California Gun Permit Practice Test (30 Questions Answers). To obtain a Firearm Safety Certificate, a person must pass a Department of Justice (DOJ) written test. Therefore, you can download FSC Test Prep in PDF or Practice question answers in Quiz.
California Gun Permit Practice Test
| Test Name | FSC Practice Test |
| Test Administration | Department of Justice (DOJ) California |
| Passing Marks | 75% |
| Total Question | 30 |
| Test Type | Sample Ture / False and Multiple Choice |
| Topics Covered | Mix |
Q1. What is GVRO?
- (A) Use to obtain a Temporary Emergency Gun Violence Restraining Order that is effective immediately for 21 days.
- (B) Use to start the court case to get a Gun Violence Restraining Order that will last 21 days
- (C) The law exempts certain categories of individuals from the FSC and safe handling demonstration requirements.
- (D) The law exempts certain categories of individuals from the FSC and safe handling demonstration requirements.
Q2. What a GVRO Does?
- (A) Not possess a firearm or ammunition
- (B) Not purchase a firearm or ammunition
- (C) Relinquish any firearms and/or ammunition to law enforcement, sell them, or store them with a licensed firearms dealer.
- (D) All of the above
Q3. What are the two types of GVROs?
- (A) Ex Parte GVRO
- (B) Temporary Emergency GVRO
- (C) Emergency GVRO
- (D) All of the above
Q4. A Temporary Emergency GVRO may only be sought by a law enforcement officer.
- (A) True
- (B) False
Q5. An Ex Parte GVRO may be sought by a law enforcement officer or an immediate family member.
- (A) True
- (B) False
Q6. Which of the following is considered to be a locked container (when being transported)?
- (A) the trunk of a car
- (B) the glove box of a car
- (C) the utility box of a car
- (D) All of the above
Q7. Can any person manufacture (home-built) a firearm?
- (A) Yes
- (B) No
- (C) First apply to the California DOJ for a serial number
- (D) None of the above
Q8. The Constitution of California does not contain a provision explicitly guaranteeing an individual right to keep and bear arms.
- (A) True
- (B) False
Q9. Can I carry a gun without a concealed weapons permit in CA?
- (A) CCW permit is required
- (B) Delar Permit is required
- (C) Handgun Safety Certificate is required
- (D) Firearm Safety Certificate is required
Q10. Carrying a loaded magazine separate from the handgun is Prohibited under the CA Penal Code.
- (A) True
- (B) False
Q11. What is Microstamping?
- (A) Ballistic Identification System
- (B) Laser guidance system
- (C) Techno-Polymers system
- (D) Microscopic markings System
Q12. Who is exempt from this requirement “Dealers may not sell any new handgun unless it is listed in the state DOJ roster of handguns certified for sale”?
- (A) private party transfers
- (B) certain single-action revolvers
- (C) pawn/consignment returns
- (D) all of the above.
Q13 When is it legal to carry a concealed firearm?
- (A) If you are in your home or in your place of business (usually applies to business owners).
- (B) If you are going to or from the shooting range, hunting, fishing, or camping.
- (C) If you are transporting the gun. As long as you are 18 or older, a person may carry a concealed firearm
- (D) If you have a license to carry a concealed firearm.
Q14. Who Can Apply for a Concealed Carry Permit in California?
- (A) Good moral character and have attended a firearms training class
- (B) Just cause to justify the permit (ex. you or your loved ones are in danger and the threat can be reduced if you have a concealed firearm)
- (C) A resident or run a business in the city or county you are securing a CCW license from.
- (D) All of the above
Q15. If you have a concealed weapon permit from another state then do you have the right to carry a concealed weapon in California?
- (A) Yes
- (B) No
Q16. Which of the following process(s) may be used to prevent you from owning/possessing a firearm in California?
- (A) DOJ Record Check
- (B) California Personal Firearms Eligibility Check (PFEC)
- (C) National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)
- (D) Both B and C
Q17. You may still be prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm even though you receive a PFEC response indicating you are eligible to own or possess firearms.
- (A) True
- (B) False
Q18. What is the minimum age to purchase & possess handguns in California?
- (A) 18
- (B) 19
- (C) 20
- (D) 21
19. In which of the following process all firearms purchases and transfers, including private party transactions and sales at gun shows, is done?
- (A) PFEC and NICS Check
- (B) Dealer’s Record of Sale (DROS)
- (C) DOJ Check
- (D) All of the above
Q20. A dealer can sell or transfer a gun to a person under 21, but over the age of 18, when, he/she possesses a valid hunting license.
- (A) True
- (B) False
Q21. There is no limit on the total number of handguns that a person can buy.
- (A) True
- (B) False
Q22. What guns are considered a “handgun”?
- (A) Revolvers
- (B) Semiautomatic pistols
- (C) Most firearms equipped with a pistol grip
- (D) All of the above
Q23. To lawfully transport a handgun in a vehicle, California residents must ensure that it is:
- (A) unloaded,
- (B) locked in the trunk of the vehicle or in a locked container inside the vehicle, and
- (C) apparent, or not concealed inside the vehicle
- (D) All of the above
Q24. It is always a crime to transport a loaded firearm.
- (A) True
- (B) False
Q25. When transporting an assault weapon, Californians must ensure that it is:
- (A) unloaded
- (B) stored in a locked container
- (C) only be transported to and from certain places
- (D) All of the above
Q26. If a gun owner knows that a child can access a stored gun, he/she should:
- (A) make certain that it is unloaded, and
- (B) store it in a place outside of the child’s access (like a locked container).
- (C) store their gun in a different location than the ammunition
- (D) All of the above
Q27. Which of the following parties may issue a CCW?
- (A) a county sheriff
- (B) the chief or other head of a municipal police department.
- (C) California Department of Justice
- (D) A and B
Q28. It is generally a crime for a person to openly carry unloaded guns in California.
- (A) True
- (B) False
Q29. is it a crime for a person to do any of the following? (select all that applies)
- (A) manufacture them,
- (B) import them into the state,
- (C) keep them for sale,
- (D) offer them for sale,
- (E) give them away,
- (F) lend them, or
- (G) possess them
Q30. Penal Code 30600 PC is the California statute that makes it a crime to manufacture, distribute, transport, import, sell or give away assault weapons and BMG rifles.
- (A) True
- (B) False
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