- Updated for March 2025
- Based on official West Virginia Driver's manual
Free DMV Written Test Simulator for West Virginia | Updated for 2025
Once you get a West Virginia driver’s license, you can drive yourself to work in Charleston or the chemical, energy, healthcare, or manufacturing sectors. And in your free time, take U.S. Route 19 to the New River Gorge National Park. Or take U.S. Route 33 or WV-28 to Seneca Rocks and Spruce Knob, including the state’s tallest peak. Or explore the nightlife of Charleston, Morgantown, or Huntington. Or drive anywhere else you wish.
The way driver licensing works in West Virginia is that regardless of your age, you must obtain an instruction permit before you may take the road skills test for a driver’s license. Your permit will allow you to practice driving under the supervision of a licensed driver at least 21 years of age.
One key requirement for obtaining an instruction permit is to pass an official West Virginia DMV written knowledge test. All test questions are based on the official driver’s manual (West Virginia DMV Handbook (WV Driver's Manual) 2025). But what if you fail the knowledge test? Then, compared with the freedom of a driver’s license, you’ll be effectively grounded. You won’t even be able to practice driving under supervision. You’ll have to use public transportation or ask others to give you a lift.
We have created study tools to supplement the official driver’s manual and ensure you pass the official knowledge test on your first try. This practice test is one of those tools: the second of our five West Virginia Permit Practice Tests. We designed all these practice tests to help aspiring drivers like you pass the DMV knowledge test. Like the official knowledge test, this practice test is multiple choice, up to date as of March 2025, and based on the official West Virginia driver’s manual.
Our AI Assistant can help you with any practice test question. If you get stuck on a question, ask it to elaborate or give you a hint. You can also ask your own questions about driving. If you still miss the question, the AI Assistant will provide you with the correct answer and an explanation.
We also offer our own West Virginia Permit Test Study Guide to help you get ready for the day of your DMV knowledge test and avoid any unpleasant surprises. It covers how to prepare yourself mentally and physically, what documents to take to the DMV regional office for the knowledge test, what fees you’ll have to pay, frequently missed knowledge test questions, and other last-minute tips.
Finally, we have three more West Virginia Permit Practice Tests for you after this one. Please try them out!
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- The correct hand signal to indicate a left turn is
- Which of the following statements about expressways is FALSE?
- In heavy rain, your tires can ride on a film of water and lose contact with the road. This hazard is known as
- When making a right turn, avoid _________ before starting the turn.
- When two vehicles meet on a steep mountain road where neither can pass, which vehicle has the right-of-way?
- The danger areas around trucks and buses where crashes are more likely to occur are called
- The right lane on a freeway should remain open for ________ as much as possible.
- What does this sign mean?
- If you are parallel parked on the right side of the street, you should _________ before pulling out into traffic.
- The likelihood of an accident increases if a driver is under the influence of
- When you are following a vehicle that makes frequent stops, you should allow _________ than usual.
- You should never drive alongside a motorcycle in the same lane because
- At an intersection without stop signs, yield signs, or traffic signals, drivers must yield to
- On a roadway with three or more lanes going in the same direction, which lanes usually offer the smoothest flow of traffic?
- Which of the following statements about safety belts is FALSE?
- In West Virginia, you may make a left turn at a red light if you are turning
- When approaching or driving through a work zone, you should NOT
- If a pedestrian is in a marked or unmarked crosswalk, you must
- If a pedestrian carrying a white cane or using a guide dog is about to cross the road in front of you, you must
- What does this sign mean?
- To guard against glare from the headlights of a vehicle behind you, use __________ and adjust it before you drive.
- In a center left-turn lane, you should use
- If an emergency vehicle is approaching you with its siren and flashing lights on, you must
- When are you allowed to drive on the shoulder to pass another vehicle on the right?
- The shape of this sign provides advance warning of the
- When stopped behind another vehicle on a hill, you should stay back at least
- A flashing yellow light used mostly on tow trucks and slow-moving vehicles tells other vehicles to
- Flashing arrow panels may be used in work zones to
- This sign indicates
- Parking is prohibited in all of the following places EXCEPT
- If you see an oncoming vehicle in your lane, what should you do?
- If you double your speed on a highway, your braking distance increases by
- In which of the following situations should you use your horn?
- _________ may be used in work zones in both day and night to guide drivers into certain traffic lanes.
- When two or more lanes are going in the same direction, a broken white line is used
- You may pass another vehicle if there is _________ next to your lane.
- On interstate highways, slower vehicles should travel _________ except when passing.
- Which of the following statements about passing a vehicle is FALSE?
- If you are signaled by a flagger at or near a railroad crossing or work zone, you must
- This sign warns that
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