Topic 7 · Insurance and Financial Responsibility
If someone is injured in an accident, what must you do at the scene?
- Call 911 for medical help and render reasonable aid — correct answer
- Wait for the police and do nothing else
- Leave if you are not at fault
Why
Call 911 immediately and give whatever aid you reasonably can. Do not move an injured person unless they are in immediate danger. (Handbook, Section 10.)
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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