Arkansas Motorcycle Test 02

Preparing for your Arkansas motorcycle license exam is crucial for ensuring your safety and that of others on the road. Our free practice test is an excellent tool to help you study and assess your knowledge before taking the official exam.

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Arkansas Motorcycle Practice Test 02

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How far ahead should you be monitoring your direction of travel?

8 seconds

12 seconds

4 seconds

6 seconds

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What is meant by counterbalancing in tight turns?

Leaning your body and keeping the motorcycle upright

Keeping your body upright and leaning the motorcycle

Keeping both your body and the motorcycle upright

Leaning the motorcycle and your body together

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Why is the center portion of a lane often the best choice?

Because drivers can see you in their right side view mirror

Because drivers can see you in all their mirrors

Because drivers can see you in their left side view mirror

Because drivers can see you in their rearview mirror

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To ingrain good braking habits, you should always?

Alternate between front and rear

Only employ the rear brake

Employ both brakes

Only employ the front brake

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Which of these is the only reason which is NOT an important factor in choosing your lane position?

Planning escape routes

Finding the fastest line

Avoiding wind blast

Being seen by others

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Your handlebars should be adjusted so that your hands are?

Level with or above your elbows

Level with or below your elbows

Well above your elbows

Well below your elbows

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You see three separate hazards ahead. What should you do?

Take action which involves avoiding all three at once

Treat them as individual hazards and deal with them one at a time

Deal with the first two separately, then the final one

Deal with the first one separately, then the other two together

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What fraction of your total stopping power does the front brake supply?

Three fifths

A half

Three quarters

Five eighths

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There is a high sided truck ahead of you which you can't see round or through; what should you do?

Sound a long blast on your horn

Overtake as soon as possible

Increase your following distance

Pull into the oncoming traffic lane if empty

10 / 30

If potential problems are on your left only (oncoming traffic) which portion(s) of the lane should you ride in?

Right or center

Left or center

Right

Left

11 / 30

The oily strip in the center of the lane is usually no more than?

4 feet wide

2 feet wide

1 foot wide

3 feet wide

12 / 30

In a turn, you should try to keep your eyes?

Level with the horizon

At the same angle of lean as your motorcycle

Opposite the angle of lean of your motorcycle

Tilted as far into the curve as possible

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Riding through a turn your eyes should be where?

On where you want to go

On the oncoming traffic

On the tarmac 5 yards ahead

On your front wheel

14 / 30

Someone is tailgating you, and so you speed up. This will result in?

The tailgater passing you

Making a bigger space cushion

Being tailgated at higher speed

Losing the tailgater

15 / 30

The most important thing for a safe motorcycle rider is?

To know your limits and ride within them

To ride as far over your limits as you dare

To not acknowledge any limits

To ride right on your limit

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What sort of pressure should you keep on your handgrips?

Squeezed tight

Fingertip

Light

Firm

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To begin a passing maneuver, your first action will be?

To sound your horn

To move into the left portion of the lane

To close up on the car you want to pass

To pull out over the center line

18 / 30

Your chief responsibility to yourself and other road users is?

To challenge other road users if they break rules

To be as little noticed as possible

To be as visible as possible at all times

To keep up with the posted speed limits

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What is the best protection you can have on the road?

Constant high speed

A loud horn

Constant braking

A decent cushion of space all around you

20 / 30

When should you use your turn signals when passing a car?

You don't need to

Only when moving out

Only when moving back in

When moving out and moving back in

21 / 30

In most traffic collisions involving a car and motorcycle, who is to blame?

Neither, it's an accident

Both share responsibility

The motorcyclist

The car driver

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Why should you push your knees against the gas tank when riding?

To make a smaller target for oncoming vehicles

To stop them clipping anything

To help with aerodynamics

To help your balance

23 / 30

What will help stabilize your motorcycle in a turn?

Braking hard

Opening the throttle wide

Slightly increasing speed

Slightly decreasing speed

24 / 30

When taking a turn, what is the best place to change gear?

At the apex

Before entry

Before reaching the apex

After the apex

25 / 30

When the car in front of you passes a traffic sign, how long should it be until you pass it?

1.5 seconds

2 seconds

Half a second

1 second

26 / 30

When you are riding, your arms should be used for?

Steering only

Half steering, half supporting weight

75% steering, 25% supporting weight

25% steering, 75% supporting weight

27 / 30

When you downshift, which of these may cause a skid?

Slipping into neutral

Riding too slow

Riding too fast

Downshifting more than one gear at once

28 / 30

When is it especially important to maintain an adequate space cushion?

When passing another vehicle

When being followed by another vehicle

It's equally important at all times

When following another vehicle

29 / 30

When waiting at an intersection you should have your motorcycle in?

Neutral

5th gear

2nd gear

1st gear

30 / 30

Which of these words best describes the way you should employ the front brake at all times?

Grab

Squeeze

Haul

Pull

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