Topic 2 · Requirements and Process
What does the examiner look for during the driving test?
- Your favorite color
- Safe driving habits, following traffic laws, and completing maneuvers — correct answer
- How new your car is
Why
The examiner is assessing safe habits: observation, lane control, speed choice, signaling and correctly executed maneuvers. (Handbook, Section 3.)
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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