Driver's License Test Prep
California Practice Licensing Process

You pass your DMV vision test while wearing your prescription glasses. What does the manual say will appear on your driver's license?

  1. A.
    A note listing your prescription strength.
  2. B.
    A referral to schedule an eye doctor exam.
  3. C.
    A corrective lenses restriction. Correct
The Why

The answer is "A corrective lenses restriction."

Passing the vision test in corrective or contact lenses adds a corrective lenses restriction to your driver's license, and you must then wear the correction whenever you drive. Choice B is what the manual prescribes when a driver fails the vision test; drivers who lean on the rule of thumb that any DMV eye-test outcome routes through an eye doctor swap the two.

Why the others miss

The traps in the wrong answers

A. A note listing your prescription strength.

The license carries a corrective lenses restriction, not prescription figures; the DMV records that you need correction, not the specific numbers behind it. This answer assumes the license spells out prescription detail because a driver's other medical IDs and eyeglass paperwork already carry those figures.

B. A referral to schedule an eye doctor exam.

The manual only sends drivers to an eye doctor after they fail the vision test; passing in glasses simply adds the restriction to the license. This answer guesses the DMV writes a referral because the failed-test path uses one, and both outcomes involve corrective lenses somewhere along the way.

The Rule

This question tests your knowledge of Licensing Process in California. Source: California Driver Manual, "The Testing Process, Vision Test," p.5..

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