Topic 2 · Requirements and Process
If you are under 18, your license is considered:
- Provisional — correct answer
- Temporary
- Commercial
Why
Every license issued under 18 is provisional and carries the night and passenger restrictions. (Handbook, Section 2.)
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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