Graduated Licensing
Permit, intermediate, and full license stages: restrictions and timelines.
Graduated Licensing rules in California follow the federal framework with state-specific limits, distances, and exceptions. The practice questions below are drawn from the California driver handbook, so they track the state's own rules.
Graduated Licensing questions, California edition.
Each question links through to a full explanation, the rule it tests, and a citation back to the manual.
- You are applying for a California Class C instruction permit as a minor. What is the minimum age to apply? →
- Before scheduling the behind-the-wheel drive test, a minor must complete how many hours of supervised practice driving? →
- Of a minor's required supervised practice hours, how many must be at night? →
- A minor practicing on an instruction permit must drive with a California-licensed driver who is at least what age? →
- How long must a minor hold an instruction permit before scheduling the behind-the-wheel drive test? →
- Unless an exception applies, during the first 12 months with a provisional license, a driver may not drive during which hours? →
- Under California's standard provisional-license passenger restriction, passengers under what age require a parent, guardian, or California-licensed driver at least 25 years old in the vehicle? →
- Under the normal passenger restriction, during the first year a provisional driver may carry passengers under 20 only when accompanied by whom? →
- A provisional driver must drive to work between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. What documentation is required? →
- You are a minor applying for a California instruction permit and your parents share joint custody. Whose signature does the application require? →
- You are 17 with a California provisional license. Which type of driving does the manual specifically prohibit? →
- A provisional driver uses the medical-need exception to drive during restricted hours. What must the physician's note include? →
- A California minor receives an instruction permit in the mail. When may they first legally drive with it? →
- A provisional driver needs to drive during restricted hours for a school activity. Who must sign the note they carry? →
- A California minor practices driving on their instruction permit with a licensed adult. Where must the supervising driver sit? →
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