California motorcycle: Full simulated exam
A full-length motorcycle exam in your state's format, drawn fresh each day — including road signs, because the real test has them.
The DMV states a passing score of 80% on multiple-choice questions drawn from the California Motorcycle Handbook, but does not publish how many questions the test has. So this exam scores you at 80% — the part California actually specifies — and we do not invent a question count.
This is still worth it if:
- The threshold is the part that matters, and it is the real one: 80%.
- If you are under 21, California requires a CHP-approved training course before it will issue your permit — this is how you arrive ready for it.
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- 25-question motorcycle exam in California's published format, drawn from a pool of 102
- 8 questions specific to California — helmet law, eye protection, permit rules
- Road signs included, because real motorcycle tests include them
- Missed-question drill that targets only your weak spots
- Also unlocks the car permit material, all 10 states, and the full CDL battery
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Three questions from inside
Shown in full, with the explanation, so you can judge the quality before paying.
On a California motorcycle built in 1978 or later, the headlight must:
✓ Remain on at all times
Models from 1978 onward must run a multi-beam headlight that stays on at all times. It is a conspicuity rule — the point is being seen by the driver waiting to turn left across you, not lighting the road.
What is unusual about where a pennant sign is posted?
✓ It is the only sign posted on the LEFT side of the road
Every other sign sits on the right. The pennant is on the left because a driver thinking about passing is already looking left down the oncoming lane — the sign is placed exactly where their eyes are at the moment of the decision.
What does California law say about a motorcycle passing another vehicle within the same lane?
✓ California law neither allows nor prohibits it
The DMV states that California law «does not allow or prohibit» passing another vehicle in the same lane going the same direction. That is a genuinely different thing from being expressly legal, and it is the wording California uses — other states prohibit it outright.
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Every section test on this site is free and covers the same material. The paid tier is for riders who want to walk in certain rather than hopeful.