Free Minnesota DMV practice test for your learner's permit — road signs, right-of-way and the rules of the road, with real Minnesota knowledge-exam questions.
The Minnesota knowledge test is a single 40-question exam covering road signs and the rules of the road together. You need 32 correct (80%) to pass.
Questions and exam format researched against Minnesota's official driver handbook and state sources. Last verified 20 August 2026.
Answer: Octagon
STOP signs use the eight-sided octagon shape nationwide.
Road Signs
Answer: 10 mph
Minnesota caps alley speeds at 10 mph absent a posted sign.
Speed & Spacing
Answer: The driver and all passengers, with primary enforcement (an officer can stop you for this alone)
Minnesota's seatbelt law covers the driver and all passengers and is primary enforcement, meaning an officer can stop a vehicle for this violation alone.
MN Laws
Answer: 15 years
Minnesota allows an instruction permit starting at age 15.
Teen & Permit Rules
Answer: Full rights to use the road, same as other vehicle operators
Bicyclists have full rights to use Minnesota roads, the same as other vehicle operators.
Sharing the Road
Answer: A prohibition or a command that must be obeyed
Red is reserved for the strictest, must-obey category of signs.
Road Signs
Answer: 30 mph
Minnesota uses one combined 30 mph default for urban/town roads — unlike states that split residential and business districts into separate limits.
Speed & Spacing
Answer: 0.08%
0.08% BAC is the legal limit for drivers 21 and older.
MN Laws
Questions and exam format researched against Minnesota's official driver handbook and state sources. Last verified 20 August 2026.
Minnesota Driver's Manual (Minnesota DVS / Department of Public Safety, June 2026 edition, drive.mn.gov — the current live manual, dps.mn.gov/divisions/dvs is the parent DVS division page since the old dvs.dps.mn.gov address now redirects there), and Minnesota Statutes including 169A.33 ('Not a Drop' underage alcohol law), 169.475 (Hands-Free Law), 169A.20/.51/.54 (DWI BAC and revocation provisions), and 171.055/.16/.17 (suspension/revocation authority) — researched and verified 2026-08-19, re-verified 2026-08-20 against the full text of the current June 2026 manual specifically to tighten the exam-format estimate. Exam format: the June 2026 manual states verbatim "You may take only one written test per day and must score 80 percent to pass" — CONFIRMED (rulePassPct: 0.8) directly from the current manual text, not a secondary source. The manual's "The written test" section was read in full this session and, like last session's finding, genuinely does not publish an official total question count anywhere in the document. This module continues to use ruleCount: 40 as a documented ESTIMATE, sized consistently with similarly-populated neighboring/comparable states already in this app (e.g. Illinois, Ohio) rather than an invented figure — unified format with no separate sign-recognition section (signCount: 0), since Minnesota's real exam does not gate signs separately. Genuine state-specific deviation: Minnesota does NOT use a numeric point/demerit system for driving violations — the 'points' category here (labeled 'License Actions') instead models the real conviction-based suspension and revocation triggers (repeated violations, DWI, 100+ mph, fleeing police, hit-and-run, 3 jailable violations in a year, etc.), and no point values are invented anywhere in this file. Known gaps deliberately NOT invented: exact dollar fines for seatbelt/phone violations beyond the school-bus-passing minimum; the precise forward-facing car-seat weight/height limit (approximated as a 40-60 lb manufacturer-dependent range per the manual's own framing); liability insurance minimums; and any per-violation fine schedule beyond what's cited above. Re-verify periodically, as DVS manual content and statutory thresholds change over time.
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