Topic 2 · Requirements and Process
Your driver window does not open. On test day this means:
- The examiner will open the passenger window instead
- Nothing, as long as the air conditioning works
- You fail the pre-drive check, because the driver window must open — correct answer
Why
The driver side window must open: it is the first item on the pre-drive list. (Section 3.)
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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