Free Delaware 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.
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What's on the Delaware Practice Test 2
The DMV does not publish how many questions are on the real Delaware knowledge test, and to pass you need 80% correct. Practice Test 2 is a 25-question set drawn from 47 questions, scored against a practice target of 80%.
Topics in this test's question pool
- Road signs 17
- Traffic laws 11
- Safe driving 5
- Parking 4
- Right of way 4
- Alcohol & drugs 2
- Emergencies 2
- Speed limits 1
- Vehicle equipment 1
47 questions in the pool, 10 of them written specifically for Delaware. Each attempt shows 25 in a new order.
Sample questions from this test, with answers
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1. During the first six months of a Delaware GDL learner's permit, how much supervised driving must the sponsor certify?
- A. 40 hours, 5 of them at night
- B. 60 hours, 15 of them at night
- C. 30 hours, 10 of them at night
- D. 50 hours, 10 of them at night (correct)
Why: The sponsor must certify 50 hours of driving, including 10 hours at night, during the first six months, when the permit holder must be supervised at all times.
Source: official Delaware driver handbook, p.29 (PDF p.29), GDL: Level One Learner's Permit Restrictions
2. Your car stalls on railroad tracks and a train is coming. After you get out, which way should you run?
- A. The same way the train is heading
- B. Toward the train's direction, off the tracks (correct)
- C. Along the tracks, away from the train
- D. Any direction, as long as it is close
Why: Get away from the tracks and run in the general direction the train is coming from. Debris from the crash will fly forward, the way the train is moving.
Source: official Delaware driver handbook, p.138 (PDF p.138), Stalling On Railroad Tracks
3. A sign reading 'YIELD' requires you to:
- A. Always come to a full stop first
- B. Slow down, give way, and stop if needed (correct)
- C. Go first - other drivers must yield to you
- D. Merge at the same speed as traffic
Why: A yield sign requires you to slow down and give the right of way to traffic and pedestrians. You must stop if necessary, but a full stop is not always required when the way is clear.
4. 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.
5. What is this sign warning you about?
- A. Loose gravel on the road
- B. Slippery when wet (correct)
- C. A steep hill
- D. A winding road
Why: This sign (a car with curved skid lines) warns that the road becomes slippery when wet. Slow down, increase your following distance, and avoid sudden moves in rain or snow.
6. A five-sided (pentagon) sign that points upward indicates:
- A. A no-passing zone
- B. A school zone or crossing (correct)
- C. A hospital zone ahead
- D. A railroad crossing ahead
Why: An upward-pointing pentagon sign marks a school zone or school crossing. It is typically yellow-green and warns that children may be present.
Source: Federal MUTCD 11th ed. (Dec 2023) 2A.05, Table 2A-1 Use of Sign Shapes
More Delaware facts, the full requirements table and the printable PDF are on the Delaware permit practice test page.
Delaware DMV Test Info
- Questions on real test
- Not published by the DMV
- Passing score
- 80%
- Correct needed
- 80% correct
- Minimum age
- 16 years old
- Testing agency
- Division of Motor Vehicles
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Study Tip
Don't just aim to pass this Delaware 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.