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Free Online California DMV Knowledge Practice Test 2025

  • Perfect for learner’s permit, driver’s license, and Senior Refresher Test
  • Based on official California Driver's manual
  • Triple-checked for accuracy
  • Updated for October 2025

Unlike a fine Sonoma Valley wine, traditional study aids have not aged well. Their methods have become stale and impersonal, leading to a rapid decline in their effectiveness. In search of a more effective and time-efficient study method, test takers are choosing a more personalized approach to learning complex topics. Such an approach increases their comprehension and ability to retain the information. Your long-term success largely depends on your ability to apply the information you learn. While there is no shortage of on-line resources to select from, it is wise to consider one that can modify itself to meet your individual needs.

If traditional study aids have previously failed to increase your knowledge, you have a better chance of succeeding with our free California DMV knowledge practice test. The practice test is designed to teach you the pertinent skills necessary to pass the official knowledge test. It mimics the format of the official knowledge test to give you a sense of the official testing environment. This experience will reduce any anxiety you might have and increase your confidence. Your comfort will be the perfect catalyst for increasing your knowledge and moving you closer to achieving a passing score. The practice test will have you attaining a high performance level in a short amount of time.

The online California DMV knowledge practice test is interactive and provides clear instruction to address your areas for improvement. Without clearly identifying your most troublesome areas, you can’t expect to significantly advance your knowledge level. Other on-line resources, like study guides, are incapable of providing instruction that meets your personal needs. Study guides train you to memorize the answers to the questions and don’t help you correct the ones you get wrong. This approach fails to address your deficiencies and leaves you stuck. The practice test has 20 multiple-choice questions to assess your readiness to pass the official knowledge test. For any question you answer incorrectly, the practice test provides a detailed explanation of the correct answer. The explanation is based on information from the most authoritative sources available on the subject matter. This approach enables you to thoroughly absorb the information and apply it to a given scenario. You can rely on the practice test to provide an optimal learning experience.

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CA DMV driver's license
  • Perfect for learner’s permit, driver’s license, and Senior Refresher Test
  • Triple-checked for accuracy

About this test

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Verified by Steven Litvintchouk, M.S., Chief Educational Researcher, Member of ACES. See our detailed commitment to accuracy and quality in our practice tests.
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What to expect on the actual CA DMV exam

46

questions

38

correct answers to pass

83%

passing score

15 ½ y/o

minimum age to apply

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The material is dry. Studying it is tedious. And you don't want to step foot inside the DMV. So you dread it, avoid it, pretend it doesn't exist. Or you go to the DMV and shoot your shot. You walk in. Take a number. Then the number takes your soul.

Noses sneeze. Babies cry. Frustration groans. And when it's finally time to take your test, you're sweating. Thirty minutes later, you're crying. Because despite your best efforts. You failed. Next thing you know, you're chasing a Waymo in circles to get home (embarrassing!).
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