Topic 7 · Insurance and Financial Responsibility
What should you always carry in your car to be prepared for an accident?
- Bank account information
- Proof of insurance, registration, and driver’s license — correct answer
- Proof of employment
Why
Proof of insurance, the vehicle registration and your license — all three are required when you drive and after a collision. (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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