Free Mississippi DPS Practice Permit Test - Practice Test 2 2026
This Practice Test 2 is modeled on the Department of Public Safety (DPS) 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 DPS 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 Mississippi Practice Test 2
The DPS does not publish how many questions are on the real Mississippi 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 10
- Safe driving 5
- Right of way 4
- Parking 3
- Emergencies 3
- Vehicle equipment 2
- Alcohol & drugs 2
46 questions in the pool, 10 of them written specifically for Mississippi. 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. The Mississippi manual says not to pass within how many feet of a bridge, railroad crossing, crosswalk, or intersection?
- A. 100 feet (correct)
- B. 50 feet
- C. 200 feet
- D. 300 feet
Why: Do not pass on hills or curves, or within 100 feet of bridges, overpasses, railroad crossings, crosswalks, intersections, or anywhere your view is blocked.
Source: official Mississippi driver handbook, p.47 (PDF p.47), Passing Other Vehicles - Other Safe Passing Guidelines
2. Unless a sign posts a longer distance, Mississippi bans parking within how many feet of a fire station driveway entrance?
- A. 10 feet
- B. 15 feet
- C. 50 feet
- D. 20 feet (correct)
Why: You may not park within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to a fire station. Where it is posted, the no-parking distance grows to 75 feet.
Source: official Mississippi driver handbook, p.60 (PDF p.60), Parking - Prohibited Parking
3. 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.
4. What is the purpose of a broken white line between lanes?
- A. Lanes are one-way only
- B. Lane changes are permitted when safe (correct)
- C. You may not change lanes or pass here
- D. Traffic moves in opposite directions
Why: Broken (dashed) white lines separate lanes of traffic moving in the same direction. You may change lanes when it is safe to do so.
5. When entering a highway from an on-ramp, who has the right of way?
- A. The merging vehicle
- B. Traffic already on the highway (correct)
- C. The larger vehicle, such as a truck
- D. Whoever reaches the merge point first
Why: Traffic already on the highway has the right of way. The merging driver must adjust speed to safely enter the flow of traffic - do not force other drivers to slow down.
6. What does this sign warn drivers about?
- A. The speed limit is 12 mph
- B. Lanes are 12 feet wide ahead
- C. Low clearance under a structure (correct)
- D. Trucks need 12 feet to stop
Why: The low clearance sign shows the height of a bridge or overpass ahead. Do not go on if your vehicle is taller than the height shown.
Source: p.63 (PDF p.66), Warning signs
More Mississippi facts, the full requirements table and the printable PDF are on the Mississippi permit practice test page.
Mississippi DPS Test Info
- Questions on real test
- Not published by the DPS
- Passing score
- 80%
- Correct needed
- 80% correct
- Minimum age
- 15 years old
- Testing agency
- Department of Public Safety
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Study Tip
Don't just aim to pass this Mississippi 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 DPS exam.