What's the Passing Score on Montana's Motorcycle Permit Test?

Montana's motorcycle exam runs 8 fewer questions than the 33-question car permit test and settles for 80% instead of the car test's 82%, a small but real difference worth knowing before you assume the two exams work identically.

Since a motorcycle endorsement covers a different skill set than car driving, don't assume anything you crammed for the car permit test carries over automatically to this one.

Aim to consistently clear 90% in practice rather than treating 80% as a target to just barely reach, since real testing conditions tend to shave a few points off whatever you're hitting in relaxed home practice.

Checking your results broken down by topic, not just as one overall percentage, catches a specific weak spot an aggregate score would otherwise hide until it costs you on the real attempt.

Montana-specific road hazards — open range livestock and sudden mountain-pass weather changes — show up alongside the universal riding-fundamentals questions every state includes.

A rider who only studies braking and cornering technique and skips the state-specific hazard material risks losing points on a section that's easy to prepare for in advance.