Topic 1 · Introduction
What should you do if you miss a question on a practice test?
- Ignore it
- Review the topic in the handbook — correct answer
- Assume it won’t be on the real test
Why
Go back to the handbook section it came from. Knowing the right answer is less useful than knowing why.
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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