Illinois SOS 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 Illinois exam, then try the full simulation.

1,302 practice questions: Illinois law plus the rules that apply in every state.

A straight highway through cornfields toward a distant city skyline, a typical landscape of Illinois

Minimum age: 15 years with proof of enrollment in an approved driver education course; 17 years and 3 months without driver education

Illinois permit practice tests

Illinois 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: 35 questions and a pass mark of 28, like the Illinois permit test.

About the Illinois permit test

The Secretary of State states that the written exam has 35 questions, 15 of them on traffic sign identification. The passing score is not published; 28 correct is the 80 percent standard the state applies and is listed as unconfirmed.