How many can I miss on the Maine permit test?
An unrelated licensing-source disagreement remains unresolved. The reviewed test count and passing rules below do not establish your eligibility to apply.
Reviewed test format
30 questions. At least 24 correct overall; calculated maximum of 6 mistakes overall.
Online testing: After processing the permit application, BMV schedules the written exam near the applicant’s mailing address. The appointment notice arrives by mail within three weeks.
Questions: 30
Correct answers to pass: 24
Documents to bring: unresolved source disagreement
For applicants age 22 or younger the handbook explicitly allows a birth certificate or passport; the current permit-application page lists a birth certificate and does not name the passport alternative. Both source positions are retained, without treating omission as a passport prohibition.
Birth certificate or passport for applicants age 22 or younger.
Submit the learner-permit application, two identity documents and evidence of Maine residence., Include a driver-education completion certificate if younger than 18., The application webpage asks applicants younger than 23 for a birth certificate; it accepts an issuing-agency embossed photocopy but rejects notarized copies. The handbook also permits a passport for this age group., Mailed identity copies are allowed, but show the originals when attending the exam.
The permit application page lists a birth certificate for applicants younger than 23.