Montana Motorcycle Test 03

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Montana Motorcycle Practice Test 03

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You have cars either side of you and a truck ahead on the freeway. What's your best choice?

Sound your horn to tell the truck driver to move

Accelerate hard and swerve between them

Maintain your position

Drop back to a clearer area

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A highside crash can be caused by...?

Not applying the front and rear brakes together

Releasing the rear brake with the wheels out of alignment

Releasing the rear brake too quickly in a turn

Leaning over too far in a turn

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When making a pass, you should signal...?

When turning out

When turning out and when cutting back in

When cutting back in

You don't have to

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When choosing clothing for visibility, you should remember that most crashes occur...?

At nighttime

At dusk

In broad daylight

At dawn

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You're going straight across an intersection, with an oncoming vehicle waiting to turn left across you. You should...?

Gradually edge towards it

Rapidly swerve away from it

Maintain a straight path

Gradually edge away from it

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As you ride, your 'RiderRadar' should be monitoring...?

360° around you

120° to your front

90° to your left and right

180° to your front

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You should consider sharing a lane with another vehicle...?

Never

To make a pass

In heavy traffic

When preparing to turn

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A 'head check' is used to...?

Indicate to other drivers

Assess how tired you are

Make sure your helmet is safe

Eliminate your blind spot

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The #1 choice for visibility is clothing that is...?

Reflective

Brightly colored

Dark

Professional looking

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You see a cyclist ahead whom you fear may pull into your path. You should warn them of your presence by...?

Sounding a series of regular beeps on your horn

Sounding a single quick beep on your horn

Any of these

Getting on your horn and staying on it

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Which of these should be a part of your evaluation strategy as you ride?

Road surface characteristics

Traffic control devices

Other vehicles

All of them

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When riding at night, you should reduce your speed compared to daytime...?

In all circumstances

In urban areas

On the freeway

When riding unfamiliar roads

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At a blind intersection, the best way of guaranteeing your safety is to...?

Enter the intersection as slow as possible

Stop and lean forward to look out

Use your ears to replace your eyes

Enter the intersection as fast as possible

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When making a turn, you should cancel your signal...?

As soon as the turn is completed

As soon as you reach the apex

20 yards after completing the turn

As soon as you commence the turn

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You should use your high beam headlight at night...?

At all times

Except in rural areas

Except on the freeway

Except when approaching another vehicle

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Most riders involved in crashes have used...?

Not enough of both brakes

Not enough front brake and too much rear

Too much of both brakes

Not enough rear brake and too much front

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You're looking for a place to park, and you see an empty space 100 yards ahead. To warn other drivers that you are going to slow, it's best to...?

Turn and shout your intentions

Point to the space with your right hand

Start indicating immediately

Flash your brake light

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If you're forced to ride over an obstacle, you can help yourself by lightening the front end by doing what?

Throwing your weight backwards

Pulling on the handlebars

Accelerating hard

Slightly rolling on the throttle

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When applying maximum straight line braking, you should look...?

At the handlebars

Straight ahead

At your front wheel

To your left

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The best place to avoid being affected by wind blast from a passing large vehicle is...?

The left of the lane

The center of the lane

It makes no difference

The right of the lane

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Convex mirrors make objects seen further away than they really are. The best way to deal with this is...?

Never trust what you see

Maneuver faster than you would normally

Swap them out for flat ones

Practice when stationary

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More than 50% of motorcycles/car crashes are caused by...?

Drivers speeding

Motorcyclists speeding

Drivers entering the motorcyclist's right-of-way

Motorcyclists entering the driver's right-of-way

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As you approach an intersection, the most important thing to plan is...?

How you can get across as quickly as possible

How you can force other drivers to yield

All of these things

Where your escape route lies

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In any area where you may have to react quickly, you should...?

Cover both brakes and the horn

Cover the clutch and both brakes

Cover the rear brake and headlight flasher

Cover both brakes and gear shift lever

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In the SEE strategy, the S stands for...?

Speed

Stealth

Swerve

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When facing multiple hazards, you should deal with them...?

As one single group

Singly

In pairs

In groups of three

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If you ride with your headlight on in the day, you are...?

Twice as likely to be noticed

Breaking the law

Wasting your battery

Making no difference

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If your real wheel locks, you can leave it until you're stopped, provided...?

You're going in a straight line

The motorcycle is upright

You're on a good road surface

All of these apply

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You must make a special point of using your mirrors...?

Before changing lanes

When stopped at an intersection

Before slowing down

In all these situations

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When you see a car ahead parked but with a person in the driver's seat, you should be wary that...?

They may pull a U-turn

They might pull into your path

The driver's door may open

Any of these things might happen

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