California driving practice tests
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California's Class C knowledge test is where this site's biggest bank sits: 451 checked questions written from the Vehicle Code, not from the handbook. Two simulator tracks run side by side, because the DMV holds adults and applicants under 18 to different miss allowances, and each track is graded the way the source sheet records the DMV's own statements: the published 80 percent in words, the miss allowances in the grading. The bank teaches the law as it stands now, including the 30/60/15 insurance minimums from 2025, the daylighting rule at crosswalks, and the wider move-over duty that starts January 1, 2026.
The real test is also offered in Spanish. Our Spanish California tests arrive in a later wave, translated from our own English questions and given a fluent second pass, never from the DMV's Spanish handbook.
Facts strip
- Pass mark
- 80%, as the DMV publishes it
- Our simulators grade on
- Miss allowances: 30 of 36 (adult), 38 of 46 (under 18)
- Questions on the real test
- The DMV publishes no current count
- Time limit
- None published by the DMV
- Application fee
- $46, covers 3 attempts in 12 months
- Retest wait, under 18
- 7 days. No published wait for adults
Facts checked against California DMV pages, 2026-11-03. Official information: California Department of Motor Vehicles, dmv.ca.gov.
Tests and guides
- California car practice test 1, adultA full run drawn fresh from the bank each time.
- California car practice test 2, adultA full run drawn fresh from the bank each time.
- California car practice test 3, under 18A full run drawn fresh from the bank each time.
- California signs testEvery sign topic in the bank, in sets of up to 20.
- Speed and limitsTopic test, drawn from this part of the bank.
- Right of wayTopic test, drawn from this part of the bank.
- Lanes and passingTopic test, drawn from this part of the bank.
- Alcohol, drugs, and penaltiesTopic test, drawn from this part of the bank.
- Sharing the roadTopic test, drawn from this part of the bank.
- Licences, insurance, and crashesTopic test, drawn from this part of the bank.
- Weather, night, and vehicle controlTopic test, drawn from this part of the bank.
- California test requirementsWho takes it, what it costs, how it works, and what the agency does and doesn't publish.
- The night before, CaliforniaA short checklist built from this state's own rules and fees.
Official information and booking: California Department of Motor Vehicles (official site).
Corrections note
No corrections yet. Last checked 2026-11-03, against the California Vehicle Code and DMV published facts.