Topic 1 · Introduction
Which is the best way to handle a question you are unsure of on the DMV test?
- Eliminate obviously wrong answers and choose the best remaining option — correct answer
- Skip the question
- Always pick the first answer
Why
Eliminate what is clearly wrong, then choose the best of what remains. Leaving it blank scores nothing.
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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