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Minnesota · DVS study resources

Minnesota permit test prep.

Build your knowledge of Minnesota driving rules with 47 short lessons, 80 road-sign illustrations, and 772 study questions based on the course’s driver handbook edition.

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A winding country road with a red car and road signs
Study questions
772
Driving lessons
47
Signs & illustrations
80
Course units
8

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Practice

Minnesota practice test

See the 40-question simulation, the 32-correct passing threshold, sample questions, and source notes.

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Recognition

Minnesota road signs

Browse 80 signs and illustrations, with their meanings and the action to take.

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Reference

Minnesota driver handbook

Find the chapter list, source PDF, and companion lessons for the handbook in this course.

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A clear route through the handbook

The 47 lessons below follow 8 course units. Open a lesson to read its rules, examples, and source page references, or use the study app for its checkpoint quiz.

Unit 1 · 8 lessons

Your License

Permits, testing, GDL levels, and license classes

  1. Who needs a Minnesota license
  2. Identification and documents
  3. The written, vision and road tests
  4. Instruction permits
  5. Provisional license, Vanessa's Law and the under-21 license
  6. Driving at 15: farm, medical and moped exceptions
  7. License classes and endorsements
  8. Renewal, replacement and special cases

Unit 2 · 3 lessons

Your Vehicle

Required equipment and maintenance

  1. Required equipment and lights
  2. Mirrors, tires, windows and upkeep
  3. Loads, trailers and recreational vehicles

Unit 3 · 8 lessons

Traffic Laws & Vehicle Operation

Speed, turns, passing, and parking rules

  1. Keeping right and speed limits
  2. Signaling, lanes and turns
  3. Turning on red, roundabouts and multiple turn lanes
  4. J-turns, divided highways, U-turns and lane use
  5. Passing and backing up
  6. Parking rules
  7. Seat belts, child seats and airbags
  8. Crashes, insurance, registration and phones

Unit 4 · 8 lessons

Sharing the Road

School buses, right-of-way, and vulnerable road users

  1. Stopping rules and school buses
  2. Right-of-way and yielding
  3. Emergency vehicles, following and careless driving
  4. Traffic stops and fleeing police
  5. Pedestrians and crosswalks
  6. Bicycles and mopeds
  7. Motorcycles, vulnerable road users and NEVs
  8. Sharing the road with trucks and buses

Unit 5 · 7 lessons

Signs, Signals & Pavement Markings

Shapes, colors, and what they mean

  1. Sign colors, shapes and regulatory signs
  2. Warning signs
  3. Railroad crossings
  4. Work zones, zipper merges and guide signs
  5. Traffic signals
  6. Pedestrian signals, lane-use signals and ramp meters
  7. Pavement markings and traffic officers

Unit 6 · 8 lessons

Driving Conditions

Following distance, night driving, and emergencies

  1. SIPDE, following distance and stopping
  2. Night driving, headlights and deer
  3. Entering and driving on the freeway
  4. Interchanges, freeway stops and exits
  5. Distracted and aggressive driving
  6. Winter driving and staying alert
  7. Skids, rain, hydroplaning and vehicle failures
  8. Floods, fire, other emergencies and carbon monoxide

Unit 7 · 2 lessons

Your Driving Privileges

Suspension, revocation, and cancellation

  1. Suspension and revocation
  2. Limited license and cancellation

Unit 8 · 3 lessons

Alcohol, Drugs & Driving

BAC limits, implied consent, and penalties

  1. Alcohol, drugs and impairment
  2. DWI law, implied consent and penalties
  3. Underage drinking, CDLs, cannabis and open containers

Know which test you are studying for

Minnesota Class D Knowledge Test

This Roadwise course uses a 40-question practice test with 32 correct answers needed to pass. The format can depend on your age, license class, or application type.

The Minnesota Driver's Manual (p.13) confirms the test mixes multiple-choice and true/false questions and requires an 80% score to pass, but does not state a total question count. The DPS/DVS official site's downloadable 'Class D Practice Knowledge Test' PDF (assets.dps.mn.gov) is an untimed 25-question sample only and does not claim to match the live exam's length. No official DVS page states the exact number of questions on the live test, so the 40-question figure is taken from well-corroborated third-party prep sites; 32 of 40 is the 80% threshold. No separate scored sections are described anywhere in the handbook or official materials, so the practice test uses one combined score.

See format details and sample questions