Topic 6 · Alcohol, Drugs, and Driving (DUI Laws)
If you refuse a chemical test after being lawfully arrested for DUI in California, what is a likely consequence?
- No penalty
- Automatic license suspension — correct answer
- Only a warning
Why
Refusal triggers an automatic administrative suspension, separate from whatever the criminal court decides. (Handbook, Section 9.)
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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