Massachusetts permit practice tests 2026

Your route to test day

1. Learn the signs

   Shapes and colors first. Sign questions are the easiest points on the test, and some states require a perfect score on them.

   • Road Signs 122 questions
   • Road Signs 222 questions
   • Road Signs 322 questions
   • Road Signs 421 questions
   • Road Signs 521 questions

   Massachusetts permit test flashcards: swipe through signs, Massachusetts rules and practice questions on your phone.

2. Work through the practice tests

   6 tests that cover every topic in the handbook. 81 of the 120 Massachusetts questions are about rules specific to Massachusetts.

   • Practice Test 125 questions
   • Practice Test 225 questions
   • Practice Test 325 questions
   • Practice Test 425 questions
   • Practice Test 525 questions
   • Practice Test 625 questions

3. Drill your weak topics

   Your results show which topics you miss. Practice just those.

   • Road signs 114
   • Traffic signals 6
   • Pavement markings 6
   • Right of way & intersections 7
   • Turning & signaling 5
   • Lanes, passing & merging 5
   • Speed limits & control 6
   • Following distance & space 4
   • Parking & stopping 5
   • Highways & freeways 4
   • Sharing the road 7
   • School buses & emergency vehicles 6
   • Night, weather & hazards 5
   • Emergencies & crashes 6
   • Alcohol & drugs 8
   • Distracted & drowsy driving 5
   • Permits & licensing 11
   • Laws, points & insurance 7
   • Seat belts & equipment 5

   Take a weak-spot test: 10 questions built from the topics and questions you keep missing.

4. Fix every mistake

   Questions you miss are saved in this browser. Each one stays in your trainer until you get it right on 3 separate days.

   Review my mistakes

   Print them as a study sheet, answers folded under.

5. Pass the simulator, then book your test

   The simulator follows Massachusetts’s real format: 25 questions, 18 correct to pass (72%), 25-minute limit. Pass it two or three times in a row on different days.

   Open the exam simulator

   Didn’t pass? Here’s what to do next: Massachusetts’s retake rules, your earliest retake date and the topics to fix first.

Massachusetts rules that catch people out

These come from questions learners find hardest. Each links to the page of the handbook it comes from.

• Teens applying for a JOL must log 40 hours of driving supervised by a parent or guardian, but the RMV accepts 30 hours if the applicant completed a driver skills development program. A parent or guardian certifies the hours.

  Massachusetts Driver's Manual (Class D Passenger Vehicles), page 18

• JOL holders may not drive between 12:30 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. unless a parent or legal guardian is with them. Driving in those hours counts as driving without a license, which is a criminal violation. Don't mix this up with the permit rule, which starts at midnight.

  Massachusetts Driver's Manual (Class D Passenger Vehicles), page 18

• Seven surchargeable events (moving violations and at-fault crashes) within a three-year period bring an automatic 60-day suspension. These events also raise your insurance premium under the Safe Driver Insurance Plan.

  Massachusetts Driver's Manual (Class D Passenger Vehicles), page 67

• The base speeding fine plus surcharge covers the first 10 mph over ($105), and every mph beyond that adds $10. At 18 mph over: $105 plus 8 times $10 equals $185. In a posted work zone, the fine is doubled.

  Massachusetts Driver's Manual (Class D Passenger Vehicles), page 65

• Massachusetts minimum limits are $25,000 per person and $50,000 per crash for bodily injury, plus $30,000 for property damage. An out-of-state road-test vehicle must show coverage at least this high.

  Massachusetts Driver's Manual (Class D Passenger Vehicles), page 32

• Refusing a chemical test brings much longer suspensions for young drivers. A driver under 18 with no prior OUI loses the license for three years plus an extra year, which can drop to 180 days with a DPH-approved alcohol education program on a first case.

  Massachusetts Driver's Manual (Class D Passenger Vehicles), page 78

• Drivers under 18 who fail a chemical test lose their license for 30 days plus an additional year under M.G.L. c.90, s.24P. On a first case, the extra year can drop to 180 days with an approved alcohol education program, whatever happens in court.

  Massachusetts Driver's Manual (Class D Passenger Vehicles), page 77

• A first OUI conviction carries a fine of $500 to $5,000, up to 2 1/2 years in prison and a one-year license suspension. The penalties rise sharply with each later offense.

  Massachusetts Driver's Manual (Class D Passenger Vehicles), page 76

Questions about the Massachusetts permit test