Topic 1 · Introduction
How should you treat each question on the written exam?
- Answer as fast as possible
- Read carefully and consider all answers — correct answer
- Choose the answer you see first
Why
Read the whole question and every option before choosing. Many are decided by a single qualifying word.
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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