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- Updated for February 2025
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Free DMV Written Test Practice for California | Updated for 2025
In California, if you’re under 18 or have never held a driver’s license before, you must obtain an instruction permit to practice driving under supervision before you may apply for a driver’s license. To be eligible for a permit, you must be at least 15½ years old, fill out an application, meet the documentation requirements, pay the appropriate fees, and pass a vision exam and an official knowledge test. You may take the knowledge test online or at a DMV field office. If you’re under 18, you must also be enrolled in or have completed an approved driver education course, and your parent or guardian must sign your application.
The knowledge test has 46 multiple-choice questions based on the official driver’s manual (California DMV Driver's Handbook 2025: Interactive Manual w/Audio). The passing score is 80%.
This is our second of six California Permit Practice Tests. All our permit practice tests have been designed to help aspiring drivers like you pass the California DMV written (knowledge) test on their first try. These practice tests are based on the official California driver’s manual and up to date as of February 2025. This second Permit Practice Test includes questions on driving emergencies, freeway driving, headlights, lanes, parking, passing, pavement markings, road signs, and roundabouts.
Watch the Progress Bar to keep track of your score as you go through the practice test. When you answer a question correctly, the question will turn green. If you don’t know the correct answer to a question, ask our AI Assistant to give you a hint or discuss the question in more depth. You can also ask it your own questions about driving. If you still answer incorrectly, the question will turn red in the Progress Bar, and the AI Assistant will provide you with the correct answer and an explanation.
We also have three other knowledge test preparation tools for you.
We’ve created two downloadable PDF “cheat sheets” (though they’re not for actual cheating!): “The Top 100 Most Common US DMV Questions” and “The 121 Most Common US Road Signs Questions.” You will likely encounter some of these questions on your written knowledge test. The correct answer is provided for each question listed.
Finally, we also offer our own California DMV Permit Test Study Guide to help you practice for the day of the DMV written test. It covers what documents to have with you, what fees you may have to pay, frequently missed knowledge test questions, and other last-minute knowledge test tips.
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List of questions (classic view)
- When you approach a roundabout, you must enter to the _______ of the central island.
- What does this sign mean?
- When you turn off a high-speed, two-lane roadway, _______ if you have traffic following you.
- Your vehicle breaks down on a freeway. You are not able to move the vehicle off the road completely as the road shoulder is too narrow. What is the best thing to do?
- Blind pedestrians may carry _________canes or use guide dogs.
- When you park and leave your vehicle on a highway or street, you should NOT
- Which of these signs indicates a hospital ahead?
- All regulatory devices on the road tell you
- It is unsafe for you to pass when
- _________ are the most likely places for car and motorcycle collisions to occur.
- What does this sign indicate?
- If you are approaching a stop sign, you must
- What is the first rule of a safe and legal turn?
- A yield sign indicates that a driver must slow down and be prepared to _________ if a vehicle or pedestrian with the right-of-way is approaching from another direction.
- Before backing up your vehicle, you should look to the front, sides, and rear, and continue to look _________ while backing.
- In California, the speed limit for a blind intersection is
- You must use your high-beam headlights in all of the following situations, except
- Before reaching the crest of a hill or entering a curve, you must _________, and watch for oncoming vehicles.
- If a tire suddenly goes flat while you're driving, you should
- High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes are reserved for
- A center lane between lanes of traffic traveling in opposite directions may be designated for
- If you plan to turn beyond an intersection, you must
- When parking on a public road, you must park parallel to and within ____ inches of the curb or edge of the roadway.
- What should you do if another driver tailgates your vehicle?
- What does this sign mean?
- When should you switch on your high-beam headlights?
- When turning left from a multi-lane one-way road onto another one-way road, start your turn from
- Which of the following statements about passing other vehicles is true?
- Which of the following statements about using headlights is FALSE?
- Following too closely behind another vehicle is called
- You are driving on the freeway and notice another driver using a handheld cell phone. What is the best thing to do?
- When you turn left from a one-way street onto another one-way street, you should turn into
- Large electronic flashing arrow panels may be used in work zones day and night to
- At an intersection, you should yield to another vehicle
- The wide white line painted across a traffic lane before an intersection is known as a
- What does this sign mean?
- What should you do if you are overtaking a bicycle and an oncoming vehicle is approaching at the same time?
- If a car approaches you with its high-beam headlights on, you must __________ to keep yourself from being temporarily blinded.
- Lanes of traffic going in opposite directions are divided by
- On a highway with three or more lanes going in one direction, vehicles passing others or turning left should use
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