Wyoming Permit Test FAQ

The Wyoming knowledge test has 25 questions, and you need 20 right (80%) to pass. Our full practice exam uses the same size and pass mark. Always confirm the current test with the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT), Driver Services Program.

Questions come from the Driver License Manual: naming road signs by shape, color or symbol, reading signals and pavement markings, and multiple-choice questions on traffic laws, safety, crash prevention and vehicle equipment. (Wyoming Driver License Manual, p. 9)

Yes, once. You may take the same written test no more than twice in a day. (Wyoming Driver License Manual, p. 9)

No, it is given only in English, but an interpreter may help on the regular (non-commercial) test, and the automated system can read the questions aloud if you ask when you set up the test. (WYDOT: Driver License Testing)

15. You will need proof of identity, Social Security number and Wyoming residency, a parent or guardian's signature if you are under 18, and a passed vision screening and written test. (Wyoming Driver License Manual, p. 7–8)

A licensed driver aged 18 or older whose license covers the type of vehicle you are driving. That person must sit in the front passenger seat. (Wyoming Driver License Manual, p. 10)

One year, and it can be renewed as often as needed. You must have held it at least 10 days before you can apply for full driving privileges. (WYDOT: Learner Permits)

At 16, after holding a permit and logging 50 hours behind the wheel (10 at night) certified by a parent or guardian, or after holding a restricted license. You also pass a vision screening and a driving skills test, which approved driver education can replace. (Wyoming Driver License Manual, p. 14)

Everyone in the car wears a seat belt, you carry no more than one passenger under 18 from outside your immediate family unless a licensed driver 18 or older is with you, and you stay off the road from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. unless you carry a signed exception form for work, school, religious or youth sports activities, or medical needs. (Wyoming Driver License Manual, p. 14)

The intermediate license is suspended for 30 days. It expires on its own 30 days after your 17th birthday. (Wyoming Driver License Manual, p. 14–15)

Only with a restricted license for extreme inconvenience: for ages 14 and 15 who have held a permit and live five miles or more from school or work, approved by the Highway Patrol, valid 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. within 50 miles of home. (Wyoming Driver License Manual, p. 13)

At 17 without any earlier license, or at 16½ if your intermediate license is at least six months old, has not been suspended, and you finished an approved driver education course with behind-the-wheel driving. (Wyoming Driver License Manual, p. 11–13)

Unless signs say otherwise: 80 or 75 mph on Interstates, 70 on secondary highways, 30 in residential and business areas and 20 in school zones. (Wyoming Driver License Manual, p. 41)

No. State law bans reading or sending texts while driving, and some towns ban phone use in city limits too. WYDOT advises pulling well off the road before calling or texting. (Wyoming Driver License Manual, p. 89)

When an emergency, utility or highway work vehicle is stopped or crawling with its lights on, take the lane farthest from it on a multi-lane road; on a two-lane road posted 45 mph or more, drop to 20 mph below the limit, unless an officer directs you otherwise. (Wyoming Driver License Manual, p. 71–72)