South Carolina · DMV study resources
South Carolina permit test prep.
Build your knowledge of South Carolina driving rules with 59 short lessons, 62 road-sign illustrations, and 644 study questions based on the course’s driver handbook edition.
- Study questions
- 644
- Driving lessons
- 59
- Signs & illustrations
- 62
- Course units
- 10
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Practice
South Carolina practice test
See the 30-question simulation, the 24-correct passing threshold, sample questions, and source notes.
ExploreRecognition
South Carolina road signs
Browse 62 signs and illustrations, with their meanings and the action to take.
ExploreReference
South Carolina driver handbook
Find the chapter list, source PDF, and companion lessons for the handbook in this course.
ExploreA clear route through the handbook
The 59 lessons below follow 10 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
Classes, permits, GDL, tests, renewal, points and special licenses
- License classes
- Beginner's permit & first-license requirements
- GDL: conditional, special restricted & full licenses
- Taking the knowledge, vision & skills tests
- Moving to, from or visiting SC
- Renewing your license
- Points, suspensions & special licenses
- Other SC laws: Selective Service, organ donation, litter & golf carts
Unit 2 · 6 lessons
Be in Shape to Drive
Vision, fatigue, distraction, emotions, alcohol and drugs
Unit 3 · 6 lessons
Before You Drive
Tires, seat and mirrors, belts, child seats, loads and ADAS
Unit 4 · 3 lessons
Basic Driving Skills
Starting, steering and backing up
Unit 5 · 7 lessons
Signs, Signals & Markings
Right-of-way, signals, signs and pavement markings
Unit 6 · 8 lessons
General Driving
Turns, intersections, roundabouts, school buses, parking, passing and merging
Unit 7 · 5 lessons
Safe Driving Tips
Visual search, speed, stopping distance, space and signaling
Unit 8 · 3 lessons
Emergency Situations
Avoiding collisions, skids, vehicle failures and breakdowns
Unit 9 · 7 lessons
Sharing the Road
Pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcycles, trucks, emergency and slow vehicles
Unit 10 · 6 lessons
Special Driving Situations
Night, work zones, rural roads, winter and towing
Know which test you are studying for
South Carolina Beginner's Permit Knowledge Test
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 SC Driver's Manual (p.140) states the knowledge test uses randomly selected multiple-choice questions based on the manual, and its own 10-question sample uses a/b/c format, but it does not publish an official total question count or passing score. dmv.sc.gov could not be checked directly for these figures, so the 30-question / 80%-passing (24 correct) format used here is the figure corroborated by multiple independent SC permit-test prep sites. No sub-section (e.g. a separate signs test) is described anywhere, so the practice test uses one combined score.