Just back from the California DMV: I passed my test and now am fully legal to operate a car and a motorcycle (and everything in-between).

Relatedly, in 20 years in CA, I have never once had a bad DMV experience. I know everyone jokes about it sucking, but that's not been true for me. Today, I was in and out in about 30 minutes, including test taking, and the employees were all at worst polite but mostly actively friendly. One even complimented my braids (twin pigtails today).