40 questions from the California Firearm Safety Certificate test, answered
The California Firearm Safety Certificate test is 30 questions and takes 23 correct — 75% — to pass.
These 40 come out of FSC Practice Test 2026: CA Gun's own 149-question bank. Each answer keeps the app's explanation and the public source it was written from — nothing here was written for the web.
Ammunition6
- How do you know which ammunition is correct for your firearm?
- What does the guide call a single unit of ammunition?
- What is the case of a cartridge?
- How far can most ammunition travel?
- What kind of rounds must never be used in a center fire rifle with a tubular magazine?
- What does the guide say about high velocity or magnum ammunition?
California Law6
- How long is a Firearm Safety Certificate valid?
- How long is the mandatory waiting period before a dealer may deliver a firearm?
- What must you do before taking delivery of a firearm from a dealer?
- What must a person who moves to California with firearms do?
- What must a person who makes their own firearm in California obtain from DOJ?
- How long are persons convicted of a felony prohibited from possessing firearms under California law?
Firearm Safety Rules6
- What is the first of the six basic firearm safety rules?
- What should you do every time you pick up a firearm?
- How much should you rely on a semiautomatic pistol's safety?
- How many basic firearm safety rules does the study guide list?
- What should you do if you cannot tell whether a firearm is unloaded?
- What does the guide say to do if you are not certain what your target is?
Operation & Cleaning6
- What must you do before you start cleaning a firearm?
- What is the best source of operating instructions for a specific firearm?
- What is the primary difference between how a revolver and a semiautomatic pistol hold ammunition?
- What does the guide say about a firearm that has been in storage a long time?
- How many chambers does a revolver cylinder usually have?
- What does releasing the cylinder latch on a double-action revolver do?
Safe Handling6
- When making a semiautomatic pistol safe, which step comes first after pointing it in a safe direction?
- What is the safe way to hand a firearm to another person?
- What does 'muzzle awareness' mean in the study guide?
- What does 'trigger discipline' mean in the study guide?
- What is the primary difference between a single-action and a double-action revolver?
- What is the '1873 Rule' for original single-action army revolvers?
Storage & Child Access5
- What can happen if you keep a firearm on your premises and a child under 18 obtains and uses it?
- What is the safest way to store a firearm at home?
- What must accompany every firearm sold in California?
- What does the guide suggest for firearms you do not keep for self-defense?
- Effective January 1, 2026, what does California law require of a firearm kept in a residence?
Transportation5
- Which of these is NOT a lawful way to carry an unloaded handgun in a vehicle?
- Is it legal to carry a loaded firearm in a vehicle on a public street in an incorporated city?
- How should a licensed hunter transport a handgun going to and from a hunting trip?
- What should you do before taking a firearm on a train, ship, or bus?
- What does California law say about discharging a firearm from a motor vehicle?