Free Florida DHSMV Practice Permit Test - Practice Test 1 2026

What's on the Florida Practice Test 1

The real Florida knowledge test has 50 questions, and to pass you need 40 of 50 correct (80%). Practice Test 1 is a 25-question set drawn from 61 questions, scored against a practice target of 80%.

Topics in this test's question pool

• Road signs 21
• Traffic laws 17
• Safe driving 6
• Right of way 5
• Speed limits 4
• Parking 3
• Emergencies 3
• Alcohol & drugs 2

61 questions in the pool, 19 of them written specifically for Florida. Each attempt shows 25 in a new order.

Sample questions from this test, with answers

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1. 1. A 16-year-old with a Florida driver license is not driving to or from work and has no licensed driver age 21 or older with them. During which hours may they not drive?

   • A. 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
   • B. 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. (correct)
   • C. 1 a.m. to 5 a.m.
   • D. Midnight to 5 a.m.

   Why: Licensed 16-year-olds in Florida may not drive between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. unless driving to or from work or with a licensed driver 21 or older. For 17-year-olds the restricted hours are 1 a.m. to 5 a.m.

   Source: official Florida driver handbook, p.25 (PDF p.33), Restrictions for Minors (Driving Curfews)

2. 2. After a heavy storm, you come to a stretch of road covered by floodwater. What does the Florida handbook tell you to do?

   • A. Drive through slowly in low gear
   • B. Follow another car's tire tracks
   • C. Cross only if the water looks shallow
   • D. Turn around and use another route (correct)

   Why: Never try to drive through a flooded road. You cannot judge how deep the water is or how strong the current is, and your vehicle could sink or be swept away.

   Source: official Florida driver handbook, p.72 (PDF p.80), Rain

3. 3. 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

4. 4. How do most state handbooks tell you to measure a safe following distance?

   • A. Count car lengths - one car length is enough at any speed
   • B. Count the seconds between it and you passing a fixed point (correct)
   • C. Stay close enough to read the license plate of the car ahead
   • D. Follow at a distance in feet equal to your speed in mph

   Why: Handbooks teach a time-based gap: pick a fixed object and count the seconds after the vehicle ahead passes it. The minimum differs by state (2, 3 or 4 seconds), with most recommending 3 to 4 seconds in good conditions; add time in rain, at night or behind large vehicles. Check your state handbook for its exact number.

   Source: official Florida driver handbook

5. 5. When this sign stands alone at a railroad crossing, how should you treat it?

   • A. As a stop sign at all times
   • B. As a yield sign (correct)
   • C. As a speed limit sign
   • D. As a no-parking sign

   Why: A crossbuck marks where the tracks cross the road. When there is no stop sign, gate or signal with it, treat it like a yield sign: slow down, look both ways and be ready to stop for a train.

   Source: PDF p.53, Crossbucks

6. 6. Green traffic signs provide:

   • A. Warning information (hazards)
   • B. Regulatory information (laws)
   • C. Guide information (directions) (correct)
   • D. Service information (gas, food)

   Why: Green signs provide guidance information such as highway route numbers, exit numbers, destinations, distances, and directions. They help drivers navigate.

   Source: official Florida driver handbook

More Florida facts, the full requirements table and the printable PDF are on the Florida permit practice test page.