Topic 7 · Insurance and Financial Responsibility
When must you provide proof of insurance in California?
- Only if you cause an accident
- When pulled over, after a collision, and when registering/renewing a vehicle — correct answer
- Only when you buy a new car
Why
When an officer asks, after a collision, and when you register or renew a vehicle. (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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