Topic 2 · Requirements and Process
A minor who fails the knowledge test must wait before retaking it:
- Seven days, not counting the day of the failure — correct answer
- Three days, including the day of the failure
- Fourteen days
Why
Seven days for the knowledge test and fourteen for the behind-the-wheel test, in both cases not counting the day you failed. (Section 3.)
Practise this in the real format
Reading one answer is not the same as sitting the test. The simulator runs the first-time adult form: 36 questions, 6 mistakes allowed, 83% to pass.
Source: California Driver's Handbook (DL 600, rev. 6/2025), the document the DMV writes the real test from. Edited by Fernando Aguilera. Aprobify is not affiliated with the California DMV.
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