Mississippi Motorcycle Permit Practice Test

The Driver Service Bureau doesn’t publish the number or the pass mark. Our practice exam uses 25 questions with 20 to pass (80%), drawn from the MSF Motorcycle Operator Manual that Mississippi uses.

The Motorcycle Safety Foundation’s Motorcycle Operator Manual (17th edition): gear and pre-ride checks, controls, lane position, intersections, crash avoidance, slippery surfaces, passengers and cargo, group riding, alcohol and fatigue, the license tests, three-wheelers, hand signals and the T-CLOCS checklist. Mississippi Motorcycle Operator Manual p. 4–58

On a computer at a driver's license station, as a separate test on riding a motorcycle. Tell the examiner you are applying for the motorcycle endorsement so you are given the right test. The Mississippi Motorcycle Operator's Manual is available at the station or online.

You need 20 of the 25 questions right (80%). Always confirm the current test with the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Driver Service Bureau. Compare every state →

You can miss up to 5 of the 25 questions: you need 20 right (80%) to pass.

At least 15. The permit must be held for a year, or until your 17th birthday if that comes first, and a Mississippi driver’s license starts at 16.

Yes, the riding skills test. After a motorcycle safety class endorsed by AAMVA you skip the skills test, but the knowledge test is still required.

No. A valid out-of-state license with a motorcycle endorsement can be exchanged for a Mississippi license with the endorsement without further testing.

Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Driver Service Bureau lists the current fees for the motorcycle permit, tests and license on its official fee page.

A rider aged 21 or older, licensed with a motorcycle endorsement or holding a valid restricted motorcycle license, must directly supervise every ride. You may not carry a passenger while on the permit, and it is renewed on the same terms as a learner's permit.

Only in daytime and off the interstates. State law bans permit holders from riding between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. and from using any controlled-access highway, so plan practice rides on ordinary roads in daylight until the endorsement is on your license.

Yes. The endorsement is issued only to someone who already holds a valid Mississippi driver's license and meets the motorcycle requirements. The path is a temporary motorcycle permit first, then the motorcycle written test and skills test (or an approved course instead of the skills test).

The examiner inspects the horn, lights and brakes, plus the vehicle's registration and proof of liability coverage. If any of these is lacking, no endorsement is issued until it is put right. The riding test itself follows the AAMVA Motorcycle Operator Skill Test.

At least a week. Driver Service Bureau rules require a wait of one week or more after any failed road test, one to three weeks after a second failure, and 30 days after a third. Use the gap for more daylight practice with your supervising rider.

A bike that fails the examiner's inspection, glasses your license requires but you left at home, no licensed person with you, or missing papers such as your permit and application. If the motorcycle fails inspection you can have it repaired, or bring another one, and still test the same day.

Yes, in one case: you rent it (you don't own it) for no more than 48 hours, you ride inside a city that has a university campus or on or next to the campus, and you carry a regular or commercial license from Mississippi or your home state. Everywhere else a motor scooter needs the endorsement.

Yes. Mississippi counts any motor vehicle with a saddle that runs on no more than three wheels as a motorcycle, so a trike needs the endorsement. Only an autocycle, with a steering wheel, non-straddle seats, rollover protection and seat belts, is exempt.