintchouk, M.S.
Chief Educational Researcher (ACES member)
Methodology & Editorial Policy
Last verified for accuracy: October 2025 (reviewed weekly)
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We know how Driver's Ed goes
Noses sneeze. Babies cry. Frustration groans. And when it's finally time to take your test, you're sweating. Thirty minutes later, you're crying. Because despite your best efforts. You failed. Next thing you know, you're chasing a Waymo in circles to get home (embarrassing!).
At Driving Tests, we know emotions can get in the way of doing what you need to do. So we deliver Driver's Ed that makes it easy to start, and even easier to finish. We get you DMV Smart ASAP. Testing you with real, up-to-date questions. Backing up tricky driving situations with easy-to-grasp visuals & engaging practice tests that reaffirm what you know, and test you again on what you don't. So by the time test day comes - you *own* the DMV. Your only worry? Convincing the proctor you didn't cheat ;)
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