Topic 2 · Requirements and Process
At the behind-the-wheel test, the examiner may give two instructions at once in order to:
- See whether you understand and properly follow both directions — correct answer
- Check your memory for street names
- Save time during the test route
Why
For example: at the next street make a left turn, and then at the first intersection make another left. (Section 3, Behind-the-Wheel Drive Test.)
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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