California Driver License Practice Tests

235 free practice questions across 10 tests, each with the correct answer and an explanation. No account needed.

The California DMV knowledge test is a multiple-choice test on the California Driver's Handbook. You get three attempts before you must reapply, and a minor who fails waits seven days to try again. The behind-the-wheel test follows once you pass, and teens must also log 50 supervised hours and hold a permit for six months.

These practice tests follow the 2025 handbook section by section: getting a license, signals and lanes, turns and parking, signs and right-of-way, sharing the road, special speed limits and the point system, safe driving in bad weather, seat belts and emergencies, DUI and insurance, and senior drivers. The road-sign test shows the actual sign pictures, the way the real test does.

How to use these

Read the study guide chapter first — the guides below are written from the handbook — then take the matching test. The explanation under each question gives the rule behind the answer, which is what the real test rewords.

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The explanations these questions were written from, as articles: