Topic 6 · Alcohol, Drugs, and Driving (DUI Laws)
Field sobriety tests may include:
- Walking a line, eye tracking, and balance tests — correct answer
- Counting backwards from 1000
- Measuring your height
Why
Walk-and-turn, eye tracking and balance tests are designed to reveal the coordination and attention deficits that impairment produces.
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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