Arkansas · Permit test
Start with the book the State Police wrote. ASP's Arkansas Driver License Study Guide is free, its October 2026 edition is current, and it says plainly that the more of it you know, the better your chances on the knowledge exam. After that, take ASP's official practice test and add a private app or site if you like drilling. ASP's page lists no other Arkansas permit study guide for the regular permit, apart from Spanish and Vietnamese editions of the same book.
The Arkansas Driver License Study Guide, ASP's free PDF, with Spanish and Vietnamese editions beside the English one.
If you learn by testing yourself, use ASP's free online practice test. ASP's page lists one official practice test, on the web and as an app, and the study guide says ASP isn't associated with third-party practice sites.
Private apps and sites are useful for drilling near the end. Their questions are their own, so check when an app was last updated and go back to the study guide for anything that doesn't match.
If reading is hard for you, ASP offers an oral test for people with a professionally diagnosed learning difference. Bring your IEP, 504 plan or evaluation and the kiosk reads every question and answer aloud through headphones.
The study guide's list of license requirements doesn't include a driver education course. If you choose one, Arkansas rules say a student 17 or younger gets at least 40 hours of classroom and behind-the-wheel instruction, including at least 30 hours in the classroom.
Work through it in this order:
The Arkansas State Police's own book for the knowledge exam and the driving test, in 10 chapters from Arkansas law to the skills test. The English edition is dated October 15, 2026. The Spanish one is from January 2018 and the Vietnamese one from February 2024, so check anything surprising against the English text.
Checked October 2026
ASP's own practice test, linked from its driver examination page, which also shows App Store and Google Play badges for an app version. The study guide says ASP isn't associated with third-party practice test websites.
Checked October 2026
For a motorcycle license, ASP links to the Motorcycle Safety Foundation's Motorcycle Operator Manual, 18th edition. For a commercial license, it has the Commercial Driver License Manual, version March 2025, which covers every CDL knowledge test and the three-part skills test.
Checked October 2026
The App Store listing describes it as a practice guide for the knowledge test new drivers pass for a learner's permit. It's published by NICUSA. 3.6 stars from 217 App Store ratings, and the latest version shown, 1.0.1, is dated December 2018, so check its answers against the current study guide. The study guide says ASP's app is called AR Driver Testing. This listing has a different name, and neither ASP's page nor the listing calls it official.
Checked October 2026
Car, motorcycle and CDL practice, including hazmat, school bus, air brakes, tanker and pre-trip inspection. 4.7 stars from 348 App Store ratings, latest version 4.2 from June 2025. A private app, not from ASP or DFA.
Checked October 2026
Its Arkansas exam simulator uses 25 random questions. That's the site's own format: ASP doesn't publish a question count. Premium is sold with a pass guarantee, which is the site's claim, not ASP's.
Checked October 2026
The study guide says passing an MSF RiderCourse can waive the ASP motorcycle skills test, if you show your completion card to an ASP examiner within 90 days. ASP's Motorcycle Safety Coordinator is at 501-618-8127.
Checked October 2026
The study guide's list of license requirements doesn't include a driver education course. Arkansas rules set minimum classroom and behind-the-wheel hours for the driver education courses that are offered.
Checked October 2026
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