Topic 2 · Requirements and Process
When does the provisional license become a regular Class C license?
- After 6 months
- After 12 months of safe driving or when you turn 18 — correct answer
- After passing a new test
Why
The provisional restrictions lift after 12 months of licensed driving, or on your 18th birthday, whichever comes first. (Handbook, Section 2.)
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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