Colorado Learner's Permit Practice Test

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

What's on the Colorado knowledge test

The Colorado knowledge test is a single 30-question exam covering road signs and the rules of the road together. You need 24 correct (80%) to pass.

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

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Sample Colorado permit test questions

In the federal MUTCD sign system used in Colorado, what color scheme identifies a regulatory sign?

Answer: Black and red on white

Regulatory signs (like Stop and Speed Limit) use black and red lettering or symbols on a white background.

Road Signs

On a narrow, winding mountain highway or at a blind curve in Colorado, what is the default speed limit unless a lower one is posted?

Answer: 20 mph

Colorado sets a default of 20 mph on narrow, winding mountain highways and at blind curves absent a posted sign.

Speed & Spacing

When are headlights required in Colorado, based on time of day or visibility?

Answer: From sunset to sunrise, or any time visibility drops below 1,000 feet

Colorado requires headlights from sunset to sunrise, and any time visibility is below 1,000 feet regardless of time of day.

CO Laws

What is the minimum age to apply for a Colorado learner's permit?

Answer: 15

Colorado's minimum permit age is 15.

Teen & Permit Rules

When passing a bicyclist in Colorado, how much clearance must you give, and from what part of your vehicle is it measured?

Answer: 3 feet, from the outermost part of the vehicle including mirrors and trailers

Colorado's safe-passing law requires at least 3 feet of clearance, measured from the vehicle's outermost part — mirrors and trailers included.

Sharing the Road

What color scheme identifies a general warning sign in Colorado?

Answer: Yellow (or fluorescent yellow-green) with black symbols

Standard warning signs are yellow (or fluorescent yellow-green for certain uses) with black symbols.

Road Signs

What is the default Colorado speed limit in a business district unless otherwise posted?

Answer: 25 mph

Colorado's default business-district limit is 25 mph absent a posted sign.

Speed & Spacing

Within how many feet of an oncoming vehicle must you dim your high beams in Colorado?

Answer: 500 feet

Colorado requires dimming high beams within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle.

CO Laws

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

Full research notes, including what could not be confirmed

Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337, Jan 2025 ed.), PDF re-fetched directly from https://dmv.colorado.gov/sites/dmv/files/documents/DR_2337_Jan2025.pdf on 2026-08-20 (the live, current handbook linked from dmv.colorado.gov's own driver-education page) and Colorado Revised Statutes (C.R.S., via a law.justia.com mirror, current as of 8/7/2024 for the points statute, C.R.S. §42-2-127) — researched and verified 2026-08-18/19 per docs/batch4-research.md's Colorado section, re-verified 2026-08-20 against the full re-fetched handbook text. Exam format: the Handbook confirms a single unified knowledge test covering signs, DUI, driving rules, safety rules, and legal items (no separate sign-recognition section, signCount: 0); the state's official @Home online testing platform (coathometesting.com) additionally confirms a 60-minute time limit and a $6.50 per-attempt fee — but no official source, including the freshly re-checked 2025 Handbook itself, publishes an exact question count or passing percentage. This module uses ruleCount: 30 and rulePassPct: 0.8 as a documented ESTIMATE, not a confirmed figure; re-verify against dmv.colorado.gov before treating it as authoritative. Child-passenger-safety content (childsafety category, r109-r113) was re-verified word-for-word against the freshly re-fetched 2025 Handbook this session and is CONFIRMED CURRENT and correct as written (under-2-and-under-40lb rear-facing; under-2-and-40lb+ rear- or forward-facing; 2-to-under-4 at 20lb+ rear- or forward-facing; 4-to-under-9 at 40lb+ restraint/booster; 9-18 seat belt or restraint) — these are genuine, current car-seat law brackets, not meta-questions about the document, and the questions' "per the Colorado Handbook" phrasing is a source citation, not the substance being tested. The r12 stopping-distance figure ("about 200 feet from 55 mph") was also re-confirmed verbatim against the fresh Handbook text ("a lightweight passenger car traveling 55 mph can stop in about 200 feet"). Known gaps deliberately NOT invented: statewide curb-color meanings (governed by local ordinance, not state law); Colorado funeral-procession right-of-way law (checked thoroughly, likely does not exist); exact truck/bus no-zone footage figures (described only qualitatively in the Handbook); a distinct penalty figure for child-car-seat violations beyond the general class B infraction description. Upcoming law change worth noting for future re-verification: HB24-1021 takes effect Jan 1, 2027 and will make the 30-hour driver-ed course mandatory for all applicants age 15-17 (closing gaps in the current age-tiered system) — this module uses the pre-2027 rules still in effect as of the 2026-08-20 verification date. Re-verify periodically, as Handbook content, fees, and thresholds change over time.

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