According to the Colorado handbook, if your car starts to hydroplane on a wet road, how should you steer?

Slowly, in the direction you are hydroplaning

Keep it locked straight and brake firmly

Quickly, toward the driest edge of the road

Sharply, away from the direction of the slide

Colorado prohibits adult drivers from:

Holding or manually using a phone while driving

Talking with passengers in the vehicle

Using a GPS mounted on the dash with voice guidance

Talking through a hands-free accessory

A center lane has a solid yellow line and a broken yellow line on each side, plus two-way turn arrows. Who may use it?

Drivers from either direction about to turn left

Drivers waiting to merge into the right lane

Only buses and cars carrying two or more people

Drivers who need to pass a slow vehicle ahead

Free Colorado DMV Practice Permit Test - Practice Test 1 2026

25 questions80% to passExplanations includedFree

—Real test questions

80%Pass score

This Practice Test 1 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.

Question 1 of 25

A Colorado minor applying for a driver license must turn in a signed driving log showing:

Tip: Press 1-4 to select, Enter to submit, F to flag

Inside this test

What's on the Colorado Practice Test 1

The DMV does not publish how many questions are on the real Colorado knowledge test, and to pass you need 80% correct. Practice Test 1 is a 25-question set drawn from 53 questions, scored against a practice target of 80%.

Topics in this test's question pool

Road signs 20
Traffic laws 14
Safe driving 8
Right of way 4
Speed limits 2
Emergencies 2
Parking 2
Alcohol & drugs 1

53 questions in the pool, 11 of them written specifically for Colorado. Each attempt shows 25 in a new order.

Sample questions from this test, with answers

Want to test yourself first? Take the test above before reading these. Every answer below is checked against the source shown.

1. What happens to traffic fines in a Colorado work zone?
- A. They are tripled
- B. They are doubled (correct)
- C. They are unchanged
- D. They rise by 50%
Why: As in school zones, fines are doubled in Colorado work zones. Reduced work zone speed limits are clearly marked, and police enforcement is often increased.
Source: official Colorado driver handbook, p.18 (PDF p.21), Construction Zones
2. After a minor crash on a Colorado divided highway with no injuries, no alcohol or drugs involved, and drivable cars, the Move It law requires you to:
- A. Leave the cars in place for police
- B. Move the vehicles off the highway (correct)
- C. Stay in the cars with flashers on
- D. Wait in the lane for a tow truck
Why: Colorado's Move It law requires drivers in a minor crash on a divided highway to move drivable vehicles off the road. You can then call police and exchange information safely.
Source: official Colorado driver handbook, p.26 (PDF p.29), Crash Tips - Move It Law
3. What does a triangular sign with a red border mean?
- A. Stop for all cross traffic
- B. Yield the right of way (correct)
- C. No entry
- D. Merging traffic ahead
Why: A yield sign is triangular with a red border and white background. It means slow down and give the right of way to traffic or pedestrians. Only stop if necessary.
Source: official Colorado driver handbook
4. Green guide signs are used to show:
- A. Hazards on the road ahead
- B. Parks and historic sites
- C. Directions and distances (correct)
- D. Locations of gas and food
Why: Green signs provide guidance: route numbers, directions, distances, and destination names. They help you navigate to where you are going.
Source: Federal MUTCD 11th ed. (Dec 2023) 1D.05 Color Code
5. A 'STOP' sign at a railroad crossing with no gates means you must:
- A. Stop only if a train is in sight
- B. Stop fully, then cross when it is safe (correct)
- C. Slow down and look, then roll across
- D. Stop only if the lights are flashing
Why: A stop sign at a railroad crossing requires a complete stop. Look and listen carefully in both directions, and cross only when you are sure no train is coming.
Source: Federal MUTCD 11th ed. (Dec 2023) 8B.04 Paragraph 06
6. How much of a traffic lane is a motorcycle entitled to?
- A. Half a lane, so a car may share it
- B. Only the right third of the lane
- C. A full lane, the same as a car (correct)
- D. Whatever space other traffic leaves
Why: A motorcycle has the right to use a full lane. Never drive alongside a motorcycle in the same lane, even if the rider is far to one side.
Source: official Colorado driver handbook

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 1 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.