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Washington permit test prep.

Build your knowledge of Washington driving rules with 60 short lessons, 62 road-sign illustrations, and 630 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
630
Driving lessons
60
Signs & illustrations
62
Course units
12

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Washington practice test

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

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Recognition

Washington road signs

Browse 62 signs and illustrations, with their meanings and the action to take.

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Reference

Washington 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 60 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 · 5 lessons

Getting Your License

WDL numbers, permits, residency, and the road to a full license

  1. Your WDL number, License Express, and the permit
  2. Residency, new residents, and REAL ID
  3. First license: ages 16 to 17
  4. Ages 18+, the intermediate license, and farm permits
  5. Exams, vision checks, and license designations

Unit 2 · 3 lessons

Keeping Your License

Renewals, DUI law, and losing driving privileges

  1. Renewing, replacing, and losing privileges
  2. DUI: alcohol, cannabis, and test limits
  3. Open containers and underage violations

Unit 3 · 5 lessons

Vehicle Equipment

Registration, insurance, safety tech, lights, and occupant protection

  1. Title, registration, sale, plates, and insurance
  2. Know your vehicle and its safety technology
  3. Maintenance and setting up the driver's seat
  4. Lights, turn signals, and hand signals
  5. Seat belts, child seats, and airbags

Unit 4 · 4 lessons

Handling Your Vehicle

Steering, braking, balance, and blind zones

  1. Steering: hand positions and three methods
  2. Braking pressure, ABS, and accelerating
  3. Balanced weight and reference points
  4. Blind zones, mirror checks, and before you go

Unit 5 · 8 lessons

The Driver

Fitness to drive, impairment, decisions, and staying focused

  1. Health, vision, and hearing
  2. Alcohol, cannabis, medications, and polydrug use
  3. Fatigue, drowsy driving, and emotions
  4. Aggressive driving and road rage
  5. Making informed decisions and solving problems
  6. Distracted driving and paying attention
  7. Searching and scanning around you
  8. Respect, responsibility, and the environment

Unit 6 · 6 lessons

Sharing the Road

Pedestrians, buses, large vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles, and trains

  1. Pedestrians and people you might not see
  2. School buses and transit buses
  3. Large vehicles, snowplows, and farm vehicles
  4. Sharing the road with motorcycles
  5. Sharing the road with bicyclists
  6. Trains, light rail, and emergency vehicles

Unit 7 · 6 lessons

Signs and Signals

Rules of the road, traffic lights, sign colors, and the signs you must know

  1. Rules of the road and traffic control devices
  2. Traffic lights, arrows, and ramp meters
  3. Sign colors and guide signs
  4. Stop, yield, speed, and camera signs
  5. No-go, lane, roundabout, and work zone signs
  6. Warning signs and other signs to recognize

Unit 8 · 4 lessons

Intersections and Turning

Right-of-way, turns, roundabouts, diverging diamonds, and uncontrolled intersections

  1. Entering intersections and right-of-way
  2. Turning, U-turns, and intersection types
  3. Roundabouts and traffic calming circles
  4. Diverging diamonds and uncontrolled intersections

Unit 9 · 4 lessons

Lane Markings and Special Zones

Lines, special lanes, crosswalks, bike markings, and school, work, and emergency zones

  1. Reading lane lines
  2. Turn lanes, HOV, reversible, and toll lanes
  3. Crosswalks, bike lanes, and other markings
  4. School, work, and emergency zones

Unit 10 · 5 lessons

Parking and Transporting

Where and how to park, hills, special spaces, loads, animals, ferries, and beaches

  1. Where you can't park
  2. Leaving your car: brake, doors, children, and animals
  3. Parking techniques: angled, perpendicular, and parallel
  4. Hills, disabled parking, and EV charging spaces
  5. Towing, loads, animals, ferries, and beaches

Unit 11 · 4 lessons

Managing Risk

Hazards, speed, space, merging, timing, and focus

  1. Risk awareness and hazard management
  2. Speed and space
  3. Merging, zipper merging, and timing your turns
  4. Focus, field of vision, and line of sight

Unit 12 · 6 lessons

Conditions and Emergencies

Night, curves, slippery roads, breakdowns, collisions, and traffic stops

  1. Night driving and curves
  2. Slippery roads, skids, and hydroplaning
  3. Vehicle failures and breakdowns
  4. Collisions: what to do, report, and 911
  5. Power lines, witnessing a crash, and your emergency kit
  6. Getting pulled over and getting a ticket

Know which test you are studying for

Washington Driving Knowledge Exam

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 handbook (Washington State Driver Guide) documents the Driving Knowledge Exam's existence and its 2-year score validity but never states question count or passing score. Two independent third-party DMV test-prep sites agree the official written test has 40 multiple-choice questions with an 80% (32-correct) passing score and no separately scored sections.

See format details and sample questions