California permit test
California Permit Practice Test
373 original practice questions, every one cited to the exact section and PDF page of the official California Driver's Handbook. Free, unlimited, no account.
Verified against the current official CA Driver's Handbook (DL 600, rev. 6/2025), checked July 2026.
What makes this one different
Most permit practice sites ask you to trust them. PermitProof shows receipts. Every question carries a citation: the handbook section, the PDF page, and the handbook revision it was verified against. Tap the proof on any answer and check it yourself in the official handbook.
- Questions written in our own words from the California Vehicle Code and the official handbook. Never copied.
- Every question was checked twice, by independent verifiers, before it shipped. Questions that failed were deleted, not fixed up.
- Road sign images are official public-domain MUTCD graphics from the FHWA.
- Misses go to a mistake notebook on your device. No accounts, no ads, no cookies.
The real CA knowledge test, briefly
- The DMV requires a score of 80 percent (official source). Test-takers report 46 questions (pass at 38) under 18 and 36 (pass at 30) for adults. As consistently reported by recent test-takers; the DMV does not publish official counts. Our mock exam applies those stricter lines.
- Each real question has one correct answer and two wrong choices; our mock exam mirrors that.
- You get three attempts per application; minors wait seven days between attempts.
Price
Free practice forever. Pro $24.99 once, never billed again, updates included. No subscriptions ever.
PermitProof is not affiliated with the California DMV.