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  • Updated for March 2025
  • Based on official Rhode Island Driver's manual

Free DMV Written Test Simulator for Rhode Island | Updated for 2025

In Rhode Island, all drivers, regardless of age, must obtain an instructional permit before applying for a driver’s license. The requirements to obtain an instructional permit include being at least 16 years old and passing a vision test and a computerized Rhode Island DMV written knowledge test on driving theory. If you’re under 18, you have a few other requirements to meet first: You must begin a 33-hour classroom driver’s education course (no driving yet) at age 15 years and 10 months or older. You must complete the course before applying for the instructional permit. Also, your parent, guardian, or adult spouse must accompany you to the DMV to co-sign your application for a permit there.

All questions on the knowledge test are based on the official Rhode Island driver’s manual (Rhode Island DMV Handbook (RI Driver's Manual) 2025).

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Here is the second of our five Rhode Island DMV Permit Practice Tests. We designed it to help aspiring drivers like you pass the DMV knowledge test. Like the official test, this practice test is multiple choice, based on the official Rhode Island driver’s manual, and up to date as of March 2025.

You can start this practice test right now. Please read the first test question and its answer choices. Select the best or most complete answer. If you’re unsure of the correct answer, ask our AI Assistant to give you a hint or clarify the question. You can also ask your own questions about driving. The Progress Bar will keep track of your score. If you answer the question correctly, it will turn green in the Progress Bar. If you miss the practice question, it will turn red, and the AI Assistant will give you the correct answer and an explanation. You can retake this practice test as often as you wish until you’ve thoroughly mastered the material.

Still concerned that something might go wrong on the big test day anyway? Might you freeze up or forget something important? We have you covered there too. We also offer our own Rhode Island Permit Test Study Guide with last-minute tips for the big exam day. It covers such topics as how to prepare your mind and body for the test, what documents to have on hand, and fees you may have to pay.

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What to expect on the actual RI DMV exam

40

questions

28

correct answers to pass

70%

passing score

16 y/o

minimum age to apply

List of questions (classic view)

  1. If you are parallel parked on the right side of the street, you should _________ before pulling out into traffic.
  2. Except where prohibited, you should use the three-point turn to
  3. When preparing to leave a parallel parking space, you should
  4. When two vehicles approach an uncontrolled intersection from different roadways at about the same time, the vehicle _________ has the right-of-way.
  5. Headrests should be adjusted so that the head restraint contacts the back of the head. This prevents
  6. Before passing another vehicle, you should
  7. All trucks and buses have
  8. You may not pass another vehicle except
  9. While driving, if you need to read a map or directions, you should
  10. Which of the following is not a safe situation for passing?
  11. To control your speed on steep downgrades, you should
  12. Where there are two or more lanes of traffic moving in the same direction, slower vehicles should use
  13. If you skid while hydroplaning, you should
  14. Which of the following statements about blind spots is FALSE?
  15. While crossing railroad tracks, AVOID
  16. When any vehicle turns, its rear wheels will follow a _________ than its front wheels.
  17. If you are approaching a stop sign, you must
  18. Before changing lanes, you must check for traffic
  19. If you are about to pass a bicycle to your right and an oncoming vehicle is approaching you on your left, what should you do?
  20. When you see a solid yellow centerline on your side of the road, you must
  21. What must you do at a flashing yellow traffic signal?
  22. A two-headed arrow with one head pointing straight ahead and the other pointing left means that
  23. Which of these statements about U-turns is FALSE?
  24. A driver must yield the right-of-way to other vehicles in all of the following situations EXCEPT
  25. A triangular orange sign on the rear of a vehicle indicates that
  26. Rumble strips use vibration and sound to alert drowsy or inattentive drivers that they are
  27. The stopping distance of your vehicle depends on which of the following factors?
  28. Following too closely behind a vehicle is also known as
  29. Warning signs are posted along the roadways to
  30. For better visibility in fog, rain, or snow, use
  31. A red arrow signal at an intersection indicates that
  32. When you see this sign, you should
  33. If you double your speed on a highway, your braking distance increases by
  34. What does this sign mean?
  35. When entering a limited-access highway from an acceleration lane, you must
  36. This sign is used
  37. When there is water on the roadway, you must reduce your speed to avoid
  38. What does this sign indicate?
  39. If you are signaled by a flagperson (flagger) at or near a railroad crossing or work zone, you must
  40. A barrier of grass, concrete, or other material separating opposing lanes of traffic on a divided roadway is known as
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