Florida Road Signs & Class E Knowledge Exam
At a glance
- Questions
- 50
- Passing score
- 80% (40 of 50 correct)
- Governing body
- Florida Department of Highway Safety and…
Quick answers
What is the passing score for the Florida Road Signs exam?
The passing score for the Florida Road Signs exam is 80% (40 of 50 correct).
How many questions is the Florida Road Signs exam?
The Florida Road Signs exam has 50 questions.
The Florida Class E Knowledge Exam is the written test for a Class E learner's licence, which may be issued from age 15 to an applicant who also passes a vision and hearing examination and completes the required education course.
Florida is one of the few states that publishes its exam format, which makes preparation unusually concrete: you know the length, and you know the margin.
Overview
The exam is 50 multiple-choice questions covering traffic laws, safe driving practices and identifying traffic controls, and 40 correct answers are needed to pass — exactly 80 percent. That leaves a margin of ten wrong answers, and the useful question is where to spend them.
Not on signs and markings, which are national and stable. The rules to study hardest are three Florida-specific ones: the Move Over law, which has two branches rather than one; the school bus exception, which requires a raised barrier or an unpaved median at least five feet wide and explicitly does not count painted lines; and the under-21 alcohol rule at 0.02, which brings an immediate six-month suspension.
Cost and registration
Licence and permit fees are set by FLHSMV and depend on the licence class and the applicant's age.
The penalties are stated as minimums rather than ceilings. A school bus violation carries a minimum fine of $265, rising to a minimum of $465 if you pass on the side where children enter and exit the bus. For a driver under 21, a first reading of 0.02 or above means an immediate six-month suspension, a second means one year, and a Traffic Law and Substance Abuse Education course must be completed before hardship reinstatement.
Exam format
50 questions, 40 to pass, across three named areas: traffic laws, safe driving practices, and identifying traffic controls.
That third area is the most systematic material on the test — shapes are assigned uniquely so that a faded sign still communicates, and line colour encodes direction while line style encodes permission. It is the section where preparation converts most reliably into marks.
How the Florida Road Signs practice bank covers the outline
51 practice questions across 6 outline areas.
Counts are the live question bank, grouped by the outline area each question was written to.
Verified facts about the Florida Road Signs exam
14 statements, each bound to the official document it was taken from. The source link beside every line opens that document.
Requirements and rules
- Signal with the right turn signal before moving into the right lane
- Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV)
- Hold the learner licence one year (12 months) before the Class E licence
- Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
- Do not stay in the far left lane when a faster vehicle overtakes, unless preparing a left turn
- Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV)
- Failing to move from the far left lane is a noncriminal moving violation
- Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV)
- A Move Over violation brings a fine, fees, and points on the driving record
- Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
- Drivers must move over a lane for emergency, service, utility and disabled vehicles stopped on the roadside, or slow to 20 mph below the posted limit where moving over is not safe
- Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
- Opposite-direction drivers need not stop where the highway is divided by a raised barrier or an unpaved median at least 5 feet wide; painted lines and pavement markings are not barriers
- Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
- Yield to pedestrians and watch for children near schools, bus stops, buses and parking lots
- Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV)
- Speeding fines are doubled in a school zone
- Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV)
- Handheld wireless device use is illegal in school crossings, school zones and active work zones
- Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV)
- A driver under 21 at .02 or above must complete a Traffic Law and Substance Abuse Education course before hardship reinstatement
- Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
- A second zero tolerance offence results in a one-year suspension
- Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
What is tested
- School zones are normally active 30 minutes before and after the school day
- Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV)
- The posted limit can still be too fast for conditions (weather, repairs, poor light)
- Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV)
Frequently asked questions
How many questions are on the Florida Class E Knowledge Exam?
50 multiple-choice questions covering traffic laws, safe driving practices and identifying traffic controls. You need 40 correct to pass — exactly 80 percent, which leaves a margin of ten wrong answers. Florida is one of the few states that publishes this format, so preparation can be planned around a known bar.
What does Florida's Move Over law require?
Move over a lane for an emergency, service, utility or disabled vehicle stopped on the roadside. Where moving over is not safe, slow to 20 mph below the posted limit — so a road posted at 55 means 35. There is a second branch: where the posted limit is 20 mph or less, slow to 5 mph instead, because subtracting 20 from 20 gives no workable instruction.
Who does Florida's Move Over law protect since the 2025 change?
Since January 1, 2025 it reaches any vehicle parked on the side of the road with hazard lights flashing, emergency flares, or visible emergency signage. That is a bigger shift than adding another category of worker: an ordinary driver changing a tyre now receives the same protection as a patrol car, and a passing driver no longer has to identify the vehicle type at all.
When can you skip stopping for a school bus in Florida?
Only where the highway is divided by a raised barrier or an unpaved median at least five feet wide. Florida states explicitly that painted lines and pavement markings are not barriers, so a double yellow line divides nothing for this purpose. Lane count is irrelevant — three lanes each way with no physical median still requires the stop.
What is the fine for a Florida school bus violation?
A minimum of $265, rising to a minimum of $465 if you pass on the side where children enter and exit the bus. These are floors rather than ceilings, and the escalation turns on which side you passed rather than on how many times you have offended — passing on the loading side is treated as the graver act because that is where children step into the road.
What happens to a Florida driver under 21 who tests at 0.02?
The licence is immediately suspended for six months — administratively, without waiting on a court outcome. A second offence brings a flat one-year suspension rather than a period tied to turning 21. And a Traffic Law and Substance Abuse Education course must be completed before hardship reinstatement, so serving the suspension alone does not restore driving.
Sources
- 1.Move Over, Florida! — FLHSMV — Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (accessed Jul 31, 2026)
- 2.Teens & Young Adults with DUIs — FLHSMV — Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (accessed Jul 31, 2026)
- 3.School Bus Safety — FLHSMV — Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (accessed Jul 31, 2026)
- 4.Class E Knowledge Exam & Driving Skills Test — FLHSMV — Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (accessed Jul 31, 2026)
Official sources
The official documents our facts about this exam are taken from.
- Slow Down in School Zones — FLHSMVFlorida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV)flhsmv.gov
- Class E Knowledge Exam & Driving Skills Test — FLHSMVFlorida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehiclesflhsmv.gov
- Move Over, Florida! — FLHSMVFlorida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehiclesflhsmv.gov
- The RIGHT Lane — FLHSMVFlorida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV)flhsmv.gov
- Teens & Young Adults with DUIs — FLHSMVFlorida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehiclesflhsmv.gov
- School Bus Safety — FLHSMVFlorida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehiclesflhsmv.gov
- Obeying the Speed Limit — FLHSMVFlorida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV)flhsmv.gov
Last verified against Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles's official sources:
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