Topic 6 · Alcohol, Drugs, and Driving (DUI Laws)
California DUI law applies to:
- Only alcohol
- Only illegal drugs
- Alcohol and/or drugs — correct answer
Why
The law makes no distinction between alcohol, illegal drugs, prescriptions and over-the-counter medicines. What matters is whether you are impaired. (Handbook, Section 9.)
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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