Delaware Road Test Checklist 2026 (Free Printable)

Study sheet for before your test. Notes aren’t allowed in the DMV test room. Every state bans notes, phones and printouts during the knowledge test, in person and online.

Study sheet for before your test. Notes aren’t allowed in the DMV test room.
Source: Delaware Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles and Delaware law, sources numbered below · Checked October 4, 2026 · Printed Oct 12, 2026 · drivingtestpal.com/delaware/study-sheets/road-test-checklist/

Delaware · Road test

Delaware road-test checklist

Road test (road exam)

Tick each box during practice drives in the weeks before your test. The numbers in brackets are the sources listed at the bottom.

How it’s scored: Not published. The DMV says only that you drive about 30 minutes doing things usual in normal driving, that you will not be asked to do anything unlawful or unsafe, and that no tricks will be played on you. [2]

Bring to the test [3]

Valid learner's permit
The accompanying driver's valid license (driver must be at least 21)
Valid registration card for the vehicle
Valid insurance card (original or electronic) for the vehicle
Your license or permit number when scheduling

Vehicle check before you go [2, 3, 4]

Properly registered, with proof of registration and liability insurance
Within the license class you are testing for, with all safety features working
Passes the examiner's basic vehicle safety inspection
At least a half tank of gas
Free of debris and cargo
Intelligent Parking Assist must be turned off or disabled
No smoking, cell phone use or music during the test
A licensed driver must stay on site to drive the vehicle away if you do not pass

Maneuvers the examiner scores [2, 4]

Vehicle safety inspection and vehicle controls
Parallel parking
Three-point turn
Back 50 feet
Left turns
Right turns
Lane changes
Merging with traffic
Entering intersections

Skills checked throughout [2]

Signs, signals and pavement markings
Right-of-way
Speed
Following, overtaking and being overtaken

Sources

dmv.de.gov: index.shtml
dmv.de.gov: index.shtml
dmv.de.gov: Road Test Handout (PDF)
dmv.de.gov: dr frm manual (PDF)