Free practice questions based on the Mississippi Driver's License Manual. No sign-up: answer the questions, get your score, and see why each answer is right.
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Driver Service Bureau sets the passing score at 80%. Mississippi's Department of Public Safety rules require 80% on the permit knowledge test. The state does not publish the number of questions, so 30 is our practice length, not the length of the real test.
100 feet ahead, 100 behind and one beside it
In daylight, red flags go in the same positions.
Source: MDPS Driver's License Manual, Class D, Safety & Warning Devices, PDF p. 84
Construction or maintenance
Slow down in work zones and be ready to stop suddenly.
Source: MDPS Driver's License Manual, Standard Shapes and Colors, PDF p. 27
Avoid it
Items hanging from the mirror can block your view of the road.
Source: MDPS Driver's License Manual, Visual Obstructions & Other Distractions, PDF p. 24
Like any other vehicle
In Mississippi a bicycle on the road is a vehicle with the same rights and duties as a car.
Source: MDPS Driver's License Manual, Right of Way, PDF p. 55; MDPS Driver's License Manual, Sharing the Road with Bicycles, PDF pp. 73-74
Within 30 feet of a traffic control device
Signs and signals must stay visible to approaching drivers.
Source: MDPS Driver's License Manual, Prohibited Parking, PDF p. 60
Three reckless driving convictions in 12 months
Failing to stop and give aid after a crash also brings mandatory revocation.
Source: MDPS Driver's License Manual, Revocation of License, PDF p. 80
Yield to approaching traffic, then go when safe
When in doubt about right-of-way, slow or stop and let the other driver go.
Source: MDPS Driver's License Manual, Unmarked Intersection, PDF p. 57
At first contact
Telling the officer early helps keep the stop safe for everyone.
Source: MDPS Driver's License Manual, What to Do and Expect When Pulled Over, PDF pp. 67-68
Other roads keep the right-of-way
You must still stop for your stop sign before going ahead.
Source: MDPS Driver's License Manual, Warning Signs, PDF p. 31
You can get permit and license the same day
Applicants 17 and older still pass the knowledge and eye exams, but they do not need the road test waiver affidavit.
We wrote these practice questions from the facts in the Mississippi Driver's License Manual ('Revised December 2024' (PDF p. 2), file '1.15.2025 Revised MDPS Driver's Manual.pdf' on driverservicebureau.dps.ms.gov (posted as the new manual on 2025-03-10), 92 PDF pages, read 2026-11-10. Page numbers cited are PDF pages, which equal the printed page numbers. Where the manual is silent or out of date, the Driver Service Bureau pages (Regular Learner's Permit, Regular Driver License, Hardship License, Knowledge Testing Policy, the August 2025 DUI FAQ and the 2026-06-25 Driver's Education Update), Miss. Admin. Code Title 31, Part 1, and the Mississippi Code are the source. The official Mississippi Code is published only by LexisNexis (linked from sos.ms.gov, not a .gov host), so statute text was read from bills on billstatus.ls.state.ms.us that reproduce the current section before amendment: 63-3-809 (2026 HB 287), 63-3-615 (2025 HB 7), 63-3-501 (2025 HB 74), 63-33-1 (2026 HB 291) and 63-11-30 (2024 SB 2606); none of those bills was enacted, and the 2025 and 2026 session lists of enacted bills show no other change to these traffic rules (SB 2314 and SB 2322 of 2026 change license administration only). Differences found and how they were handled: (1) the manual's emergency vehicle section (p. 67) covers only emergency vehicles, while 63-3-809(3) and (5) also require moving over or slowing for stopped recovery, utility service, sanitation and highway maintenance vehicles and rural mail carriers, with fines up to $250 or $1,000 (63-3-809(6)); questions follow the statute; (2) the manual gives no penalty for texting; 63-33-1(3) makes it a civil violation with a $100 fine, used in one question; (3) the speed table (p. 41) gives limits that 'usually apply' (interstates 70, four-lane highways 65, two-lane highways 55), while 63-3-501 sets 65 as the general maximum and lets the Transportation Commission raise interstates and four-lane controlled-access highways to no more than 70; questions use 'usually' for the table and the statute for the general maximum; (4) the railroad stop rule is printed as 'within fifty to ten feet' (pp. 35-36) and is read as between 10 and 50 feet from the outer rail; (5) the manual (p. 11) requires the exam when an out-of-state license is expired over thirty days, while the Regular Driver License page says any expired out-of-state license; the question uses 'more than 30 days', true under both; (6) Admin. Code Title 31, Part 1 (filed 2014) is partly out of date (one-year permit, $3 fee, road test rules) against the current DSB pages; only its 80% pass rule is used. The school zone limit of 15 mph (pp. 31, 41) could not be checked against statute text on an official host and comes from the manual only. edition) and from official sources on road signs. Every answer links to its source, so you can check it and read more.
DMV Decoded is an independent guide, not a government agency. This practice test is not connected to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Driver Service Bureau, and your actual test will have different questions. Study the handbook, and check the agency's website for current rules.