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Based on official California exam questions

CA CDL School Bus Test 2025

  • Perfect for first-time and renewal CDL/CLP applicants, and those adding endorsements.

Getting ready for the School Bus portion of your CA DMV CDL skills test can be overwhelming. You know you have to ace it in order to drive a school bus in California, so your entire livelihood depends on it. You have studied the California CDL manual time and time again, but you need to put your skills to the test to see if you have what it takes to pass. You can accomplish that with the CA CDL School Bus Practice Test. With questions pulled directly from the most recent California CDL manual, the practice test has the same type of questions that you’ll find on the official exam at the DMV.

Gauge Your Knowledge

Start by using the CDL School Bus Practice Test to gauge your knowledge. The 20-question multiple-choice quiz gives you the option of skipping questions that you don’t know. Pass all of the questions that you don’t know, making a note of the ones that you pass. This will allow you to assess your starting point. Then, you’ll know how much reviewing you need to do before you go to the DMV to take your test.

After you have your starting point, study once again. Study up, and once you think you have learned some more information, take the practice test again. Skip the questions that you are unsure of again and then get your score. Continue to do this until you are comfortable with each question on the test.

How the Practice Test is Scored

Along with providing questions, the California CDL School Bus Practice Test is scored the same way as the official test is. You can find out if you would pass the official test when you take the practice test.

It’s time to see how prepared you are for the official exam. Find out if you’re ready to go to the DMV and get your endorsement. It all starts with the practice test.

5 min to complete
Available in EN and ES
CA commercial driver's license
Real exam-style pitfalls you’ll practice:
Common Traps
Distractors
Trick Wording
Double Negatives
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All 650 exam-like questions specific to California

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Unique 360° Virtual Road Simulations

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Authored and curated by Steven Litvintchouk, M.S.

Chief Educational Researcher (ACES member)
Methodology & Editorial Policy
Last verified for accuracy: November 2025 (reviewed weekly)

What to expect on the actual CA permit test

20

questions

16

correct answers to pass

80%

passing score

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