About Permit Prep
Permit Prep is a free study site for first-time teen drivers preparing for the DMV permit test in any U.S. state. We currently host 2040 practice questions across 51 states and the District of Columbia.
Who this is for
Permit Prep is built for teenagers between 14 and 18 who are about to take their state's written learner permit exam for the first time. The questions are written in plain language and the explanations are designed to teach the underlying rule, not just to confirm the right letter.
If you're an adult new driver — for example, a first-time license applicant, a recent arrival from another country, or someone retaking the exam after a long lapse — Permit Prep works for you too. The rules of the road don't change based on the test taker's age.
How questions are written
Every question on Permit Prep is built from publicly available state driver handbooks and follows the multiple-choice format used on the actual exam. We deliberately avoid trick questions and trivia: the goal is to help you pass, not to inflate the difficulty.
State-specific facts — top posted speed limits, graduated driver license ages, and basic speed law wording — are pulled from each state's published driver handbook and woven into the questions for that state.
How questions are sourced
Programmatic generation based on common content of state DMV driver handbooks. Attempted GitHub fetch of public DMV practice question datasets failed at build time, so the documented fallback generator was used.
What we don't do
- We don't issue permits. The DMV office in your state is the only place that can do that.
- We don't claim our practice tests are the actual state exam. They are study material modeled on the real format.
- We don't ask for your name, email, or payment. The site is free and anonymous.
How we keep the site free
Permit Prep is supported by display advertising. Ad placements are clearly labeled, never inside questions, and never disguised as content. If you'd like to support us without ads, share the site with a friend who's about to take the test — that's the most useful thing you can do.
Questions about the site? Contact us.