Oregon Motorcycle Test 03

The Oregon Motorcycle Handbook is your primary resource. Make sure you read it thoroughly and familiarize yourself with all the rules and guidelines.

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Oregon Motorcycle Practice Test 03

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How can you be sure that a driver has seen you as you ride up to an intersection?

If they flash their lights

If you make eye contact

You can't be

If they stop

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Out of these, which is the best color to choose for motorcycle clothing?

Blue

Brown

Black

Green

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You may not make a pass by driving between two vehicles ...?

If the road is wider than 3 lanes

Under any circumstances

If they are going more than 50 mph

If you cannot see clear road ahead

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The best way to make sure you are seen at intersections is to...?

Wear bright clothing

Do all these things

Ride with your headlight on

Choose a prominent lane position

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The best way to park a motorcycle on the road is...?

Parallel facing the direction of traffic

At an angle facing inwards

Parallel facing oncoming traffic

At an angle, facing outwards

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Under Oregon law, you may make hand signals instead of using turn signals if other vehicles can be seen...?

500 feet ahead

1000 feet ahead or more

750 feet ahead

250 feet ahead

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Prior to making a pass on another vehicle, you should...?

Do all of these

Make a head check

Check your mirrors

Use your turn signal

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When is it acceptable to share a lane with a car?

Never

When making a pass

When joining an offramp

In heavy traffic

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When riding at night, your following distance should be at least...?

1 second

2 seconds

4 seconds

1.5 seconds

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When is it acceptable to exceed the posted speed limit to make a pass?

Never

If you're making for an exit ramp

If the passed vehicle is already at the speed limit

If you see a clear road ahead

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The best place to be to deal with wind blast from an oncoming vehicle is...?

The left of your lane

Any of these

The center of your lane

The right of your lane

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In the recommended SIPDE strategy, what does the P stand for?

Predict

Power

Push

Plan

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You're approaching a blind intersection; what's the best way of checking for cross traffic?

Using your ears instead of your eyes

Pulling over into the oncoming traffic lane

Stopping on the edge of the lane and leaning forward

Riding slowly across looking left and right

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You have identified four hazards ahead. How should you deal with them?

In pairs

In a single group

Any of these

One at a time

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You're going into a fast curve and there is a lot of other traffic around. What's your best lane position?

Right

Any of these

Left

Center

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Your scanning strategy should focus...?

All around you

To your front

To your sides

To your rear

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If you have to make an emergency swerve, you should keep your vision focused on...?

Your escape route

Your front wheel

What you're swerving round

The lane markings

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You're planning to pull over to post a letter in a mailbox in the middle of a block. What's the best way of letting traffic behind know that you will be slowing?

Shout a warning

Activate your turn signals a block away

Point to where you're going

Flash your brake light

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How much of your total stopping power is provided by your front brake?

80%

50%

70%

60%

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The majority of motorcycle crashes happen...?

At dawn

At dusk

At night

In broad daylight

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You should cover the clutch and both brakes to reduce your reaction time in...?

Intersections

School zones

All of these areas

Shopping areas

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As you approach an intersection, you should...?

Maintain constant speed

Any of these depending on circumstances

Slow down

Accelerate

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When coming up behind a vehicle at night with your high beam headlight on, you should dim it when you get to within...?

500 feet

600 feet

350 feet

250 feet

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Under Oregon law you must have your headlight on at all times. This will help you because...?

You're 25% more likely to be seen

You're 100% more likely to be seen

You're 50% more likely to be seen

You're 75% more likely to be seen

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To trigger the type of traffic loop used in Oregon you should position yourself...?

Just before the stop line in the left-hand portion of the lane

Just before the stop line in the center portion of the lane

Just before the stop line in the right-hand portion of the lane

A motorcycle's length back from the stop line in the center portion of the lane

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To eliminate the effect of your blind spot, you should...?

Make head checks

Constantly change your position on the motorcycle

Constantly change the position of your mirrors

Listen carefully for vehicles there

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If you ride with vehicles on either side of you, you are risking...?

All of these

Suddenly being switched across

Losing your escape routes

Being in someone's blindspot

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You're riding up an urban street with parked cars on your right and oncoming traffic on your left. Your best lane position is...?

Left

Center

Any of these

Right

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The biggest danger a parked car poses to a motorcyclist is...?

Trash thrown from the windows

Joining their lane

A sudden U-turn

Opening the door

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The best thing to do when you see a car ahead merging onto the highway in front of you is...?

Pull over into the next lane

Get on your horn and stay on it

Aim to pass up their right hand side

Accelerate hard

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