Delaware Learner's Permit Practice Test

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

What's on the Delaware knowledge test

The Delaware knowledge test is a single 32-question exam covering road signs and the rules of the road together. You need 26 correct (81%) to pass.

Questions and exam format researched against Delaware's official driver handbook and state sources. Last verified 22 August 2026.

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Sample Delaware permit test questions

What shape is always used for a STOP sign in the U.S.?

Answer: Octagon

STOP signs are always eight-sided octagons, recognizable even from behind.

Road Signs

What is Delaware's speed limit in a school zone where one is posted?

Answer: 20 mph

Where posted, Delaware school zones carry a 20 mph limit.

Speed & Spacing

Who is required to wear a seatbelt in a moving vehicle in Delaware?

Answer: All occupants, in every seat

Delaware requires all occupants, in every seating position, to wear a seatbelt — and the driver is responsible for passengers.

Delaware Laws

What is Delaware's Level One Learner's Permit, structurally, compared to most other states' graduated licensing systems?

Answer: A single-tier permit that auto-converts to a full license after 12 months, with no separate intermediate stage

Delaware uses a single-tier Level One Learner's Permit that automatically converts to a full Class D license after 12 months — genuinely different from most states' multi-tier (Level 1/Level 2) systems.

Level One Permit Rules

When passing a bicyclist, how much clearance does Delaware law require?

Answer: 3 feet

Delaware requires at least 3 feet of clearance when passing a bicyclist.

Sharing the Road

A red sign, like STOP, YIELD, or a red circle-and-slash, generally indicates:

Answer: A prohibition or a command you must obey

Red is reserved for signs that prohibit an action or command a stop/yield — the most urgent regulatory category.

Road Signs

What is Delaware's default speed limit in a business district?

Answer: 25 mph

Delaware's default limit in business districts is 25 mph.

Speed & Spacing

Is Delaware's seatbelt law primary or secondary enforcement?

Answer: Primary — you can be pulled over for this alone

Delaware's seatbelt law is primary enforcement — an officer can stop you for a seatbelt violation alone.

Delaware Laws

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Sources

Questions and exam format researched against Delaware's official driver handbook and state sources. Last verified 22 August 2026.

Full research notes, including what could not be confirmed

Delaware Driver Manual (August 2025 edition, dmv.de.gov) and Delaware Code Title 21, including 21 Del. C. Section 4175 (reckless driving), Section 4802 (seatbelts), Section 4177 / Section 4177L (DUI and underage zero-tolerance), Section 4176C (handheld electronic communication devices), Section 4134 (Move Over law), Section 4166(d) (school bus stop-arm law), and Section 4803 (child passenger safety) — researched and cross-checked, verified 2026-08-19. Delaware's exam structure is confirmed as a genuine split format: the manual describes 4 parts (Vision, a 'Highway Sign and Signal Test', a 'Rules of the Road Test', and a Road Test), so this module uses the split mock config shape. However, neither section's exact question count nor its passing threshold is published anywhere official by DMV.de.gov. The values used here, signCount: 15 / signPassCount: 12 for the sign-and-signal section and ruleCount: 20 / rulePassPct: 0.8 for the rules-of-the-road section, are UNCONFIRMED ESTIMATES pending an official published breakdown; a commonly-cited third-party figure of 20 questions at 80% exists but only describes a combined test and does not resolve how the two sections are separately sized or scored, so both figures should be treated as placeholders to revisit if DMV publishes exact numbers. Separately, the manual does not spell out a more specific rule for red-arrow turn signals beyond the general 'a red signal means stop' guidance, so r17 intentionally avoids asserting any state-specific red-arrow nuance beyond that generic treatment. EXAM FORMAT CORRECTED 2026-08-22: this module previously modelled a separate 15-question sign section plus 20 rules questions (35 total), a structure no official source supports and which the note itself admitted matched nothing. dmv.de.gov's written-test page states 'The actual Class D knowledge test consists of 32 questions of which 26 must be answered correctly to pass the test.' There is no independently graded sign section; signs are mixed into the single pool. Config is now signCount 0 / ruleCount 32 / rulePassPct 26 of 32. KNOWN CONFLICT within Delaware's own site: the DMV FAQ page instead says 'There are 30 questions on the knowledge test of which at least 24 must be answered correctly'. Both pages are on dmv.de.gov. The 32/26 figure is used because it appears on the page specific to the Class D test, but this discrepancy is unresolved and should be re-checked. Re-verify periodically, as DMV manuals, fees, and point/suspension thresholds change over time. RE-VERIFIED 2026-08-20 (Wave 2 Batch 4): dmv.de.gov's driver-services pages 404'd this session and the site's "Sample Driving Exam" app page (dmv.de.gov/app/dmvexam/home) is JS-rendered with no static content reachable via fetch, so no official split-by-section breakdown was found, same gap as before. Notably, third-party test-prep aggregators disagree with EACH OTHER on the combined question count this session — one cluster reports "30 questions, 24 to pass (80%)," another reports "32 questions, 26 to pass (80%)" — neither of which matches this module's existing 15+20=35-question split estimate, and neither source breaks the total down into the Highway Sign and Signal Test vs. Rules of the Road Test sections the manual itself names. This disagreement across sources is itself informative: it confirms the exact question count is genuinely unpublished and unstable even among third-party estimators, reinforcing (not resolving) the existing "UNCONFIRMED ESTIMATE / placeholder" flag on signCount:15/signPassCount:12/ruleCount:20/rulePassPct:0.8 — left unchanged this session since no source is authoritative enough to replace it with a better number. Full rules array re-scanned for meta-question phrasing (asks about the manual's own wording/emphasis rather than a real driving fact) — none found.

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