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What's the Passing Score on the Arkansas Permit Test?

You need 20 of 25 questions correct — 80% — to pass Arkansas's learner's license knowledge test.

Five misses, not one more

Twenty correct out of twenty-five clears the bar, leaving exactly five questions you can afford to get wrong.

On a shorter test like this, a single wrong topic cluster — say, right-of-way questions — eats through that margin faster than it would on a longer exam.

Practicing past the minimum

80% is the floor, not a target worth stopping at. Real testing conditions tend to run a few points below whatever you're hitting in relaxed home practice.

Checking your score by topic after each practice set catches a weak spot an overall percentage alone would hide.

What tends to trip people up

Arkansas layers three separate BAC thresholds — 0.02% for a driver under 21, 0.04% commercial, 0.08% standard adult — and mixing those up costs points.

Read the explanation on every practice question, correct or not — it's what actually closes these gaps, not just re-answering until you get lucky.

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the passing score on Arkansas's permit test?

20 of 25 questions correct — 80%.

How many questions can I miss and still pass?

At most 5 of the 25 questions, keeping you at 20 correct (80%).

Does Arkansas use the term "DUI" like most states?

No — Arkansas law refers to the offense as DWI (Driving While Intoxicated).

Ready to put this into practice?

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Last reviewed: 2026-07-22