Topic 7 · Insurance and Financial Responsibility
If you hit a parked car and cannot locate the owner, what must you do?
- Leave a note with your information and report to police — correct answer
- Wait until the owner returns
- Drive away without doing anything
Why
Leave a note with your name, address and phone number securely attached to the vehicle, and report the collision to law enforcement. (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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