Topic 2 · Requirements and Process
If your instruction permit expires before getting your license, what is likely required?
- Only a parent’s signature
- Reapplying and retaking the knowledge test — correct answer
- No further action
Why
An expired permit means starting over: reapply, pay again and retake the knowledge test.
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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