Failed the Vermont permit test: when you can retake it
Failing the written test is common and fixable. Here is what Vermont says about retaking it, and a plan for the next attempt.
- How soon you can retake
- at least one day
- Attempts
- as many times as you wish until you pass
- Retest fee
- pay the test fee each time you take the test
- After repeated failures
- Not stated on the official page — ask your DMV office.
From the official source
If you fail a knowledge test you must wait at least one day before retaking the test. You may take the test as many times as you wish until you pass. You will pay the test fee each time you take the test.
Before your next attempt
- Write down the topics you got wrong: signs, right-of-way, speed limits, alcohol rules, distances. The retest usually draws from the same pool.
- Reread only those chapters of the official Vermont handbook, not the whole book.
- Take our Vermont practice tests until you score 90% or more three times in a row — the real pass mark is lower, so that is a safe margin.
- Use the mistake review: it shows only the questions you missed, with the handbook section for each.
- The night before, do one exam simulation and stop. Sleep beats cramming.
The real test: 20 questions, 16 correct to pass.
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Checked on October 25, 2026. Rules change: confirm with the DMV.