Ohio Motorcycle Test 03

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Ohio Motorcycle Practice Test 03

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Your searching strategy should focus particularly on...?

All of these

Places you can accelerate

Opportunities to pass

Potential escape routes

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You're entering an intersection with a line of oncoming cars waiting to turn left across you. You should...?

Decelerate and turn sharply away from them

Maintain speed and gradually drift towards them

Maintain speed and gradually drift away from them

Accelerate and turn sharply towards them

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If your front wheel locks under braking, you should...?

Increase the rear brake pressure

Release the lever halfway

Release the lever completely and reapply

Release the lever completely and leave it off

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You should reduce your reaction time by covering the clutch and brakes in which of these areas?

Freeways

Country roads

Construction zones

Urban streets

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How can you be sure you have made eye contact with a driver?

If they have looked you straight in the eye

You can't

If they have nodded to you

If they remain stationary

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When being passed by other vehicles, you should be especially wary of...?

Extended mirrors

All of these

Wind blast

Objects thrown from windows

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You're riding down a street with no oncoming traffic and a series of cars parked in bays on your right. Your best lane position is...?

Right

Left

Center

Any of these

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Which of these do you not have to take into account when evaluating hazard?

Traffic signals

None of them

Warning signs

Pavement markings

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When riding at night your following distance should be a minimum of...?

1.5 seconds

4 seconds

2 seconds

3 seconds

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You can ride faster at night than you would in the day...?

When you know the roads

Never

When there's less traffic

In areas of very good illumination

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You should use your high beam headlight at all times at night except...?

When in well lit areas

When riding at low speed

When being followed by another vehicle

When approaching another vehicle

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If you are boxed in by cars on either side of you, it's best to...?

Speed up or drop back to a clear spot

Maintain your speed in the center of your lane

Gesture at them that they should drop back

Sound your horn loudly to show them you are there

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The best way to cope with a blind intersection is to...?

Pull partly into the cross traffic lane and stop

Stop and lean forward

Let your ears take the place of your eyes

Proceed across at high speed

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One of the primary causes of motorcyclists crashing in curves is...?

Not signaling before entering

Going in too slow

Staying in the center of the lane

Going in too fast

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You plan to pull across the street and stop outside a store in the middle of a block. Before slowing down, it's a good idea to...?

Flash your brake light

Start signaling

Point to where you want to go

Shout a warning to other drivers

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At what point during a turn should you cancel your turn signals?

Once more than halfway through the turn

When you are well away from the end of the turn

As soon as the turn is started

As soon as the turn is finished

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There is a large fallen branch in the road ahead of you which you cannot avoid. Before you reach it, you should...?

Do all these things

Stand up on the foot pegs

Reduce speed

Turn to meet it at 90°

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The best way to separate a group of hazards into single hazards is to...?

Maintain current speed

Increase speed

Swerve to one side

Slow down

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If you want to pass another vehicle, you should begin your maneuver from...?

Close up on their left hand side

Close up on the right-hand side

Well back of their right-hand side

Well back of their left-hand side

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Highside crashes occur when a locked rear wheel is released with...?

The front wheel also locked

The gearbox in neutral

The wheels out of alignment

The clutch pulled in

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If you have to swerve around a hazard, you should keep your eyes fixed on...?

Your front wheel

Your escape route

The pavement

The hazard

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You can share a lane with another vehicle...?

If it's the only way to make a pass

When the traffic is very heavy

When you can see clear space up ahead

Under no circumstances

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The most dangerous problem posed by a parked car is the potential for...?

Pedestrians stepping out from beyond it

The driver opening their door

The driver pulling a U-turn

Trash being thrown from the window

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In which of these situations is it particularly important to monitor your mirrors?

When stopped at an intersection

When starting to accelerate on the freeway

When riding over a cross street

When dismounting after parking

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

50%

30%

20%

40%

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When passing, you should perform the whole set of signaling, mirror and head checks...?

When pulling back in

When pulling out

It depends on circumstances

Both pulling out and pulling back in

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Your searching strategy should be designed to monitor...?

To the side of you

To the front of you

All around you

To the rear of you

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When confronted with a hazard you should never...?

Brake and swerve together

Brake or swerve more than once

Brake then swerve

Swerve then brake

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When executing a decision to avoid a hazard, you should warn other parties by...?

Using your lights and/or horn

Shouting a warning

Revving your engine

Any of these

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You can make yourself twice as likely to be noticed by other road users if you...?

Sit up straight

Keep your headlight on

Wear dark clothing

Have a mirrored face shield

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