California car practice test 2, adult
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A second full adult run, drawn fresh from the same 451-question bank. Take it after the topic tests have had a day to work on your weak spots from test 1. The mix shifts toward the rules that decide close calls: prima facie speed limits in school zones and alleys, following distances, and what the basic speed law asks for when the posted number isn't the safe one. Grading is the adult miss allowance again, 30 of 36, with the same early stop.
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36 questions, drawn from the full bank. Graded on the adult miss allowance: 30 right passes, and the run stops early at 30 right or 7 wrong. The DMV publishes no time limit for the real test, so the timer in timed mode is a study device. There's no signup and nothing to pay.
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Five sample questions, answers hidden until you tap
You are driving at night and the raised markers in the lane ahead of you glow red. What does that mean?
✓ Correct answer: You are travelling the wrong way on that roadway
Red raised pavement markers are set to face a driver going the wrong direction, on a ramp or one-way roadway. If you see red reflectors in your path, stop and turn around safely at the first chance. California MUTCD, adopted by California Vehicle Code section 21400.
California MUTCD, adopted by California Vehicle Code section 21400
Your car develops a fault on a freeway and cannot hold more than 40 mph. Traffic is flowing at 65. What does the impeding rule point you to do?
✓ Correct answer: Leave the freeway at the next exit or reach the shoulder safely; a vehicle that cannot keep up must not sit in the flow
A genuine mechanical limit is a safety reason to slow down, but not a licence to block live lanes. The lawful course is to get the vehicle out of the traffic stream as soon as it can be done safely. California Vehicle Code section 22400.
California Vehicle Code section 22400
You turn into a one-way street and realise the shops you want are behind you. What does one-way operation forbid?
✓ Correct answer: Driving or turning against the set direction of the street; go around the block instead
Section 21657 makes the designated direction the only direction. Every driver, pedestrian, and cyclist on that street is calibrated to it, which is why a short wrong-way movement is so dangerous. California Vehicle Code section 21657.
California Vehicle Code section 21657
After one drink, a small driver feels nothing and drives perfectly steadily. A friend says no charge is possible at a low reading with perfect driving. What is the safer statement of the law?
✓ Correct answer: A low reading with genuinely unimpaired driving defeats the impairment charge, but readings, drug combinations, age, and probation status each carry their own limits, several of them near zero
The scheme is a set of overlapping nets: impairment at any level, 0.08 per se, 0.04 commercial, 0.01 for the young and for probationers. Feeling fine answers one net and ignores the rest. California Vehicle Code sections 23152, 23136, and 23154.
California Vehicle Code sections 23152, 23136, and 23154
Which failure does section 16028 punish, separate from having no insurance at all?
✓ Correct answer: Failing to show the evidence of financial responsibility when an officer demands it
The section aims at the roadside moment: cover may exist, but the evidence is not produced on demand. California Vehicle Code section 16028.
California Vehicle Code section 16028
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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.
Corrections note
No corrections yet. Last checked 2026-11-03, against the California Vehicle Code and DMV published facts.