Topic 2 · Requirements and Process
After a behind-the-wheel test, if you do not pass, you will:
- Receive a full license anyway
- Be told what to improve and may retake the test later — correct answer
- Lose your permit
Why
The examiner goes through the scoring with you so you know what to work on. Minors must wait 14 days before retaking it. (Handbook, 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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