Written test — Kentucky Permit Test

A Kentucky applicant must make a minimum score of 80% to pass the written test.

Eighty percent is the one exam figure Kentucky publishes, and knowing the bar in advance is what tells a learner when they are ready.

Applicants must make a minimum score of 80% to pass this test.

The Kentucky written test contains questions on driving rules, regulations, procedures and highway signs.

Signs and rules come on the same paper, so a learner who only studies one half meets the other on the day.

The test will contain questions regarding driving rules, regulations, procedures, and highway signs.

The Kentucky written test is based on the type of license the applicant has applied for, and applicants should study the manual for that license.

There is a separate book for the motorcycle and the commercial license, and studying the wrong one is studying the wrong test.

The written test is based on the type of license for which the applicant has applied.

Kentucky recommends reviewing the manual in its entirety before the written test.

The questions are drawn from the whole book, so skimming the chapters that look important leaves gaps the test finds.

Review of the manual in its entirety is recommended.

Kentucky tests can be given orally for applicants who cannot read English, but the signs portion must be answered from the applicant's own knowledge.

An examiner may read the words aloud, but nobody will describe the picture. That part has to be recognized.

However, the signs portion of the test must be answered by applicants from their own knowledge and understanding.

All Kentucky testing offices have tablet devices that present the test audibly in English and several foreign languages, and no special appointment is needed to use them.

The audio option is on every tablet, so an applicant who reads slowly does not have to arrange anything in advance.

A special appointment is not needed to utilize this feature.

A special appointment is needed in Kentucky for a test to be orally administered or if an interpreter is needed.

Audio on a tablet is walk-in. A person reading the test aloud, or interpreting it, has to be booked.

However, a special appointment will be needed for the test to be orally administered or if an interpreter is needed.

What minimum score does Kentucky require to pass the written test?

80% correct. Eighty percent is the one exam figure Kentucky publishes, and knowing the bar in advance is what tells a learner when they are ready. Kentucky Driver Manual, p.11: “Applicants must make a minimum score of 80% to pass this test.”