Florida Passing Score & Test Length

80

Source: FLHSMV, "Class E Knowledge Exam & Driving Skills Test": "To pass, a customer must answer 40 out of 50 questions correctly, or score 80 percent." The handbook states the 50-question length (p. 19) but never states the passing score. · Verified Aug 2026

50

Source: Florida Driver License Handbook (rev. 08/2023), Chapter 2: Driving Schools & Test Providers, p. 20 (Class E Knowledge Exam) · Verified Aug 2026

40

Source: FLHSMV, "Class E Knowledge Exam & Driving Skills Test": "To pass, a customer must answer 40 out of 50 questions correctly, or score 80 percent." · Verified Aug 2026

You get 60 minutes for the Class E Knowledge Exam, and anything you have not answered when the time runs out is marked incorrect. That is 50 questions in an hour, a little over a minute each, which is comfortable if you keep moving and tight if you stall. The limit is set for approved third-party administrators, including the online route open to applicants under 18, and county tax collector offices publish the same 60 minutes for exams taken in their offices; tax collector offices also generally allow two attempts per day. Do not plan on circling back to questions you skipped, because the testing system does not promise you can: answer each one as you reach it, give a hard question your best reading rather than deferring it, and move on.

Source: FLHSMV, Third-Party Administrator Knowledge Agreement (rev. 7/15/2022), clause 8: "The Third-Party Administrator must inform applicants of and enforce a 60-minute limit per exam. Any questions not answered during this time limit will be marked as incorrect." County tax collector offices, which administer driver license exams as agents of FLHSMV under s. 322.135, Florida Statutes, publish the same 60-minute limit for in-office written exams, along with a two-attempts-per-day limit. Neither the Florida Driver License Handbook (rev. 08/2023) nor s. 322.12, Florida Statutes, states a time limit, which is why the figure has to come from the administering materials rather than from the manual. The exam software’s navigation behavior, specifically whether a skipped question can be revisited, is not documented in any source checked, so this fact does not claim either way. · Verified Aug 2026

The Class E Knowledge Exam is 50 multiple-choice questions delivered on screen through FLHSMV's web-based testing system, at a driver license service center, a tax collector office, or an approved third-party administrator. It covers Florida traffic laws, safe driving practices and identifying traffic controls. Since February 6, 2026 it is given in English only, with no interpreter and no translated printed exam; that applies to the skills test too, and to orally administered exams. American Sign Language is still permitted where it is used to communicate in English. If you are under 18 you may take the knowledge exam online through an approved third-party administrator, with a Parent Proctoring Form that is notarized or signed in front of a driver license examiner.

Source: Handbook p. 19 states the 50 multiple-choice questions and the three subject areas. Delivery and venue: FLHSMV, "Class E Knowledge Exam & Driving Skills Test", which describes in-person, online-for-under-18 and DELAP routes and notes that examinations are available in English only. The English-only rule and its date come from FLHSMV's announcement of January 30, 2026, effective February 6, 2026. The exam runs on ADLTS, FLHSMV's web-based Automated Driver License Testing System, which is what makes on-screen delivery accurate for Florida. · Verified Aug 2026

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Source: No waiting period is set by s. 322.12, Florida Statutes, by the handbook, or by FLHSMV's exam page. s. 322.12(3) instead charges a fee: "An applicant who fails to pass the initial knowledge test incurs a $10 fee for each subsequent test." Recorded as 0 because the absence was checked, not assumed. · Verified Aug 2026

The Florida Class E Knowledge Exam is scored as a single 50-question test; the handbook does not divide the exam into sections with separate passing minimums, so a candidate needs only to hit the overall passing threshold.

Source: Florida Driver License Handbook (rev. 08/2023), Chapter 2: Driving Schools & Test Providers, p. 20 (Class E Knowledge Exam) · Verified Aug 2026