New York Passing Score & Test Length

14 of 20 correct (70%), and at least 2 of the 4 road-sign questions must be correct.

Source: New York State Driver's Manual (MV-21), Chapter 1, p. 11: "correctly answer at least 14 of the 20 questions asked, but you must correctly answer two of the four questions about road signs." · Verified Aug 2026

20 questions, four of which are about road signs.

Source: New York State Driver's Manual (MV-21), Chapter 1 'Driver Licenses', 'Vision and Knowledge Tests', p. 11: "you must correctly answer at least 14 of the 20 questions asked" · Verified Aug 2026

14

Source: New York State Driver's Manual (MV-21), Chapter 1, p. 10, 'Vision and Knowledge Tests' · Verified Sep 2026

New York publishes no time limit for the written test. Neither the MV-21 manual nor the DMV's testing pages set one, and no limit appears in the licensing regulations. The at-home online version is the only route with a published duration, and that figure is an expectation rather than a cap: the DMV tells applicants to expect it to take 30 to 40 minutes.

Source: Absence verified against MV-21 and the DMV permit-test pages; no limit appears in either, nor in 15 NYCRR Part 3. Recorded as unpublished rather than inferred. The 30-to-40-minute figure is the DMV's stated expectation for the online permit test, not a limit on the in-office test. Checked 2026-09-27. [2026-09-27] Rejected: the blank scalar is deliberate, not a defect. New York publishes no statewide figure for this key, and an empty fact_value makes the Quick Reference drop the cell, which is the correct printed outcome. The row exists so the key is not re-drafted later as a hole. Both review lanes flag this shape on every such key; it is a convention they do not know. · Verified Sep 2026

Class D knowledge tests in New York can be taken at a touch-screen test station or on paper; the applicant chooses the format, and both are offered in multiple languages.

Source: New York State Driver's Manual (MV-21), Chapter 1, p. 10, 'Automated Knowledge Test' · Verified Sep 2026

There is no waiting period. Neither the Vehicle and Traffic Law nor the DMV's licensing regulations impose one on a written test taken in an office, and the DMV publishes none, so an applicant may retest as soon as the office can seat them. What limits the applicant is the fee rather than the calendar: the $10 application fee entitles the holder to take the knowledge test no more than twice, and a third attempt requires a new $10 application fee, which in turn buys two more. There is no cap on how many times a person may apply.

Source: NY VTL § 503(2)(a): "The fee required for the initiation of the licensing process ... shall be ten dollars", which "shall enable the applicant to take the knowledge test required for issuance of a learner's permit and driver's license no more than twice", and "If an applicant fails to pass the knowledge test ... in the number of times specified ... a new application fee shall be required." No waiting period appears in VTL § 503, in 15 NYCRR § 3.3 (general driver licensing procedure), or in the DMV's permit-test pages; recorded as an absence after checking all three. Checked 2026-09-27. [2026-09-27] A six-hour wait for resubmitting a failed at-home online test was recorded here earlier the same day and has been removed: it came from a search summary of dmv.ny.gov/driver-license/take-online-learner-permit-test, which now returns 404 and whose mirror redirects to the same 404. No live DMV page, statute or regulation states it. Do not reinstate it without a page that can be opened. · Verified Aug 2026

Yes: 2 of 4 road-sign questions must be correct

Source: New York State Driver's Manual (MV-21), Chapter 1, p. 10, 'Vision and Knowledge Tests' · Verified Sep 2026