California DMV scores the knowledge test at 80% for both teens and adults, and every question comes from the California Driver’s Handbook. These 297 practice questions are written against that handbook. Start any topic with no account.
California Department of Motor Vehicles sets the live exam. Every number below is cited. Practice-bank size on this page (297 questions across 14 tests) is counted from the live California lessons, not from the official paper.
| What the test does | The sourced figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Official pass mark | 80% for an original Class C knowledge test, teens and adults | California DMV — Learner’s Permits |
| Official question count | California DMV does not currently publish a question count on its learner-permit or testing-process pages. Circulating teen-versus-adult splits from unofficial sites are not repeated here. | California DMV — Learner’s Permits |
| Teen vs adult path | Same published 80% score. Under 18: 15½ or older, driver education, and a parent or guardian signature. 18 and over: no driver-education certificate is required to sit the knowledge test. | California DMV — Learner’s Permits |
| Attempts and retest | Three attempts on one application, then you must reapply. Minors wait seven days to retake a failed knowledge test, not including the day of the failure. The handbook does not publish a wait for adults. | California Driver’s Handbook, Section 3: The Testing Process |
| Historical profile (not current rules) | NHTSA’s 2007–08 profile listed California at 46 questions, 85%, a 30-minute test and a 7-day retest wait, with a 57.3% pass rate in a 2005 one-day under-18 query. Those figures are historical evidence, not today’s DMV requirements.Historical — not a current agency rule. | Drivings permit-test pass rates by state |
Use the agency’s own materials first. These practice tests sit beside them, they do not replace them.
Each topic is a separate free test. The blurbs name California rules, not a generic US paper.
CA Road Signs Test
California’s reserved shapes (octagon STOP, downward triangle YIELD, pentagon school) plus the colored-curb code the handbook actually tests.
Start free testCA Traffic Signals Test
Limit lines, right-on-red, and the difference between a flashing red and a flashing yellow on a California signal head.
Start free testCA Right-of-Way Test
At California intersections pedestrians have the right-of-way. A person with a white cane or guide dog has it at all times.
Start free testCA Speed Limits Test
California’s Basic Speed Law and the 25 mph default in business and residential districts unless a sign says otherwise.
Start free testCA Lane Use Test
Lane choice and legal passing, including when you must wait rather than squeeze past a bicyclist.
Start free testCA Turns Test
Signal about 100 feet out, stop at the limit line, and yield before you turn — the California sequence.
Start free testCA Parking Test
The 18-inch curb finish, hill parking, and California’s red / blue / green / yellow curb colors.
Start free testCA Freeway Test
Merge at the speed of traffic, pick a lane, and what you may never do on a California freeway.
Start free testCA Sharing the Road Test
California’s Three Feet for Safety bike-passing rule, and 10 mph when passing a stopped streetcar or light-rail car.
Start free testCA Road Conditions Test
If you cannot see farther than 100 feet in heavy rain or snow, the handbook says it is not safe to drive faster than 30 mph.
Start free testCA Alcohol and Drugs Test
California’s .08% adult, .01% under-21 and .04% commercial BAC limits, plus implied consent.
Start free testCA Emergencies Test
Tire blowouts, brake failure, Move Over, and what California requires after a crash.
Start free testCA Vehicle Controls Test
The pre-drive checks a California examiner asks you to locate before a drive test — mirrors, brakes, lights, horn.
Start free testCA Practice Permit Test
A mixed paper from every California topic. The official knowledge test is scored at 80%; DMV does not publish a current question count.
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