Texas learner permit

Prepare for your Texas knowledge test.

Build confidence with Texas-specific study topics, then verify every requirement with Texas DPS before your test.

Plan your practice Open the official handbook

Official knowledge exam

What the Texas knowledge exam looks like.

The written knowledge test checks traffic laws and safe driving practices.
It is separate from the vision exam and the later driving skills test.
Texas DPS says you need a score of 70% or higher to pass a knowledge exam.

Our independent practice sets help you study.

Read the official Texas Driver Handbook

Texas learner-license path

Start with the Texas route that fits your age.

The knowledge exam and vision exam come before later supervised driving and the separate driving skills test.

Check your learner-license requirements
Texas requirements differ by age. Teen applicants complete driver education, while adults should confirm the current DPS route for their age.
Check Texas DPS application requirements
Complete the knowledge and vision steps
At the Driver License Office, bring proof of knowledge-test completion or take the knowledge test there, then complete the vision exam.
Read the official learner-license checklist
Practice before the later road test
The driving skills test is separate from the knowledge exam. Teen learners complete supervised practice and other requirements before that later test.
Review Texas provisional-license requirements

What needs extra attention

Requirements that can get in the way.

Study helps with the knowledge test, but state rules, documents, and later licensing steps still matter.

The learner-license path changes by age
Teen applicants have driver-education, school, and parental-authorization requirements. The Texas DPS route differs for first-time applicants ages 18 to 24 and ages 25 or older.
Texas DPS application guidance
The knowledge-test route can differ
A teen learner may document a passing knowledge-test result from driver education or take the knowledge test at the Driver License Office.
Official Texas learner-license checklist
The road test belongs later in the process
For teen applicants, learner-license holding time, supervised driving, and other requirements come before the later driving skills test.
Texas DPS provisional-license requirements

How DMV USA helps

A focused study companion for the knowledge-test step.

DMV USA is an independent study companion, not the Texas Department of Public Safety. It helps you organize your knowledge-test study, then points you back to official sources before test day.

Explore Texas practice tests

Three visual practice tests Use three concise 15-question tests to make a study session easier to start and finish.
45 unique published questions Move through different rule and sign scenarios without repeating a question across the three tests.
State guides and official sources Use focused guides to organize a topic, then verify the current rule with the state agency.

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