California DMV Written Test (2023)

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Description: California Written Practice Test

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When driving in traffic at night on a dimly lit street, you should:

Drive slowly enough so you can stop within the area lighted by your headlightsTurn on your high beam headlights to better see the vehicles directly ahead of youKeep instrument lights bright to be more visible to other drivers

Large truck are most likely to lose speed and cause a hazard:

On long, gradual curvesGoing up long or steep hillsGoing down long gradual hills

When roads are slippery, you should:

Avoid making fast turns and fast stopsPump your brakes to test the traction of your tiresDecrease the distance that you look ahead of your vehicle

Solid yellow lines separate:

Traffic lanes on one-way streetsBicycle lanes from regular trafficVehicles traveling in opposite directions

The "three-second rule" applies to the space _____ of your vehicle:

In backAheadTo the sides

Smoking inside a vehicle when a person younger than 18 years of age is present is:

Legal, if it is your childIllegal at all timesNot restricted by law

When you enter traffic from a stop (ex: pulling away from the curb),you:

Should drive slower than other traffic for 200 feetNeed a large enough gap to get up to the speed of trafficShould wait for the first vehicle to pass

Generally speaking, you are in a large truck's blind spot if you:

Drive close to the large truck's left front wheelCan not see the truck driver in the truck's side mirrorsFollow no closer than ten feet behind the large truck

When sharing the road with a light rail vehicle, you:

May not drive in the lane next to the light rail vehicleShould monitor all traffic signal closely because they can change for the light rail vehicleMay turn in front of an approaching light rail vehicle at an uncontrolled intersection

It is illegal for a person 21 years of age or older to drive with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) that is:

0.10%--One tenth of one percent0.08%--Eight hundreths of one percent0.05%--Five hundreths of one percent

You may legally drive in any freeway carpool lane if:

All the other lanes are stopped with heavy trafficYou carry the minimum number of persons shown on the signIt is between the hours 7 p.m. and 7 a.m.

To see vehicles in your blind spots, you must look:

Over your shouldersIn your side mirrorsIn your inside rearview mirror

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

Pedestrians always have the right-of-wayVehicles, but they should slow down and be carefulPedestrians, but only with the green "WALK" signal

Always look carefully for motorcycles before changing lanes because:

Their smaller size makes them harder to seeThey usually have the right-of-way at intersectionsIt is illegal for motorcycles to share traffic lanes

If it starts to rain on a hot day, the road is the most slippery:

For the first few minutesAfter it has been raining for a few horsAfter it has stopped raining

You should dim your lights for oncoming vehicles or when you are within 300 feet of a vehicle:

You are approaching from behindApproaching you from behindYou have already passed

At night, if an oncoming vehicle fails to dim its high beams, look:

Toward the center of the roadwayToward the right edge of your laneStraight ahead of your lane

Cargo extending more than four feet from your rear bumper:

Is illegal under all cir***stancesMust be marked with a red flag or lightsDoes not legally have to be marked, but it is a good idea

You are entering a freeway. You should check traffic by:

Looking over your shoulderUsing the inside and outside mirrors onlyChecking all mirrors and turning your head

Which of the following requires a child passenger restraint system?

A six-year old weighing 60 poundsA five-year old weighing 55 pundsA five-year old weighing 65 punds

You must notify DMV within 5 days if you:

Are cited for a traffic violationSell or transfer your vehiclePaint your vehicle a different color

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

Only when a guide dog is leading a person across the streetOnly when the pedestrian is obeying traffic controlsAt all times

Driving slowly in front of traffic in the far left (fast) lane on any freeway:

Can frustrate other drivers and make them angryCannot result in traffic citationSaves lives by causing others to slow down too

Parking is NEVER permitted:

In a crosshatched (diagonal) pattern spaceTwenty feet from a railroad trackIn a bicycle lane, unless otherwise posted

You are required to wear your safety belt in a moving vehicle unless:

The vehicle was manufactured before 1975You are riding in the back of a pickup/camperThe vehicle is not equipped with safety belts

Before driving into an intersection from a stop, you should look:

Left and right onlyStraight ahead and to the leftLeft, right, and left again

When is it legal to use a cell phone without a hands-free while driving?

