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Mississippi · DPS study resources

Mississippi permit test prep.

Build your knowledge of Mississippi driving rules with 58 short lessons, 75 road-sign illustrations, and 846 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
846
Driving lessons
58
Signs & illustrations
75
Course units
12

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Mississippi practice test

See the 30-question simulation, the 24-correct passing threshold, sample questions, and source notes.

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Recognition

Mississippi road signs

Browse 75 signs and illustrations, with their meanings and the action to take.

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Reference

Mississippi 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 58 lessons below follow 12 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 · 7 lessons

Getting Your License

Permits, license classes, documents and the exam

  1. Who needs a Mississippi license
  2. Renewals, military, students & non-citizens
  3. Regular Learner's Permit
  4. Class D, school bus & motorcycle licenses
  5. Regular Driver's License (Class R)
  6. Applying: documents & signatures
  7. The exam & key terms

Unit 2 · 5 lessons

Vehicle Equipment & Safe Driving Basics

Required equipment, vision, fatigue and distractions

  1. Required vehicle equipment
  2. Squatted vehicles & tire checks
  3. Vision, fatigue & long drives
  4. Before you drive & what to watch for
  5. Distractions & the cellphone law

Unit 3 · 3 lessons

Pavement Markings & Lane Use

Lines, arrows, crosswalks and choosing a lane

  1. Center lines & lane lines
  2. Arrows, turn lanes & crosswalks
  3. Choosing your lane

Unit 4 · 5 lessons

Traffic Signs

Shapes, colors, regulatory, warning and guide signs

  1. Sign shapes & colors
  2. Regulatory signs
  3. Warning signs
  4. School, pedestrian & guide signs
  5. Work zones & slow-moving vehicles

Unit 5 · 4 lessons

Railroad Crossings & Traffic Signals

Crossbucks, gates, signal lights and officers

  1. Railroad crossings: signs & stopping rules
  2. Stuck on the tracks & the blue ENS sign
  3. Traffic signal lights
  4. Flashing & dark signals, lane signals, officers

Unit 6 · 4 lessons

Speed, Signaling & Following Distance

Legal speeds, the Natchez Trace, signals and stopping

  1. Legal speed limits
  2. The Natchez Trace Parkway
  3. Turn signals & arm signals
  4. Following distance & stopping distance

Unit 7 · 6 lessons

Passing, Turning & Right-of-Way

Passing rules, turns and who goes first

  1. Passing other vehicles
  2. Safe turns & turning around
  3. How to make left and right turns
  4. Turn lanes, one-way streets & opposing left turns
  5. Right-of-way at intersections
  6. Driveways, unmarked intersections & roundabouts

Unit 8 · 2 lessons

School Buses & Pedestrians

Stopping for buses and yielding to people on foot

  1. Stopping for school buses
  2. Yielding to pedestrians

Unit 9 · 5 lessons

Parking, Night Driving & Seat Belts

Where you can't park, headlights and child restraints

  1. Where you can't park
  2. Parking on a highway & parallel parking
  3. Parking on a hill
  4. Night driving & headlights
  5. Seat belts & child restraints

Unit 10 · 4 lessons

Hazards, Crashes & Emergencies

Skids, crashes, emergency vehicles and traffic stops

  1. Rain, skids, blowouts & breakdowns
  2. If you're in a crash
  3. Yielding to emergency vehicles
  4. When you're pulled over

Unit 11 · 5 lessons

Interstate, Large Vehicles & Bicycles

Merging, blind spots, trucks and cyclists

  1. Entering & exiting the interstate
  2. Interstate lanes, blind spots & breakdowns
  3. Sharing the road with large trucks
  4. Sharing the road with bicycles
  5. Rules and tips for cyclists

Unit 12 · 8 lessons

Legal Requirements & Commercial Driving

Registration, insurance, DUI, license actions and Class D rules

  1. Plates, title & window tint
  2. Insurance & the Safety Responsibility Act
  3. Alcohol, drugs & implied consent
  4. DUI penalties
  5. Suspension, revocation & reinstatement
  6. Littering
  7. Class D: truck equipment & size limits
  8. Class D: loads, truck driving & the CDL

Know which test you are studying for

Mississippi DPS Driver's License Knowledge Exam

This Roadwise course uses a 30-question practice test with 24 correct answers needed to pass. The format can depend on your age, license class, or application type.

The official Mississippi Driver's Manual explains what the Computerized Exam covers but never states the number of questions or passing score. Two independent, mutually corroborating third-party MS permit-test sites both report 30 questions with 80% (24/30) needed to pass; used here as the best-corroborated figure since dps.ms.gov does not publish the number.

See format details and sample questions