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Theoretical examination

Requirement

  • Check independently in your Drivers Club | TÜV SÜD whether your exam authorization (exam order) has been issued for your desired class:
    TÜV Süd Drivers Club -> Menu -> My profile -> My driving licence classes
     
  • Check independently in your Drivers Club | TÜV SÜD whether the need for a visual aid has been entered correctly:
    TÜV Süd Drivers Club -> My tests -> Requirements
     
  • If the exam authorization (exam order) has not been issued by the driving licence authority for your desired category or if a requirement (e.g. visual aid) has been entered incorrectly, contact your driving licence authority (Munich district administration department or district office) using the contact form, by telephone or in person. Contact information at the Munich District Administration Office.
     
  • Pay all outstanding advance payments (invoices) from TÜV Süd for your exam fees, which can be downloaded from your Drivers Club | TÜV SÜD.
     
  • You may take a theory exam at the earliest 3 months before reaching the minimum age.
     
  • Minimum number of theory units required.
     
  • Your FAHREN LERNEN app will show you that you are ready to take the exam. You are ready to take the exam if you have completed all learning units and 15 successful test simulations in a row in the last 10 days.

Booking

  • Please email our customer service team at your location to enquire about an available date for your theory exam.
     
  • We must request your exam at TÜV Süd. This request must be confirmed by TÜV Süd. Only then is your exam booked.
     
  • There must be at least 2 weeks between your theory and practical exam.

Cancelation

  • You can cancel the booked exam free of charge up to 9 days before the exam date.
     
  • If this deadline is not met, the amount for the ‘presentation for the theoretical exam’ is due in accordance with the training contract.
     
  • If you do not wish to cancel an exam by the deadline, you must inform the TÜV Süd test centre immediately. All information about this FAQ TÜV Süd

Terms of payment

  • As soon as your exam permit (exam order) has been issued by the district administration department / district office, you will receive an invitation from the organisation TÜV Süd to register for the Drivers Club | TÜV SÜD
     
  • In the Drivers Club | TÜV SÜD you will receive an "Kostenvorschuss" on the costs of the exam fees to be paid to TÜV Süd. You must pay this advance immediately.
     
  • Your exam can only be booked if you have paid the advance payment and all services of the driving school by the time of the exam.

Required Documents

  • Passport or German identity card or residence permit (Aufenthaltstitel)
     
  • We will send the proof of training/training certificate for your theoretical training to TÜV Süd online. You do not need to bring these documents with you to TÜV Süd.

Date, time and place

  • You will receive a confirmation from our customer service via email with the date, time and exam location.
     
  • Please be at the TÜV Süd examination organisation approx. 15 minutes before the specified time.

Language

  • Please inform the examiner about your desired foreign language before your theoretical examination.
     
  • The theoretical examination is only possible in the following languages: German, English, French, Greek, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbo-Croat, Spanish, Turkish

Duration

  • The exam takes max. 45 minutes.

Number of questions and admissible error points

First issue or conversion of foreign driving licence

  • You have to answer 30 questions.
     
  • If you have a maximum of 10 penalty points, you have successfully passed the exam.
     
  • If you have 11 penalty points, you have failed the exam.
     
  • However, you have also failed the exam if you answer 2 questions incorrectly, each with 5 demerit points.

Extension of driving licence e.g. from category B to category A

  • You have to answer 20 questions.
     
  • With a maximum of 6 demerit points, you have passed the exam.
     
  • If you have 7 demerit points, you have failed the exam.

Theoretical test for several categories when obtaining a driving licence for the first time

  • If a driver's licence is issued for several categories for the first time, the basic material is only tested once.
     
  • The basic material and the respective additional material are assessed together.
     
  • Number of questions:
    Basic substance (first licence) with 20 questions
    + additive class A with 10 questions
    + Class B additive with 10 questions
     
  • In order to pass the exam successfully, the number of errors from the basic material and additional material for the respective class must not exceed 10 error points.
     
  • However, you have also failed the exam if you answer 2 questions incorrectly, each of which is worth 5 penalty points.

Example:

You do not yet have a driving licence and take the theory test for categories A and B in one day.

You have to answer the basic knowledge and the category-specific questions for category B and the category-specific questions for category A.

You will receive the following result after the exam:

Basic knowledge: 5 demerit points
Additional knowledge Class A: 7 demerit points
Additional knowledge Class B: 3 demerit points

This leads to the following consequences:

Driving licence Class A without success (5+7=12 demerit points)
Driving licence Class B with success (5+3=8 demerit points)

Although the basic knowledge is only tested once, the demerit points count for all driving licence classes (in this case A and B) that are tested at the same time.

In the next test for category A, you will be tested again in basic and additional knowledge.

You will therefore have to answer the basic knowledge again, even though you only had 5 penalty points in the first test.

In this case, the basic material only contains 10 questions instead of 20, because you have already passed class B in the first test and therefore now count as a previous possession.

In this case, category A is defined as an extended driving licence test.

Examination result

The examiner will inform you immediately after the examination about the result.

 

Examination with success

  • You are now authorised to book the practical exam.

Examination without success

  • The driving school is obliged to offer for you theoretical lessons.
     
  • Therefore driving school Rausch demands the "basic amount after failed theory test" according to the training contract. Only for classes with required theoretical lessons.
     
  • You are allowed to retake earliest the examination after 14 days. The legislator stipulates this period. Available examination required.

Validity

  • Your theoretical exam is valid for a maximum of 1 year.
     
  • If you do not pass your practical exam within this year, you will have to repeat the theoretical exam.