Topic 2 · Requirements and Process
You are 70 years old and your license is about to expire. How must you renew it?
- By mail, with no additional test
- In person, and you must pass a vision test — correct answer
- Online, like any other driver
Why
From age 70 onward, renewal must be in person and you must pass a vision test. Other exams may also be required. (Handbook, Section 13.)
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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