CALIFORNIA DEALER LICENSE EXAM SCRIPT 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔The maximum fee allowed for documentation preparation is:
a. $10
b. $25
c. $30
d. $65 - ✔✔d. $65
✔✔The maximum fee allowed for smog is:
a. $15
b. $20
c. $30
d. $50 - ✔✔d. $50
✔✔How many days does used vehicle dealer have to COMPLETE APPLICATION
complete application to the department from the date of sale?
a. 50
b. 30
c. 60
d. 20 - ✔✔b. 30
✔✔How many days does used vehicle dealer have to CLEAR APPLICATION to the
department from the date of sale?
a. 20
b. 30
c. 50
d. 60 - ✔✔c. 50
✔✔All deals negotiated in Spanish require the dealer to provide a spanish language
contract.
a. True
B. False - ✔✔a. True
✔✔In advertising, a dealer must identify his herself by:
a. Slogan name or Business License Name
b. License number
c. Address - ✔✔a. Slogan name or Business License Name
✔✔When a vehicle is sold prior to the expiration of the ad, the dealer has 48 hours to
request (IN WRITING) withdrawal of the vehicle ad or overprint the word "SOLD" over
particular vehicle.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a. True
, ✔✔When Advertising, which of the following does the Dealer not have to disclose?
a. Vehicle Identification Number or License number
b. Total price
c. Statement "not including taxes, doc & smog fees, registration & CA tire fee
d. Color - ✔✔d. Color
✔✔It is unlawful to violate any law prohibiting Bait and Switching Advertising: the
practice of advertising a low price with the intent to switch the consumer to a higher
priced vehicle.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a. True
✔✔If the mileage exceed the mechanical function of the odometer and goes over
100,000 miles, this means that the odometer cannot register the actual mileage. You
must:
a. Reset it
b. Replace it
c. Leave it and sell it with the vehicle "As Is"
d. You must disclose this with the purchaser - ✔✔d. You must disclose this with the
purchaser
✔✔Is it illegal to tamper with the odometer, disconnect, reset or rollback, etc.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔True
✔✔Prior history disclosure is required in writing that states if a vehicle is which of the
following:
a. Rental Vehicle
b. Taxi cab
c. Insurance Salvage vehicle
d. Former public vehicle
e. All of the above - ✔✔d. All of the above
✔✔Which of the following are true regarding the Report of Sale(ROS)?
a. Dealer has 5 days to submit the bottom portion Report of Sale (not counting the date
of sale)
b. If late, dealer must pay $5.00 ASF penalty
c. Dealer must display bottom portion of ROS on Customer vehicle before delivery
d. All of the above - ✔✔d. All of the above
✔✔Which of the following are true regarding the Vehicle title and Transfer fees?
a. Transfer fees are $15.00
b. If late, dealer must pay $5 ASF penalty
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔The maximum fee allowed for documentation preparation is:
a. $10
b. $25
c. $30
d. $65 - ✔✔d. $65
✔✔The maximum fee allowed for smog is:
a. $15
b. $20
c. $30
d. $50 - ✔✔d. $50
✔✔How many days does used vehicle dealer have to COMPLETE APPLICATION
complete application to the department from the date of sale?
a. 50
b. 30
c. 60
d. 20 - ✔✔b. 30
✔✔How many days does used vehicle dealer have to CLEAR APPLICATION to the
department from the date of sale?
a. 20
b. 30
c. 50
d. 60 - ✔✔c. 50
✔✔All deals negotiated in Spanish require the dealer to provide a spanish language
contract.
a. True
B. False - ✔✔a. True
✔✔In advertising, a dealer must identify his herself by:
a. Slogan name or Business License Name
b. License number
c. Address - ✔✔a. Slogan name or Business License Name
✔✔When a vehicle is sold prior to the expiration of the ad, the dealer has 48 hours to
request (IN WRITING) withdrawal of the vehicle ad or overprint the word "SOLD" over
particular vehicle.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a. True
, ✔✔When Advertising, which of the following does the Dealer not have to disclose?
a. Vehicle Identification Number or License number
b. Total price
c. Statement "not including taxes, doc & smog fees, registration & CA tire fee
d. Color - ✔✔d. Color
✔✔It is unlawful to violate any law prohibiting Bait and Switching Advertising: the
practice of advertising a low price with the intent to switch the consumer to a higher
priced vehicle.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a. True
✔✔If the mileage exceed the mechanical function of the odometer and goes over
100,000 miles, this means that the odometer cannot register the actual mileage. You
must:
a. Reset it
b. Replace it
c. Leave it and sell it with the vehicle "As Is"
d. You must disclose this with the purchaser - ✔✔d. You must disclose this with the
purchaser
✔✔Is it illegal to tamper with the odometer, disconnect, reset or rollback, etc.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔True
✔✔Prior history disclosure is required in writing that states if a vehicle is which of the
following:
a. Rental Vehicle
b. Taxi cab
c. Insurance Salvage vehicle
d. Former public vehicle
e. All of the above - ✔✔d. All of the above
✔✔Which of the following are true regarding the Report of Sale(ROS)?
a. Dealer has 5 days to submit the bottom portion Report of Sale (not counting the date
of sale)
b. If late, dealer must pay $5.00 ASF penalty
c. Dealer must display bottom portion of ROS on Customer vehicle before delivery
d. All of the above - ✔✔d. All of the above
✔✔Which of the following are true regarding the Vehicle title and Transfer fees?
a. Transfer fees are $15.00
b. If late, dealer must pay $5 ASF penalty
