California DMV Knowledge Test Question Bank

California DMV Knowledge Test Question Bank 2025. Whether you take the knowledge test on a DMV touchscreen, at home on the webcam-proctored version, or through a renewal kiosk, every question is drawn from the very same master pool of items built from the Driver Handbook.

Size and structure of the bank

  • Total English items: 342
  • Number of content areas: 23
  • Adult (DL 5) format: ten interchangeable 36-question forms
  • Provisional (DL 5T) format: five 46-question forms for drivers under 18

Items are seeded onto each form in fixed proportions, so every applicant gets an equal mix of topics and at least two “mandatory” sobriety-law questions.

California DMV Knowledge Test Question Bank

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California DMV Knowledge Test
Full Question Bank
Total Items: 36 Questions
Passing Percentage:  83%
Time Limit: 60 Minutes

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1) When you see a distracted drive on their cell phone, you should:

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2) Which of these is a safe driving practice?

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3) In California, all drivers have consented to take tests for the alcohol content of their blood, breath, or urine:

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4) If you have a health condition that might affect your ability to drive safely, you should notify:

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5) Which of these statements about drugs and driving is true?

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6) When a heavy rain storm or heavy fog occurs:

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7) You must notify law enforcement and notify DMV by filling a Report of Traffic Accident Occurring in California (SR 1) with DMV if:

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8) There is a vehicle stopped on the right shoulder of the road ahead with its hazard lights on. You should:

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9) You are driving on the freeway and a patrol vehicle ahead of you turns on its rear emergency signal lights (hazards warming lights) and drives or weaves back and forth across all the lanes. You should:

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10) When a vehicle is in operation, you are required to wear a seat belt:

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11) Dumping or abandoning an animal on a highway:

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12) You are waiting to turn right at a red traffic signal light. There is a pedestrian on the right side of your vehicle waiting to cross the street you want to enter. Who has the right-of-way when your light turns green?

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13) You should not start across an intersection if you know you will block the intersection when the light turns red:

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14) You must yield to a pedestrian using a white cane or guide dog:

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15) You may legally park your car:

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16)

This orange and black sign means:

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17) Who has the right-of-way at an intersection with no marked crosswalks?

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18) You may legally turn right on a solid red light:

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19) You are on the freeway and traffic is merging into your lane. You have the legal right-of-way and should:

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20)

There are five vehicles following closely behind you on a road with one lane in your direction. When you see this white sign, you should:

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21) A person may legally ride in the back of a pickup truck when:

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22) You may make a left turn on a solid red light only from a:

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23) It is illegal to leave children age six or younger in a car on a hot day:

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24)

This yellow sign means:

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25) Slowing down to look closely at hazards or distractions may:

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26) Merging onto a road is safest if you:

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27) Which of these is a legal U-turn?

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28) When driving in fog or snow, you should use your:

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29) Which of the following is true regarding driving on a curve with no posted speed limit?

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30) Which of the following is true about double parking?

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31) Signal continuously during the last 100 feet before you turn at an intersection:

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32) You are driving 55 mph in the far left (fast) lane of a freeway posted for 65 mph. You could be cited for driving too slowly:

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33) There is one lane in your direction and the vehicle ahead of you often slows down for no apparent reason. In this situation you should:

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34) When another vehicle is following closely behind you (tailgating), you should:

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35) Which of these is true about right-of-way rules?

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36) Any driver who does not pull over when signaled to do so by a peace officer, and will fully flees the scene, even if no one is injured, may be punishable by:

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Topics Covered

Knowledge area Items on a single adult form % of your test
Traffic signs 3 8 %
Safe-driving practices 3 8 %
Visual scanning 3 8 %
Right-of-way 2 6 %
Speed limits 2 6 %
Space cushion 2 6 %
Turns 2 6 %
Traffic signals & lights 2 6 %
Driving in rain, fog, snow 2 6 %
…plus 14 other areas (1 item each)

How to crack the bank

  • Read the 2025 Driver Handbook once—no shortcuts. Every item must trace to a line in that book.
  • Run the four DMV sample tests until you’re missing fewer than three per set.
  • Alternate with a third-party simulator that achieves the same 83% pass rate.
  • Spot-review the high-weight areas in the table above; eight topics cover half the exam.
  • Narrate from the passenger seat. Calling out signs and hazards in live traffic wires, abstract rules are transferred to muscle memory.

Quick facts to remember:

Fact Number
Total English questions in the bank 342)
Content areas 23
Adult test length 36 Qs
Under-18 test length 46 Qs
Passing score 83 % (30/36 or 38/46)
Attempts allowed per application 3

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