Free Colorado DMV Practice Permit Test - Practice Test 2 2026
This Practice Test 2 is modeled on the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) written knowledge exam, whose length the agency does not publish; to pass you need 80% correct. These 25 questions rotate through traffic laws, road signs, and right-of-way - the core topics the DMV tests most heavily. Every question includes an explanation, so you learn the rule behind each answer - not just whether you got it right.
What does a downward-pointing triangle sign mean?
What's on the Colorado Practice Test 2
The DMV does not publish how many questions are on the real Colorado knowledge test, and to pass you need 80% correct. Practice Test 2 is a 25-question set drawn from 46 questions, scored against a practice target of 80%.
Topics in this test's question pool
- Road signs 17
- Traffic laws 11
- Right of way 5
- Safe driving 4
- Parking 3
- Emergencies 2
- Alcohol & drugs 2
- Speed limits 1
- Vehicle equipment 1
46 questions in the pool, 10 of them written specifically for Colorado. Each attempt shows 25 in a new order.
Sample questions from this test, with answers
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1. Under a 2022 Colorado law, bicyclists of what age may treat a stop sign as a yield sign when the intersection is clear?
- A. 15 and older (correct)
- B. 18 and older
- C. 16 and older
- D. 12 and older
Why: Since 2022, bicyclists 15 and older may treat stop signs as yield signs, and stop lights as stop signs, when the intersection is clear and they have the right-of-way.
Source: official Colorado driver handbook, p.23 (PDF p.26), Bicyclists
2. You are waiting for a train at a crossing that has no visible stop line. In Colorado, how close to the tracks may you stop?
- A. No closer than 10 feet (correct)
- B. No closer than 3 feet
- C. No closer than 5 feet
- D. No closer than 15 feet
Why: If no stop line is painted, the Colorado handbook says to stay at least 10 feet from the tracks. Trains overhang the rails by about 3 feet, so stopping closer is dangerous.
Source: official Colorado driver handbook, p.21 (PDF p.24), Railroad Crossing - Pavement markings
3. What does this warning sign tell you?
- A. A stop sign is ahead (correct)
- B. The road ends ahead
- C. Stopping is not allowed
- D. A police checkpoint is ahead
Why: The stop-ahead sign warns that there is a stop sign coming up that you may not see yet. Slow down and get ready to stop.
Source: p.11 (PDF p.19), Warning signs
4. What does a downward-pointing triangle sign mean?
- A. Stop ahead
- B. Yield (correct)
- C. Do not enter
- D. Merge
Why: An inverted (downward-pointing) triangle is always a YIELD sign. Slow down, be ready to stop, and give the right of way to traffic and pedestrians.
Source: Federal MUTCD 11th ed. (Dec 2023) 2A.05, Table 2A-1 Use of Sign Shapes
5. Alcohol affects driving by:
- A. Slowing reactions only once you reach 0.08%
- B. Impairing reaction time, judgment, and vision (correct)
- C. Affecting judgment, but not reaction time
- D. Mainly causing drowsiness, which coffee can fix
Why: Alcohol impairs all the skills needed to drive safely: reaction time slows, judgment and decision-making deteriorate, coordination suffers, and vision (especially peripheral) is reduced.
6. A yellow sign with a black arrow bending at a 90-degree angle indicates:
- A. A gentle curve
- B. A sharp turn ahead (correct)
- C. A side road ahead
- D. A lane shift ahead
Why: A sharp-angle arrow warns of a sharp turn (not a gentle curve) ahead. Slow down significantly before the turn - the recommended speed is often posted below.
Source: Federal MUTCD 11th ed. (Dec 2023) 2C.07 Paragraph 02
More Colorado facts, the full requirements table and the printable PDF are on the Colorado permit practice test page.
Colorado DMV Test Info
- Questions on real test
- Not published by the DMV
- Passing score
- 80%
- Correct needed
- 80% correct
- Minimum age
- 15 years old
- Testing agency
- Division of Motor Vehicles
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Study Tip
Don't just aim to pass this Colorado Practice Test 2 once - keep taking it until you score 80% or higher two or three times in a row. Read the explanation after every question, even the ones you get right, to lock in the rule before your DMV exam.