DMV written test

Here you can practice for the California DMV written test

Start DMV written test practice:

  • This test takes only 10 minutes.
  • At the end of the test you see your score.

Written Test Tips

The California DMV written test contains 36 questions.

  • Each question has 1 correct answer.
  • You have 3 chances to pass the test

If you have to renew your driver license

The renewal of written test contains only 18 questions. A passing score is at least 15 correct answers.

You can take your written test also in a foreign language.

The class C California DMV written test is also available in:

  • Amharic
  • Arabic
  • Armenian
  • Cambodian
  • Chinese
  • Croatian
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Hebrew
  • Hindi
  • Hmong
  • Hungarian
  • Indonesian
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Laotian
  • Persian/Farsi
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Punjabi
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Samoan
  • Spanish
  • Tagalog/Filipino
  • Thai
  • Tongan
  • Turkish
  • Vietnamese.

Before you go to renew your written test, practice online for the written test and read the California Driver Handbook. The test questions contains general rules and safe driving skills. 

At the test,

  • Try to remain calm 
  • The renewal written test contains only 18 questions 
  • Each question has only 1 correct answer
  • You can take the test also in a foreign language but then you need to take a traffic sign test
  • If you fail your test, you can try twice more and only after then you need to pay the fee again

Practice for the written test

This DMV written test contains questions from the same topics as the official test:

Test categories:

  • Occupant protection 
  • Right of way rules
  • Speed limits
  • Lane control
  • Turns
  • Parking
  • Safe driving practices
  • Vehicle positioning
  • Sharing the road
  • Handling emergencies
  • Alcohol and drugs
  • Driver licence classes
  • Traffic violations

Test your knowledge in these categories and Start written test practice

User's results

Practice Score Name Date taken
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Road signs test 100 % Visitor Nov 25 2024 - 9:16am
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DMV practice test 71 % Visitor Oct 12 2024 - 2:28pm

How to prepare for the DMV written test?

Top 5 tips to your written test:

  1. Practice online before taking the DMV knowledge test.
  2. Practice for the written test 2021 created from the official California Driver Handbook.
    • All the official questions in the test are based on the California Driver Handbook.
  3. Review the California Driver Handbook.
  4. Learn the traffic signs. 

At the test

  1. Read the test questions carefully and stay calm. It is important to understand the question before answering. 
  2. There is only one correct answer in each question, and two obviously wrong choices.

Here you can find the California written test 2021 practice. Practice with our CA DMV test and pass your written test with ease.

News

Published over 100 C-class questions for DMV written test practice. 

Good luck to your written test!

DMV-TEST.NET
Support

Mar 24 2017 - 8:11am

Questions updated according to new DMV regulations.

"Effective January 1, 2017. The minimum damage threshold for collision reportability has increased from $750 to $1,000. A driver of a motor vehicle involved in a collision with property damages greater than $1,000 must submit a Report of Traffic Accident Occurring in California (SR 1) to DMV."

 

DMV-TEST.NET
Content department 

28/01/2017

Jan 29 2017 - 2:11pm

We updated some of the questions and practices.

Good luck! 

May 27 2016 - 11:11am

Today we published some new questions including road signs test. Good luck for your test!

May 11 2016 - 6:12pm