📋 What to Bring
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Proof of identity and date of birth
A document such as a U.S. passport, birth certificate, or permanent resident card
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Proof of Oregon residence address
A document showing your current Oregon residence address
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Social Security Number
Provide your SSN, or proof you are not eligible for one
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Test fee
Pay the test fee before each test; it is separate from any other fees
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Parent/guardian (under 18)
Applicants under 18 must hold an instruction permit for at least 6 months and complete the required supervised driving
📅 How to Schedule
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Study the manual and practice
Read the Oregon Driver Manual and take practice tests. You can take the knowledge test online at DMV2U.Oregon.gov anytime, or at a DMV office.
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Take the knowledge test
Take it online with a desktop or laptop (keyboard, mouse, and webcam), or in a DMV office by standby service or appointment. Applicants under 18 need a Proctor over 21 to supervise the online test.
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Bring all required documents
Bring proof of identity, date of birth, current Oregon residence address, and the test fee. A vision test is done on-site at no charge.
💡 Test Day Tips
- •The Oregon Class C knowledge test has 35 questions; you must answer 28 correctly (80%) to pass.
- •You may apply for an instruction permit in Oregon at age 15.
- •Oregon's basic rule requires you to drive at a speed that is reasonable and cautious for existing conditions, even if it is below the posted speed limit.
- •Oregon's Move Over law requires you to change lanes or, if you cannot, slow to at least 5 mph under the posted speed limit for stopped vehicles with flashing lights.
- •When a traffic signal is dark, such as during a power failure, treat the intersection as if there are stop signs in all directions.
📚 Driver Handbook
All practice questions are based on the chapters below. Click any chapter to read it on the official DMV website.
🎯 Practice by Topic
Testing
Oregon's driver tests: the vision screening, the Class C knowledge test, and the drive test — what is covered, scoring, and rules for the drive test.
Signs & Traffic Signals
Oregon traffic signs by shape and color (regulatory, warning, guide, work-zone) and traffic signals, including flashing signals and signal-failure rules.
Lane Travel
Lane travel in Oregon: the Basic Rule speed law, speed limits, pavement markings, space cushions, stopping distances, curves, changing lanes, passing, and freeway driving.
Turns & Intersections
Turns and intersections in Oregon: turn signals and hand signals, right and left turns, U-turns, intersection right-of-way, and roundabouts.
Sharing the Road
Sharing Oregon roads with pedestrians, school zones and buses, bicycles, motorcycles and mopeds, large vehicles, transit buses, emergency vehicles, and stopped vehicles.
Railroad Crossings, Light Rail & Street Cars
Oregon rules for railroad crossings, light rail, and street cars: stopping requirements, gates and signals, and how to share the road with rail vehicles safely.
Parking & Stopping
Parking and stopping in Oregon: legal and illegal parking, distances from hydrants/crosswalks/corners, parking on hills, disabled parking, and no-stopping zones.
Safe & Responsible Driving
Safe and responsible driving in Oregon: defensive driving, safety belts, communicating with drivers, avoiding collisions, hazardous conditions, dangerous behaviors (DUII, distracted, drowsy), and equipment failures.
Other Important Information
Other important Oregon driver information: how to apply for a license, additional DMV services, mandatory insurance, traffic collisions and reporting, and loss of driving privileges.