2025 CALIFORNIA DMV PERMIT TEST
PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
100% SOLVED
When you see this sign, you should stop and:
• Check for vehicles only in the direction that you plan on going, then proceed.
• Let all vehicles that arrive before or after you go first.
• Check for traffic in all directions before proceeding. - ANSWER• Check for traffic in all
directions before proceeding.
Streets and highways are most slippery:
• When it has been raining hard for several hours.
• When they are clean and dry.
• Just after it starts to rain. - ANSWER• Just after it starts to rain.
If you approach a flashing red traffic light, you:
• Are traveling in the wrong direction.
• Must treat the intersection as if it is controlled by a stop sign.
• May not proceed until it changes to green. - ANSWER• Must treat the intersection as if
it is controlled by a stop sign.
Which of the following is true about vehicles displaying a diamond-shaped sign that
indicates a hazardous load?
• They are not allowed to drive on freeways.
• They must stop before crossing railroad tracks.
• They are not allowed to exceed 35 mph. - ANSWER• They must stop before crossing
railroad tracks.
You are driving on the freeway behind a large truck. You should drive:
• Closer behind the truck than you would if following a passenger vehicle.
• Farther behind the truck than you would if following a passenger vehicle.
• To the right side of the truck and wait to pass. - ANSWER• Farther behind the truck
than you would if following a passenger vehicle.
Changing from one lane to another is best done:
,• Quickly and often.
• When a car is in your blind spot.
• Gradually and carefully. - ANSWER• Gradually and carefully.
When you drive through a construction zone, you should:
• Stop to watch the workers.
• Decrease your following distance.
• Pass the construction zone carefully and not "rubberneck." - ANSWER• Pass the
construction zone carefully and not "rubberneck."
If you are being passed in a no passing zone, you should:
• Pull off the road.
• Maintain your speed and position.
• Slow down and let the other driver safely return to the drive lane. - ANSWER• Slow
down and let the other driver safely return to the drive lane.
It is illegal to leave a child age six or younger unattended in a vehicle on a hot day:
• Even if they are secured in a child passenger restraint system.
• If they are supervised by a person twelve years of age or older.
• Only if the key is in the ignition. - ANSWER• Even if they are secured in a child
passenger restraint system.
Backing your vehicle is:
• Always dangerous.
• Dangerous if you have a helper.
• Only dangerous in large vehicles. - ANSWER• Always dangerous.
This sign is a warning that you are approaching:
• An intersection.
• A crosswalk.
• A railroad crossing. - ANSWER• A railroad crossing.
Make room for cars that are entering the freeway by:
• Slowing down.
• Merging into a different lane.
• Maintaining your speed and position. - ANSWER• Merging into a different lane.
This road sign means:
• No right turn.
, • Drive only in the direction of the arrow.
• Curve ahead. - ANSWER• Drive only in the direction of the arrow.
What does this road sign indicate?
• Directions for children.
• School zone ahead.
• Playground area ahead. - ANSWER• School zone ahead.
You are about to make a left turn. You must signal continuously during the last ___ feet
before the turn.
• 50
• 75
• 100 - ANSWER• 100
This sign means:
• You are approaching the end of a divided highway.
• You are approaching the beginning of a divided highway.
• The road will be slippery ahead. - ANSWER• You are approaching the beginning of a
divided highway.
When merging onto the freeway, you should be driving:
• At or near the speed of the freeway traffic.
• At the legal speed limit.
• More slowly than the freeway traffic. - ANSWER• At or near the speed of the freeway
traffic.
What is the only medically proven method of removing alcohol or other drug
combinations from your system?
• Breathe in some fresh air.
• Give your body time.
• Drink coffee. - ANSWER• Give your body time.
When entering the interstate on a short entrance ramp where there is no acceleration
lane, you should:
• Immediately enter the far-right traffic lane on the interstate and speed up to match the
flow of traffic.
• Use the shoulder of the main road to get up to the speed of traffic.
• Speed up and enter the interstate only after you have identified a gap in traffic. -
ANSWER• Speed up and enter the interstate only after you have identified a gap in
traffic.
PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
100% SOLVED
When you see this sign, you should stop and:
• Check for vehicles only in the direction that you plan on going, then proceed.
• Let all vehicles that arrive before or after you go first.
• Check for traffic in all directions before proceeding. - ANSWER• Check for traffic in all
directions before proceeding.
Streets and highways are most slippery:
• When it has been raining hard for several hours.
• When they are clean and dry.
• Just after it starts to rain. - ANSWER• Just after it starts to rain.
If you approach a flashing red traffic light, you:
• Are traveling in the wrong direction.
• Must treat the intersection as if it is controlled by a stop sign.
• May not proceed until it changes to green. - ANSWER• Must treat the intersection as if
it is controlled by a stop sign.
Which of the following is true about vehicles displaying a diamond-shaped sign that
indicates a hazardous load?
• They are not allowed to drive on freeways.
• They must stop before crossing railroad tracks.
• They are not allowed to exceed 35 mph. - ANSWER• They must stop before crossing
railroad tracks.
You are driving on the freeway behind a large truck. You should drive:
• Closer behind the truck than you would if following a passenger vehicle.
• Farther behind the truck than you would if following a passenger vehicle.
• To the right side of the truck and wait to pass. - ANSWER• Farther behind the truck
than you would if following a passenger vehicle.
Changing from one lane to another is best done:
,• Quickly and often.
• When a car is in your blind spot.
• Gradually and carefully. - ANSWER• Gradually and carefully.
When you drive through a construction zone, you should:
• Stop to watch the workers.
• Decrease your following distance.
• Pass the construction zone carefully and not "rubberneck." - ANSWER• Pass the
construction zone carefully and not "rubberneck."
If you are being passed in a no passing zone, you should:
• Pull off the road.
• Maintain your speed and position.
• Slow down and let the other driver safely return to the drive lane. - ANSWER• Slow
down and let the other driver safely return to the drive lane.
It is illegal to leave a child age six or younger unattended in a vehicle on a hot day:
• Even if they are secured in a child passenger restraint system.
• If they are supervised by a person twelve years of age or older.
• Only if the key is in the ignition. - ANSWER• Even if they are secured in a child
passenger restraint system.
Backing your vehicle is:
• Always dangerous.
• Dangerous if you have a helper.
• Only dangerous in large vehicles. - ANSWER• Always dangerous.
This sign is a warning that you are approaching:
• An intersection.
• A crosswalk.
• A railroad crossing. - ANSWER• A railroad crossing.
Make room for cars that are entering the freeway by:
• Slowing down.
• Merging into a different lane.
• Maintaining your speed and position. - ANSWER• Merging into a different lane.
This road sign means:
• No right turn.
, • Drive only in the direction of the arrow.
• Curve ahead. - ANSWER• Drive only in the direction of the arrow.
What does this road sign indicate?
• Directions for children.
• School zone ahead.
• Playground area ahead. - ANSWER• School zone ahead.
You are about to make a left turn. You must signal continuously during the last ___ feet
before the turn.
• 50
• 75
• 100 - ANSWER• 100
This sign means:
• You are approaching the end of a divided highway.
• You are approaching the beginning of a divided highway.
• The road will be slippery ahead. - ANSWER• You are approaching the beginning of a
divided highway.
When merging onto the freeway, you should be driving:
• At or near the speed of the freeway traffic.
• At the legal speed limit.
• More slowly than the freeway traffic. - ANSWER• At or near the speed of the freeway
traffic.
What is the only medically proven method of removing alcohol or other drug
combinations from your system?
• Breathe in some fresh air.
• Give your body time.
• Drink coffee. - ANSWER• Give your body time.
When entering the interstate on a short entrance ramp where there is no acceleration
lane, you should:
• Immediately enter the far-right traffic lane on the interstate and speed up to match the
flow of traffic.
• Use the shoulder of the main road to get up to the speed of traffic.
• Speed up and enter the interstate only after you have identified a gap in traffic. -
ANSWER• Speed up and enter the interstate only after you have identified a gap in
traffic.
