FSC practice test 2026
Thirty practice questions for California’s Firearm Safety Certificate test. Answer one and you see whether you got it right, why, and the page of the DOJ study guide the answer comes from. The real test is 30 questions and you need 23 correct, which is 75%, to pass. [11 CCR §4253(a), (g)]
Ours are all four-option multiple choice. The real test mixes 10 true/false questions with 20 multiple choice: what’s on the test has the details.
30 questions. The real test takes 23 right to pass.
Where these come from: our app’s 149 questions were each checked against the 2025 DOJ study guide in an independent audit on September 11, 2026 (146 passed, 3 corrected, none removed). These thirty are taken only from that audited set, word for word, with the page each answer rests on.
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These thirty come from our app’s question bank, written from the same DOJ guide. The app has the full bank by topic, 30-question practice exams graded at 23 of 30, a review deck that brings back the ones you miss, and your progress over time. It works offline and needs no account.
The rest of this guide
- What's on the California FSC test: The FSC test is 30 questions, 10 true/false and 20 multiple choice, and you need 23 right. The subjects it covers, the rules in the room, and what is not on it.
- How to get your Firearm Safety Certificate: Where to take the California FSC test, the $25 fee, the ID you need, retakes if you fail, how long it lasts and how to replace a lost one. Sourced to the DOJ.
- The FSC study guide, chapter by chapter: The California DOJ's FSC Study Guide in plain English: safety rules, children, handling, ammunition, storage, straw purchases and the law, with page links.
- The safe handling demonstration: What California's safe handling demonstration is, when you do it, and the steps for a semiautomatic pistol and revolvers, from the DOJ guide and regulations.
- Who is exempt from the FSC requirement: Hunting license holders (long guns only), CCW permit holders, military, peace officers and others are exempt from the FSC. The DOJ's full exemption list.
- Buying a gun in California, step by step: After the FSC: the 10-day wait, the age rule, proof of residency for handguns, the safe handling demonstration, and how private and family transfers differ.
- FSC questions, answered: Short, sourced answers about California's Firearm Safety Certificate: how many questions, the pass mark, the fee, retakes, age, ID and how long it lasts.
The one document to read
The source to study is the DOJ’s free Firearm Safety Certificate Study Guide. The DOJ calls reading it “the best way to prepare” and says it “contains all the information necessary to pass the test.” [DOJ FAQ] It is 41 pages, and five of its six chapters end with a short self-test with the answers printed underneath. Our chapter-by-chapter summary links every point to its page.
For more practice, the FSC Practice Test page has thirty other questions, ten at a time, and FSC questions, answered gives forty questions a page each.
Sources
- Cal. Code Regs., tit. 11, § 4253: FSC test topics, guidelines, scoring and recordkeeping
- California DOJ, Firearm Safety Certificate Program: Frequently Asked Questions
- California DOJ, Firearm Safety Certificate Study Guide (2025 edition, PDF)
Every fact on this page was checked against these sources on . noshu is not affiliated with the California Department of Justice, and this is a study aid, not legal advice: the DOJ and the statutes are the authority. If something here is wrong, tell us at a@noshu.net.