Topic 7 · Insurance and Financial Responsibility
A surety bond for financial responsibility must be at least:
- $50,000
- $10,000
- $75,000 — correct answer
Why
A surety bond is one of the four accepted forms of financial responsibility, and it must be for $75,000 — the same amount as a cash deposit with DMV.
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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