When making a call while stopped at a red lightWhen making a call for emergency assistenceNever

When approaching a crosswalk where a blind pedestrian is waiting to cross, you must stop:

More than five feet from the crosswalk so the pedestrian will not be distracted by the sound of your engineAt the crosswalk and wait for the pedestrian to cross the streetAt the crosswalk and then tell the pedestrian when to cross the street

When driving a vehicle with airbags, you are safest when seated:

At least ten inches away from the steering wheelWithin 6 1/2 inches of the steering wheelWith your head positioned directly above the steering wheel

If you are towing another vehicle or trailer on a freeway with four lanes in your direction, you may travel in:

Any of the traffic lanes in your directionEither of the two right lanesThe far right lane only

If your cell phone rings while you are driving and you do not have a hands-free device, you should:

Answer the call because it may be an emergencyLet the call go to voice mailCheck the incoming number before answering the call

You are driving in the far right lane of a multilane freeway. A line of five cars is merging into your lane ahead from an on-ramp. You:

Must maintain your speed and positionMust slow down to let the other vehicles mergeHave the legal right-of-way, but should make room for the merging vehicles, if possible

If there are two solid yellow lines in the center of the roadway, you:

May cross the lines to turn left into a private drive wayAre on a two-lane one-way streetShould treat the lines as a solid wall and not cross for any reason

Even if you know your vehicle can maneuver a sharp curve at the legal speed limit, you should still slow down because:

You must legally drive below the speed limit on sharp curves The strong inward pull on your vehicle can be dangerousThere may be a stalled car or accident that you can't see

If five or more vehicles are following you on a narrow two-lane road:

Move to the right side of your lane and drive slowlyPull off the road when it is safe and let them passContinue driving because you have the roght-of-way

If you are unable to see the road ahead while driving because of heavy fog and your wipers do not help, you should:

Slow down and continue drivingTurn on your high beams and continue drivingPull off the road completely until visibility improves

Comments

if you want to see the results there's a little arrow in the top saying CHECK YOUR ANSWERS. AINT NO RESULTS THIS SHYT SUXI agree with Heisershouse's comment regarding" if five cars are following you on a two lane road you should pull over when it is safe and let them pass"IF FIVE CARS ARE FOLLOWING YOU ON A TWO LANE ROAD YOU SHOUL;D PULL OVER WHEN IT IS SAFE AND LET THEM PASS I THINK YOUR ANSWER WAS WRONG YOU SAY CONTINUE DRIVING BECAUSE HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAYWTF i took my sweet time and no RESULT! UGHH >___<alot of these questions were in my test.. I faild all 3 times.. But im going to take mine again for the 4th time and these test do help me studysome of the answers are not right like for instance22 23 27This is very helpful if you had time to read the DMV practice book, then you would know that this is accurateThis is very helpful if you had time to red the DMV you would know that this is acurrate. this wa s biggest bs i ever read get this off the netnot all the answers are correct, at least some of them do contradict the contents of the driver's handbook.this was of no help! as i cudn't see the correct answers.man this is all bs some were in the test but some is all bsI don't think some of these questions are correct! These tests leave out quite of bit of what some of the questions really are in the test.Some of these questions are really in the 2010 california written test for your permit. I failed it the first time, and I would say 85% of the questions I just took from these tests were in the one I didnt pass. Id say 30/36 questions are in the test I took.Are these tests efficient? cuz sum of the answers they provide seem to be effen bs. Stupid test.wtf wakkafter redoing the test and correcting the answeres to yours, mine were right the first time. what gives?I would like to see my results of the teast