Topic 2 · Requirements and Process
After passing your driving test, your first license will be:
- A temporary paper license until your photo license arrives — correct answer
- A permanent license you keep forever
- Valid only for 30 days
Why
You leave with a temporary paper license that is valid to drive while the photo license is produced and mailed.
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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