Wyoming Permit Test Sample Questions
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Licensing Provisional Rules
1. How many questions are on Wyoming's permit test, and what score is needed to pass?
Wyoming's permit test has 25 questions, and an applicant needs at least 20 correct (80%) to pass.
Source: Wyoming Driver's Manual
2. What is the minimum age for a regular Wyoming instruction permit?
A regular Wyoming instruction permit is generally available starting at 15.
Source: Wyoming Driver's Manual
3. What option does Wyoming offer an applicant as young as 14 who meets certain hardship criteria?
Wyoming offers a Restricted Learner's Permit, also called a hardship permit, to an applicant as young as 14 who meets specific qualifying criteria.
Source: Wyoming Driver's Manual
4. Who may supervise a Wyoming instruction permit holder while practicing?
A Wyoming instruction permit holder may only practice driving with a licensed driver at least 18 years old in the front seat.
Source: Wyoming Driver's Manual
5. How long is a Wyoming instruction permit valid?
A Wyoming instruction permit is valid for one year.
Source: Wyoming Driver's Manual
6. How many hours of supervised driving must a Wyoming permit holder complete, and what special category do 10 of them cover?
A Wyoming permit holder must complete 50 hours of supervised driving, including at least 10 hours at night.
Source: Wyoming Driver's Manual
7. How long must a Wyoming permit holder wait before applying for an intermediate license?
A Wyoming permit holder must hold the instruction permit for at least 10 days before applying for an intermediate driver's license.
Source: Wyoming Driver's Manual
8. What document must a Wyoming permit holder submit to WYDOT when applying for a license?
A Wyoming permit holder must submit a completed Behind-the-Wheel Driving Certification (Form FSGDL-01), logging their supervised driving hours.
Source: Wyoming Driver's Manual
9. What does Wyoming charge for an instruction permit?
Wyoming charges $15 for an instruction permit.
Source: Wyoming Driver's Manual
10. What curfew applies to a Wyoming intermediate license holder?
A Wyoming intermediate license holder may only drive unsupervised between 5 a.m. and 11 p.m., with several exceptions.
Source: Wyoming Driver's Manual
11. What lets a Wyoming intermediate license holder drive outside the 5 a.m.-11 p.m. window?
The curfew doesn't apply if a licensed driver 18 or older is riding along with the intermediate license holder.
Source: Wyoming Driver's Manual
12. Besides having a licensed adult along, what else exempts a Wyoming intermediate license holder from the curfew?
Wyoming's curfew also has exceptions for driving to or from school, a religious activity, work, or a medical emergency.
Source: Wyoming Driver's Manual
13. What passenger restriction applies to a Wyoming intermediate license holder?
A Wyoming intermediate license holder may not drive with more than one passenger under 18 who isn't an immediate family member.
Source: Wyoming Driver's Manual
14. What waives Wyoming's passenger restriction for an intermediate license holder?
The passenger restriction doesn't apply if a licensed driver 18 or older with full driving privileges is riding in the front seat.
Source: Wyoming Driver's Manual
15. When do a Wyoming intermediate license's curfew and passenger restrictions end?
Wyoming's intermediate-license restrictions end at 17, or once a driver has completed driver's education and held the intermediate license for 6 months — allowing an unrestricted license as early as 16 and a half.
Source: Wyoming Driver's Manual
More Questions
16. What does Wyoming's cell phone law actually restrict for driving?
Wyoming's distracted-driving law bans texting or text-based messaging while driving, but doesn't restrict handheld voice calls — notably more permissive than the broader handheld bans many other states enforce.
Source: Wyoming Driver's Manual
17. What penalty does a Wyoming texting-while-driving violation carry?
A Wyoming texting-while-driving violation is a misdemeanor, generally carrying a fine of up to $75.
Source: Wyoming Driver's Manual
18. What BAC threshold triggers Wyoming's zero-tolerance law for a driver under 21?
Wyoming's zero-tolerance law sets the threshold at less than 0.02% for a driver under 21.
Source: Wyoming Driver's Manual
19. What is the standard BAC threshold for a Wyoming driver 21 or older?
The standard BAC threshold for a Wyoming driver 21 or older is 0.08%.
Source: Wyoming Driver's Manual
20. What following distance should a Wyoming driver keep in good conditions?
A 3-second following gap in good conditions gives a Wyoming driver enough time to react if the vehicle ahead brakes suddenly.
Source: Wyoming Driver's Manual
21. What agency handles driver licensing in Wyoming?
Wyoming's driver licensing is handled by the Driver Services program within the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT), not a standalone "DMV."
Source: Wyoming Driver's Manual
22. What does a double solid yellow line mean for passing in Wyoming?
A double solid yellow line prohibits passing for vehicles traveling in either direction.
Source: Wyoming Driver's Manual
23. Without signs or signals, who has the right-of-way at a Wyoming intersection?
At an uncontrolled intersection, a Wyoming driver yields to the vehicle approaching from the right.
Source: Wyoming Driver's Manual
24. In a posted Wyoming open range area, who is generally liable if a vehicle hits free-roaming cattle?
Wyoming follows a "fence out" rule for cattle in posted open range areas — a livestock owner isn't required to keep cattle off the highway, so liability for a collision generally falls on the vehicle's driver.
Source: Wyoming Driver's Manual
25. How does Wyoming's open range rule differ for sheep compared to cattle?
Unlike cattle, which Wyoming treats as "fence out" animals in posted open range, sheep must be fenced in by their owner.
Source: Wyoming Driver's Manual