Washington, DC Permit Practice Test
Practice the DC DMV knowledge and traffic sign test with 240+ questions written from the official manual. Every answer is explained, and you can switch to Spanish or Vietnamese at any time.
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About the Washington, DC test
The DC DMV knowledge test checks traffic laws, rules of the road and safe driving. DC offers the test in many languages, including Spanish and Vietnamese.
Read the official Washington, DC driver's manual for free on the DC DMV website. ↗
What you will practice
- Traffic signs, signals and pavement markings
- Right-of-way and turns
- Speed limits and following distance
- Alcohol, drugs and penalties
- Licenses, permits and teen driver rules
- Emergencies, bad weather and sharing the road
Try 3 sample questions
- 25 mph
- 35 mph
- 30 mph
- 20 mph
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Answer: 20 mph
DC defaults: city streets 20 mph, alleys 15 mph, school zones 15 mph.
- Yes, if no pedestrians are present
- Yes, after a full stop
- Yes, from one one-way street to another
- No – a left turn on red is illegal in DC
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Answer: No – a left turn on red is illegal in DC
In DC you may turn RIGHT on red after a full stop (unless a sign forbids it), yielding to pedestrians and bicyclists – never left.
- 5 feet
- At least 20 feet from the front or rear
- 100 feet
- You only need to slow down
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Answer: At least 20 feet from the front or rear
Stay stopped until the red lights turn off. You don't stop if the bus is on the other side of a divided highway.
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