Iowa DOT Permit Practice Tests

The written knowledge test for a learner permit or a Class D driver license. Practice with 10 tests built like the real Iowa exam, then try the full simulation.

1,294 practice questions: Iowa law plus the rules that apply in every state.

A road through rolling cornfields and green farmland, a typical landscape of Iowa

Minimum age: 14 years for an instruction permit

Iowa permit practice tests

Iowa permit exam simulator

Answer at your own pace. After each question you see the correct answer and why, and at the end a review of what you missed.

  • Random practice: 20 random questions; pass with 16 correct, the same ratio as the real test.
  • Exam simulation: 25 questions and a pass mark of 20, like the Iowa permit test.

About the Iowa permit test

The Iowa DOT CDL Testing page lists the Iowa operator knowledge test as 25 questions with 5 allowed misses, and the Iowa DOT practice test page states that a score of 80 percent or higher is needed to pass.