North Carolina Motorcycle Test 03

The first step in preparing for your motorcycle permit test is to study the North Carolina Motorcycle Handbook. This handbook covers everything you need to know about riding a motorcycle, including rules of the road, safety precautions, and traffic laws specific to North Carolina. Be sure to read it thoroughly and take notes so you understand all the information.

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North Carolina Motorcycle Practice Test 03

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Why should you be particularly vigilant with your mirrors when stopped at intersections?

So you can see any opportunities to move into the next lane and pass

So you can be ready to accelerate

So you can avoid drivers from behind who didn't see you

So you can block any drivers behind who might try to pass

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At a blind intersection, the best way of dealing with the threat of unseen traffic is to...?

Stop and lean forward

Drive across as fast as possible

Drive across slowly, ready to brake

Use your ears instead of your eyes

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What is the main cause of motorcycle accidents in curves?

Running wide

Entering too slowly

Being in the wrong gear

Sticking too close to the center line

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Which of these areas requires extra focus on potential escape routes?

Business districts

Suburban roads

Intersections

Highway off ramps

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Your minimum following distance at night should be...?

3 seconds

1.5 seconds

4 seconds

2 seconds

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Your searching strategy should be aggressive...?

To the sides and rear

To the front and sides

360°

To the front

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The convex mirrors which most modern motorcycles have will make cars...?

Seem further away than they actually are

Seem slower than they actually are

Seem closer than they actually are

Seem faster than they actually are

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You're crossing an intersection with a line of cars waiting to turn left across you. What should you do?

Gradually drift towards them

Turn aggressively towards them

Gradually drift away from them

Turn sharply away from them

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If your rear wheel locks, you can leave it locked up until you stop provided...?

You can see a place you can jump off if necessary

There is no traffic behind you

Your front wheel remains unlocked

You are upright and going in a straight line

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In busy areas, you should cover the clutch and brakes in order to...?

Be ready to accelerate

Reduce your reaction time

Keep your engine noise high

All of these

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You're riding on the freeway and you see a vehicle merging from your right. Your best strategy is...?

Sound your horn long and loud to make them stop

Speed up to get past them

Prepare to pass on their right-hand side

Move across into the next lane

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You are approaching a fast sweeping curve with no traffic either ahead or behind. Your best line is...?

Inside–outside–inside

Outside–inside–outside

Outside–inside–inside

Inside–outside–outside

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Most motorcyclists involved in crashes made what mistake?

Too much front brake, not enough rear brake

Too much of both brakes

Too little of both brakes

Too much rear brake, not enough front brake

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You are riding on the freeway with cars on either side of you and another one ahead. For safety, what's your best course of action?

Stay where you are and keep in the center of your lane

Weave between them until you find an open space

Drop back to find an open space

Sound your horn long and loud to let them know you're there

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Before making any maneuver which relies on another driver having seen you, remember that...?

Drivers will generally stop for you

Drivers deliberately ignore motorcycles

The faster you go the harder you are to hit

Your silhouette is much smaller than other traffic

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Under what circumstances is it acceptable not to employ your turn signals?

None

When it's bright daylight

When your maneuver is obvious

When the road is empty

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The best place to spot oncoming traffic when riding through a curve is...?

Any of these

The left of the lane

The right of the lane

The center of the lane

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When you're riding at night, you should reduce your speed...?

In badly lit areas

On unfamiliar roads

When traffic is busy

In all circumstances

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Your searching strategy has identified four potential hazards ahead. You should deal with them...?

All together

One singly, and one group of 3

In pairs

One at a time

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In busy scenarios, you should be thinking most about...?

Your speed requirements

Your time and space requirements

Dominating other vehicles

Finding space to accelerate

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If you use your motorcycle headlight during the day, how much more likely are you to be seen by other drivers?

3 times

Twice

1.5 times

It makes no difference

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The best way to park a motorcycle is...?

90° to the curb, front wheel outwards

Parallel to the curb, facing away from traffic

90° to the curb, rear wheel outwards

Parallel to the curb, facing traffic

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When passing parked cars, you should be ready to avoid...?

Drivers pulling into your lane

Drivers opening their doors

All of these

Pedestrians stepping out

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Drivers entering a motorcyclist's right-of-way account for what percentage of motorcycle/car crashes?

40% plus

30% plus

20% plus

50% plus

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You see a car ahead of you waiting at an intersection to turn into your path of travel. You should assume...?

That they will wait for you

That they will wait if you have made eye contact

That they will

That they will wait if you have your headlight on

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If you are forced to brake when going around a curve, you should first try...?

To increase your lean angle

To get the motorcycle upright

To change down gear

Flashing your brake light

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Flash your brake light...?

In all these circumstances

When you need to slow quickly

When you're slowing in an unexpected place

To warn a tailgater that you're slowing

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The biggest danger you face at an intersection is...?

Car drivers opening their doors

Cars braking sharply in front of you

Cars hitting you from behind

Cars turning across you

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When choosing motorcycle clothing, you should remember that your body makes what proportion of the visible surface area of the rider/motorcycle unit?

25%

15%

50%

40%

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In an emergency situation, how should you use your horn?

One sharp beep

In a random pattern of long and short sounds

Several sharp beeps

Long and loud

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