Arkansas Learner's Permit Practice Test

Free Arkansas DMV practice test for your learner's permit — road signs, right-of-way and the rules of the road, with real Arkansas knowledge-exam questions.

What's on the Arkansas knowledge test

The Arkansas knowledge test is a single 35-question exam covering road signs and the rules of the road together. You need 28 correct (80%) to pass.

Questions and exam format researched against Arkansas's official driver handbook and state sources. Last verified 20 August 2026.

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Sample Arkansas permit test questions

In the U.S. sign system used in Arkansas, what shape is always used for a STOP sign?

Answer: Octagon

STOP signs use the eight-sided octagon shape nationwide, so they're recognizable even from behind.

Road Signs

Absent a local speed order, what is the default speed limit on an Arkansas county road?

Answer: 40 mph

A.C.A. §27-51-216 sets the default county-road speed limit at 40 mph when no local speed order is in place.

Speed & Work Zones

Since when has Arkansas's seatbelt law been primary enforcement — meaning an officer can stop you for a seatbelt violation alone?

Answer: June 30, 2009

Arkansas's seatbelt law became primary enforcement effective June 30, 2009.

AR Laws

What is the minimum age to obtain an Arkansas Instruction Permit?

Answer: 14 years

The minimum age for an Arkansas Instruction Permit is 14.

Teen & Permit Rules

What rights and responsibilities do bicycles have on Arkansas roads?

Answer: The same rights and responsibilities as motor vehicles

Bicycles have the same rights and responsibilities as motor vehicles on Arkansas roads.

Sharing the Road

A diamond-shaped sign is most commonly used for what category of sign?

Answer: Warning signs

The diamond shape is the standard shape for warning signs.

Road Signs

Exceeding the posted or default county-road speed limit by how much is a Class C misdemeanor in Arkansas?

Answer: 15 mph or more

Exceeding the county-road speed limit by 15 mph or more is a Class C misdemeanor under Arkansas law.

Speed & Work Zones

Who is required by Arkansas law to wear a seatbelt in a moving vehicle?

Answer: The driver and front-seat passengers

Arkansas's seatbelt law covers the driver and front-seat passengers.

AR Laws

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Questions and exam format researched against Arkansas's official driver handbook and state sources. Last verified 20 August 2026.

Full research notes, including what could not be confirmed

Arkansas Driver License Test Study Guide (English), official PDF fetched directly from https://media.ark.org/dps/Arkansas-DL-Manual-English-1.pdf, linked from the Arkansas State Police "Driver Examination" page at https://www.dps.arkansas.gov/law-enforcement/arkansas-state-police/services-programs/driver-examination/ (ASP now operates under the Arkansas Dept. of Public Safety's dps.arkansas.gov domain; the DFA driver-services page at https://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/office/driver-services/ links out to that same ASP page rather than hosting the guide itself) — covering right-of-way, speed/work-zone, signals, seatbelt/DUI/cell-phone/headlight law, the point system, the Instruction Permit/Learner's License/Intermediate License GDL sequence, parking distances, sharing-the-road (bicycle/motorcycle/school bus) rules, and the Child Passenger Protection Act — researched and verified 2026-08-19, re-verified 2026-08-20. CITATION GAP CLOSED 2026-08-20: the prior note cited only "Arkansas Driver License Study Guide (Vol. 1, Ed. 10, July 2026, Arkansas State Police)" with no actual URL/domain; this session fetched the live guide and confirmed the exact PDF host and its publishing agency page above. EXAM FORMAT — RENEWED ATTEMPT 2026-08-20, STILL UNCONFIRMED: the 7.9MB PDF was re-fetched fresh and its full text was successfully extracted (via pdftotext, ~193KB of readable text, not a scan) and searched exhaustively for "question," "pass," "score," and "exam" — the manual documents the exam application process (the $5 written-exam fee, retake/renewal rules, and the driving-skills-test scoring rubric) but never states a knowledge-test question count or passing score/percentage anywhere in its text. Arkansas DFA/State Police still do not publish this figure anywhere found. This module structurally infers a UNIFIED format (no dedicated sign-recognition gate was found in the study guide's design) and uses { signCount: 0, signPassCount: 0, ruleCount: 35, rulePassPct: 0.8 } as an ESTIMATE consistent with other unified-format states in this app — flagged here as unconfirmed pending an official source. Deliberately NOT asserted, because the study guide does not confirm them: general default/unposted speed limits for residential, business-district, rural highway, or interstate roads (only the 40 mph county-road default is confirmed); a textual statutory definition of reckless driving (only its 8-point value is listed); any left-turn-on-red rule; an exact point total that triggers automatic license suspension beyond the 14-point hearing threshold; and a specific rear-facing car-seat age/weight cutoff. Two pairs of facts are modeled as DISTINCT, not averaged or conflated: (1) the move-over law's two different fine caps — up to $1,000 (plus possible jail/community service/6-month suspension) for police/fire/ambulance/emergency vehicles versus up to $500 for ARDOT/utility/tow vehicles; and (2) the two separate 0.04% BAC contexts — the circumstance-triggered 'enhanced DWI' charge (0.04%-0.08%, only when a crash occurred or a serious traffic offense was committed) versus the unrelated 0.02% under-21 zero-tolerance 'Underage DUI' threshold, which needs no such triggering circumstance. META-QUESTION REMOVED 2026-08-20: r105 asked which statute number codifies the Child Passenger Protection Act — a citation-trivia question testing a code section, not a driving fact. Removed rather than replaced, since the manual's Child Passenger Protection Act section (Ark. Code §27-34-104) contains only the two facts already covered by r100/r101, with no further sourceable child-safety detail (seating position, booster specifics, rear-facing thresholds) found anywhere else in the manual. childsafety now has 5 questions, still meeting the 5-question route-node requirement. Re-verify periodically, as Arkansas DFA/State Police handbook content, fees, and thresholds change over time.

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